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To: RealMuLan who wrote (23570)	2/15/2005 12:22:34 AM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	Read Replies (8) \| Respond to of 116555

Yiwu... It's an American classic... leoslyrics.com Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons Buy this album! Buy Tennessee Ernie Ford Posters! Some people say a man is made outta mud A poor man's made outta muscle and blood Muscle and blood and skin and bones A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong You load sixteen tons, what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go I owe my soul to the company store I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal And the straw boss said "Well, a-bless my soul" You load sixteen tons, what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go I owe my soul to the company store I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain Fightin' and trouble are my middle name I was raised in the canebrake* by an ol' mama lion Cain't no-a high-toned woman make me walk the line You load sixteen tons, what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go I owe my soul to the company store If you see me comin', better step aside A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died One fist of iron, the other of steel If the right one don't a-get you, then the left one will You load sixteen tons, what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go I owe my soul to the company store

To: RealMuLan who wrote (23570)	2/15/2005 11:02:31 AM
From: mishedlo	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 116555

People are beginning to outsource their elective surgery. Heard this report last night. The main hospital in Thailand is becoming the county's number one tourist destination. Americans are going to Thailand for elective surgery. One woman said a "tummy tuck" in US costs 20K. In Thailand she got the tummy tuck and a boob job for 7K including meds. A guy with no health insurance had a knee replacement for 5K which included a week of rehab and hospital stay. He said in US he's looking at 25K. Insurance companies are looking at lower premiums for people who would agree to go outside country for electives. Several American doctors have moved to Thailand.