[StephanieL]

Office move rescheduled to next Friday, so no extra day off.

[Wilfrid1]

Our hearts bleed for you.

[StephanieL]

There was also the hour and 20 minute wait at the cardiologist for the 4-minute stress test.

[Wilfrid1]

Oh, cool. That's like my physician taking my blood pressure after I have battled through a smoggy, humid Manhattan rush hour to snatch a quick appointment with him.

[StephanieL]

Surprisingly, the test was normal. (It was for some chest pains I've been having, which are probably pulmonary rather than cardiac.) I guess it doesn't measure mental stress.

[winesonoma]

Fasting for 12 hours before a blood test. Wish the lab opened earlier.

[Squeat Mungry]

Wilfrid, on Aug 9 2005, 01:29 PM, said:

Oh, cool.  That's like my physician taking my blood pressure after I have battled through a smoggy, humid Manhattan rush hour to snatch a quick appointment with him. 

First appointment with my new GP this afternoon. Leave the office with plenty of time. Cab drops me off at the address. Odd -- looks like an apartment building, and no listing of tenants. After ten minutes of trying to work the entry buzzer, realize I must have mis-remembered the address. Not 3838 Geary? Must be 3538. No. 3338, then. No. 3038? Running around like crazy. Finally find a pay phone. 3838 CALIFORNIA. Duh.

Rush over like mad to arrive only 15 minutes late, drippiing in sweat, heart pounding. First thing he does is take my blood pressure. I'm thinking it must be through the roof. Dr. says absolutely nothing, moves on. So I guess I must be okay!

Upside: I can tell after one visit this is the best doctor I've ever had.

[ranitidine]

Squeat Mungry, on Aug 9 2005, 08:31 PM, said:

Wilfrid, on Aug 9 2005, 01:29 PM, said:

Oh, cool.  That's like my physician taking my blood pressure after I have battled through a smoggy, humid Manhattan rush hour to snatch a quick appointment with him.  

First appointment with my new GP this afternoon. Leave the office with plenty of time. Cab drops me off at the address. Odd -- looks like an apartment building, and no listing of tenants. After ten minutes of trying to work the entry buzzer, realize I must have mis-remembered the address. Not 3838 Geary? Must be 3538. No. 3338, then. No. 3038? Running around like crazy. Finally find a pay phone. 3838 CALIFORNIA. Duh.

Rush over like mad to arrive only 15 minutes late, drippiing in sweat, heart pounding. First thing he does is take my blood pressure. I'm thinking it must be through the roof. Dr. says absolutely nothing, moves on. So I guess I must be okay!

Upside: I can tell after one visit this is the best doctor I've ever had.

Sam Spade would have known where to go. God, those street names are evocative.

[hollywood]

ranitidine, on Aug 9 2005, 06:12 PM, said:

Squeat Mungry, on Aug 9 2005, 08:31 PM, said:

Wilfrid, on Aug 9 2005, 01:29 PM, said:

Oh, cool.  That's like my physician taking my blood pressure after I have battled through a smoggy, humid Manhattan rush hour to snatch a quick appointment with him.  

First appointment with my new GP this afternoon. Leave the office with plenty of time. Cab drops me off at the address. Odd -- looks like an apartment building, and no listing of tenants. After ten minutes of trying to work the entry buzzer, realize I must have mis-remembered the address. Not 3838 Geary? Must be 3538. No. 3338, then. No. 3038? Running around like crazy. Finally find a pay phone. 3838 CALIFORNIA. Duh.

Rush over like mad to arrive only 15 minutes late, drippiing in sweat, heart pounding. First thing he does is take my blood pressure. I'm thinking it must be through the roof. Dr. says absolutely nothing, moves on. So I guess I must be okay!

Upside: I can tell after one visit this is the best doctor I've ever had.

Sam Spade would have known where to go. God, those street names are evocative.

Where was he when Miles Archer needed him?

[Squeat Mungry]

hollywood, on Aug 9 2005, 07:17 PM, said:

ranitidine, on Aug 9 2005, 06:12 PM, said:

Squeat Mungry, on Aug 9 2005, 08:31 PM, said:

Wilfrid, on Aug 9 2005, 01:29 PM, said:

Oh, cool.  That's like my physician taking my blood pressure after I have battled through a smoggy, humid Manhattan rush hour to snatch a quick appointment with him. 

First appointment with my new GP this afternoon. Leave the office with plenty of time. Cab drops me off at the address. Odd -- looks like an apartment building, and no listing of tenants. After ten minutes of trying to work the entry buzzer, realize I must have mis-remembered the address. Not 3838 Geary? Must be 3538. No. 3338, then. No. 3038? Running around like crazy. Finally find a pay phone. 3838 CALIFORNIA. Duh.

Rush over like mad to arrive only 15 minutes late, drippiing in sweat, heart pounding. First thing he does is take my blood pressure. I'm thinking it must be through the roof. Dr. says absolutely nothing, moves on. So I guess I must be okay!

Upside: I can tell after one visit this is the best doctor I've ever had.

Sam Spade would have known where to go. God, those street names are evocative.

Where was he when Miles Archer needed him?

Probably at 3838 Geary.

Believe me, I'm quite familiar with Spade's territory (the Tenderloin, what used to be called "Downtown", North Beach, Pacific Heights, the Marina, etc. etc.. I just don't get out to the Richmond very often, as no one does who doesn't live there. Think outer boroughs of NYC. The receptionist actually asked me if it was sunny downtown. When I told him it was, he was visibly annoyed.

Geary and California are the two great arteries to the Richmond. In my defense, it is easy to confuse the two: they run parallel two blocks apart almost all the way to the ocean.

[GG Mora]

Squeat Mungry, on Aug 10 2005, 01:27 AM, said:

hollywood, on Aug 9 2005, 07:17 PM, said:

ranitidine, on Aug 9 2005, 06:12 PM, said:

Squeat Mungry, on Aug 9 2005, 08:31 PM, said:

Wilfrid, on Aug 9 2005, 01:29 PM, said:

Oh, cool.  That's like my physician taking my blood pressure after I have battled through a smoggy, humid Manhattan rush hour to snatch a quick appointment with him.  

First appointment with my new GP this afternoon. Leave the office with plenty of time. Cab drops me off at the address. Odd -- looks like an apartment building, and no listing of tenants. After ten minutes of trying to work the entry buzzer, realize I must have mis-remembered the address. Not 3838 Geary? Must be 3538. No. 3338, then. No. 3038? Running around like crazy. Finally find a pay phone. 3838 CALIFORNIA. Duh.

Rush over like mad to arrive only 15 minutes late, drippiing in sweat, heart pounding. First thing he does is take my blood pressure. I'm thinking it must be through the roof. Dr. says absolutely nothing, moves on. So I guess I must be okay!

Upside: I can tell after one visit this is the best doctor I've ever had.

Sam Spade would have known where to go. God, those street names are evocative.

Where was he when Miles Archer needed him?

Probably at 3838 Geary.

Believe me, I'm quite familiar with Spade's territory (the Tenderloin, what used to be called "Downtown", North Beach, Pacific Heights, the Marina, etc. etc.. I just don't get out to the Richmond very often, as no one does who doesn't live there. Think outer boroughs of NYC. The receptionist actually asked me if it was sunny downtown. When I told him it was, he was visibly annoyed.

Geary and California are the two great arteries to the Richmond. In my defense, it is easy to confuse the two: they run parallel two blocks apart almost all the way to the ocean.

Reminds me of a joke that made the rounds in New Bedford when I was in school there (New Bedford was pretty rough back then – maybe still is...dunno). New Bedford has two main north/south arteries that run parallel to one another, separated by one block, and easy to confuse as their names were Purchase and Pleasant.

The joke (sanitized): “Did you hear about the woman that was mugged down on Purchase Street last night? She thought it was Pleasant.”

[Abbylovi]

My 30 Day Metro Card is scratched and now broken. Bah.

[Wilfrid1]

I bought two consecutive 30 day Metro cards which stopped working almost immediately. The 7 day ones are never a problem. I never buy more than 7 days any more. The paperwork to get a refund is not worth it.

[MyKong]

Wilfrid, on Aug 10 2005, 09:56 AM, said:

I bought two consecutive 30 day Metro cards which stopped working almost immediately. The 7 day ones are never a problem. I never buy more than 7 days any more. The paperwork to get a refund is not worth it.

This happened to me recently; just bought another 30 day card as it wasn't worth the trouble.

[Abbylovi]

I've been buying them for years and have never had a problem.

Also I have somehow amassed like 3 months worth of TransitCheks so it isn't the biggest deal but today of all days, there was no one in the booth.