I’m in Canada and it’s how I got all my meters until I got switched to a CGM. The hospital sent me home with a starter pack with a brand and some samples. I’ve never seen generic strips here, but that would be welcome. I’ve used FreeStyle and AccuChek and both required the branded strips, but never had to pay for a meter. I’ve seen commercials on TV for Contour doing the same deal.

Best Buy used to/might still idk sell a meter under the brand iHealth, the strips were about half the price. I tried it out and it worked fine but eventually I got proper insurance and used what was prescribed.

Blood Glucose Monitors and the related test strips. Usually you can get the meter for free if you buy 100 strips or something, and then you’re locked in to the closed system

In the Air Tonight

Some fairly recent phones even had docks that would charge your phone and a swappable battery at the same time

I would hope that all the politicians and celebrities people actually parasocially care about would get all the attention something like this would stir up and compared with how awful so many of them are in public, even the worst posts of mine would hopefully end up pretty tame in comparison to whatever they’re up to anonymously.

I really like Wild Wild West, I didn’t watch it for forever because of how hated it is/was but thought it was actually funny and enjoyed the mix of steampunk and goofyness. Kevin Kline is always great.

I also like Jingle All the Way and watch it every few years, it’s perfectly watchable until the very end when it collapses under a terrible CGI spectacle that just doesn’t work

I went to see it at noon after dropping the car off for work and was literally the only one in the theatre. I thought it was pretty good.

“hit me on my two-way”

I was on there recently and saw the same LET THEM FIGHT GIF posted 12 times in the same thread and all of them had some number of upvotes

Andrew Stanton is directing “Toy Story 5,” which will center on Buzz, Woody and the rest of the toys as they go head to head with the electronics that now consume the attention of children.

Oh boy, please go hard on cable TV channels and radio stations aimed at kids, Internet streaming services, toys-to-life video games, licensed mobile cash grabs developed by Gameloft and Club Penguin-like experiences! Any company in the business of those is evil.