# The post July 5th era shall soon begin... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 3, 2004, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-july-5th-era-shall-soon-begin/253349 "2004-07-03T05:46:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![holdmytail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecae2f/32.png) [@holdmytail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/holdmytail)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2004, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-july-5th-era-shall-soon-begin/253349/1 "2004-07-03T05:46:01Z")
How many of you guys will still be here after July 5th? It sucks that you have to pay now but it may be worth it. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2004, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-july-5th-era-shall-soon-begin/253349/2 "2004-07-03T05:48:32Z")
I’ll still be here. It’s the 9th I’m really worried about, but I hear laproscopic surgery isn’t so bad. :crosses fingers: ---
**Author:** ![GopherGod72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f0a364/32.png) [@GopherGod72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GopherGod72)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2004, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-july-5th-era-shall-soon-begin/253349/3 "2004-07-03T05:50:01Z")
I predict um… THINGS for the 9th!! 😮 ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2004, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-july-5th-era-shall-soon-begin/253349/4 "2004-07-03T05:51:10Z")
I’ve paid already. So I guess I’ll be here after the 5th, unless the world explodes or something. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2004, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-july-5th-era-shall-soon-begin/253349/5 "2004-07-03T05:58:45Z")
I’ll be here. I have the day off from work. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2004, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-july-5th-era-shall-soon-begin/253349/6 "2004-07-03T06:19:09Z")
> [@iampunha](#): > > I’ll be here. I have the day off from work. You lucky sonofa… Oh wait, I don’t have a job. Nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2004, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-july-5th-era-shall-soon-begin/253349/7 "2004-07-03T06:20:39Z")
What happens on July 5th, except for the fact that I turn one year older? The rate goes up? Pshaw, I ponied up long ago. Laparoscopy isn’t too bad- except for the air they blow in there that makes you all bloated and gassy for the next week. Ugh. And don’t let them forget to take out the sutures, like they did with me. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2004, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-july-5th-era-shall-soon-begin/253349/8 "2004-07-03T06:27:40Z")
Wait, what? Don’t they just use the kind that dissolve? I HAVE TO HAVE STITCHES?! :dies: I’ve never had surgery before. Can you tell? :dies again: I have both polyps (in/on/around/near-ish/whatever the fundus) and a 1/2 inch stone embedded in the neck of my gall bladder. Fun, right? I thought so. ---
**Author:** ![Janx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Janx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Janx)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2004, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-july-5th-era-shall-soon-begin/253349/9 "2004-07-03T06:27:51Z")
> [@Silver Fire](#): > > You could just post something like, “July 5th? I thought they went to pay back in April?” or something. Like that? ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2004, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-july-5th-era-shall-soon-begin/253349/10 "2004-07-03T06:37:49Z")
I thought mine would dissolve, too, cuz they never mentioned them, even at my follow-up. I finally got a co-worker to take 'em out (I work in a dr’s office) and my skin was almost grown over them by that time. So make sure you ask! Also, good advice before any surgery- make sure you already have gotten a script for painkillers and get it filled BEFORE you have your surgery. And when they’re putting you under, don’t say something stupid, like “I have a tall tolerance”… :smack: Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2004, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-july-5th-era-shall-soon-begin/253349/11 "2004-07-03T06:41:22Z")
Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2004, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-july-5th-era-shall-soon-begin/253349/12 "2004-07-03T15:25:37Z")
So, am I to take this that **holdmytail** ’s guest sub is up on July 5th? I know I’ll be here… unless I’m killed by a rogue firework or some such. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2004, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-july-5th-era-shall-soon-begin/253349/13 "2004-07-03T15:29:22Z")
I’ll be here, unless I can get that time machine of mine to work. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2004, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-july-5th-era-shall-soon-begin/253349/14 "2004-07-03T16:31:59Z")
I paid, and got a nice little kit for my money. I’ll be gone after July 5th. 😉 Robin