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[Neonred 3,461]

On 1/3/2024 at 12:42 AM, TBoneTX said:

 

Took Mini-B. to dental appointment, examine and evaluate wee man man.

Mini-B.'s imaging included bite-wings, PA, pano, Many-D ([2+1]-D), and intraoral, imaged wee man.

(We told Mini-B., "They know more about you than you know about yourself, si man!")

 

Dentist (a Russian rubia) 

I've got one of those.  She's not a dentist, but she thinks she is since she works in the office with me!

 

On 1/3/2024 at 12:42 AM, TBoneTX said:

 

relayed the good news, see man:

   1.  No cavities, no House of Pain man.

   2.  Wisdom teeth are coming in with room for same, relief man.

Many.  All other incipient teeth are poised to erupt, timely for age man.

 

Dentist relayed the bad news, see man:

  1.  Lower canine will come in crowded, braces needed man.

  2.  Upper canine will come in twisted, braces needed man.

Many.  Bite = too much upper/need to see more lower, braces needed man.

 

Got a referral to an orthodonti$t,  man.

Dentist said to $tart brace$ $ooner rather than later,  man.

Dentist envisioned about a year of brace$,  man.

After she left, Mini-B. quietly observed, "I hope that they're InvisAlign or something removable, si man."

 

In other bad news, office couldn't do the cleaning then, no man.

We shall return on Wednesday for that, oh well man.

 

Surprised they couldn't do it all at the same time, but some offices work differently...

 

On 1/3/2024 at 10:11 PM, TBoneTX said:

Thrilling Wednesday report, see man:

 

Took Mini-B. back to dentist's office for clean-teething, return we man with wee man man.

Hygienist intelligent and capable, understood and appreciated all of our jokes she man.

Mini-B. cleaned, sealed, and fluorided, very compliant wee man man.

Very pleased with entire experience, si man.

Returned Mini-B. to ex-Mrs.-T-B.'s casa, return we man wee man man.

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. has not asked us one thing about the dental visits, incurious ex-she man.

 

 

Sounds like you will have to sell several more POTS so you can pay the big bucks for the ortho.

 

Pretty much all my patients are adults, and most of them are 70+ years old.  Have had a surprising number of them opt for "ortho" to take care of those crooked front teeth.  My joke, which has more truth to it than we care to admit, is that a lot of money is wasted on kids ortho as they always lose their retainers or just quit wearing them and several years later they are back close to what they started with.  I tell this to my adult patients and say that since they are older and wiser and they are paying with their own money they are much more likely to follow through and keep up with after care.

 

I got talked into being an overseeing dentist for the now defunct "Smile Direct Club" where patients would come to me to start their Smile Direct aligners and I would be the one to monitor and help with any problems.  Smile Direct was a low level orthodontic treatment geared to simple movement of crooked anterior teeth in easy cases.  It was originally marketed as a do it at home system, but that got them into some trouble.  My recommendation is to find a good orthodontist and ask if Mini-B's case can be done well with Invisalign.  Wearing the retainers following treatment is imperative.  This also means you will be buying new retainers probably yearly.  Great way for the orthodontist to continue to make money after the case is complete!

 

Sounds like everything else went well.  Good job Mini-B

 

 

Edited January 12 by Neonred

[TBoneTX 43,422]

13 hours ago, Neonred said:

I've got one of those.

We know, si man.  We know, siiiiiiiii man...

13 hours ago, Neonred said:

Surprised they couldn't do it all at the same time

We think that the appointment-setter didn't put it all together, suspect we man.

13 hours ago, Neonred said:

you will have to sell several more POTS

The next dentist married to a Russian rubia who orders Many POTSs gets a handsome 0.0000001% discount off full retail, act now man!

13 hours ago, Neonred said:

a lot of money is wasted on kids ortho as they always lose their retainers or just quit wearing them

Mini-B. wouldn't dare waste our money, cheap we man.   

13 hours ago, Neonred said:

My recommendation is to find a good orthodontist and ask if Mini-B's case can be done well with Invisalign.  Wearing the retainers following treatment is imperative.

Gracias, si man.

13 hours ago, Neonred said:

Great way for the orthodontist to continue to make money after the case is complete!

Great way for us to collaborate with evil lawyers regarding RICO lawsuits, it $ound$ like man!   

[TBoneTX 43,422]

Friday ES/GS report, see and   man:

 

We attended all Many (2+2) itineraried ESs, plus a GS contiguous to one ES, opportunistic we man.

All paid off, more than making up for the last duds man.

 

The take, see man:

 -- NWT large barbecue spatula for scraping miu's box = $1, steal man

 -- ~full bottle Selsun Blue shampoo, ~full box dryer sheets = $2, steal man

 -- NIP giant box Kleenex, NIP box large adhesive bandages, Many-hole ([2+2+2]-hole) 

          grounded outlet tap, large stack disposable din-din plates = $Many ($2+2+1), steal man

 -- NIP bottle Ester-C, NIP Geritol vitamins, NIP vitamin D, ~full bottle calcium + D, 

          half-full bottle Ester-C, thick warshcloth, Many (2+2) disposable razors, Many (2+1) 

          trays Atra blades = $Many ($2+2+1), steal man

 -- 2 mostly full giant boxes Kleenex, ~full bottle calcium + D, NIP senior multivitamins, 

          half-bottle fish oil, 2 NIP Advair diskus (diski), 2 NIP Fluticasone, NIP Blackstone 

          shave gel, ~full pack Mucinex, toucans green beans, onecan early peas, onecan corn, 

          microwave Japanese curry noodles = $Many ($2x2x2 +2), absolute steal man

Total = $Many ($2x2x2x2 + 2x2x2 -1)

[TBoneTX 43,422]

Thrilling Friday non-ES/GS report, see man:

 

Wind at tropical-storm force, bad hair day man.

Lunch was at BK WUOC and gift card, ingest financially savvy we man.

 

After ES-ing, treated/lunched demanding miu, Where Were You Daddy man.

Inventoried ES/GS haul, genuinely impressed and gratified we man.

Roaring siesta taken, zzz we man.

 

Din-din was the traditional Friday Costco burgers, ingest Two Guys man.

Movie night was several more episodes of Young Sheldon, watch Two Guys man.

Many (2+2) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man.

 

Mini-B. now computer-gaming with amigos, addicted wee man man.

No more nearby ESs for Saturday, couldn't match today's take anyway man.

Need to save our energies for football game in afternoon, playoff spectacle for Two Guys man.

 

Party with the rubias after Mini-B. embedded, cavort we man.

Mornin', absent Polish Commie- and other babes with zealously hoarded upvote inventories!

[Neonred 3,461]

7 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

Friday ES/GS report, see and   man:

 

We attended all Many (2+2) itineraried ESs, plus a GS contiguous to one ES, opportunistic we man.

All paid off, more than making up for the last duds man.

 Geritol vitamins,

 senior multivitamins, 

 ~full pack Mucinex,

At least you got items that you really need.

 

 

Edited January 13 by Neonred

[TBoneTX 43,422]

15 hours ago, Neonred said:

At least you got items that you really need.

This is what we typically go for, best deals anywhere man.

Mucinex is for truly phlegmatic individuals, conclude we man.

[TBoneTX 43,422]

Thrilling Saturday report, see man:

 

More like a hectic, borderline-aysheep Saturday, sigh man.

 

Lunch was nuked pasta + meatballs + spaghetti sauce, ingest Two Guys man.

 

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. said that the Ecu handyman was visiting her at 2 p.m. for "2 items," si man.

"The jobs will take 2 hours max, si man," assured ex-she man we man man.

Ex-she man wanted to know if we wanted him to visit us afterward, si man.

We agreed, si man.

This threw us into a frenzy of activity, si man.

 

We inventoried everything inside & outside the casa that needed doing, si man.

We then online-ordered items from Home Despot for pickup, order we man.

We blew to Home Despot at the expense of other errands, si man.

We gave up our chance at a Saturday siesta for these preparations, no zzz for we man.

 

Began watching football game with Mini-B., watch Two Guys man.

We were sure that we would have to abandon it when Ecu showed up, sure we man.

Ecu never showed up, no man.

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. stated that the issues had taken far longer than estimated, obviously man.

So now we're stuck indefinitely with many Home Despot items, can't reschedule yet man.

 

Many (2+2) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man.

After game, we left to run 2 more crucial errands, no siesta possible man.

One was to Walmart, from which din-din was procured, opportunistic we man.

 

Din-din was 2 long sub sandwiches from the Walmart deli, ingest Two Guys man.

 

Watched a few more Young Sheldon episodes with Mini-B., watch Two Guys man.

No popcorn was consumed, stuffed Two Guys man.

 

Got Mini-B. embedded on time, zzz wee man man.

Shall visit Mama T-B. on Sunday, traditional man.

MLK Day = Mini-B.'s early birthday party, weather permitting man.

A hectic Saturday with no siesta, drag zzz-needy we man.

[TBoneTX 43,422]

Scintillating Sunday repartee, yawn man.

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Thrilling Sunday report, see man:

 

We & Mini-B. visited Mama T-B., ecstatic senior she man.

Mama T-B. in better shape than we've seen her in ages, fingers crossed man.

Mini-B. got early birthday pre$ent$, lavish senior she man.

Mini-B. also got sections of cake saved by Mama T-B., appreciative wee man man.

 

Lunch was takeout from Mama T-B.'s complex's bistro, take to casa we & Mini-B. man.

By consensus, we consumed the BBQ ribs, coleslaw, corn, & din-din roll, ingest we man.

Mini-B. consumed the beef/pasta soup, cake, & vanilla ice cream, ingest wee man.

 

Amidst conquering the Many (2+1) laundry loads, we siesta'd for a glorious hour, zzz we man.

Mini-B. happily computer-gamed with his amigos, game wee man.

 

Din-din for Mini-B. was onecan of Chef B. "ABC-12Manys + meatballs," ingest wee man.

Din-din for us was onecan of Aldi chili, ingest we man.

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. observed the eat-from-cans and got wrong overall impression about our din-dins, too bad because We're Two Guys Who Eat What We Want When We Want and No Girl Can Tell Us What To Do Not Even Mommy* man.

     *we also Fart Wherever We Want Whenever We Want and Leave The Toilet Seat Up, si man.

 

We were outvoted regarding watching all of AFV, bummer man.

Everyone wanted to watch Young Sheldon with popcorn, OK with us man.

Many (2+2) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys & ex-Mrs.-T-B. man.

This makes Many (2x2x2x2) -- si man, Many (2x2x2x2) -- popcorns this week, commendable man.

 

Played some mini-hoop basketball, interior decor barely avoiding damage man.

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. eventually took Mini-B. away, end of Two Guys week man.   

We shall see him at early birthday party at kids' party place on Monday, MLK Jr. Day man.

We are giving him a set of Old Spice shampoo & body-warsh + $Many, should be appreciated man.

We hope that his little amigos will all attend amid weather forecast of freezing rain, fingers crossed man.

 

Miu has been zzz-ing atop our bed for Many hours this eve, zzz miu man.

This portends major activity later, predict active miu man we man.

 

We are preparing for our trip on Wednesday, fly north in this weather man.   

More immediately, we shall de-dish the warsher, domestic we man.

 

Party with the rubias imminently, cavort we man.   

[Ontarkie 13,957]

Happy birthday Mini-B 🎂

[Chancy 6,233]

Forecast says it might snow tonight.  If it does, it would be my first time to experience snowfall.  MrChancy and I are excited for the 10 or so minutes it would take to get the commemorative photos/video.  After that, back to whining about the cold.

 

[TBoneTX 43,422]

48 minutes ago, Chancy said:

it would be my first time to experience snowfall

Snow is just "fat water," si C ma'am.

 

If you ever see yellow snow, be sure to eat it, si C ma'am.

It contains special nutrients, see C ma'am.

 

We grew up in the Midwest, si C ma'am.

If we never see another snowflake, we won't care, si and no C ma'am!

50 minutes ago, Chancy said:

for the Many or so minutes

P-Math transgression precised, see and  C ma'am!

[TBoneTX 43,422]

Thrilling Monday report, see man:

 

As predicted, subfreezing temps and spotty cold rain, yuck man.

 

Mini-B.'s birthday caucus at the entertainment place was at noon, si man.

We arrived slightly before ex-Mrs.-T-B., Mini-B., and 2 Mini-B. amigos, full ex-Mrs.-T-B.-mobile man.

Another amigo showed up via his own parents, full amigo complement man.

 

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. paid for the registrations and special socks, as expected man.

Ex-she man made us pay for the 'zas and drinks, unexpected man.

The Many (2+1) 'roni 'zas cost $Many -- si man, $Many -- rip-off man.  

The drinks cost $Many -- si man, $Many -- rip-off man.  

The place was colder than Hades, draft from outside man.  

Lunch was several 'za slices, ingest we man.

 

Mini-B. and amigos had fun, active wee men man.

Much of one 'za was left over, eye we for din-din man.

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. made us leave it to feed Mini-B. + amigos at her casa later,  man.

We returned to casa and took a nice siesta*, zzz we man.

     *truncated by panicked calls from Mama T-B. about the weather, we know man  

 

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. was to let us know when to come over to let us give Mini-B. his presents, si man.

We never heard, no man.

At Many p.m., we inquired, inquire we man of ex-she man man.

"We're ready for bed, si man, so tomorrow, si man," responded ex-she man to we man man.  

 

Din-din was 2 "everything" bagels and onecan of corn**, ingest we man.

     **bought at a previous ES, financially savvy we man

 

We are preparing for our trip, presuming that weather permits man.

Mini-B.'s skool called off for Tuesday, weather sucks man.

Massive party with the rubias imminent, get it all in beforehand man.

 

Mini-B.'s birthday is Wednesday, actually man.

He will be precisely Many years old, a Manyager now man.

Where did our chubby little baby go since seemingly just yesterday, huh man?

Edited January 16 by TBoneTX

[TBoneTX 43,422]

Thrilling Tuesday report, see man:

 

Went to ex-Mrs.-T-B.'s casa to gift Mini-B. his presents, visit wee man we man man.

Mini-B. appreciated them, si man.

He wheedled us into buying him a computer game, fortunately at Many% off man.

Mini-B. has our credit card, including expiration & CVV, memorized, egad man.   

 

Debated what to do about lunch, debate we man.

Went to Olive Garden for their lunch special, ingest we man.

Wonderful siesta thereafter, zzz we man.

 

Packed for trip, presumably forgot nothing we man.

Miu tried to help by sitting inside suitcase, invasive miu man.

 

Din-din was onecan of wax beans* and 2 "everything" bagels, ingest we man.

     *bought at a previous ES, financially savvy we man

 

We hope that we will have computer access during our trip, hope we man.

Final party with the rubias imminent, send-off man.

Mornin', absent Polish Commie-babes** and other babes with unallocated upvote inventories!

    **Bad absent Asia!  Bad, BAD absent ABSENT Asia!

[mam521 1,785]

On 1/3/2024 at 7:29 PM, Ontarkie said:

We chose the invisalign for the Tornado. Much less frustration, no food restrictions and we do not need to worry about proper cleaning and pitting with regular braces. Also a lot less pain compared to braces. Price was the same for either so why not.  So far she is right on track with her treatment plan.

 

I have a friend who did Invisalign as an adult and she had lots of issues with different trays rubbing gums and causing pain.  She said it was great for weightloss because you don't realize how often you want to shove something in your mouth but can't with a tray in!

 

On 1/12/2024 at 7:28 AM, Neonred said:

My recommendation is to find a good orthodontist and ask if Mini-B's case can be done well with Invisalign.  Wearing the retainers following treatment is imperative.  This also means you will be buying new retainers probably yearly.  Great way for the orthodontist to continue to make money after the case is complete!

 

This is where we're at. Kid2 went through the whole process and got the braces off nearly a year ago.  Said child needs to be reminded that the retainers need to go in at bedtime (they're essentially Invisalign) because I'm not forking over many $$$ for another round of braces.  The end result is pretty amazing though and I was given Kid2's mouth molds in case a retainer goes missing or breaks. 

 

Kid1 is now in braces and opted for them because the Ortho said straight up it's faster and more effective to get the braces over Invisalign.  Kid1 also knows that they'd not wear the trays properly, especially during sensory moments, which, of course, would correlate with new trays, etc.  Getting physical braces meant there was no avoiding them.  Luckily, things are moving along a little bit faster than the ortho anticipated, so the braces are likely to come off a month to 6 weeks earlier than anticipated.  

 

That said, Kid1 had 4 wisdom teeth removed on Friday.  Everything went well, but this kid can be a bit of a hypochondriac.  The dentist said text or call of anything is needed, so a text was sent by a complaining Kid1, reassurance given that what was being experienced is normal and that the one side of the jaw where more work had to happen is likely to be far more sore than the rest.  

 

On 1/15/2024 at 11:01 PM, TBoneTX said:

Mini-B.'s birthday is Wednesday, actually man.

He will be precisely Many years old, a Manyager now man.

Where did our chubby little baby go since seemingly just yesterday, huh man?

Happy Birthday, Mini-B!  

 

We discovered yesterday that Kid2 is officially taller than I am, so I feel this!  

 

Hopefully nothing froze and broke at your place over these past few days of freezing temps!

 

School was cancelled yesterday due to ice on the overpasses.  Someone in our district parents group was saying they should cancel school again today because it was going to be cold.  I laughed and said no, you should probably invest in some hats and mitts and a nylon shelled jacket because this is gonna happen again Friday and probably in December and then again next year.  Dress your kid in layers and they'll be fine.  She was like "but what if a bus breaks down?!".  Lady, you're in the 'burbs of Houston and your kid attends one of the largest school districts in the state.  The buses are not 50 miles from nothing in west Texas and I can assure you, your precious child will not die when it's just below freezing if they have to stay on the bus for a bit until the bus barn sends another bus.  Worst case scenario - the kids take refuge in a nearby business. 

 

How does she think the northern states or Canada survive?  My 2 nieces and my nephew went to school on Monday and it was -29°C/-20°F with a windchill of -44°C/-47°F.  You put on your layers, and then some more layers and you get on with it.  Is it fun?  Not really.  But you can't just stay home because it's chilly!  

[Neonred 3,461]

On 1/16/2024 at 12:01 AM, TBoneTX said:

Thrilling Monday report, see man:

 

As predicted, subfreezing temps and spotty cold rain, yuck man.

Not here, no man. 😆