Random Questions & Thoughts

Fwiffo said:
There is a rather attractive young woman sitting across from me sun bathing, and feeding two pigeons with her biscuits and yogurt.

She is talking to the birds when they fight for the morsels she tosses at them.

Normal behaviour or psychotic?
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Should have asked her!
 
I was at an alumni reunion lecture on Rembrandt, Van Gogh and a Dutch Catholic priest.

I signed up late given I wasn't sure I was going to make any of the reunion weekend because of my father being in the hospital and this was the only lecture with openings.

The only problem is it is not even my home college. It's in the home college for Catholics so again I need to listen to them connect art history to some parts of Catholicism. I remember I deliberately avoided classes in this college because I took one for the Late Roman Empire and every class the professor would start with a prayer. On Easter he did the prayer in Greek.

At least I nicked a sandwich and bottle of water pretending to be from here.
 
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I feel like I asked this before. Are you supposed to button your jacket or blazer when cycling or do you leave it unbuttoned?

I see both in this morning's commute.
 
For Father's Day, I am debating on whether I should buy my brother some specialty butcher items - kangaroo burgers, crocodile sliders, venison, etc. or I spend 5 hours on Friday making genovese napoletana for him.

The challenge is I'm already making another two dinners for our father.
 
I'm invited to a cocktail and canapes event this evening for our local board of trade organisation. I met someone from one of our client partners last year and he signed me up after I invited him to a few football games using my spare seasons tickets.

Except I'm not sure what I'm supposed to show up as... a pauper I guess. I decided to go with a more summer like outfit with my mix of Italian/English/French/American stuff.
 
“I’m going for a beer, etm.”

This will now be a regular in my lexicon

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First day of no alcohol, no cannabis, ....too late for smoking.

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I have been trying to book the party room in my building.

I show up with all the signed papers, a guest list, a bank draft for the security deposit and a personal cheque for the rental fee. I was told I might need a security guard and I would have to pay for it. Fee unknown.

I get an e-mail telling me I am missing a cheque. It's XX per hour for the security with a 4 hour minimum commitment. I prepare a personal cheque for the fee but it's too late on Monday to drop it off.

On Tuesday I drop off the cheque. I'm told it's not addressed to the security company although the original instructions never meant I needed to address it to anyone in particular. I also need a bank draft or certified cheque, but the security deposit and rental fee could have been paid by personal cheque. I am now heading to the bank to get a bank draft for the security company. But I might be too late for Tuesday to drop it off.

Each run is about a 1.5km walk so I'm getting a workout.
 
Should a woman's shorts cover her entire buttock in public?
 
Going to drinks with an insurance executive that I was interviewing to replace him at the beginning of the year.

He moved on. Do I confess?
 
How many metres away from children is an acceptable non-asshole distance to smoke marijuana?
 
My left arm feels like I got a vaccine or something. 5 days of daily gym sessions - 4 cardio, 1 weight. Have to wait for it to heal or do limited weights not involving my left arm.
 
Delivering as UberEats my brother's cake from some hipster gluten/dairy free place to him.

As it was mid morning around 10 in the middle of a weekday I probably passed by a good dozen candidates that could easily be conscripted as cannon fodder for the war.
 
Cannabis that has been in your drawer since 2021. Okay? Toxic? Diminished effects?
 
Fwiffo said:
Cannabis that has been in your drawer since 2021. Okay? Toxic? Diminished effects?
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as long as it is not moldy, it is not going to harm you. it has most likely lost about a quarter of its potency. mold id delicate, white bits. smell it. weed that has gone off smells musty. it may smoke harsher because of the dryness and age.
 
I survived it.

Then I started thinking smoking cannabis was healthier than my herbal cloves. But I just read something yesterday that said any kind of smoking is bad.
 
How long can I go without a dental cleaning? My last was in February when I still had benefits. I was due for x-rays and a bunch of expensive things so I've been pushing it.
 
Dropbear said:
Thruth Thruth ?
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It all depends on how much calculus (tartar) you make and your periodontal health. Some people need it every 3 months with active, aggressive gum disease.

The most recent systematic review of the “every 6 months” frequency recommendation suggests that in the absence of disease, you only need a cleaning every 2 to 3 years.

No difference in oral/periodontal health status when “every 6 months” compared to cleanings yearly or every 2 years when controlling for all variables.

Just like there is no need for X-rays every visit. If you have not had a cavity in the last year, you need bitewing X-rays (in between teeth) every 2 to 3 years. Panoramic image every 5 years. X-ray of roots (periapical) taken only with symptoms of disease.

Every 6 months cleaning is a business model recommendation. No different than the prophylactic removal of asymptomatic wisdom teeth as a rite of passage.

The upside of this is that dentists never whine online about the cost of HVAC or sprinkler repairs unlike other health care professionals. Horses for courses. YMMV.
 
Thruth said:
It all depends on how much calculus (tartar) you make and your periodontal health. Some people need it every 3 months with active, aggressive gum disease.

The most recent systematic review of the “every 6 months” frequency recommendation suggests that in the absence of disease, you only need a cleaning every 2 to 3 years.

No difference in oral/periodontal health status when “every 6 months” compared to cleanings yearly or every 2 years when controlling for all variables.

Just like there is no need for X-rays every visit. If you have not had a cavity in the last year, you need bitewing X-rays (in between teeth) every 2 to 3 years. Panoramic image every 5 years. X-ray of roots (periapical) taken only with symptoms of disease.

Every 6 months cleaning is a business model recommendation. No different than the prophylactic removal of asymptomatic wisdom teeth as a rite of passage.

The upside of this is that dentists never whine online about the cost of HVAC or sprinkler repairs unlike other health care professionals. Horses for courses. YMMV.
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I’ve been getting them every 4 months and I have to admit that I feel like everything is healthier in there. Could just be talking myself into the extra expense.
 
Grand Potentate said:
I’ve been getting them every 4 months and I have to admit that I feel like everything is healthier in there. Could just be talking myself into the extra expense.
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If you need it that often based on gum health, then fine. Otherwise it is just $$ out the window if you have better gum health
 
I’m at the other end of the spectrum, refusing to help any bougie dentist upgrade their AC and pool heaters.

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I had it rescheduled for December.

I was getting a cleaning appointment every 6 months and x-rays every 18 months. I had one cavity in 4 1/2 years with this place and all the dentist could say is I'm ageing and my cologne smelt nice as he sawed away.
 
Fwiffo said:
How long can I go without a dental cleaning? My last was in February when I still had benefits. I was due for x-rays and a bunch of expensive things so I've been pushing it.
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Most people only need every second year based on science. Business model is "as often as you can convince the suckers patients"
 
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Thruth said:
It all depends on how much calculus (tartar) you make and your periodontal health. Some people need it every 3 months with active, aggressive gum disease.

The most recent systematic review of the “every 6 months” frequency recommendation suggests that in the absence of disease, you only need a cleaning every 2 to 3 years.

No difference in oral/periodontal health status when “every 6 months” compared to cleanings yearly or every 2 years when controlling for all variables.

Just like there is no need for X-rays every visit. If you have not had a cavity in the last year, you need bitewing X-rays (in between teeth) every 2 to 3 years. Panoramic image every 5 years. X-ray of roots (periapical) taken only with symptoms of disease.

Every 6 months cleaning is a business model recommendation. No different than the prophylactic removal of asymptomatic wisdom teeth as a rite of passage.

The upside of this is that dentists never whine online about the cost of HVAC or sprinkler repairs unlike other health care professionals. Horses for courses. YMMV.
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Oops - didn't see Thruth post above - yes.

You meany - Pauly will now have his PA search for 2 days online to find a dentist whingeing about the cost of pool heater repairs.
 
fxh said:
Most people only need every second year based on science. Business model is "as often as you can convince the suckers patients"
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I'm good till February 2025. Hopefully I can hitch on to the next Trump administration and get dental coverage.
 
I have dental coverage through work. It’s an incredibly cheap plan as it mostly just covers preventative checks and cleaning. It pays for itself if you go twice a year - which means the insurance company is banking on most policy holders not doing that.
 
Mine was 80% pay. Every time I went I was charged something. Some nice girl was fiddling with what charges to put on and got me off with $50 one time but the cavity and x-rays were always hundreds.

When we hired our new CFO in 2020 he wanted to gut the long term disability and benefits program even more. Then he realised the pain when he brought his 4 or 5 kids to the dentist. We didn't improve it either and he headed down to VA.

In the two companies prior to my last one I never had to pay a nickel as the firm arranged it so the dentist billed the insurer directly when I was leaving the clinic and getting my next appointment.

I go to this dentist because they're downstairs in the building next to me so I don't spend the whole day doing dental appointments. I feel they are more expensive and I've seen the Persian dentist twice in 4 1/2 years + the one time he was hacking at my molars.
 
I went to see my artist friend's new exhibit with her very own shipping container - with A/C and paint fumes that can make one high.

I was ridiculously on time so there wasn't anyone there for a good hour. Always hard to digest when women say "you're different..." whilst she sucks on some oat milk mocha that she convinced you to run out and get.
 
Almost got run over twice today. Two this week. One last week.
 
Can you be a non-Catholic..actually not even Christian...and try for a job in a Catholic organisation?
 
Fwiffo said:
Can you be a non-Catholic..actually not even Christian...and try for a job in a Catholic organisation?
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Sure, but understand that a Roman Catholic or other Xtian comes to it with a huge hiring advantage. A lot of RC schools here are hiring Muslim math teachers. Mostly it’s about supply, but they are saying it’s also to enrich the student experience with ecumenical diversity.
 
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