From: theBeach@cairo.ankh.io   
      
   On Tue, 11 Jun 2024 03:36:02 +0100, slider    
   wrote:   
      
   >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?   
      
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   No flexibility.  Intelligence is still there but the utter inability   
      
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