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I concur with the orthopedic doc’s hunch about
\nmy knee<\/a>: it’s
\nthe meniscus<\/a>. And
\nsince I’ll be needing healthy ones of those as I get on in years, I’m going
\nahead with the MRI and, more than likely, some sort of repair. The
\ndiagnosis is uncertain, but all indications have convinced me of the high
\nlikelihood that there’s a tear somewhere in the middle cartilage. The kind
\nfolks at SOS (yeah…Syracuse Ortho…) are going to call me with the schedule
\nfor when I get to climb into the narrow tube to have my magnetic resonance
\nimaged. It’s been ten years since I had one, and as I recall, it’s close
\nto what I imagine beam-type space travel would be like. So that I would be
\ninsurance-eligible for the MRI, I filled out a form, and I think I might have
\nanswered one of the two bold<\/b> questions incorrectly. Feel free to
\nguess which one: "Are you claustrophobic?"<\/b> or "Have you had a previous
\nMRI?"<\/b> However, I answered all of the plain text questions honestly and
\ncorrectly, including "Eyelid\/eyeliner tattoo?" My answer was no<\/i>,
\nbut I was tempted to check yes if only as a conversation starter and simply to
\nfind out what that’s got to do with the scan. <\/p>\n

Brighter news is that I had the
\ntire fixed<\/a> on
\nthe Element. Goodyear, like PepBoys, wouldn’t patch\/wad the tire (too much risk
\nwith the punctum being in the sidewall), so I had to produce a big-handed grab of dough
\nto get a new one. I had no idea the tires on our car were so precious.
\nThen I was insulted to learn–from an obnoxiously proud\/aggressive
\nmanager-type–that we missed our annual NY motor vehicle inspection. Oh? Add
\ntwenty-one bucks. I should be grateful, but I still can’t figure out why
\nNY grants two year registrations while requiring annual inspections. In
\nMissouri (brace yourself; this is the part where I confirm that some<\/i>
\nMissouri laws are smarter than those in New York), inspections were due at the
\nsame time as registration, and two-year registrations\/inspections were available
\nfor vehicles less than seven years old or so. The high-priced tire
\nreplacement: that was the high-!-light of my day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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