LMU-DCOM Class of 2011

Ooohh, this is my first time in the actual class thread. Nice.

Anyways, I'm going to be looking for a house to rent down in the area and if I find something I may be looking for roommates if anyone is interested. Also, I'd love to find a place that'll let me have a dog. Does anyone know if there are any breed restrictions in the area?

Bump, we were about to drop off the first page.

Oh, if someone is looking for the real DCOM thread, your going to have to go to the pre-osteo forum.

This one seems to be forever

Destin10 said:

I was accepted into DCOM back in January and have just got onto this site!! After careful consideration I decided on DCOM over other schools and will have to say I am very excited about next year and attending DCOM. I anticipate it will be a great class for next year!

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Good choice, i had to evaluate my decision to DCOM quite carefully as well. But i think we both made a great choice..see you in fall

Hello guys , I was accepted in December but just bumped into this thread. I am excited about getting into DCOM too and actually excited about the non-traditional students attending. I am 30 with one daughter and feel at home already. I am also a horned frog. I went to TCU for my undergrad and was a scribe at Harris from 1999-2005. I am in Lawrenceville, GA now and closer to TN. Hope we work together to make DCOM great.

MJB said:

Can you tell me if you pay city taxes if you work in Knoxville, but don't necessarily live there? That's how KC, MO works...if you work or live in KCMO, you have to pay a 1% income tax.

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I work in Knoxville right now and live in another county and I know I don't pay any city taxes. I'd be highly upset if they taxed me for working there. That's crap.

NPEMTIV said:

I work in Knoxville right now and live in another county and I know I don't pay any city taxes. I'd be highly upset if they taxed me for working there. That's crap.

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Thanks! Now I just have to figure out how property taxes work on cars/trucks and boats.

MJB said:

Thanks! Now I just have to figure out how property taxes work on cars/trucks and boats.

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No state personal property tax. Knox co has a wheel tax that is $60 per vehicle. I think that is it.

lrobin15 said:

No state personal property tax. Knox co has a wheel tax that is $60 per vehicle. I think that is it.

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Geez. $60? That's a rip off. Anderson doesn't charge anything. We just have to renew our license plates every year for the $25 a car. I guess $60 is probably good for some of the people from other areas who get ripped even worse every year as it is.

If I don't have to pay property taxes on the two vehicles and jet ski (and I know I don't have to tag the trailer), I'm not gonna complain about 60 bucks for tags....I'm used to 60 or so for tags in addition to about 600 per year for property taxes.

Now, sales tax on the other hand...

DoctorMom78 said:

AHHHH!!!! I don't know which thread to post on now! We should all agree to kill of one of them and only use the other one.

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Lets kill the other one. Isn't it about 3/4 the way to 1000 anyway?

I know I'll be down there. And Andi will be around too. I just wish she had gotten herself addicted to sdn, she'd be fun.

Oh, and my vote is to kill the other thread.

us Horned Frogs really are taking over!

DoctorMom78 said:

LOL! I think we will have to have someone lock this one. Mod please....

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You mean lock the other one, right?

Okay, I didn't get the resent one either! Should I be feeling insecure?

DoctorMom78 said:

LOL! Yes. Sorry. Y'all got me confused. Too many DCOM threads.

I would contact Dr. Leo and let him know. Nothing to be insecure about. Just computer errors.

OK. Let me try this again. Mod, lock the OTHER thread please.

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I was jk. I did call and your right about 30 were shot back. They think it is their IT system.

I am replying to posts in the other, now soon to be dead thread...

DrJamie, Dumb and Dumber...my favorite movie, at least comedy wise. I love it and laugh every single time.

NPEMTIV, you were talking about construction, if you want to see construction, come take a gander out here. As we say in Chicago, there are only 2 seasons, winter and construction. Right now we have an interstate (I-294/I-80/I-94 - which they just finished major construction on less than 3 months ago) under construction, again, to add another lane (why it wasn't done before, who knows) and the Dan Ryan Expressway laugh: yeah right, expressway ) which is the major artery going from the south suburbs and indiana into chicago is going thru a complete makeover for the last year and will finish sometime this year. They reduced 7 into 4 and even 3 in some places. It is a freaking nightmare. On the interstate I mentioned before, there is a section that has been under consruction for, I kid you not, at least 15 years straight. They keep changing it and whatever and it makes those who come from Mich. or Ind. from their summer cottages a nightmare as well. The best part of TN construction is the "Blasting Zone" signs - those are awesome

DoctorMom78 said:

I need a new date for my BBQ. I know a lot of you won't be down there yet, but I was thinking of July 22nd or 23rd. How many people will be around then?

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I'm always here so whenever is good for me. I'll just make sure I'm off work for whatever day we finally all decide on.

nascardoc said:

NPEMTIV, you were talking about construction, if you want to see construction, come take a gander out here. As we say in Chicago, there are only 2 seasons, winter and construction. Right now we have an interstate (I-294/I-80/I-94 - which they just finished major construction on less than 3 months ago) under construction, again, to add another lane (why it wasn't done before, who knows) and the Dan Ryan Expressway laugh: yeah right, expressway ) which is the major artery going from the south suburbs and indiana into chicago is going thru a complete makeover for the last year and will finish sometime this year. They reduced 7 into 4 and even 3 in some places. It is a freaking nightmare. On the interstate I mentioned before, there is a section that has been under consruction for, I kid you not, at least 15 years straight. They keep changing it and whatever and it makes those who come from Mich. or Ind. from their summer cottages a nightmare as well. The best part of TN construction is the "Blasting Zone" signs - those are awesome

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{Mental note: Never visit Chicago.} I would be on blood pressure medicine within a week! Or has they say around here, "I got high blood." Everyone who is trying to read a medical terminology book needs to make sure it has a Southern cross reference as things are somewhat different 'round these parts.

Ex....
As above
Hypertension = High Blood
Hypoglycemia = The Sugar
etc... etc...

NPEMTIV said:

{Mental note: Never visit Chicago.} I would be on blood pressure medicine within a week! Or has they say around here, "I got high blood." Everyone who is trying to read a medical terminology book needs to make sure it has a Southern cross reference as things are somewhat different 'round these parts.

Ex....
As above
Hypertension = High Blood
Hypoglycemia = The Sugar
etc... etc...

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Woohoo! I'll get to learn another language!

DoctorMom78 said:

OK. It will definitely be in July sometime. I will look at the calendar once I get down there and set a date. I don't even know which box my calendar is in right now. I HATE MOVING!!!!

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Don't worry, you can find solace in the fact that Paris Hilton is going to jail! oh man I love that...

NPEMTIV said:

{Mental note: Never visit Chicago.} I would be on blood pressure medicine within a week! Or has they say around here, "I got high blood." Everyone who is trying to read a medical terminology book needs to make sure it has a Southern cross reference as things are somewhat different 'round these parts.

Ex....
As above
Hypertension = High Blood
Hypoglycemia = The Sugar
etc... etc...

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if you want a long list of medical ebonics, this is from the EM page!

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=243309

NPEMTIV said:

{Mental note: Never visit Chicago.} I would be on blood pressure medicine within a week! Or has they say around here, "I got high blood." Everyone who is trying to read a medical terminology book needs to make sure it has a Southern cross reference as things are somewhat different 'round these parts.

Ex....
As above
Hypertension = High Blood
Hypoglycemia = The Sugar
etc... etc...

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A couple of my favorites:

peanutbutter balls = phenobarbital
smiling mighty jesus = spinal menigitis

DoctorMom78 said:

OK. It will definitely be in July sometime. I will look at the calendar once I get down there and set a date. I don't even know which box my calendar is in right now. I HATE MOVING!!!!

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July is good for us - just not the weekend of the 14th and 15th, as we will be working at a racetrack for the NASCAR series in Chicago.

Speaking of construction...can one of you Knoxvillians fill me in on what's going on with Emory Road between I-75 and Halls Crossroads?

froggiepremed said:

if you want a long list of medical ebonics, this is from the EM page!

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=243309

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Haha...those were really funny until everyone got all uptight and started trying to make trouble. At least our thread isn't the only one that's ever gotten people riled up because of our "lack of professionalism" or whatever they accuse us of being. (I call it social, but whatever.) Good tread!

MJB said:

Speaking of construction...can one of you Knoxvillians fill me in on what's going on with Emory Road between I-75 and Halls Crossroads?

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I drove the Emory Road section from Maynardville Hwy (AKA Broadway Ave AKA Henley Street AKA 411) to I-75 not too long ago and I don't recall anything going on, but it may very well have a new construction project going on! The Emory Road from Maynardville Hwy (AKAs above) towards the actual Halls Crossroads (Emory Rd & Tazewell Pike) is a stretch I drive very very infrequently so I have no idea. Basically, what I think I'm saying is...I dunno. Lrobin, any ideas?

NPEMTIV said:

I drove the Emory Road section from Maynardville Hwy (AKA Broadway Ave AKA Henley Street AKA 411) to I-75 not too long ago and I don't recall anything going on, but it may very well have a new construction project going on! The Emory Road from Maynardville Hwy (AKAs above) towards the actual Halls Crossroads (Emory Rd & Tazewell Pike) is a stretch I drive very very infrequently so I have no idea. Basically, what I think I'm saying is...I dunno. Lrobin, any ideas?

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Yeah, do you remember what they did to Middlebrook pike btwn Cedar Bluff and Pellissippi? That is what they are doing.
They are just trying to make it less confusing, add lanes, and straighten it out a little. It is on Emory btwn 75 and 33 -mostly in the section that goes past the Wal-mart and Mynett rd. -you know, the part that you have to guess which way to go to stay on Emory.

lrobin15 said:

-mostly in the section that goes past the Wal-mart and Mynett rd. -you know, the part that you have to guess which way to go to stay on Emory.

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Oh yeah! Fun trick they added there. I always enjoy finding myself down norris freeway or andersonville pike or something because I jumped the gun or got confused. I've only done that about a hundred times!

NPEMTIV said:

Oh yeah! Fun trick they added there. I always enjoy finding myself down norris freeway or andersonville pike or something because I jumped the gun or got confused. I've only done that about a hundred times!

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Me too!

I actually had "decent" luck with that confusing mess...but I think I've looked at a map of the area about 15000 times or so...

It appears they are straightening at least one section...and possibly trying to at least put shoulders on it...possibly adding a turn lane or something. Amazingly, we never really had too much trouble with traffic...except trying to go through Jacksboro/Lafollette at 3:30 on a Friday? Took 30 minutes or more to go about 10 miles or less from I-75.

DoctorMom78 said:

Don't tell me that! We have to got through Lafollette and Jacksboro to get home from Knoxville.

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I've been trying to tell you.

DoctorMom78 said:

Hey MJB, do you know when you are moving to TN? I am trying to find out how many people will be there in the middle of July.

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Not sure...but probably sometime after July 9th..as I think that's going to be my last "official" day at work...

Don't plan around me! My summer is about to get flipped upside down, living out of a suitcase for about 45 days or so...



I'm still working on trying to do the Tennessee River 600 this summer in late July as well...so, if anyone wants to donate, it's for a great cause!

www.tennesseeriver600.com

DoctorMom78 said:

LOL! Well, I guess I am stuck now. But, our house is worth it and the location is great. We didn't have much traffic around there when we were there, but I think it was earlier in the day.

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I don't know if it's just my luck or what, but I have a heck of a time getting through there!

DoctorMom78 said:

Hey MJB, do you know when you are moving to TN? I am trying to find out how many people will be there in the middle of July.

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Don't change your plans for me, but I won't be there until the 20th. I wouldn't be surprised if most of the people living in the student housing won't be there until the apartments open up.

DCOM is supposed to be a high tech school. Somebody put a web cam and I'll make my own BBQ and party with you all the way from Oklahoma!