If you are travelling for less than 41 days and you are under the age of 56, you do not have to complete sections A, C and D of this application. If you are uncertain of your answer to any of the medical questions, consult your doctor. A. ELIGIBILITY ✓Check Yes or No APPLICANT 1 YES NO APPLICANT 2 YES NO 1 Have you been diagnosed as having a terminal illness, been advised by a physician not to travel or do you have HIV, AIDS or AIDS-related complex? 1 yes no yes no TRAVEL EMERGENCY MEDICAL INSURANCE 2016-2017 ACCOUNT NUMBER *123 4 5 6* Paying your premium just got easier and more secure! Pay your premium online with your bank’s website or mobile app. Here’s how… 1. Complete your Medipac Travel Insurance application and calculate your premium. 2. Log into your bank’s website andaddMEDIPACas a payee. 3. Enter your Medipac account number, found under the bar code on your application. 4. Pay your premium. 5. Send your completed application to Medipac. BirdTalk Featuring the letters & concerns of our members SEND YOUR LETTERS TO Bird Talk, c/o CSANews 180 Lesmill Road Toronto, Ontario M3B 2T5 or by e-mail: csawriteus@snowbirds.org Bird Talk Dear Bird Talk, Contrary to Ross Quigley’s experience (Editor’s Message), I got rid of the kid in me decades ago; he was always getting me into trouble. I tend to avoid adults who attend movies based on comic books and I’ve already seen enough fireworks. But I do have a healthy sense of wonder. The first time I saw the Grand Canyon (I now take guests to my Phoenix-area home up there often). I was nearly struck dumb. Years ago, I participated in the observance of a total eclipse of the sun near Estevan SK with astronomy friends and telescopes. No one present could verbally contain their incredible feelings of wonder. And, on two occasions while returning from lake trout fishing at the back end of Lake Athapapuskow in northern MB on a windless evening –the water a blue plate-glass surface matching a sky with the same blue in all directions, left, right, up, down, front, back, only separated by a thin dark line representing the distant shore – I’ve had what my artist friend calls an ”out-of-body” experience. I also remember when I first came to understand Einstein’s special relativity to the point that I realized that there was no other way to construct a universe, I had the same feelings of wonder. Bev Robertson Regina, SK Ed.: The universe is all “wonder.”We should all enjoy it more and take the time to experience it properly like Bev. Dear Bird Talk, Do you recommend getting a shingles shot? We winter in Palm Springs. Thanks. Delores Davidson Alberta Ed.: Absolutely!! And the two pneumonia shots, as well. And the flu shot every year before you travel. Past-president Gerry Brissenden ended up with a case of shingles a few years ago and it was brutal. Medipac has five doctors and they are unanimous about getting these preventive vaccinations. Dear Bird Talk, The Canadian Snowbird Association (by definition) is a Canadian group run by and for Canadians. So why, then, are your recipes in American measures only? Canada has been metric for decades, so why do you not include metric measures? Stan Ilieff Montreal, QC Ed.: Good question! I will send a note to Shari, our writer, and perhaps we can provide both measurements in future. CSANews | FALL 2016 | 9
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