The Nice People Thread, No.16: A Universe of Niceness.

silvercar

PasturesNew wrote: »

There are many teeth in a mouth ... if we round that up to 30 and say "just £2k/tooth", that'd still be £60k.

If, big if, you needed all your teeth replacing then you have one implant that has a few teeth attached to it. You don't have each tooth having its own implant.

GDB2222 wrote: »

Pastures, have you thought of getting a water flosser? It might help stop the gums receding any further. My oral hygiene has improved immensely since I started using one.

I use a plug in one, but you may prefer a rechargeable handheld one. There are lots around, including some under £20.

My dentist reckons that water flossers are for people who can't use flossing sticks or tepe brushes. They aren't quarter as effective as flossing manually.

michaels

I think my dad had about 4 pegs and pretty much all new teeth - but done in SA so probably at less than half price

I can print from a browser anywhere in the world and have it come out of any of our 3 printers at home, 1 wifi, the other two plug into a hub and then the router.

We have a water flosser, never dared use it, our dentist is very keen on tepe flossers but they aren't cheap.

Finally if you don't have a shaver point in the bathroom where on earth do you plug your toothbrush in - and if you haven't got an electric toothbrush then no wonder you have teeth problems.....

Pyxis

michaels wrote: »

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Finally if you don't have a shaver point in the bathroom where on earth do you plug your toothbrush in - and if you haven't got an electric toothbrush then no wonder you have teeth problems.....

i go through fits of using an electric one and a manual one. At the moment it's the manual one.

I've asked my dentist which is the better, and he's very ambivalent about it.

GDB2222

We have two shaver points in the bathroom. One is for the toothbrushes, and the other for the water flosser, which is 2 pin.

The water flosser cleans all the bits of food out from between your teeth before you start using interdental brushes. If I feel too lazy or ham-fisted to use the brushes, the water flosser is a lot better than nothing.

Since I have been using mine, my gum score has improved hugely. I get congratulated by my dentist, whereas previously he used to moan like crazy.

I also see the hygienist 4 times a year.

zagubov

michaels wrote: »

Finally if you don't have a shaver point in the bathroom where on earth do you plug your toothbrush in - and if you haven't got an electric toothbrush then no wonder you have teeth problems.....

Our first house was rather over-enthusiastically wired. The bathroom had sockets for a TV and laundry machines. Okay it was screened so shower spray couldn't affect it, but still, a lack of a capacity for fear.:o

Jackmydad wrote: »

Or a chainsaw!

As far as the books go.
I've got "I told you I was sick" somewhere here and a couple more books of epitaphs too.
But I've collected lots of old books over the years, so I also have books which aren't on that page, like:
"Coffin Making and Undertaking" Edited by Paul N. Hasluck.
Which is a little book on how to do just that, from around 1900.
Also things like "Audel's Handy Book of Practical Electricity" from the 20s or 30s.
Books on all sorts! Too many books! :eek:

I've seen your taste in books in other threads, and I would call it respectable; don't get rid of any in a hurry would be my advice.

PasturesNew

Unexpected click produced long awaited for results, hitherto unavailable ....

On a "local facebook page", where I used to live, somebody posted about WW2 bombs and said the road they lived in, same road my mum lived in ... for some reason I went to findmypast 1939 Register and looked - I've no subscription, but have looked/downloaded the relevant page in free weekends.

My mum's always been a line blanked out (all names are blanked out until records are updated with a death, or 100 years have passed).

On Ancestry, if you've previously viewed a record on a free weekend you can't go back and view it again when the free weekend has finished; you could've downloaded the record on a free weekend. This is a fairly recent change.

On Findmypast, if you've clicked on a record in a free weekend, then you can return to that record and view the original at any point, even when it's not free any more ...

For some reason I clicked the link in the record - and there it was - my mum's listed. The record had been updated! Great, so I downloaded that.

It didn't tell me anything I didn't know as such. You get a person's name, subsequent married names, date of birth .... and their job. My mum was a "sweet packer" in the local sweet factory

That was a lucky click/find!

Jackmydad

zagubov wrote: »

I've seen your taste in books in other threads, and I would call it respectable; don't get rid of any in a hurry would be my advice.

Thanks. We don't get rid of text books, do occasionally have a clear out of paperback novels if we decide they won't get read again.
Storage is the problem of course!

Pyxis

Jackmydad wrote: »

Thanks. We don't get rid of text books, do occasionally have a clear out of paperback novels if we decide they won't get read again.
Storage is the problem of course!

I need to go through my books. I have never got rid of any, but some have got manky and some from a deceased parent are very musty and not books I would ever read, so am wonderimg what to do with them....they are very old hardbacks.

Most of my books are reference books. Another load are foreign literature books from my 'A' level and Uni days. Another load are lovely traditional fairy tales that are heirlooms, really.

One of my prize possessions is the complete set of the original hardback Asterix books, printed well before whichever one of the two authors died. First editions, if you like.
Of course, they're not particularly valuable, but they are to me!
I was given the first one as a birthday present, and loved it so much that every time another one came out, I jumped on it.

Jackmydad

Pyxis wrote: »

I need to go through my books. I have never got rid of any, but some have got manky and some from a deceased parent are very musty and not books I would ever read, so am wonderimg what to do with them....they are very old hardbacks.

Most of my books are reference books. Another load are foreign literature books from my 'A' level and Uni days. Another load are lovely traditional fairy tales that are heirlooms, really.

One of my prize possessions is the complete set of the original hardback Asterix books, printed well before whichever one of the two authors died. First editions, if you like.
Of course, they're not particularly valuable, but they are to me!
I was given the first one as a birthday present, and loved it so much that every time another one came out, I jumped on it.

If they're old first editions they could be worth something. Worth checking at least.
I have got rid of books in the past, but I nearly always regret it. Sold, gave away and lost some in various moves. TBH though a lot were things like a 1960s issue of (IIRC) "The Automation Handbook" which was completely out of date, and which I don't think I'd ever used.
I sold some, like a Newnes "Complete Carpenter and Joiner" set of books, which was quite old, but comprehensive. Out of date of course in some ways, but still useful. I never really used it so I sold it to someone who was interested.
The 1950s "Buck and Hickman" catalogue, I wish I'd kept!

Pyxis

Jackmydad wrote: »

If they're old first editions they could be worth something. Worth checking at least.
I have got rid of books in the past, but I nearly always regret it. Sold, gave away and lost some in various moves. TBH though a lot were things like a 1960s issue of (IIRC) "The Automation Handbook" which was completely out of date, and which I don't think I'd ever used.
I sold some, like a Newnes "Complete Carpenter and Joiner" set of books, which was quite old, but comprehensive. Out of date of course in some ways, but still useful. I never really used it so I sold it to someone who was interested.
The 1950s "Buck and Hickman" catalogue, I wish I'd kept!

Did you ever have recourse to using the Coffin-Makers' Guide? :rotfl:


The thing is that even those out of date handbooks have an interest to social historians.

I have hung onto several telephone directories. They can be useful for finding phone numbers of firms who, online, don't have their phone number! Also, for checking addresses and suchlike.