[email protected] wrote: > In the 1970's I was an ER doc at Santa Monica Hospital in Santa Monica CA. I > worked 12 hour shifts, 5 days on, 5 days > off. Arness came in one evening. We all treated him like any other patient. > We had a lot of 'Hollywood' type people in > that ED so it was not that unusual. I did not act like he was anything other > than an ordinary person and he acted like > an ordinary person. He was a little taller that most, but otherwise, just a > nice guy. Little did he know that I grew up > watching Gunsmoke on black and white TV with my family. My father was not > living at that time, but I know he would be > very proud to think that his kid was Matt Dillon's doctor if only for a few > hours one evening. I have a lot of stories > like that from my time in that ED. I loved practicing medicine - for more > than 20 years. Unfortunately the insurance > companies and lawyers eventually took all the fun out of it. But my hobby is > programming and it turned out to be a great > second career.
Hi Kam, I heard you about the insurance companies and lawyers. By the time they get done with the cookie jar there is nothing left for the rest of the world. My patients always got better right away, but I lost money on every visit. I finally let it go after being injured in road accidents myself twice within a year at age 60. Haven't quite gotten past the learning curve on programming, but at 66 I don't worry much about it. > http://www.ticketsarasota.com/2011-06-03/section/attractions/james-arness-who-cast-long-shadow-as-tvs-matt-dillon-on-gunsmoke-dies-at-88/ > > or > > http://tinyurl.com/4yt4xqe > > "James Arness, who burnished the legend of America’s epic West as > Marshal Matt Dillon, the laconic peacemaker of Dodge City on “Gunsmoke,” > one of the longest-running dramatic series in television history, died > on Friday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 88." -- Regards, Pete http://pete-theisen.com/ http://elect-pete-theisen.com/ _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
