TAN #203: TANese New Year - Horsing Around (Page 73)

some people just have teeth issues - it sucks.  my grandmother had full dentures in her 20s because the way her sinuses drained.  you have already outlasted her!  my mom has all kinds of teeth issues despite taking really good care of them.  just the way it is for some folks.  sorry you are dealing with it though - i would not be happy about having a tooth out and implanted either...

Oh Jim, that sounds really crappy.     My Mom has all kinds of issues with her choppers too, I can't even tell you how many root canals she's had done and usually has to have more than one done at once.   Hopefully this will be a one and done kind of thing for you.  

You may need to re-create the experiment several times to ensure you're getting the correct results....  Yay for science!  

Two partial plates here.  I think I only have 11 of my own left, the rest are gone.... and I just turned 43.

In my case, the teeth were 100% healthy as anything, but the bone in the jaw holding them in receded.   Sometimes, things just happen and you don't have any control.  Genetics (partly my case), bruxism (mostly my case), whatever... they can all destroy your teefs even if you take really good care of them.

It sucks, but you learn to live with it.

You are absolutely right.  Repeatability of results is at the very heart of science.

Why is it that you can only think clearly and completely about the tools and supplies needed for a job when you standing right in front of the task and 30 miles from the nearest hardware store?  After packing carefully for installing a closet light, I find I am missing three essential items and three of four more things that would be nice to have that are "at the other house."  Oh well, I can always work on the wine experiment some more.

TW

I hope so.  This is upsetting enough, but what I'm MORE worried about, is this could be a start of a trend.

Next thing you know, I'll be breaking my first bone *knock on wood*. 

I generally like to keep the body in tact...  Minus that pesky thyroid a couple years ago...

I'm SO grateful they put in an Ace hardware just around the corner.

I have learned that if you can, bring what you want replace to the store.  I wouldn't have thought there were several different sizes of hose bibs sold.  I figured they were standard.  But NO, go to the store and they have 1/2", 3/4", and 1" threaded and non threaded.  I knew it was threaded and took my best shot.  WRONG.  back 10 minutes later with a return and repurchase of the right one.

I'm pretty happy with my collection of tools now.  I can handle most issues, but there is always the misc pieces you need that I take several trips for - almost every time.

It's good to have a backup plan, and if you really want to have indisputable results, then you really have to conduct the experiment multiple times.   

I certainly hope it's not the start of a trend... try to be untrendy for this one!!   I'm also a fan of all my body parts where they're supposed to be, minus a couple of things I don't really miss.    

Sorry to hear.  Yeah, it could be worse.  Just disappointing.  Also, with today's technology (and the fact it's getting better), is something to take some comfort in.  Not too long ago you had to go without the tooth or get bridge, which meant drilling into the nearby healthy teeth.  This implant thing is pretty cool, all things considered.  My brother has one, but he was just being lazy/careless...

The difference between surgery and dental visits from when I was a kid to now is like the stone ages vs Star Trek.  The biggest gains have been in anesthesia IMO.  Before, it looked like a lead pipe they just stuck into your gums (35 years ago).  Now they swab it to make it numb enough for a teeny tiny needle you barely feel.

Anyone know of a good password keeper/organizer?

I swear EVERYTHING needs a signup name and password...

To make it easier for me, I have a very hard/good one for finances, a separate one for emails and other semi secure things, then one for just for getting into crap I wouldn't lose too much sleep if it got hacked, then a REALLY stupid one just to sign up for stuff.

I usually can bounce between a half dozen and usually land on it.  However, there are new ones that ask for caps, numbers, symbols and other stuff.  Those are getting hard to remember.

"forgot your password?" is one of my most popular links...

excel?

Classic Moleskin Notebook?  One account per page so that you have a lot of room for password changes.  Don't ever lose it. 

I did my good deed for the day.  We were out for a boat ride and I saw a guy waving for help.  I stopped and towed him back to his dock.  He was having a bad day all around.  He had just sold his house on the lake because his wife wanted to move to Florida.  He didn't want to go.  He was heading to the boat ramp on to load the boat on the trailer to leave and the boat died on the way to the boat ramp.  He was a sad case.

He called our house late last night.  Janice answered.  He was saying thanks in a slightly drunken way.  Hope things work out for him.

TW

That is a great thing.  I have been on both sides of that, so I always try to pay it forward when on the water, because you never know.  I have actually tied myself to the boat and pulled (swam) my boat towards the shore before being helped out.

That's great.  I wish I had thought of saying that at the time.  It might have made the guy laugh.  He needed it for sure.

TW

W00T!   One.

Hurted my arms/elbows this week.   I put up a couple of climbing ropes for my girlfriend and her daughters (she is really into the obstacle course racing, and the rope climb is her enemy, so she wanted to be able to practice).  I then proceeded to be a showboat and climb without using my legs, and climb with one arm on each rope, etc.... and now the tendons in my elbows and shoulders won't stop screaming at me.  It made for an incredibly painful and difficult swim this morning.

The good news is that we just got a trampoline delivered, so while my arms heal and rest up, I can damage my legs and back.

I seem to have lost all motivation to run or ride these days.  The internet is telling me subliminally that I need to buy a Polar V800 to revive my moto.  The internet is so much smarter than it used to be.  It (she?) doesn't send me emails about size enhancement like it used to (Ms Internet should know I am HUGE, and I don't need an email insinuating otherwise.), instead she posts ads for things like the Polar V800 in the side bar of every page I visit.  It is very subtle.  I used to want a computer that knew what I meant instead of what I typed.  I am not so sure anymore.  Anyway, TAN should I cave and by the Polar thingy?  Or should I get a tinfoil hat to protect my head from the insidious waves of brainwashing emanating from the computer screen?

TW

So, I've got *that* going for me....

all of the other cases we got to watch today have left me quite worn out. Lots of emotion, sad stories, substance abuse, bad decisions. Sadly, several of them were veterans.

One bit of humor - a guy was pulled over for a traffic violation and was told the car he was driving was stollen. He was driving his new younger girlfriend's car, he thought. Nope - she was wanted for auto theft and a host of other things. The judge asked him if he was going to stay with this woman, and he claimed "no way! I learned my lesson to think with this head (taping the side of his own head) and not the little head (pointing to his crotch)".