Re: Anyone left?

On Tue, 11 Jun 2024 11:01:15 +0100, He Who Sees All  
<[email protected]> wrote:

> On Tue, 11 Jun 2024 03:36:02 +0100, slider <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 10 Jun 2024 20:40:47 +0100, Idol Eyes <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> On 04/06/2024 13:50, He Who Sees All wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 04 Jun 2024 10:29:55 +0100, slider <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, 02 Jun 2024 07:21:17 +0100, He Who Sees All
>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, 01 Jun 2024 01:08:35 +0100, slider <[email protected]>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, 30 May 2024 06:57:57 +0100, He Who Sees All
>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Tue, 28 May 2024 20:38:46 +0300, Idol Eyes <[email protected]>  
>>>>>>>> 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?
>
> You never change, do you?
>
> No flexibility.  Intelligence is still there but the utter inability
> to live with adroitness eludes you.
>
> Change the tune pal...

### - (laffing...) hey, you answer the front door your way and i'll answer  
it in mine, okaaay?

(smile, even after 'all' these years you 'still' don't know what's  
going-on do ya haha)

so funny :)))




>> "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World  
>> War
>> IV will be fought with sticks and stones. --Albert Einstein