Was heading to my vehicle in the Whitney Parking lot (have you seen the new signs?) earlier this week when I was nearly run down by a speeding vehicle. From a perspective of less than five feet, it was easy to see that the driver was paying more attention to texting on their cell phone than they were (should have been!) to what was going on in the parking lot.
Surprisingly, I was the one who got the dirty look from the driver. Go figure!
While on occasion I'm just as guilty as the next person for reading messages while I'm driving, this near miss (or near hit)incident has given me pause to think more about text messages. I need to do it from the safety of driving my desk and not my vehicle. Maybe others will develop the same perspective.
Way to go City of Marshall for putting up the parking lot signs and the Information Kiosk signs around town too. If you haven't seen them, come downtown and we'll gladly point them out to you.
That's my opinion. What about yours?
Friday, May 29, 2009
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Liquid Gold
Developed some sort of a nasty eye infection this week. The good folks at ACMC Urgent Care took good care of me. Not sure what it was invaded just one eye, but am taking some interesting medicine.
The antibiotic is a generic medicine that goes in each eye 2 drops at a time every four hours. After insurance the cost for those drops was about $4.00. The other medicine (no generic available) is something called Patanol that is designed to keep my eye from getting "itchy." The cost for the anti-itch eye drop before insurance was just over $100 for a 5 ML bottle of the stuff.
I'm ok that we consumers pay the price for research and development of these medications. That's how this works so that science and business can march forward.
Got me to thinking though what the price of this Patanol might be per gallon. The price of gasoline has most everyone conscious of the price per gallon. My basic math tells me that there are 200 5 ML bottles in a litre. Panatol then goes for about $20,000 per litre. From there, we know that there are approximately 3.78 litres in a gallon. That takes the anti-itch meds to over $75,000 per gallon. And for a barrel of the stuff? Don't get me started! It just makes my eyes itchy.
The antibiotic is a generic medicine that goes in each eye 2 drops at a time every four hours. After insurance the cost for those drops was about $4.00. The other medicine (no generic available) is something called Patanol that is designed to keep my eye from getting "itchy." The cost for the anti-itch eye drop before insurance was just over $100 for a 5 ML bottle of the stuff.
I'm ok that we consumers pay the price for research and development of these medications. That's how this works so that science and business can march forward.
Got me to thinking though what the price of this Patanol might be per gallon. The price of gasoline has most everyone conscious of the price per gallon. My basic math tells me that there are 200 5 ML bottles in a litre. Panatol then goes for about $20,000 per litre. From there, we know that there are approximately 3.78 litres in a gallon. That takes the anti-itch meds to over $75,000 per gallon. And for a barrel of the stuff? Don't get me started! It just makes my eyes itchy.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Bleeting of the Horns
After a few months delay, the Vikings are coming to town this morning for their Community Tour.
No ice storms and or lousy weather either like what we had last November when they originally had planned to come to town.
The kids at the Middle School (600 expected for the Assembly) are fired up and ready. Even if it's not football season, they are so ready for this visit.
Even big kids are excited and looking forward to the luncheon at SMSU.
It's been a fun adventure helping the community prepare for this event. Special thanks to the Steering Committee: Jeff Helms at SMSU, Doug Goodmund at the City, and Mary Kay Thomas our Middle School Principal.
Several others to be recognized too: Mayor Bob Byrnes for taking time from his busy schedule to serve as our official Host and Tour Guide; Jim and Tom Hey for helping with the bus; and Jeremy Gossen at Wells Fargo for his behind the scenes work as the "Team Gopher."
Sshhhh! While the Vikings aren't my favorite, after this visit, they'll certainly rise closer to the top!
No ice storms and or lousy weather either like what we had last November when they originally had planned to come to town.
The kids at the Middle School (600 expected for the Assembly) are fired up and ready. Even if it's not football season, they are so ready for this visit.
Even big kids are excited and looking forward to the luncheon at SMSU.
It's been a fun adventure helping the community prepare for this event. Special thanks to the Steering Committee: Jeff Helms at SMSU, Doug Goodmund at the City, and Mary Kay Thomas our Middle School Principal.
Several others to be recognized too: Mayor Bob Byrnes for taking time from his busy schedule to serve as our official Host and Tour Guide; Jim and Tom Hey for helping with the bus; and Jeremy Gossen at Wells Fargo for his behind the scenes work as the "Team Gopher."
Sshhhh! While the Vikings aren't my favorite, after this visit, they'll certainly rise closer to the top!
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