tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post6536666341870879533..comments2024-03-18T09:00:31.992-04:00Comments on Doctor Grumpy in the House: Geography FAIL!Grumpy, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-42344800064585315882009-10-15T21:03:17.865-04:002009-10-15T21:03:17.865-04:00Americans are allowed into Cuba - show your US pas...Americans are allowed into Cuba - show your US passport air the airport customs desk, along with the tourist card you'll be given in flight, and they'll let you in.<br /><br />You'll need to catch a flight from Canada to get there though, and US authorities might prosecute you for spending money there, at the hotels or restaurants and so forth. But you are allowed in.<br /><br />http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/13/cuba.travel/index.html discusses Obama's plans to ease travel restrictions, so that you can travel there.Qexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-73691641935506484312009-10-15T18:17:22.752-04:002009-10-15T18:17:22.752-04:00There are so many things wrong with this I don'...There are so many things wrong with this I don't know where to start.<br /><br />1) Cuba is a Spanish-speaking country.<br /><br />2) Cuba is poor as shit and, I've been there, their pharmacies are laughably small and horribly stocked. They barely have Aspirin.<br /><br />3) AMERICANS ARE NOT ALLOWED INTO CUBA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-41231285835980802892009-10-15T13:02:44.839-04:002009-10-15T13:02:44.839-04:00It used to be possible, until the early '30s, ...It used to be possible, until the early '30s, to buy a through ticket from New York to Havana: Pennsylvania RR to Washington; Richmond Fredricksburg & Potomac RR to Richmond; Seaboard Air Line RR to Jacksonville; Florida East Coast Rwy to Miami; Overseas RR (FEC-owned) to Key West; and then a ferry link to Havana (probably also run by the FEC). Unfortunately the Overseas Railroad fell into the ocean during a hurricane in 1935, so you can't do that anymore.<br /><br />On the other hand, a few days ago I was trying to plot a route on Google Maps within the state of NJ, and for whatever reason it thought I was asking for a town of the same name in Australia. It printed me out a route that it said would take 57 days, including one segment that said "Kayak across the Pacific Ocean, 3879 miles". Unfortunately, though, when I tried getting directions to Cuba it couldn't find any way to get there...Shalomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13667927130052597028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-25484877799765473882009-10-14T20:56:07.945-04:002009-10-14T20:56:07.945-04:00Can you even buy Aricept in Cuba (after you swim t...Can you even buy Aricept in Cuba (after you swim there)?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-28927004606555281342009-10-14T14:19:11.756-04:002009-10-14T14:19:11.756-04:00So did you give them the prescription?So did you give them the prescription?dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-30754389686830735182009-10-14T13:32:32.653-04:002009-10-14T13:32:32.653-04:00It's a good thing someone is actually planning...It's a good thing someone is actually planning on taking the Aricept for this occasion if no one has been to FL before or <br />'recently' out of the country i.e. since 9/11). <br /><br />Imagining what could happen at sundown on a particularly romantic Florida evenings. For all one might know someone could end up in Havana, or Costa Rico. <br /><br />Dr. G. has anyone approached you to support advocacy for a nationwide Silver Alert system (or even international considering that 'we can just walk across' Mexican and Canadian borders?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-19830677499812628652009-10-14T13:00:24.428-04:002009-10-14T13:00:24.428-04:00Moppie- that's news to me. I have my share of ...Moppie- that's news to me. I have my share of zits. But I try not to pop them in front of patients.<br /><br />Anon 9:05- DEFINITELY not me. I'm the poster child for unathletic doctors. My patients should do as I say, not as I do.Grumpy, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-69508207133672802192009-10-14T12:45:14.146-04:002009-10-14T12:45:14.146-04:00Yeah, you could walk there. IF YOU WERE JESUS!Yeah, you could walk there. IF YOU WERE JESUS!Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847716951917412035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-17118320261772192002009-10-14T12:41:15.457-04:002009-10-14T12:41:15.457-04:00Was this Jesus in your office... because, you know...Was this Jesus in your office... because, you know.. maybe?The Good Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01249986191289837440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-50315482162447442852009-10-14T12:12:41.465-04:002009-10-14T12:12:41.465-04:00As a Floridian, an elementary school graduate, and...As a Floridian, an elementary school graduate, and a map owner I'd like to verify that Cuba is an ISLAND. It is 90 miles from the Southernmost part of Florida, which I suppose is a walkable distance. Though, I suppose if you were capable of walking on water you probably wouldn't need to walk to Cuba for a script.Courtney Schoenfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222517204680586543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-13825687399010230922009-10-14T12:05:35.455-04:002009-10-14T12:05:35.455-04:00Dear Dr. Grumpy,
I was hoping for Mrs. Grumpy t...Dear Dr. Grumpy,<br /> I was hoping for Mrs. Grumpy that it was your picture on the ad located on the blog, the one that says "Get ripped in 4 weeks."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-22986488995957958862009-10-14T12:00:46.547-04:002009-10-14T12:00:46.547-04:00Unrelated question, but why do all doctors have cl...Unrelated question, but why do all doctors have clear skin? No pimples at all, not even 1 or 2.moppienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-31093473249693744832009-10-14T11:50:58.252-04:002009-10-14T11:50:58.252-04:00And you deadpanned, "Yes. Yes you can."
...And you deadpanned, "Yes. Yes you can."<br /><br />Reminds me of the guy at triage who tried to convince me he rode a donkey from India to Canada, which was responsible for his DVT. When I tried to ask about the length of the plane ride, he insisted it was actually a donkey ride, no plane was involved. So I said, "Well, no wonder you got a DVT!" and let it go, for sanity's sake.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-39289665818654352012009-10-14T11:36:11.786-04:002009-10-14T11:36:11.786-04:00The last of the Pangaeans.The last of the Pangaeans.The Gonglyp Mannoreply@blogger.com