richscharf.bsky.social
Semi-retired dentist. Big-hearted liberal, inherited from his mother who had a heart as big as the world. Loves good music, good TV, good friends, comic books, outside walks, inside lying on the couch
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Gross
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*not that…*
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I have the “Dark Shadows” DVD box set - 131 discs (both that I’m trying to top you, lol)
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But our hygienist resigned, and it was several months before we could hire a new one (shortage), so appointments during those months without one had to be canceled, unfortunately bumping them way further down the road even after the new hygienist started
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It’s nuanced. Some practices, such as the one I just retired from, schedule the cleaning recall appointments 3-6 months out while the patient is there in the office for their current cleaning
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Also a shortage of dental hygienists in St. Louis - my office was only able to hire a part-time hygienist with open availability over a year out
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Established patients are already on the recall system - it’s new patients who have to wait a year-plus
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Ditto
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We could get complete sentences back with Pete Buttigieg
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Yes, I have a hard time believing him when as Missouri AG he joined a lawsuit challenging the ACA’s constitutionality
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Well said
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I do the same - browsing Amazon and then purchasing directly or through a local business
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I terminated my Amazon Prime account last month and haven’t ordered anything from them since January
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Except that it’s not “one single activist judge” - it’s 39 different judges appointed by 4 presidents of both parties
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Plus he misspelled “affect”
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Is Better Than Ezra Less Than Jake?
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Yes - shopping locally only as needed and using cash
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I’m listening to the following podcasts:
Marketplace’s “Make Me Smart” with Kai Rysdall and St. Louis native Kimberly Adams
“Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard”
“Acquired”