"No money, no operation" - Lemmy.World

I was reading Michael Caine autobiography, “The elephant to Hollywood”. At a certain point he’s in living in LA, and his wife becomes suddenly ill. She had a burst appendix, one of these “you have surgery on a couple hours or you die” situations. The thing is once they get to the hospital and she’s properly diagnosed, Caine is asked $5000 beforehand for her operation, and he’s literally told; “No money, no operation”. Eventually he realizes that he belongs to the actors Gild, so the operation is covered, and everything was alright. But I wondered, does (did) the US health system really work like this? Will a perfectly curable person be left to die just because a forward payment can’t be done? For context, this happened in LA probably in the 60s or 70s.

What would happen if someone, after being sworn into office on a holy book, changed religions a couple of months later? - Lemmy.World

Would their oath be null and void? Would they have to be sworn in again on a new book?

Looking for a tv show which title I can't remember - Lemmy.World

What I am about to tell may be a “side story” and not the main plot of the series. There is a robbery of an armored vehicle. During the robbery the robbers kill the vehicle’s guards. One of the robbers (Rob A) has a wife and daughter(s). He also has a brother who is a bit of a loose cannon. The thing is, the loose cannon brother gets in trouble with the police and tries to sign up for the next heist Rob A is planning so he can snitch. Other info: Rob A is married and has a daughter or two, and when he’s not robbing banks he has a job at a supermarket (or some other sort of retailer job). They lead a middle-class family life. Rob A’s wife owns a hairdresser. I don’t remember the name of any of the actors, nor any other series or movies they’ve worked on.

Adonis being Adonis - Lemmy.world

Chess Openings TIER LIST Against 1.D4 | GM Moulthun Ly - Lemmy.world

So I saw this video about possible responses to 1.d4 It’s an interesting overview to many possible responses, with general ideas and comments on whether they are worth to be played ant the like.

The main difference I've noted so far between lemming and Reddit is that in lemming people seem to know when to write it's or its. - Lemmy.world