~~Hey Doc~~ Ventured off to the eye doc today. My eye doc of 20+ yrs. (Doc Wankum) retired and I get dished off to someone I dont know (Doc Wilson). Now Doc Wankum only retired from regular patient work. Hes the lead fella in the building of a new oncology center in this health care complex. He was also the brains behind the health complex development back in the early 90s. Sharp man, wonderful personality, frugal with his own $$$, just a great guy. So. Im visiting with the new receiving assistant. Dare I say, not impressed. But I hear the voice of Doc Wankums forever assistant and wished I had her visiting with me. Oh well. The new assistant is attempting to read my pages of history from Doc Wankum and remarks, My gosh, I cant read this stuff. His writing is terrible. Ill be back. I need to go see his former assistant. I hear them talking in the hall. The former assistant rattles off the interpretation of Doc Wankums handwriting. The new assistant says to my new doc, Here, you take this. Im sitting in the room thinking, Oh Lord. Footsteps...in comes the new doc...Doc Wilson. I think, Wait a second. Where have I seen this guy before? He looks at me, barely says hi, flops the folder down, begins to read, says hell be right back, he goes out the door and hollers at Doc Wankums former assistant, Hey, can you read this handwriting for me? Im thinking, Good Gawd! He comes back, lays the folder down, doesnt even look at me and says, You still raising stock dogs? Me thinking, WT...OM, thats it! He was at one of my cowdog schools years ago! Holy cow! He leaves the room to get more interpretation of the folder scribbles. He comes back, I say, How did you know I raised stock dogs? He finally looks at me, Well, I was out to your place several years ago. Im chuckling to myself, Yes, Tammy...this is the guy that stated teaching dogs to do things was too complicated! I ask, Do you still have border collies? He then stops dead in his tracks, My, you remember my border collies? Me, Yes, yes I do. Then he quickly states, Well, my wife ruined my stock dogs. She made pets out of them, they dont listen to me, they run around all hyper and are hard to control and generally you cannot control them. Im thinking, Well, its not their fault, its not your wifes fault, maybe some time with them in a controlled school setting would have been beneficial. We do my eye exam. I had taken an All-flex ear tag with me and a label off of a pear. I tell him how I can or cannot clearly read the tag and fruit label. He does some more testing. He really settled down once he saw the ear tag! My mom had googled the guy and found that he enjoyed his cattle. Leave it to my mom to research the guy! So I say, What kind of cattle do you have? He replies, Well (pause) wild ones! Im thinking, Go figure! I had already observed that Doc Wilson was like a water droplet in a hot skillet. Hes got 4 rooms of patients going at the same time. Hes loud enough you can hear him in all 4 rooms. He asks, You do some AI work dont you? Me, Yes. Him, Do you think it is worth it? Me, Yes. Depends on your goals that you want to achieve. Now, he is curious and you can tell he is going to pick my brain. Im thinking, Wonder if I can get a consulting fee in exchange for this eye exam! He wants to know how I do my AIn. I chuckle, Very carefully. I mention CIDRs and hes spelling it cedars. So, he runs out of the room, comes back with a scrap of paper and states, Ok, give me the details. Lol...I talk, he scribbles, I spell, he scratches things out. Watch out Dan Busch, you might be gettin’ a phone call! Doc Wilson then hurriedly says, “I gotta go before I get in trouble for taking so long with a patient.” I say, “Is that in the rules for the Affordable Care Act…you on a time clock?” He sorta grins, “Well, somewhat.” I said in a joking way, “You know. My observation is that I process cattle with a lot more ease and patience than you do your patients.” He sorta frowns at me…I grin. Needless to say, I don’t think I got a reduced rate on my eye exam! So Doc Wilson if you are reading this, thanks for the visit today. But think about it. Those brush running sisters might be a tic more gentle if you did see them more often and were calmer around them. And, you might get to see more than just their tails as they head through the trees to the backside of the farm. And if you forget the mineral program info, the AI info and the names of the AI guys, “Give me a call!” ~Chucklin’
Posted on: Thu, 03 Apr 2014 03:46:15 +0000
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