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Title: Bone Bucks - a thing of the past
Post by: twirl on June 03, 2009, 12:35:54 PM: bone bucks have been stopped --- I always gave mine away -- the reason -- Davita is having cut back -
there is no more money for rewards for good behavior at dialysis - so I got two free bone bucks because it was the last time - I spent them on Rerun -- I got a donated book with photos of puppies -- so I am mailing it to her if I ever go to the post office - please do not tell her - she likes surprises - the book has some photos taken in the 1970's --- she will love it
no more bone bucks -- here goes the clinic - with no rewards--- we will all go crazy ---- :sir ken;
Title: Re: Bone Bucks - a thing of the past
Post by: kimcanada on June 03, 2009, 12:42:30 PM: bone bucks??

what happens if God forbid you lose your temper... do they take your bone bucks away??
Title: Re: Bone Bucks - a thing of the past
Post by: KICKSTART on June 03, 2009, 01:00:14 PM: bone bucks ? Twirl im sure you are a lovely person , but i dont understand half the things you say :rofl; Is it cause im British ?
Title: Re: Bone Bucks - a thing of the past
Post by: kimcanada on June 03, 2009, 01:01:58 PM: Ummm I'm Canadian and poor Twirly Whirly losses me sometimes also

I need to sign up for Texas 101! ;)
Title: Re: Bone Bucks - a thing of the past
Post by: monrein on June 03, 2009, 01:09:01 PM: OK Twirl, tell them again about the stupid bone bucks and being made to feel like it's kindergarten all over again.
Title: Re: Bone Bucks - a thing of the past
Post by: twirl on June 03, 2009, 01:24:53 PM: bone bucks ---- point system for getting good lab reports ---- in addition to smiley or frowny faces
;D >:(

I am learning the languages of Canada and Britian

Texas is a unique Southern language ya'll hear -- but monrein understands me just fine :waving;

can you understand Tinah1968 and crawford ? they speak Texan and Mibarra does too
Title: Re: Bone Bucks - a thing of the past
Post by: kimcanada on June 03, 2009, 01:35:20 PM: I mostly get balled up on the food stuff and sometimes stores :urcrazy;
Title: Re: Bone Bucks - a thing of the past
Post by: monrein on June 03, 2009, 02:58:34 PM: Seriously, understanding all types of accents even very foreign and very "broken" English ones, is one of my strongest skills. In restaurants, I often have to translate accents for my friends and I use the same shortcuts as the "foreigner" so if they don't use tenses I skip them too. My friends think it's odd but it does come in handy. I can imitate a few too but I don't unless the person I'm imitating is in on it and knows that I'm not making fun of them. Often people will apologize for their "accent" but as I like to say..."Well your English is a lot better than my Mandarin or Swahili or Greek or whatever".

So yeah y'all I git whut twirl sez jus fiiiiine.!
Title: Re: Bone Bucks - a thing of the past
Post by: Rerun on June 03, 2009, 03:49:34 PM: I get a present.... I get a present.....

:yahoo; :cheer:

Thank you in advance!!!
Title: Re: Bone Bucks - a thing of the past
Post by: twirl on June 03, 2009, 04:09:41 PM: WAIT how did you know? it was a secret and pm me your address I know you were my secret santa pal but my computer took a nose dive and took your address with him/her

DID DAVID13 TELL YOU OR WAS IT KIMMIE ? ( i know it was not monrein - she is too classy to tell a secret )

and kimmie is getting grits and rotel ----- ( I think I will send her the hot rotel - don't ya'll go and tattle on me)
Title: Re: Bone Bucks - a thing of the past
Post by: dwcrawford on June 03, 2009, 04:45:40 PM: Crawford Plays a lot... you never know what is real. But to set matters straight Crawford pretty well speaks Standard American English unless he's playing Texas. I like it all.

My nurse today was Persian. Lovely lady with a beautiful accent.
Title: Re: Bone Bucks - a thing of the past
Post by: kimcanada on June 03, 2009, 04:53:29 PM: I used to be classy! Well kinda classy, well I always say scuse me when I toot >:D
Title: Re: Bone Bucks - a thing of the past
Post by: dwcrawford on June 03, 2009, 04:54:20 PM: lol..... can't beat that for classy kim
Title: Re: Bone Bucks - a thing of the past
Post by: kimcanada on June 03, 2009, 04:56:47 PM: ;) :sir ken; :shy;
Title: Re: Bone Bucks - a thing of the past
Post by: Romona on June 03, 2009, 07:21:38 PM: I can't understand a word that Canadian Kim says! :rofl;
Title: Re: Bone Bucks - a thing of the past
Post by: jbeany on June 03, 2009, 09:32:31 PM: Come join my center, twirl - we just started Bingo with our lab results. Best phos, Ideal calcium, Necessary albumin, Great Potassium, and Optimal fluids. Anyone who gets them all gets entered in a prize raffle. Maybe I can use your left over bone bucks to buy a vowel!
Title: Re: Bone Bucks - a thing of the past
Post by: twirl on June 03, 2009, 09:51:03 PM: I would gladly give them to you but I gave them to another patient and she died having parathyroid surgery -
she used the bucks to get things for her son ---
:waving;
Title: Re: Bone Bucks - a thing of the past
Post by: kimcanada on June 04, 2009, 02:58:26 AM: Romona you are such a trouble maker!!!!
Title: Re: Bone Bucks - a thing of the past
Post by: twirl on June 04, 2009, 12:14:50 PM: Quote from: kimcanada on June 04, 2009, 02:58:26 AM
Romona you are such a trouble maker!!!!

but she speaks the truth :cheer:
Title: Re: Bone Bucks - a thing of the past
Post by: hurlock1 on June 04, 2009, 04:13:13 PM: As far as I know they never had bone bucks at fresenius. But we do get stars if we do good. I get stars every time. (almost) Never got any bone bucks. Haven't even heard of'em 'til today. Ah'mona ask about'em tomorrow. I always heard that Davita was the redhead step-brother of the dialysis community, but they quit giving them anyway. CUT BACKS, What are gonna do about that? >:D
Title: Re: Bone Bucks - a thing of the past
Post by: kitkatz on June 04, 2009, 08:21:18 PM: If I get another damned smiley face on my blood work report I am going to scream,then laugh hysterically, then the men in the white coats will come take me away!
Title: Re: Bone Bucks - a thing of the past
Post by: okarol on June 05, 2009, 12:24:17 AM: Whoever invented Bone Bucks was a Bonehead. :urcrazy;
Title: Re: Bone Bucks - a thing of the past
Post by: kitkatz on June 06, 2009, 06:15:20 PM: There once was a woman by the name of Twirl,
Who thought she would give bone bucks a whirl.
She discovered to her ever widening dismay
The dietician would not let her give them away.
Title: Re: Bone Bucks - a thing of the past
Post by: dwcrawford on June 06, 2009, 07:19:04 PM: I tried to figure it out on my own, but I can't.... what the heck is a bone buck?
Title: Re: Bone Bucks - a thing of the past
Post by: kitkatz on June 06, 2009, 10:00:42 PM: Twirl's dietitian had started a program where she rewarded people with something she called bone bucks. They were called bone bucks because they were given to people for good phosphorous levels, which affect the bones of kidney patients. Twirl thought it was silly and would give any bone bucks she received to another patient.