tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post956575794154047999..comments2024-03-23T08:58:00.291+11:00Comments on Flying With Hands: My Dentist Brings Me Up To DatePipistrellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-62685621651955702832023-04-17T10:07:28.246+10:002023-04-17T10:07:28.246+10:00Oh, no, dear Rosemary, not you, too?? 'Tis the...Oh, no, dear Rosemary, not you, too?? 'Tis the season for expense and misery, courtesy of all things dental, for my blogging friends. Be brave! I am so grateful to be exempted from such, for we only need one per household to keep our dentists jetting off on skiing holidays and sinking more backyard swimming pools. Mr P owns, as we jest, six-million-dollar-teeth and only last week received a Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-13214757047419254492023-04-15T19:04:47.286+10:002023-04-15T19:04:47.286+10:00Dear Pip, be tremendously pleased with yourself th...Dear Pip, be tremendously pleased with yourself that your teeth are in fine fettle. I have a long dental history and am very fearful of any treatment. I am about to embark on a series of long and VERY expensive visits to the dentist. It has been impossible to find an NHS dentist since moving house. I explained to the private dentist when I went for x-rays and inspection, "I'm very Share my Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08817611851604816123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-11350370883339587472023-04-10T20:08:30.546+10:002023-04-10T20:08:30.546+10:00Oh, dear Britta, I feel for you!! How ghastly to h...Oh, dear Britta, I feel for you!! How ghastly to have a worse procedure to face. You may not have ghosted him when you should have but you could certainly tell your tale of woe to all your Berlin friends. A little bit of revenge for the expense and misery you've had to endure is entirely fitting.Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-45295835286358669852023-04-09T05:19:35.885+10:002023-04-09T05:19:35.885+10:00Dear Pip, in a few weeks I have an appointment wit...Dear Pip, in a few weeks I have an appointment with my "new" dentist in Bavaria (who till now is really impressive). <br />During my time in Hamburg I had such a marvellous dentist that after moving to Berlin I travelled some years from Berlin to Hamburg (I did that for my haircutter too). Then I got a hot tip for a posh dentist in Berlin - I went to him during the pandemic - and deeplyBrittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-37720204662917691522023-04-04T21:17:28.344+10:002023-04-04T21:17:28.344+10:00Dear Urspo, the $$ do rack up quickly for such lux...Dear Urspo, the $$ do rack up quickly for such luxuries as dental attention. You can understand only too easily why just whipping out an offending tooth by your local barber or somesuch was once the all the rage.Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-49978435925631756402023-04-04T13:26:53.222+10:002023-04-04T13:26:53.222+10:00I used to fear going to the dentist as it would be...I used to fear going to the dentist as it would be painful; now I fear going as it will be costly. Ur-spohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04237644452200889946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-40450895228991086072023-04-03T14:39:39.788+10:002023-04-03T14:39:39.788+10:00Yes; very!Yes; very!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-44722403272493178192023-04-03T13:29:11.343+10:002023-04-03T13:29:11.343+10:00Oh, dear Jim, this sounds horrendous!! As a cautio...Oh, dear Jim, this sounds horrendous!! As a cautionary tale against neglecting the flossing and brushing, there is nought better :) I cannot imagine how this felt, except I do feel a little bit faint at the moment - were dental anaesthetics around then? There had been a long tradition, apparently, around the same time for girls to have all their teeth pulled and pristine dentures put in their Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-79080758539735187912023-04-03T03:22:13.081+10:002023-04-03T03:22:13.081+10:00Hello Pipistrello, By coincidence I was just read...Hello Pipistrello, By coincidence I was just reading Ira Glackens' account of a visit to the dentist in the early 1900's: "He got out his drill. The next step was to hollow out the cavity in proper shape. The burr, being old and worn, instead of cutting, polished the tooth until it was hot and almost sang....The gold, in tiny curls, was placed in the cavity bit by bit, and with Parnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-56571908601145828502023-04-02T18:20:25.727+10:002023-04-02T18:20:25.727+10:00That sounds very chic, blurring the lines between ...That sounds very chic, blurring the lines between comfort and pain, dear Cro! Very rock star. And I bet very $$!Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-41927418093761803612023-04-02T15:09:37.382+10:002023-04-02T15:09:37.382+10:00I'm not a fan of Dentists (don't ask), but...I'm not a fan of Dentists (don't ask), but I did once visit one in London who had set-up his practice specifically aimed at the 'Pop Star' market. His surgery was more like a very up-market sitting room, and there was interesting music playing. I believe he advertised his services by sending his details to all the London recording studios. He was good.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-2159600498321754382023-04-02T14:15:00.092+10:002023-04-02T14:15:00.092+10:00Isn't it so, dear Sean, and yet the devastatio...Isn't it so, dear Sean, and yet the devastation the love-bomber leaves behind can be apparently real!Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-38053170968951907872023-04-02T14:13:09.534+10:002023-04-02T14:13:09.534+10:00Oh, Dear Contessa, Woke could be beyond me! I didn...Oh, Dear Contessa, Woke could be beyond me! I didn't think to ask the Oracles :) All I really understand of being Woke is that one engages in competitive offendedness with one's peers. The most offended by the state of the world and human engagement in the past or present, wins. xxPipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-33974099175738278172023-04-02T14:08:53.731+10:002023-04-02T14:08:53.731+10:00It is, indeed, dear Rosemary, one of the most extr...It is, indeed, dear Rosemary, one of the most extraordinary of the modern ways of treating one another. My first thought goes to catastrophe - illness?, car accident?? - but there's apparently no pressure to even give a reason for the vanishing. And the anecdote I heard about in detail was a professional example. Imagine not showing up for work anymore, without feeling you need to give an Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-1093807455898026102023-04-02T12:45:03.567+10:002023-04-02T12:45:03.567+10:00Love-bombing – interesting oxymoron, inteeth ... ä...Love-bombing – interesting oxymoron, inteeth ... äh ... indeed.Sean Jeatinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08978285783271305489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-30483163649802192142023-04-02T00:32:32.943+11:002023-04-02T00:32:32.943+11:00I have only heard that word "GHOSTING" o...I have only heard that word "GHOSTING" on the TV!THANK YOU LITTLE BAT for your translation...........can I get you to explain WOKE?!!<br />Happy to hear you are doing well and the DENTI are GLEAMING!<br />BIH HUG..........XXXLA CONTESSAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-51547481506607221862023-04-01T22:03:48.294+11:002023-04-01T22:03:48.294+11:00Recently, I too, learnt about ghosting, but I don&...Recently, I too, learnt about ghosting, but I don't think that is a great way to treat anybody that you respect or have been in a relationship with. It must be devastating for the other person involved. Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814070177137076757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-56506983315468181942023-04-01T21:23:28.697+11:002023-04-01T21:23:28.697+11:00Ah, pain, a whole other discussion, dear Hels. Luc...Ah, pain, a whole other discussion, dear Hels. Luckily pain doesn't coincide with my dental visits since the gnashers are in good shape but my dentist really has done an exemplary job in making the space less clinical. There are even lovely leafy views out the arched picture windows!Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-63596560870597495962023-04-01T21:20:19.778+11:002023-04-01T21:20:19.778+11:00Right back at you, dear Anon!Right back at you, dear Anon!Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-6448859363096764072023-04-01T20:02:57.025+11:002023-04-01T20:02:57.025+11:00Pain anywhere on the body is awful. If you have wo...Pain anywhere on the body is awful. If you have work done on your ankle or fingers without adequate local anaesthetic, you will still hate it. But your mouth is the centre of your face and once the dentist and his/her dental nurse put their hands into your mouth, you are VERY vulnerable.<br /><br />So whatever makes the whole business more relaxed, I say well done Dentist! Music, tv casual Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-75882769494156329672023-04-01T19:30:51.277+11:002023-04-01T19:30:51.277+11:00Groovily groovy!!! Groovily groovy!!! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com