From: slider@anashram.com   
      
   On Mon, 10 Jun 2024 20:40:47 +0100, Idol Eyes  wrote:   
      
   > On 04/06/2024 13:50, He Who Sees All wrote:   
   >> On Tue, 04 Jun 2024 10:29:55 +0100, slider    
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On Sun, 02 Jun 2024 07:21:17 +0100, He Who Sees All   
   >>>  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On Sat, 01 Jun 2024 01:08:35 +0100, slider    
   >>>> wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> On Thu, 30 May 2024 06:57:57 +0100, He Who Sees All   
   >>>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> On Tue, 28 May 2024 20:38:46 +0300, Idol Eyes  wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> On 18/05/2024 12:43, He Who Sees All wrote:   
   >>>>>>>> Slider, you still kickin'?   
   >>>>>>>> Anyone dead yet?   
   >>>>>>>> Heart still pulsing here...   
   >>>>>>>> What about Dave & Chris, still vertical?   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Now when those old farts gone we can finally talk   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> They've left because after Google pulled out, they think they would   
   >>>>>> need to spend a few bucks on a usenet account (they're basically too   
   >>>>>> ossified to understand that there are a few text only free accounts   
   >>>>>> extant such as eternal september which allow posting).   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> It's a wonder they survive.  Slider at least post with september, I   
   >>>>>> use them too along with a few paid accounts.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> So, whaddya wanna talk about?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> ### - how's about we talk about your new... teeth?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Singular.  It's "tooth".  Had an implant left mandible, molar.  The   
   >>>> implant was in two stages - titanium screw with post, then after 3   
   >>>> months of healing (there was a bone graft due to age etc), the crown   
   >>>> was made and screwed on.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Total cost was almost $6K of which my private health insurer refunded   
   >>>> me $3k - the "hardware" is non refundable for some reason.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Soon, I'll have a treatment plan for another implant, again in the   
   >>>> mandible but on the right side.  It will replace a gold molar crown   
   >>>> which has gone rotten in the roots.  As I have a gold crown in the jaw   
   >>>> opposing the mandible crown, I want this implant to be gold.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> That's it then for teeth.  I'll have enough to chew well with and they   
   >>>> don't look too bad given 50 years of smoking, drinking and so on...   
   >>>   
   >>> ### - ah am only pullin' yer pisser mate haha...   
   >>>   
   >>> teeth? fucking things, why couldn't we have had teeth like sharks do?   
   >>> not   
   >>> sharp or pointy so much as on a conveyor belt so when one falls out   
   >>> it's   
   >>> replaced by another from the back, for a whole lifetime!   
   >>>   
   >>> human teeth, however, are clearly not designed to last much beyond age   
   >>> 50   
   >>> or 60, and only last 'that' long because we patch them up/have implants   
   >>> etc, duh...   
   >>>   
   >>> did see some recent research though re the possibility of using stem   
   >>> cells   
   >>> to grow replacement teeth, effectively a third set that would grow-in   
   >>> naturally wherever needed, just remove the old/broken one, implant the   
   >>> stem cells, and 3 months later tada ya gots a brand new tooth   
   >>> identical to   
   >>> the old one!   
   >>>   
   >>> of course, they'll prolly charge ya 10-times as much for one of those   
   >>> implants lol, at least until such treatments became standard practice,   
   >>> meanwhile big filling, crowns and root canal work would all become a   
   >>> thing   
   >>> of the past, and i'd certainly applaud that...   
   >>  I couldn't agree more with everything you said.  I was born and lived   
   >> for a good while where & when fluoride was a non-starter.  Then, when   
   >> it did start, the conspiracy theorists talked all sorts of nonsense   
   >> about it and there was significant political risk involved.  So,   
   >> youngsters' teeth rotted and by the time I was in my 30's, practically   
   >> every tooth I had was filled.  Now, there are a lot absent but I still   
   >> have enough to chew with and as I look down the barrel of my 70th   
   >> year, I have healthy gums which means the teeth are easier to save.   
   >>  One more implant, and that's it.  I heard that the trials are starting   
   >> right now to grow new teeth and if successful, by mid-2030's it will   
   >> be available as a treatment.  By then, I'll be either so old I won't   
   >> give a fuck or I'll (likely) be dead.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>>> you wore the last fuckers out biting & chomping on everyone around   
   >>>>> you   
   >>>>> huh   
   >>>>> :D   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> he might not have any teeth left folks but be careful, he can still   
   >>>>> give a   
   >>>>> very nasty suck!   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Got plenty of teeth mate.  Probably a lot more than you, seeing as you   
   >>>> live in relative poverty.  I don't think your NHS over there in   
   >>>> blighty covers teeth...and you won't have private health, that's for   
   >>>> sure :)   
   >>>   
   >>> ### - they were fairly good until about 10 years ago, then lost 3 big   
   >>> ones   
   >>> in succession, had various root canals and replacement fillings over   
   >>> the   
   >>> next few years, but one by one they're slowly failing/having problems,   
   >>> the   
   >>> next 10 years not looking particularly rosy for those remaining, the   
   >>> whole   
   >>> thing being a damned nuisance really, fucking things hehe...   
   >>  Yep had the works here too.  One of my biggest regrets is not having   
   >> looked after my teeth more.  But the coffee, alcohol, nicotine stains   
   >> would still make them look as old as they are even if I had looked   
   >> after them.  Ah, well...   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>>> (in olden times when you wore out your teeth they just put you out on   
   >>>>> the   
   >>>>> ice haha ;)   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Nope.  They introduced you to those grannies who could suck eggs with   
   >>>> their hardened gums.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> A bit like you in some ways, lol.   
   >>>   
   >>> ### - (laughing) nah, i'll volunteer for the ice-treatment beyond a   
   >>> certain point, there's only so much shit am prepared to put up with and   
   >>> hanging around waiting to die in some dreary nursing home dependent   
   >>> upon   
   >>> others to help me keep my arse clean, is definitely NOT gonna be it   
   >>> lol...   
   >>>   
   >>> fuck that...   
   >>>   
   >>> i'd rather die on the hoof so to speak ;)   
      
   >>  Well, if I develop any form of dementia, it's goodbye charlie, even if   
   >> it is illegal here (assisted suicide, that is).  I'll take the pills   
   >> or whatever before I become so wasted I won't remember where I put   
   >> them :)   
   >>   
   >   
   > You have to go fuck yourselves as well, old farts. New sprouts need a   
   > place to grow!   
      
   ### - the way things are currently going on the world stage we're all   
   gonna get fucked in a minute, so there'll be plenty of room after that   
   huh...   
      
   that is, assuming anything can still 'grow' after humanity's finished   
   smashing up the place?   
      
      
   "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War   
   IV will be fought with sticks and stones. --Albert Einstein   
      
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