And dental insurance is, generally speaking, crap.
Gwen: Demon, OK? The whole nine—cloven feet and horns and teeth. He wasn't wearing lamé though. Lorne: Yeah, the evil ones can't pull it off. It gets camp.
'Harm's Way'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
brenda m - Nov 20, 2012 10:26:57 am PST #1604 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 20, 2012 10:44:44 am PST #1605 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Yeah, I'm going to be paying more than twice as much as her insurance is. Whereas in my experience that ratio tends to be reversed with regular medical insurance.
Connie Neil - Nov 20, 2012 10:51:03 am PST #1606 of 30001
brillig
Well, with teeth, as opposed to most medicine, there is the option to say "Yank 'em all, dammit, I'm going with something sturdier."
Theodosia - Nov 20, 2012 10:56:59 am PST #1607 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Dentures are pretty miserable, or so I hear. I had to have a partial denture for a couple months when I was getting a bridge made for my front teeth, which wasn't intended to be fitted really well to start with.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 20, 2012 11:01:31 am PST #1608 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Dad's gotten used to his, but then he's had them for more than 50 years. Apparently dentists in the 1950s had a pull first and ask questions later policy.
msbelle - Nov 20, 2012 11:01:43 am PST #1609 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
on this line of thinking - y'all are familiar with the common dream of teeth falling out? I had a dream last week of my gums separating from my jaw and falling out, it was incredibly painful.
Connie Neil - Nov 20, 2012 11:02:44 am PST #1610 of 30001
brillig
ew!
My mother had to talk a dentist into pulling all hers (30 years or so ago?), after she got tired of dealing with fillings getting pulled out etc. She was so happy to be able to eat salt water taffy again.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 20, 2012 11:11:32 am PST #1611 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Tooth problems squick me out, so I'd rather deal with a broken rib or even limb, despite the greater severity and recovery time.
erikaj - Nov 20, 2012 11:13:40 am PST #1612 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
Apparently, now the thinking has changed to wanting people to keep more of their teeth. Sorry to read about the dental insurance problems, but at least I know it's not just me. And Mitt Romney apparently thinks "Add dental to Obamacare' would be a terrible threat, instead of "Wow, could they do that?"
§ ita § - Nov 20, 2012 11:37:37 am PST #1613 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Ugh. There was work stuff here, but now I've redacted. Let's just say a lot of people are really angry right now, at each other more than at me, but it's impossible not to get hit by shrapnel at this proximity to the blast.
I'm just trying to do my job, but apparently this is not appropriate, but I can't get anyone to authorise me to stop. Which makes no sense, but trust me--it makes less sense from where I'm standing. Even if this weren't my job, someone has to do it, and no one is. I've been complaining about this vacuum for weeks.
I am so glad I'm not in the office today, because at least one person would either yell at me or expect me to agree with them while they're yelling at someone else (actually, all the parties would do that to me...) and I am not going to yell at anyone.
I have written the bad news email and sent it out, and I think it's time for cereal break.