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theoldfool12-Jan-23 5:13

12-Jan-23 5:13

Too quiet here this morning.
Left ponder here. I should know better

Got an email that I should sign up for a government site that allows access for many government services (I get health care from the VA). Wow, can't wait.

So, I submit:

1. email address
2. MFA stuff, text phone number and get 10 secret codes.
3. SS # (don't sweat that, it was compromised years ago).
4. Photos of my photo ID
5. Promise to play nice.
6. Short arm inspection.
7. Respond to verification text.

And then... TaDa:
"You have experienced an error". Call 800....
They put me on ignore.

Experience: recognizing a mistake the second time you make it.

>64
Some days the dragon wins. Suck it up.

Re: No fool like an old fool.

Slacker00712-Jan-23 5:28

Slacker007

12-Jan-23 5:28

I find your post extremely disturbing for at least 3 reasons, maybe more. Sigh | :sigh:

Re: No fool like an old fool.

Mike Hankey12-Jan-23 6:47

Mike Hankey

12-Jan-23 6:47

theoldfool wrote:
I get health care from the VA

Yeah me too. I had laser surgery on my eyes about 6 months ago, they put stints in because I have glaucoma and have had problems with eyes every since. So they toss me around this whole time saying that I didn't do post op right. Did exactly what they told me and now they are sending me to a civilian ophthalmologist to fix what they screwed up.

The doctor that did the surgery was in training and she put one of the stints in the wrong place and that's what's giving me problems.

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Re: No fool like an old fool.

Nelek12-Jan-23 6:49

Nelek

12-Jan-23 6:49

I hope it gets fixed soon. Rose | [Rose]

M.D.V.

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Re: No fool like an old fool.

Mike Hankey12-Jan-23 6:52

Mike Hankey

12-Jan-23 6:52

Thanks.

Because it is an emergency they rushed the appointment through and it has only taken 6 weeks to get in. Next Tuesday is the day!

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Re: No fool like an old fool.

theoldfool12-Jan-23 7:36

theoldfool

12-Jan-23 7:36

Best of luck. Look forward to hearing good news.

>64
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Re: No fool like an old fool.

Mike Hankey12-Jan-23 8:31

Mike Hankey

12-Jan-23 8:31

Thanks, Me too!

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Re: No fool like an old fool.

Jeremy Falcon12-Jan-23 7:41

Jeremy Falcon

12-Jan-23 7:41

You eyesight doing ok though? Hanging in there?

Trying not to get on my soapbox about how vets are treated. But, I'll keep you in my thoughts buddy.

Jeremy Falcon

Re: No fool like an old fool.

Mike Hankey12-Jan-23 8:31

Mike Hankey

12-Jan-23 8:31

Thanks

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Re: No fool like an old fool.

Marc Clifton12-Jan-23 8:17

Marc Clifton

12-Jan-23 8:17

Mike Hankey wrote:
he doctor that did the surgery was in training

That's one of the most complicated and scary things about training doctors. You can only do so much with animals, at some point you have to be trained on human beings under the supervision (no pun intended) of a trained doctor.

I would assume that there was no supervision?

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Re: No fool like an old fool.

Mike Hankey12-Jan-23 8:30

Mike Hankey

12-Jan-23 8:30

Marc Clifton wrote:
I would assume that there was no supervision?

There was a supervising doctor but when she put in the first stint he told her that it needed to be removed and she wasn't able so she put another in.

A lot of the doctors at the VA are young and recent grads getting experience.
Think about it, not all doctors graduate at the top of their class. What happens to the ones that are graduate at the bottom?

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Re: No fool like an old fool.

Nelek12-Jan-23 9:29

Nelek

12-Jan-23 9:29

Mike Hankey wrote:
Think about it, not all doctors graduate at the top of their class. What happens to the ones that are graduate at the bottom?

Not only with doctors...
I would not go into a building where some of my pals in college had to do with the electric installation or machines used into it.

M.D.V.

Re: No fool like an old fool.

Daniel Pfeffer12-Jan-23 21:59

Daniel Pfeffer

12-Jan-23 21:59

Nelek wrote:
I would not go into a building where some of my pals in college had to do with the electric installation or machines used into it.

Three avionics engineers from different companies are taking a flight together. Before takeoff, the pilot comes up to the first, and whispers that the avionics in the plane were produced by his company. The engineer gets up, and hurries off the plane. The pilot whispers the same to the second engineer, with the same result. The pilot goes on to the third engineer, who just sits there.

The pilot asks the engineer if he is that confident in his company's avionics, to which the engineer answers "I am confident that with my company's avionics, this plane won't ever get off the ground!"

Sigh | :sigh:

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Re: No fool like an old fool.

Daniel Pfeffer12-Jan-23 22:09

Daniel Pfeffer

12-Jan-23 22:09

I can think of multiple reasons why I would never respond to such an e-mail.

In Israel, one must go physically to the appropriate office (bank branch, government office, whatever), show ID etc., and then you will get two letters by snail-mail giving you the account ID and the initial password for your account. The idea is that no single communication contains all of the data required to break your account.

Much slower, but much more secure. Sometimes low-tech is the best way.

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Re: No fool like an old fool.

theoldfool13-Jan-23 1:29

theoldfool

13-Jan-23 1:29

Well, the email was from a legit source that I could verify.
All's well that ends well. The next day, I could log in and request a prescription refill.
The VA, and their health care, has been very good to me.

>64
Some days the dragon wins. Suck it up.

CCC 12-01-2023

pkfox11-Jan-23 21:53

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11-Jan-23 21:53

Groundwork ? go look again ? (8)

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OriginalGriff11-Jan-23 21:55

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11-Jan-23 21:55

Nice!

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Re: CCC 12-01-2023

pkfox11-Jan-23 22:01

pkfox

11-Jan-23 22:01

I'm on a mission to avoid anagrams at all costs

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DerekT-P11-Jan-23 23:33

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11-Jan-23 23:33