Thunder’s Wordcast for the Impaired Podcaster - Episode #7

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Its time again for Thunder’s wordcast for the impaired podcaster.  I cant remember what episode this is so I will just say its number 7.  In podcast standards, I’m going to let you know what I will be talking about today.  For you first time listeners, well readers, this is my version of podcast because I still don’t have the gonads to do a real podcast.  Here goes:

 

Today’s discussion will cover trivia, Brian Payne of course, Davos trade, dogs, and if time, traffic.  These discussions will not be in any particular order and will entail whatever my feeble brain goes with as I type.  No one reads this shit anyway, so I’m just going to get started so I can get my tpe.

 

Since I’m on tpe, lets discuss trivia.  Holy shit!  I suck at it now.  This morning my first trivia question seemed pretty basic.  I did the research and found the answer, which I got wrong.  If pissed me off because either I didnt read the question right, or there is a glitch with the answer key.  That doesn’t matter now, I got it wrong.  And to top it off the next question I had an attitude going so all I did was pick one and given the 25% chance of getting it right, the odds were obviously against me.  Now I have to do a couple of reviews to get my max tpe for the week.  I have to figure out how to get 2 tpe without having to try to get a trivia question correct.  Ugh!

 

The next discussion is Jake Thunder’s favorite target who recruited me and got me into the league and now I thrive on playing against him so I can kick the shit out of him AGAIN!  Brian Payne, the so called tough guy from Warsaw is nothing more than a poser.  He says he wants to get into fights but has only been in one, which he lost by the way.  Game 351 came and went and Jake Thunder was waiting for Brian Payne; however, Payne skated away from Thunder the entire game.  Granted, Payne managed to get the 2nd star in that game, so he helped his team with goals and assists, but certainly not with sparking the team by dropping the gloves.  Perhaps Payne should stop wearing the spandex with the zipper in the back and stay out of Curves.  Unless, of course Payne’s true goal is to win the Lady Bing Trophy.

 

Next topic, the Davos trade.  HC Davos GM Alex, mentioned a trade in the works recently and then yesterday the trade was finalized and we found out that the best goalie in the league was coming to Davos.  Not that Davis was doing poorly because he was actually quite good, but picking up Xavier Booberry was by far a great selection and since the trade, Davos has gone undefeated.  Cant complain with four straight wins.  Brian Payne might need to zipper up his spandex for the next game Warsaw plays Davos because it’s highly unlikely he scores off Booberry.

 

The final topic will be dogs and once again any discussion on traffic will be put off for a future episode.  Dog lovers will feel my pain, while non-dog lovers will probably tell me its not worth it.  At any rate, we have a super Saint Bernard/Poodle mix, more common called a saintberdoodle.  She’s been the best dog we’ve ever had and she knows it.  The problem is when she was two, she’s five now, she had a seizure.  And then another one, and then another.  The vet said its probably epilepsy and we got some pills to try to prevent the seizures.  Three months of trying different doses and the vet referred us to a specialist.  Now, the word specialist should be spelled $pecialist because its expensive.  Anyway, the first visit cost about $500, and a recommendation to spend $5000 to have an MRI to confirm epilepsy.  I saw no reason to doubt the initial vet and assumed it was epilepsy and avoid a $5000 bill.  Luckily my wife agreed.  The dog was given a different pill to take twice a day and the seizures stopped.  Its been almost three years without a seizure and we just give her pills twice a day, to the tune of $145.00 a month.

 

That brings me to today.  The prescription refill is up and the specialist needed to see her for tests to renew the prescription.  The last checkup cost about $400.00.  I had it all planned to pay with Apple Card and transfer the  amount from my Apple Cash balance.  No problem so far.

 

The specialist is about 35 miles away, in Seattle.  Me and the dog head south to the specialist and everything is going just fine, other than the ungawdly amount of traffic.  We arrive on time and are escorted back to a room where the assistant tells me she’s taking the dog to the doctor and has me wait there.

 

About this time, there’s some activity in the Mexico City locker room, so I get involved with the chatter.  Quite entertaining, if I might add.  There’s some banter about a Mexico City acquisition and Ottawa claiming its not going to happen.  So, I chime in on the conversation, since I have a few minutes to kill, at which point someone points out that Thunder has made an appearance.  I pleasantly explain that I’m waiting for the specialist to come back with my dog and that it’s going to cost me about $500, figuring I could later say, “woohoo, only cost $400.”

 

The discussion takes a turn into something called pings and a pingerdome, which is over my head so I become a troller and not a participant.  The discussion was entertaining, even though I didnt know what the hell was being discussed.  And then it moved to recreates and TPE.  About that time, the specialist came into the room and told me the exam was fine and our dog is healthy and as soon as the assistant took blood, she would bring the dog back to me.  The specialist leaves and within two minutes Hazel, (the dog!) comes in wagging her tail and is ready to go.  The assistant guides us to the front where I can pay the $400, at which time I am no longer trolling the discord discussion.  I get to the counter and the receptionist says, “$717.89.”  OMG!  What the hell.  She totally screwed my day but what can I do?  I pay the lady and she says I will get an email with the details of the bill.  So much for using my Apple Cash to cover this bill, and I missed out on the discord chatter.

 

It took another four hours before I got some free time to check discord and the discussion had moved on to a variety of things, ie. Mexico City playing Halifax and Saskatoon today and being able to move up a few spots with some victories, along with TPE earning and retiring jerseys.

 

I just realized that I’m almost to 1200 words so what better thing to do this week than to put in for TPE next week too, which is a first for Thunder.  So, you are all off the hook on a new episode of Thunder’s Wordcast for the Impaired Podcaster until the week after next.  Until then, later bitches.

 

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