Another Dare . . .
Well, as I mentioned yesterday, I was on the phone this morning with the DJO rep about the $905.51 bill I received yesterday. When he dropped off my bone graft stimulator, he told me that since I had been approved, there would be no cost. Otherwise I would owe $900. So I was surprised to get that bill.
But when I got him on the phone there was a lot of hemming and hawing, and backtracking about what this bill was for. And every time I would circle back around to what he actually told me, the stuttering would start again.
So after a few minutes of this round and round, I pulled out the big gun.
I said, “OK, is the address on the bill where I should send the unit back, or do you have another one that I should use?â€
And the stuttering started all over again.
Finally he said, “Well, we do have a needs-based program that might be able to cover your bill. I’ll have them call you this afternoon.â€
The reason I knew that this was a real threat was that from the bill I knew that they had already received $3623.23 from Medicare, which they would have to give back.
And a little after 4pm, right after I got home from work, they called. And after asking me a couple of questions about income and marital status, she told me that I was approved for the payment cancellation program, and that they would send me a form to sign.
Well, that was easy.
Regular readers will know how I like hot stuff.
No, not just Jan, but food too.
And I can’t resist a challenge.
The last one was back in September when we had lunch once more at The Cookshack up in Webster. Here’s the post from back then.
Later, a little after 1pm, Jan and I drove up to Clear Lake to have lunch again at The Cookshack. I was hoping that the owner would be there this time so I could try to two levels hotter than AMF Chicken Tenders that he told me about on our first visit.
He was surprised that I was able handle the standard AMF version, but when we went back for our 2nd visit, he wasn’t there, and no one knew anything about a hotter version of AMF. However he was there today, but I still didn’t get the two-levels hotter version, just 1 level hotter.
I think I may have called his bluff, because when I asked him for the two-level version, he said he only had the one-level available, since it took him a MONTH to make up the even hotter stuff.
So what, he mixes it up in a big cauldron during the full moon, with eye of newt, puppy dog tails, lizard tongues, etc..
Yeah, right!
I’m not sure I could tell that today’s version was any hotter than the original one, but it was hot. However I told Jan I probably won’t order it again, since it was just the challenge more than anything.
And now it’s Arby’s turn.
They’ve just announced their Diablo Dare.
Starting Monday, the fast-food chain is bringing the heat with the new Diablo Dare Sandwich, which comes in two varieties – crispy chicken and smoked brisket.
The chain said the limited-time sandwiches come with five sources of heat: ghost pepper jack cheese, fiery hot seasoning, fire-roasted jalapenos and Diablo BBQ sauce, served on a red chipotle bun
Arby’s said the sandwich is “so spicy, we had to include a free vanilla shake to cool your mouth down between bites.â€
I’ll be the judge of that.
But sometime between now and February 6th, we’ll be checking out our nearest Arby’s.
Challenge Accepted!
Thought For The Day:
“Wisdom is, when you know something, knowing that you know it. And when you do not know something, knowing that you do not know it.†– Confucius
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