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  • #721
    Re: Gear Grinding 8: I Got A Lot Of Problems With You People!

    Originally posted by jen View Post
    So.. remember this thing?



    I found out last week you get ZERO credit for any workouts, steps or activities, unless you have a digital activity tracker, like a Fitbit.

    So even if I do every single thing on their list (and believe me, not one person on the planet is going to do THAT), I STILL wouldn't get the premium discount, because I don't own a digital device.
    I'd look into getting a digital thing if it qualifies for a tax-write-off.
    Never really developed a taste for tequila. Kind of hard to understand how you make a drink out of something that sharp, inhospitable. Now, bourbon is easy to understand.
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    • #722
      Re: Gear Grinding 8: I Got A Lot Of Problems With You People!

      Originally posted by Brenthoven View Post
      I'd look into getting a digital thing if it qualifies for a tax-write-off.
      I am not attaching another part of my life to a digital device. It's intrusive, unnecessary and the principle bothers me.

      Originally posted by leswp1 View Post
      Exhibit A They don't really want to motivate you. They want to say they do and then put up multiple barriers for you to achieve that have nothing to do with a goal. I hate insurance companies.
      Exactly. If their goal is truly to offer a discount to the "healthy" people that aren't costing them more money in insurance, they are failing. If their goal is to offer a discount to significantly fewer people - bingo. This has nothing to do with health.

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      • #723
        Re: Gear Grinding 8: I Got A Lot Of Problems With You People!

        Originally posted by jen View Post
        I am not attaching another part of my life to a digital device. It's intrusive, unnecessary and the principle bothers me.
        This. My biometric information is none of my employer's business. Currently, I receive about a 10% discount just for getting an annual physical (which they fully cover, since it is preventative care), regardless of the results. If they were to change it so that I'd have to jump through stupid hoops like getting a Fitbit and reporting the data over time, I'd take the increase.

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        • #724
          Re: Gear Grinding 8: I Got A Lot Of Problems With You People!

          Originally posted by FadeToBlack&Gold View Post
          This. My biometric information is none of my employer's business. Currently, I receive about a 10% discount just for getting an annual physical (which they fully cover, since it is preventative care), regardless of the results. If they were to change it so that I'd have to jump through stupid hoops like getting a Fitbit and reporting the data over time, I'd take the increase.
          Don't get me wrong, *I* wouldn't do it either. Just saying it's an option.
          Never really developed a taste for tequila. Kind of hard to understand how you make a drink out of something that sharp, inhospitable. Now, bourbon is easy to understand.
          Tastes like a warm summer day. -Raylan Givens

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          • #725
            Re: Gear Grinding 8: I Got A Lot Of Problems With You People!

            Originally posted by jen View Post
            I am not attaching another part of my life to a digital device. It's intrusive, unnecessary and the principle bothers me.



            Exactly. If their goal is truly to offer a discount to the "healthy" people that aren't costing them more money in insurance, they are failing. If their goal is to offer a discount to significantly fewer people - bingo. This has nothing to do with health.
            Mistake people make is believing the silly ads saying they are trying to promote health. This is never their goal. They are trying to maximize profit. It is that simple. Anything they can do to decrease cash flow out or increase cash flow in they will do it. The BS they try to sell does a great job of muddying the waters. Just like people who believe the BS the politicians sell, there are just enough 'believers' who like getting a gold star for compliance.

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            • #726
              Re: Gear Grinding 8: I Got A Lot Of Problems With You People!

              Parents and sports. Gas and a match

              http://www.dl-online.com/sports/bask...s-coach-placed
              CCT '77 & '78
              4 kids
              5 grandsons (BCA 7/09, CJA 5/14, JDL 8/14, JFL 6/16, PJL 7/18)
              1 granddaughter (EML 4/18)

              ”Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.”
              - Benjamin Franklin

              Banned from the St. Lawrence University Facebook page - March 2016 (But I got better).

              I want to live forever. So far, so good.

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              • #727
                Re: Gear Grinding 8: I Got A Lot Of Problems With You People!

                this is more of a w-tee-eff... I got an email from a recruiter who "saw" my resume at an "online job board" (i.e. LinkedIn), offering me a contractor job (they're looking for 3-5 years experience).... at the company I've worked at for the past 19 years. ohhhhh, let me think about it.....

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                • #728
                  Originally posted by jen View Post
                  this is more of a w-tee-eff... I got an email from a recruiter who "saw" my resume at an "online job board" (i.e. LinkedIn), offering me a contractor job (they're looking for 3-5 years experience).... at the company I've worked at for the past 19 years. ohhhhh, let me think about it.....
                  Raise? Corner office? Minions? What are the guarantees?
                  CCT '77 & '78
                  4 kids
                  5 grandsons (BCA 7/09, CJA 5/14, JDL 8/14, JFL 6/16, PJL 7/18)
                  1 granddaughter (EML 4/18)

                  ”Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.”
                  - Benjamin Franklin

                  Banned from the St. Lawrence University Facebook page - March 2016 (But I got better).

                  I want to live forever. So far, so good.

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                  • #729
                    Re: Gear Grinding 8: I Got A Lot Of Problems With You People!

                    Originally posted by joecct View Post
                    Raise? Corner office? Minions? What are the guarantees?
                    same type of position. they want someone who does what I do, but not nearly as well, and at probably half the pay. think I'm gonna pass on that one.
                    Last edited by jen; 02-01-2018, 02:19 PM.

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                    • #730
                      Re: Gear Grinding 8: I Got A Lot Of Problems With You People!

                      Dilly Dilly...

                      If you say this die in a fire!
                      "It's as if the Drumpf Administration is made up of the worst and unfunny parts of the Cleveland Browns, Washington Generals, and the alien Mon-Stars from Space Jam."
                      -aparch

                      "Scenes in "Empire Strikes Back" that take place on the tundra planet Hoth were shot on the present-day site of Ralph Engelstad Arena."
                      -INCH

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                      • #731
                        Re: Gear Grinding 8: I Got A Lot Of Problems With You People!

                        People pronouncing ST as sht as shtreet instead of street. Not sure when this started but jeepers it is irritating

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                        • #732
                          Re: Gear Grinding 8: I Got A Lot Of Problems With You People!

                          Originally posted by leswp1 View Post
                          People pronouncing ST as sht as shtreet instead of street. Not sure when this started but jeepers it is irritating
                          On the way back from Meijer's I'll warsh my car.
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                          • #733
                            Re: Gear Grinding 8: I Got A Lot Of Problems With You People!

                            Originally posted by Handyman View Post
                            Dilly Dilly...

                            If you say this die in a fire!
                            This.
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College Hockey 6       College Football 0
BTHC 4                 WCHA FC:  1
                            Originally posted by SanTropez
                            May your paint thinner run dry and the fleas of a thousand camels infest your dead deer.
                            Originally posted by bigblue_dl
                            I don't even know how to classify magic vagina smoke babies..
                            Originally posted by Kepler
                            When the giraffes start building radio telescopes they can join too.
                            He's probably going to be a superstar but that man has more baggage than North West

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                            • #734
                              Re: Gear Grinding 8: I Got A Lot Of Problems With You People!

                              Originally posted by leswp1 View Post
                              People pronouncing ST as sht as shtreet instead of street. Not sure when this started but jeepers it is irritating
                              More close to home, people who call SMEs "Smees"

                              As if they were a character from Peter Pan.
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College Hockey 6       College Football 0
BTHC 4                 WCHA FC:  1
                              Originally posted by SanTropez
                              May your paint thinner run dry and the fleas of a thousand camels infest your dead deer.
                              Originally posted by bigblue_dl
                              I don't even know how to classify magic vagina smoke babies..
                              Originally posted by Kepler
                              When the giraffes start building radio telescopes they can join too.
                              He's probably going to be a superstar but that man has more baggage than North West

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                              • #735
                                Re: Gear Grinding 8: I Got A Lot Of Problems With You People!

                                Originally posted by dxmnkd316 View Post
                                More close to home, people who call SMEs "Smees"

                                As if they were a character from Peter Pan.
                                Everyone in my office pronounces acronyms like they're actual words. I'm as guilty as the next, especially when the PM has his/her PMP cert listed in their email signature line.
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