We have survived decades without serious botheration, but all of a sudden the telephone scammers have our number. We have had multiple calls in the past two or three months that have been variants of two scams that are currently in vogue. I’ll describe them both, hopefully in enough detail that you can catch the drift early in the conversation.
When the media stumble across something unfamiliar they tend to treat it as something new.
That seems to be the case with hydraulic fracturing, a technique used to stimulate the flow of oil and gas from a well, either a newly drilled one or one that is in a state of diminishing yield.
As Cavalia winds down, we have had a brief flurry of a different kind of circus, leading to the Republican caucuses on March 3. Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney already have been here, but the main events and prizes lie elsewhere. The campaign is lurching towards Super Tuesday, March 6, when 10 states, some crucial, hold elections or caucuses.
Urgent care facilities have been around for much longer, and have a different purpose than ERs. It is very important for medical services consumers – you and me – to understand the difference, and to make appropriate use of each.
