Nice people thread part 7 - a thread in its prime

chewmylegoff

silvercar wrote: »

I can recommend the two of you in the Maldives.

If you need the teeth as well then compromise on the * of hotel. Unlike some places where 3* means 2*, the standard of service out there means that 4* means 5*.

i second the maldives, best holiday i've ever had. i'm glad i went when i did - 2008 - because i have become approximately 10,000,000% tighter since then so am unlikely to be spending that amount on a holiday again any time soon!

lostinrates

vivatifosi wrote: »

Yes, Hertfordshire. My dentist specialises in implants. My husband has had one and it is very good. I need one but have chosen not to have it yet. I have too little bone and would need a bone graft as well and at the moment don't feel I need a tooth right at the back of my mouth that badly.

I have to have this stupid veneer done sometime. No one suggested an implant, can you have them at the front?

vivatifosi

chewmylegoff wrote: »

i second the maldives, best holiday i've ever had. i'm glad i went when i did - 2008 - because i have become approximately 10,000,000% tighter since then so am unlikely to be spending that amount on a holiday again any time soon!

10,000,000% tighter, yet you still splurge in Tiffany. Cr*p. I wish I knew you in 2008. It must have been like having Father Christmas on speed dial.

chewmylegoff

Generali wrote: »

I do have younger kids aged 6 & 7. I'm in my early 40s but I look slightly younger as I am careful to use sunscreen in a country where sun damaged skin is the norm.

The older Generalissimo is off to hospital to have a tooth encased in metal. That's $5,000 down the drain in out of pocket expenses with the insurance paying the same again and Medicare putting in a decent sum too.

christ on a bike, $5,000 excess for a baby tooth? if it was me i'd just tell them to pull it out and wait a few years for adult teeth to grow!

i could probably get two implants for $5,000, although that is a lot to do with the exchange rate at the moment.

vivatifosi

lostinrates wrote: »

I have to have this stupid veneer done sometime. No one suggested an implant, can you have them at the front?

I think so, DH is canine replacement so not very front but near enough to be on show. Wouldn't you be better off having a veneer though?

chewmylegoff

vivatifosi wrote: »

10,000,000% tighter, yet you still splurge in Tiffany. Cr*p. I wish I knew you in 2008. It must have been like having Father Christmas on speed dial.

tiffany does quite a lot of relatively cheap stuff (relatively, compared to their other stock). i just hang around the cheap bit and point randomly.

kabayiri

lostinrates wrote: »

I think what I love about London is that with no sense of 'artificiality' you can have such cultural blur in such old world. Special places have had this at times.....

This is it really LIR. It's almost an immersion thing. You have to be in the midst of it all, to understand how it works. Flexible, highly mobile labour force drives a city like this.

This is quite an alien concept to people out in the rural towns and villages. It leaves the impression that London is completely different in its dynamic to the rest of the country.

I've heard a similar complaint levelled at the Parisians by people in the French regions too. It's possibly a capital city thing.

Spirit_2

PasturesNew wrote: »

It's sounding like an out of season caravan break in Skegness ....

I think you might be right:(

lostinrates

vivatifosi wrote: »

I think so, DH is canine replacement so not very front but near enough to be on show. Wouldn't you be better off having a veneer though?

I dunno, tbh I sort of feel weird about them damaging my tooth. A replacement seems better.

The maintenance scares me too. I bet mine would last nothing like ten years.

Generali

chewmylegoff wrote: »

christ on a bike, $5,000 excess for a baby tooth? if it was me i'd just tell them to pull it out and wait a few years for adult teeth to grow!

i could probably get two implants for $5,000, although that is a lot to do with the exchange rate at the moment.

We've been told it's the best thing to do by the dentist and we have to take his advice I guess.

The biggest problem, ironically, is the bits like the anaethatist that Medicare subsidize as it's illegal for an insurance policy to cover anything that Medicare covers, even only in part!