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[Leslie <cayadopi AT yahoo.com>]

I'm going to try butternut next year........ so are you saying I should 
expect a plant that is 12 feet in diameter !!  If so, I'm going to plant it 
over by my mom's windows so she can see "green"...  LOL
 
Your spaghetti squash was roundish?  That I haven't seen, although I just 
discovered them this year at the grocery store, and they are about 6"-7" 
long, oval shaped.  The ones I've seen are yellow outside, and oval, just not 
giants.
 
Can't say I was thrilled with them either, but I'm thinking it could work for 
pasta substitute.
 
 
Ya, the monster ones growing outside have slight ridges, are watermelon 
shaped, and 12" long now.  I've never seen anything like this in the grocery 
stores.  I'm looking forward to trying to figure out when they are ripe and 
what's inside.
 
 

--- On Sat, 8/8/09, EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:



I've grown them before, and I don't fertilize or water, just let nature
take it's course.  I don't recall that the vines were any larger than
the butternuts I'm growing now, or the honey dew and watermelon vines.
Most of my squash vines only have 3,4,5 squashes on them, and I have
limited the watermelon and honey dew to just the one melon.  The
spaghetti squash I've grown here have all be about the size of a honey
dew or cantaloupe, some larger, some smaller, slightly elongated, maybe
5x7".

Now, since we are talking spaghetti squash...I planted some this year
but my seed was old and I had no germination.  A friend of mine is on a
low carb diet and was craving pasta, and I suggested spaghetti squash.
They aren't the most popular thing down here, but usually I can find a
squash or two in the produce departments.  For three weeks, I found zip.
  Today, DH brought home a squash labeled spaghetti squash, but it is
oblong, watermelon shaped, not just slightly elongated or honey dew
shaped.  It also has some ridges on it, very slight, but there.  It is
the oddest looking spaghetti squash I've seen.  It is6.5 inches wide, 9+
inches long, weighs 6 pounds, and was grown in Honduras.
Question is, is this just a larger than average squash-do they elongate
instead of growing in diameter?  Has anyone seen anything like this
before?  Do they have a monster variety of it down in Honduras?

I'm going to cook it for my friend; I just want to make sure her first
experience is a good one.

Bev


> I need a plant geneticist to come out here and quickly do some gene
> splicing on that crazy spaghetti squash plant.
> 
> I swear it is a mutant monster................ One seed, one plant,
> one plant that is now over 12 feet across, and has 12 squashes
> growing and still lots of new growth on the tips of more and more
> branches coming out.
> 
> 
> I need someone to splice in a STOP GROWING GENE quick, or I'm going
> to lose the driveway.............
> 
> 
> Seriously, is this a normal size plant for a spaghetti squash?

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In a message dated 8/8/2009 12:11:10 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
Clansgian AT wmconnect.com writes:



Drew, my simplistic treatment of this might come from the  time I've spent
here in the backwater with only the reality of Nature as a  moderator.
That
is, if I plant a turnip seed, I get a  turnip.

That I do understand, I grew up on a farm and my grandmother was the
"doctor" I now have employer provided insurance , have a wife in nursing,
parents on medicare/medicaid. I don't want a solution for one of us, but for 
all
of us.



Opponents of health care reform are saying that Canadian  doctors work for
the Canadian federal government.  That is either  true or it is a
fabrication.
Turns out it is a fabrication.  Now, it  doesn't matter who said it, what
their bias is, what their agenda is, what  their political affiliantion is
.... eigher doctors in Canada are emplyees  of the government or they are
not
... much like a trunip seed produces a  turnip or it produces something
else.

When my parents use their government provided coverage, they were the
patient, but the govt. pays the bill. The Govt. negotiates what they will pay 
to
 the doctors for services, meds etc. Who do the doctors work for, my
parents or  the government who pays the bill. The govt. sets the guidelines on
what they  will cover and will not, so where is the patient or doctor choice 
in
this  situation? Is this claim a fabrication? Maybe not. Again I like to
hear both  side of an argument before judging and I can see the case for the
doctors  working for the Government. At the very least this is not a black
and white, it  is true or they are lying situation.



If  the Canadians in line with you think that their doctors are government
employees, they are sadly misinformed, or else idiots.
Nope, they have lived with this situation and you and I have not, so the
idea that we are better informed is rather silly. Idiots who don't want to
live  with the pain for a year before treatment is rendered? I guess I might
be an  idiot too, If I could drive 60 miles, get immediate treatment and end
the pain.  The fact that Quebec since going to socialized medicine has not
had any trauma  helicopter service, common in the entire US. because of the
expense is  inexcusable. What other technology will they not use to save
lives, in order to  cut costs? Will they ground them here as well once we 
switch
over?  When  actress Natasha Richardson died a few months ago from a head
trauma, the doctors  in Montreal and NY said she quite possibly would be
alive if the helicopter were  available rather than the 4 hour ambulance ride 
to
Montreal. I doubt her family  is comforted with the knowledge that Quebec
saved a few bucks

_http://www.care2.com/c2c/groups/disc.html?gppU5&pst47134_
(http://www.care2.com/c2c/groups/disc.html?gppU5&pst47134)



And this it is with almost everything I've heard about the  Canadian health
care system, not whether it is good or bad, but rather  simple
seed-to-turnip
quesitons like who owns and runs the hospitals, % of  GDP paid for medical
services.  I've heard pundits say with a straigh  face that in Canada if
you
want any medical service, a government board  reviews the request and
accepts
or rejects it.  Turns out, no such  board or government review or reviewer
even exists.

The guidelines for treatment in Canada, as in the US for medicaid/medicare
are written
and approved by the government. In neither case can doctors do as they feel
 best and be
assured of payment if they have to step outside the guidelines. Sure, they
can order that
MRI, but they may not get reimbursed for it. It is not doctors, but records
 nurses who
generally determine what services you will get from our govt. or the
Canadian govt. My wife
has friends doing this today. Nurses from the govt. negotiate with nurses
from the providers.
Often they are nurses who go into this right out of college, without any or
 with very little practice
time. See the job posting today for description: note, no hospital
experience necessary, but lots of computer and communications skills are.

Drew

    Medicare DME Reconsideration  Nurse
Categories: Healthcare  Specialists

The Medicare DME Reconsideration Nurse oversees medical  necessity appeals
of Durable Medical Equipment (DME) under Medicare Part  B. Responsibilities
include: the organization and management of DME  appeals; researching
Medicare determinations and policies, including but  not limited to to 
National
Coverage Determinations, Local Coverage  Determinations, Jurisdiction Supplier
Manuals, and Internet only manuals;  reviewing appeals and completing nurse
reviews regarding medical  necessity, compliance with documentation
requirements, and utilization;  and facilitating communication with our 
client.

Requirements:

Active RN license
Two years experience  processing Medicare DME reconsiderations
Bachelors degree or advanced  certifications preferred
Strong written and verbal communication  skills.
Ability to perform intensive research.
Highly organized  with attention to detail and the ability to manage
multiple priorities and  deadlines.
Strong proficiency in MS Outlook, MS Word, and Internet  searches
Medium proficiency in MS Excel
Ability to read and  interpret medical documentation written in Spanish
helpful




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