2 hours ago, birdguy said:

RELIGIOUSLY!

I brush twice a day with an Oral-B toothbrush making sure I massage the gums both front and rear.

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When I was a pre-teen back in the late 1940s I had orthodonture work done.  It was kind of primitive back then and after I turned 50 the teeth started getting a bit crooked again.

Noel

@birdguy I should start doing the same and make it into a habit. 

Being a total advocate for dental care, my procedure is as follows:

First take a bit of Listerine or store equivalent and swish and gargle then spit it out.  Next a thorough flossing and rinse with water. 1st brushing with a stain removing toothpaste and my electric Oral B toothbrush for 2 minutes, then rinse. Final brushing with an inexpensive fluoride toothpaste, rinse then swish ACT fluoride rinse for about a minute and yak it all over the place!

I have been having perfect checkups for the last 25 years or so.  Very little tartar to scrape, no cavities. 🦷

@charliearon How often? It seems like a lot of work. You're the second one to use ACT. Is that different or better than Listerine?

3 hours ago, birdguy said:

I don't care if it has flouride or not.  I'll just go one doing what I've been doing for years. 

 

Fair enough.

 

3 hours ago, birdguy said:

was once told by a dentist I had the hardest teeth he'd ever seen.

 

Neutronium??? 😲

32 minutes ago, bofhlusr said:

You're the second one to use ACT

I like ACT because it has a small cup at the top and you just squeeze the bottle to fill the cup and tip the bottle into your mouth.  And it comes in cinnamon flavor.

Noel

32 minutes ago, martin-w said:

Neutronium??? 😲

Probably something from my native planet in the Gamma Quadrant.

Noel

17 hours ago, birdguy said:

Gamma Quadrant.

 

Are you Borg? Not the tennis player.

No, not Borg.  Roswellian.  Those of who came here in 1947 came to stay and report back to the home planet changes in Earthling behavior over time.  We are known on the home planet as Roswellians.  None of us ever went back to the home planet (we are not permitted to make it's name public).  We live out our lives as earthlings and die and are buried here.  Our children have no idea that their parents are from out there.

Those who were delivered to other cities and towns are known by the name of that city or town.

We are here among you.  You know some who became notable.  I'll bet you never guessed that Arthur C. Clark and Gene Rodenberry came from our planet when they were young.

Noel

Edited August 7, 20223 yr by birdguy

4 hours ago, birdguy said:

We are here among you.  You know some who became notable.  I'll bet you never guessed that Arthur C. Clark and Gene Rodenberry came from our planet when they were young

 

😲 I  suspected such a thing. What about that Verne guy, Jules Verne? Bet he was one of you.

Well, Martin, he was before my time.  But he probably was one of us.

We're just like you except for on small feature I'm not allowed to discuss.  We can recognize each other but we have no secret handshake or anything like that.  We just kind of sense it

Both of our planets were very much alike and at the same evolutionary stage.  But those who planted the DNA in our early species planted it in an early apelike creature that was more benign and more vegetarian than your species.  We evolved to be more peaceful and instead of wasting time on wars like your species did we put all of our scientific energies into space travel.  That's why we are here at the same stage of development you are.  And we hope that our being here and breeding with your species will save your planet.  By the way, Elon Musk is one of the offspring of one of us and one of yours.

Remind me some day to start writing science fiction.  I might be pretty good at it.  I think I'll give it a try.

Noel