In the garden, and RAIN!!! (2)
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UPDATED: Monday, September 7, 2026 11:50
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The clouds were blown off the mountaintops and now I can see snow. It's sunny, breezy, and 60F (16C). Perfect weather.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:As always... good luck! I hope you get good tiles.
Originally posted by Brenda:
Out for my walk and then a pick up game of mah jong this afternoon.
Good to see that the extraction went well. It sounds like your fentsi a very nice and that you're healing well. I hope that no more teeth get broken and that is the last of the extractions!
I don't have a lot of experience with my new dentist. I just switched last year bc my previous dentist was a little far away and it seemed like she was always trying to pump up the bill by doing unnecessary work. But I haven't been making dental appts bc there were just too many other spots to keep.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
Mah jong went pretty well today. On one hand I got over 10,000 points. So I won.
Haven't had a hand with 8 doubles in it in a while.The dentist is very nice and I do seem to be healing well from all these extractions. This should be the last of the extractions as the bottom teeth are in pretty good shape. Though I think one may need a filling. Will have to see after I get the denture first.
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Well I am off to my regular mah jong in the morning then some grocery shopping after.
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Originally posted by Brenda:
quote]Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Wow. You've got male dental assistants?
I'm sure we got them here, but I've never seen one before. In fact, the two dentists I've ever had in my life were the only males in the place. The one I go to now is almost a full shop too, with a lot more employees than the first dentist. There are 3 hygienists, two women at reception, and the woman who does the molds for dentures and partials. Heck... there may even be an orthodontist in there too, which would make sense since they've got somebody on staff who could also do molds for retainers.
I really don't care much who my dentist is, although he is a really nice guy. I love my hygienist though. I already told her that even if I move down by my brother out of state I would make it back up here every four months for my appointments.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
Yup.
I'm sure there are. The first time I went to have teeth pulled it was a male dentist but these last 3 times my dentist has been a lady. They were training a new assistant yesterday and she was female.
Think he is a hygienist too and like I said he is a really nice guy. Last time I was there he said I could squeeze his hand if I felt any pain. *L*
Not sure who will do the mold for me. Maybe him but that's not till the end of next month.
Most in this office are ladies it seems but they are all really nice and very good. So I have no complaints.
I hear that the suicide rate for Dentists is pretty bad... not sure if that's an old wive's tale or not though. I can't figure out why. They got a really sweet gig. Most of the time they don't have to do nothin' but put their fingers in your mouth for a minute and tell you to quit smoking and the money train rolls right in.
My hygienist though, she's amazing. I wonder if they make a World's Greatest Hygienist coffee mug.
They've got a totally different person doing the molds. I don't know what her title would be. But I'll tell you what I told her... She's the person with the job that's closest to what I do. She fills in the gaps and cracks with caulk and uses a rotary tool to shave down the high spots.
Congrats on the Mah Jong win today.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
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So I'm going to try to fix my car myself. I told my buddy about what the mechanic says he thinks the cause is, and he called me a pussy for not doing that myself. I didn't even know he's ever done any work on cars but he said with all the old cars he's owned he's done it a lot and he learned it from his dad.
Unfortunately, I can't go and pick anything up myself. I looked up what my flashing check engine light on the way home from the dentist and food shopping meant last night and it means "PULL THE F*#K OVER AND GET YOUR CAR TOWED TO THE SHOP!".
Well... more realistically, in my case at least, it means that there is enough fuel not being properly burned off and gunking up your already seriously screwed catalytic converter.
So rather than ask my friend who is busy until the weekend to pick the stuff up for me tomorrow after work, I think I'm just going to buy enough other stuff to get free shipping and wait until it comes next week to work on it. I'll probably take the old stuff off and inspect it tomorrow while I'm waiting.
But first thing's first... I will have a quick phone chat with my mechanic and see if his opinion has changed on what the problem could be now that I got the flashing indicator light.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
quote]Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Wow. You've got male dental assistants?
I'm sure we got them here, but I've never seen one before. In fact, the two dentists I've ever had in my life were the only males in the place. The one I go to now is almost a full shop too, with a lot more employees than the first dentist. There are 3 hygienists, two women at reception, and the woman who does the molds for dentures and partials. Heck... there may even be an orthodontist in there too, which would make sense since they've got somebody on staff who could also do molds for retainers.
I really don't care much who my dentist is, although he is a really nice guy. I love my hygienist though. I already told her that even if I move down by my brother out of state I would make it back up here every four months for my appointments.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
Yup.
I'm sure there are. The first time I went to have teeth pulled it was a male dentist but these last 3 times my dentist has been a lady. They were training a new assistant yesterday and she was female.
Think he is a hygienist too and like I said he is a really nice guy. Last time I was there he said I could squeeze his hand if I felt any pain. *L*
Not sure who will do the mold for me. Maybe him but that's not till the end of next month.
Most in this office are ladies it seems but they are all really nice and very good. So I have no complaints.
I hear that the suicide rate for Dentists is pretty bad... not sure if that's an old wive's tale or not though. I can't figure out why. They got a really sweet gig. Most of the time they don't have to do nothin' but put their fingers in your mouth for a minute and tell you to quit smoking and the money train rolls right in.
My hygienist though, she's amazing. I wonder if they make a World's Greatest Hygienist coffee mug.
They've got a totally different person doing the molds. I don't know what her title would be. But I'll tell you what I told her... She's the person with the job that's closest to what I do. She fills in the gaps and cracks with caulk and uses a rotary tool to shave down the high spots.
Congrats on the Mah Jong win today.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
Huh. Don't think I have heard that.
They probably do as they make mugs for just about everything and everyone nowadays.
You have a good point about the mold maker. I'll find out at the end of February.
Thanks.
It was a real surprise. I looked down and saw I had 3 flowers of the same colour and the next tile I picked up was the 4th one. Then I got my other flower. I also had the wind of the round and my own wind along with enough tiles of what I was collecting. Not sure what will happen tomorrow.
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I got the distributor cap and rotor off today, and boy that was a trick without taking apart everything else on the side of the engine that was in the way. Didn't know if I'd even be able to do it, but I was able to fabricate a tool to do the trick for me out of other stuff I had lying around. I should be able to get the bottom bolt back in by touch by using hard drive magnets on the sides of my tool to make sure I don't drop the bolt and lose it.
Just heard from my buddy and he's going to pick up the stuff after work, stop on by and help me put it back together.
I don't know if this is actually going to fix anything or not, but it needed replacing. It's obvious both pieces were shot. Also, it said "Made In Japan" on the inside of the cap, and not China, so there's a good chance that part is 2/3rds as old as I am.
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Back from mah jong and no luck today. Managed to go out 5 times but that was about it.
Had to do a bit of grocery shopping afterwards. Got what I needed then remembered I had to go to the library.
Picked up Season 2 of "Miss Scarlett and the Duke" along with another tv series from the US and Season 8 of the "Murdoch Mysteries" which is a little series filmed up here in Toronto. It's about a police detective. The series starts in the late 19th century around 1894 and now it is into the early 20th Century.
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Quote:. I think I scrolled too quick for this to load, so I missed it. Glad I caught it this time! Thanks ever so much for the lovely garden tour.
Originally posted by JAYNEZTOWN:
Walled Garden
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
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