Civilian Conservation Corps.

     Charles Madigan enrolled in the CCC at Cherry Plain, NY on August 29, 1935. He was 41 years old, had blue eyes, brown hair, fair complexion and was 5 feet 8 1/2 inches in height. He was discharged May 11, 1936 because he was employed. 

Medicare: How Stringent Thou Art

   To qualify for a Skilled Nursing Facility, the Medicare beneficiary must have had a QUALIFYING Hospital Inpatient Stay of at least 3 days. Usually Medicare will cover its part of up to 100 days.
  Ever wonder why so many patients leave on the 3rd day. Of course they may possibly have stayed a few days longer, and still will not be admitted as inpatient, but admitted for observation, which is not a qualifying stay.

Times Fifty or so

"Five hundred twenty-five thousand,  six hundred minutes.
How do you measure a year in a life?"

Hacked!

   You can find out instantly whether you were hacked in the Equifax breach. Just enter your last name and the last 4 of your SSN. 
   If the response says you were, you are entitled to enter a claim for your share of the multi-millions settlement. You have the choice of $125 cash settlement if you already have credit-monitoring, which is automatically the case with many credit card companies.  Or, if not, you can agree to 10 years of free monitoring.
  But if eligible for the $125, don't expect you will receive that amount. It will most likely be much less, but worth  a try anyway.

Oh God, I Need To Write Something

I got a call today from the newly instituted religious service provider at the VVH, from the chaplain.  He asked to be called Chuck as he doesn't want to be called Charles or Charlie Chaplain.  Hereby to be known as Chuck the Chaplain.

VHV For the good of who?

       STATE OF VERMONT
 VERMONT VETERANS' HOME OFFICIAL STATE WEBSITE
        Excerpts from FISCAL YEAR 2019 BUDGET :                                                           "In September of 2015 the facility entered into a contract with a Medicare Hospice provider.  This will allow the facility to provide hospice care that we could not previously provide.  This will allow us to offer...services and receive a higher reimbursement for the services provided.  Additionally, this contract will deliver additional support services for the Veteran and their family members..."


Veterans Administration Per Diem
      "For Veterans who are determined to be 70% or more service connected disabled by the VA, the VA will pay a  daily rate of $410.17.  This rate includes room, board, medical care, pharmacy, laboratory services, rehabilitation services, activities, social work and transportation.  Specialty medical equipment can be provided by the VA as long as the equipment needed is related to their service connected disability."

"RDM Starting" What?

  After I stopped at  the post office today, on my way to Schaghticoke to tend to  Molly, and before I had to go to the bank for a notarization, I stopped to get gas, thinking I should probably drive to VVH to see what's going on.
   I pulled up to the only available gas pump, prepared to insert my credit card, and nothing happened. The message on the screen of the pump read "RDM Starting."  There was a prior charge on the screen, which is usual, so the pump didn't appear to be out of order.
  I figure, as I always do, that I ought to know what this message means, and that I'm the only person in the world of gas pumping that is ignorant of the meaning.
 So, as I always do, as in trying to turn my TV on, I pressed every possible button on the pump, cancel. pay outside, insert card again and again. But RDM still remained.
  Out of the blue, or from the next pump, a man appeared, asking if he could help. It turned out he had  no idea what the RDM meant either, and he pretty much repeated all of what I'd already done, before saying there was something wrong with the pump. He offered to go inside and ask, or to help me find another available pump, but I declined his kind offer, as I had other things to do, like find a notary.
  He asked if I was Marilyn's mom. I admitted such. He is one of the Sandersons, the brother of her next-door neighbor. I told him they were in Delaware, and he said last year, during a similar function, at Myrtle Beach, he accidentally came across Joe T. and then Marilyn.
  Small world, eh? But I need gas if I'm to go to Vermont, and I, as well as at least one other, still can't interpret the meaning of RDM.
  Ironically, or coincidentally if you prefer, I was on the way to the bank to notarize my IRA which includes a RMD, which I know means Required  Minimum Distribution. But I don't see that as applying to gas.