Anyone up for a chat thread?

[Bob Crowley]

Somebody said to me once that in class actions, the lawyers don't pay the costs. Hedge funds pay for the costs, and of course take a big swack in payments.

 

[Shane R]

There's a huge difference in protocol between cities and rural areas in the US. When I lived in the city, the hospital required clergy to register with their chaplain's office before doing visitations. This meant bringing in a copy of my ordination certificate but after they entered me in the system I was cleared for 1 year. I think this was largely meant to weed out some of the cult-like groups and a lot of the Pentecostal churches where anyone with some personality is made a bishop or apostle.

Here in the countryside, they don't get too stressed. If you look like you are somebody, they generally let you do what you came for. The other thing is, if the person or a designated family member makes a formal request for their pastor to visit, that person will generally be given access. The hardest places to get into, generally, are substance abuse rehabilitation centers.

 

[Paidiske]

The hospital here (in a rural area) would like to do something like that, but have been talking about it for years without actually getting their act together and implementing something.

And yeah, it's because they've had problems with enthusiastic groups who try to come in and convert everyone, or that kind of thing, rather than specifically ministering to their own flock.

The nursing homes are much stricter. Police check, evidence of vaccinations, the whole bit, before you're allowed through the door to take services.