The pool is
officially open, I guess. The pool heater lit off this morning like a jet engine igniting.
Gloria spent
the last several days trimming and cleaning the pool area. The water is probably as clear as our
existing filters can make it. The solar
blanket might deliver a few more °F to the water, but by this time tomorrow,
the propane heater will most likely take it up to operating temperature.
Memorial Day
is upon us. The nation now celebrates
the beginning of summer with automobile sales, automobile races, and an unhealthy
fascination with acquiring a suntan.
Beer sales ramp up in synchronicity with DUI arrests. Only peripherally
do most of the citizens recall the occasion for the three-day weekend.
There was an
article in the local newspaper praising the local VA hospital. Overall, I’ve received adequate to good care
in the VA healthcare system. The waits
for services and routine examinations are no longer than most patients
experience in the Insurance-controlled quasi-private system and much shorter
than the waits experienced by patients with no insurance or with highly
restrictive policies. I’m happy to have
VA as an option in healthcare delivery.
Of course,
the price of VA care can be enormously expensive. We should never forget that, and those who
pay the highest cost. For some reasons,
car sales and car races just don’t indicate to me that the public understands
the real price. Or the real reason for the day.
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