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33 minutes ago, spacecadet said:

I had to look that up. We just have dentists.


Yep, here in the U.S., we have all kinds of specialists within the dental field.  Endodontists specialise in root canals and tooth pain in general.  It’s a fancy name so they can charge more 😬

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It’s good you can get into see someone so fast, Michael. Hope it’s something simple. I was thinking about my dentist the other day when I sent in payment for a recent appointment. I’m not even sure she’s working right now. Perhaps only for emergencies. 

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I sketched a picture in pencil on watercolor paper yesterday. I’ll go over the sketch in ink, then paint a line & wash picture.

I’m finding it hard to get motivated, though, even more so since my daughter fell ill.
 

This is somewhat like when my husband passed. I seemed to sit in my chair thinking of all the things I should be doing, but feeling paralyzed to do them.

Betty

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Hi,

 

So I've edited the first 12 days of Lockdown here in Tenerife and made a gallery on my website.

 

Lockdown here is very specific and restrictive so we can only leave the apartment to go to the Supermarket, Pharmacy, Doctors, Bins, or walk the dog(We don't have a dog!).

Anyone found out without good reason gets heavily fined, and one guy has gone to jail for repeat offending...

 

Anyway here's the gallery: https://www.philcrean.com/lockdown_days

 

I will probably now add new pics on a daily basis.

 

Phil

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23 hours ago, Betty LaRue said:

I sketched a picture in pencil on watercolor paper yesterday. I’ll go over the sketch in ink, then paint a line & wash picture.

I’m finding it hard to get motivated, though, even more so since my daughter fell ill.
 

This is somewhat like when my husband passed. I seemed to sit in my chair thinking of all the things I should be doing, but feeling paralyzed to do them.

Betty

 

C'mon Betty, We would like to see your picture posted on here.

 

Allan

 

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On 26/03/2020 at 08:05, Michael Ventura said:


Yep, here in the U.S., we have all kinds of specialists within the dental field.  Endodontists specialise in root canals and tooth pain in general.  It’s a fancy name so they can charge more 😬

Orthodontist for teeth braces. I paid my share of $$$ with two kids that needed them. The good thing about the specialties is that each only do what their specialty is. They become very good and innovative at what they do. I have also used an Endodontist.

 

You go to your dentist. He recognizes your problem is complex, and any treatment he gives might fail because he is a general practitioner not a specialist. So he sends you to an Endodontist, who has seen your problem hundreds of times and knows just what to do.

 

 

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I have been scanning all of my old slides.  I have them in 74 slide carousels and some extras in binders.  I already had the best of them on Alamy through the regular submission route.  This effort is really to preserve the images of family and friends.  When I finish I will fill thumb drives to send to them so they can pass the images on to their kids.

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I made a butternut squash sauce for pasta tonight, seasoned with curry powder given to me by a friend, a bit of nutmeg, a bit of black pepper, and a bit of turmeric.   Added some olive oil and water.

 

Wasn't someone else here looking for butternut squashes?  They seem to be in season now in Nicaragua.

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I find this thread quite comforting in so many ways . . . of late it's the only one I open without the slightest treipdation about what I'll read. Please keep it up everybody 🙂😷

 

If it eventuates that I have to go into full self-isolation I'll be a tad busy trying to source, coordinate and facilitate the delivery of physical (and moral) support to a large group of around 400 staff for whom voluntary self-isolation is not an option. Collectively they provide 24 hour in-home support to one of the most vulnerable groups in our society, and if the infection takes hold in that cohort we are in serious, serious trouble. It's one of the reasons I'm heartened by the comments I read illustrating all the responsible and compassionate behaviour of common folk going about their lives in full consideration of the common good--at the moment, isolation (if you can), social-distancing (when you can) and exemplary hygiene (always) are the best tools we have.

 

Be kind, take care, be safe.

 

DD

 

 

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I don't watch a great deal of TV but confess to being hooked by the BBC programme The Repair Shop, where skilled craftspeople fix family heirlooms and treasured possessions, for example old clocks, broken porcelain, damaged works of art etc. 

 

Confined to base, I turned my attention to an old lawn roller whose wooden handle had rotted and whose metal frame was rusting. I made a new handle, and believe me producing a circular (ish in my case) section without a lathe is tricky, and restored the paintwork. Currently waiting for the varnish to dry when I can re-assemble it. Hope to use it as a photo prop as well as a garden ornament. 

 

Once through this health crisis I might try to track down a used wood lathe, I find working with wood to be very satisfying infinitely better than sitting in front of a computer screen.

 

I'm needing to find more home based projects that can be done with items to hand. I tend to follow my grandfather's advice that "if it eats no meat, keep it", so plenty of bits of wood and other stuff in our garage.

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4 hours ago, MizBrown said:

I made a butternut squash sauce for pasta tonight, seasoned with curry powder given to me by a friend, a bit of nutmeg, a bit of black pepper, and a bit of turmeric.   Added some olive oil and water.

 

Wasn't someone else here looking for butternut squashes?  They seem to be in season now in Nicaragua.

 

We usually eat around one butternut squash a month. My wife normally buys our vegetables from a farm shop close to where she worked at a garden centre and gardens, now shut. She checked the farm shop status yesterday, it too is now shut, only undertaking deliveries to those previously signed up. Luckily she bought two recently, haven't seen them anywhere I've shopped, even at opening times.

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3 hours ago, Bryan said:

I don't watch a great deal of TV but confess to being hooked by the BBC programme The Repair Shop, where skilled craftspeople fix family heirlooms and treasured possessions, for example old clocks, broken porcelain, damaged works of art etc. 

 

Confined to base, I turned my attention to an old lawn roller whose wooden handle had rotted and whose metal frame was rusting. I made a new handle, and believe me producing a circular (ish in my case) section without a lathe is tricky, and restored the paintwork. Currently waiting for the varnish to dry when I can re-assemble it. Hope to use it as a photo prop as well as a garden ornament. 

 

Once through this health crisis I might try to track down a used wood lathe, I find working with wood to be very satisfying infinitely better than sitting in front of a computer screen.

 

I'm needing to find more home based projects that can be done with items to hand. I tend to follow my grandfather's advice that "if it eats no meat, keep it", so plenty of bits of wood and other stuff in our garage.

One lathe isn't enough, Bryan.  My wife is up to three now - varying sizes and attachments.  This is her biggest one.

 

Mature, 65 year old, female crafter turning a wooden vase on her lathe Stock Photo

 

I'll stick to gardening and photography.

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I’m wonder if any of you know of offers out there to help us get through this health crisis? Not what’s in the headlines, but things that might have gone unnoticed?

 

All UK libraries are closed, but The Liverpool Library System has an app that lets us get virtual books, mags, and other things. And they’ve done away with late return fees. (How do you return a virtual book?)

 

https://liverpool.gov.uk/libraries/ereading/

 

I have a library card but I’ve not set this up yet. I’m hesitant to get involved with another open-ended tech problem. And I think you all know about the endless trouble I’ve been having with the WiFi in my building.

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2 hours ago, sb photos said:

 

We usually eat around one butternut squash a month. My wife normally buys our vegetables from a farm shop close to where she worked at a garden centre and gardens, now shut. She checked the farm shop status yesterday, it too is now shut, only undertaking deliveries to those previously signed up. Luckily she bought two recently, haven't seen them anywhere I've shopped, even at opening times.

Aldi had them last week......

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