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Old 11-12-2014, 01:08 PM
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Originally Posted by CFrance View Post
Now that I'm retired, I consider my time to be even more valuable, because there is a reduced amount of it left. And I might use the overbooking and consequential long waiting-room time to reflect on why it is wasting my day and what I can do about it.
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There's always a reduced amount of it all through our lives, so nothing has changed.

After you see your doctor, what else is so important? Ice cream bingo?
CFrance is making the point that as retirees, most of our lives have already been lived, so the remaining years are even more valuable.
Ice cream bingo? I assume you're trying to be funny?
CFrance is more likely to be playing pickleball than ice cream bingo.
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