every time I went to urgent care, I shouldn't have gone. There were issues that I thought were emergencies that would have resolved on their own if I knew how to treat them properly OTC. the ER trips were non-negotiable.

Yes, the Speed Bump is by far the best NEL twist they've come up with.

Yeah, I like it a lot.

(Why you would ask a driver who got you hideously lost and clearly is totally unfamiliar with the part of the city you're in is a different question, of course.)

SERIOUSLY. That guy was the worst driver ever!

How many times have you been to the emergency room?

Once, as far as I know, and it was mostly a mistake (I didn't realize there was a walk-in clinic next door, or I would have gone there).

I've only been once for me. And that was when I broke my leg.

I've had two ER visits (once at age three for stitches in my head and once at 14 for a sprained ankle), plus one walk-in clinic visit last year for sinus infection (I was in between doctors, otherwise I would have gone to the doctor's office).

I've never broken a bone or had any kind of serious or chronic illness, so in general, I don't see doctors much.

I think the last time I went to the actual emergency room was when I was 10 or so. Last time I went to urgent care was probably in college, when I had to get the campus health services to help me after hours when I got knocked down by a bike.

Twice to the ER (broken bones both times), four times to "urgent care" (all since age 22). Though only one of those urgent care visits really counts--three of those were for strep throat, but twice was to the place a couple blocks from work that really wasn't an "urgent care" place, truly, I was just too lazy to go all the way to my doctor when I knew they were covered by insurance and I could go on my lunchbreak (and I was certain I had strep). And once was to the urgent care place that was also a travel medicine clinic because that was the only place that would give me some of the vaccines I needed for my round-the-world trip.

I don't remember ever having gone to the ER.

I know the ER thing was a criticism of the episode when it came out, but I think it kind of makes sense. I ended up in the ER right before graduating from college because I had been really sick and was too busy with work and school and had bad student insurance and finally ended up with an insanely high fever on a Saturday and it was my only option. Urgent care twice since I moved to Montana 3 years ago because not very many doctors are covered by any insurance here and the ones that are covered are not taking appointments with new patients. Which isn't helpful when you need them right away.

So I saw it as reasonable, seeing as how they were trying to work one (or more) full time jobs and not having insurance- they weren't going to be able to get the preventative care and without insurance an urgent care facility is the best you can do. Or if you're in a smallish town like I am, sometimes insurance doesn't even help avoid urgent care if there isn't a doctor's office that can take you within 30 miles.

However when I got the DVDs of that season a few months ago I read the forums on TWoP and I think people fought about whether or not it was manufactured drama for at least 20 pages.

Bravo was re-running the first season of Top Chef yesterday and my Tivo picked it up. I forgot how much I freaking loved Harold. And Dave. If I were ever on Top Chef, I'd totally be Dave- babbling and crying and flipping out all the time.