The No Topic Thread

[BuffaloKyle]

This thread is a big hit on another board I'm on. No topic to this thread. If you got something on your mind and it's not a fit for any other thread or to start a new thread just share it here.

I'll start:

I went to the dentist today and need some work done that insurance won't cover looks like. Man, dental work is expensive!

[Nightowl]

How would this differ from the Lounge?

[BuffaloKyle]

17 minutes ago, Nightowl said:

How would this differ from the Lounge?

This thread is just if you had something on your mind and it's not worth starting a whole new thread on. Like I didn't wanna start a whole thread about how I went to the dentist today and there wasn't a thread already where my post would fit in. 🦷🪥

If this thread idea sucks, it'll die off quick. 😅

Edited Friday at 01:34 AM by BuffaloKyle

[Nightowl]

4 minutes ago, BuffaloKyle said:

This thread is just if you had something on your mind and it's not worth starting a whole new thread on. Like I didn't wanna start a whole thread about how I went to the dentist today and there wasn't a thread already where my post would fit in. 🦷🪥

If this thread idea sucks, it'll die off quick. 😅

Hey, it’s worth a try.

[wsc]

Why can't I find Stouffers Tuna Noodle Casserole at the Giant store I've shopped at for over 30 Years? WTF?

[+ Travis69]

3 hours ago, BuffaloKyle said:

This thread is a big hit on another board I'm on. No topic to this thread. If you got something on your mind and it's not a fit for any other thread or to start a new thread just share it here.

I'll start:

I went to the dentist today and need some work done that insurance won't cover looks like. Man, dental work is expensive!

A friend of mine uses the local dental college for dental work.  Much cheaper.

[+ Travis69]

10 minutes ago, wsc said:

Why can't I find Stouffers Tuna Noodle Casserole at the Giant store I've shopped at for over 30 Years? WTF?

Think I saw them at Safeway.  

[pubic_assistance]

3 hours ago, BuffaloKyle said:

I went to the dentist today and need some work done that insurance won't cover looks like. Man, dental work is expensive!

Dental insurance is crap. Never covers anything substantial. I've spent over $10K on my teeth over the last 15 years. 

[BuffaloKyle]

1 hour ago, Travis69 said:

A friend of mine uses the local dental college for dental work.  Much cheaper.

Yeah, the college by me has discount services also:

Our Services - School of Dental Medicine - University at Buffalo

DENTAL.BUFFALO.EDU

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UB Dental is a clinical facility for the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine. Here, patients receive care by dental students under the close supervision of our...

The dentist I have now though is working with me to try and get my insurance to cover what I need done. I've also been a patient there for around 15 years. I'd feel a bit low to tell them I'm gonna go somewhere else to get the work done. Also from reading the info on the website I can't just go there it sounds like for my current need and then stop going. You have to be a full time patient. If my insurance denies me feel free someone to start a gofundme page! 😁

Edited Friday at 03:52 AM by BuffaloKyle

[BuffaloKyle]

1 hour ago, wsc said:

Why can't I find Stouffers Tuna Noodle Casserole at the Giant store I've shopped at for over 30 Years? WTF?

[mike carey]

5 hours ago, BuffaloKyle said:

If this thread idea sucks, it'll die off quick. 😅

Hey it's worth a try, and so far it's working. Yes, it may die, but not because it sucks, but because people always move on. We've had 'Random' threads in the past, they've worked until they didn't.

[+ azdr0710]

 

[samhexum]

Rita Rudner used to do a bit about her car having a rotating gas cap... whichever side of the pump she pulled up to, the cap was always on the other side.

I think of that every time I try to open a twist tie on a loaf of bread.  My hands don't work all that well and it takes me longer than you'd think because whichever way I start twisting, it doesn't open.  Then I reverse direction, and same thing.  When I eventually get it open, the tie immediately goes in the garbage and I just fold the top of the bag underneath it to close it off.

 

[samhexum]

7 hours ago, BuffaloKyle said:

I went to the dentist today and need some work done that insurance won't cover looks like. Man, dental work is expensive!

 

A number of years ago I went for a dental cleaning right before one of the holidays.  Much of the staff must have been off already because when the hygienist came in she said "Hi, I'm Dr. @@@'s mother."  He had called her out of retirement to fill in.

While she was looking over my chart she said "You've had a lot of work done."

 I replied "Yes, I'm putting your grandchildren through college."

Edited Friday at 07:33 AM by samhexum
to ensure maximum delight for the reader!

[+ purplekow]

Would you eat Spotted Dick?

[You_Can_Turn_Over]

5 hours ago, Travis69 said:

A friend of mine uses the local dental college for dental work.  Much cheaper.

This!  For the dental schools that are still around.  In Chicago, Northwestern's and Loyola's are no more.

[+ Pensant]

10 hours ago, pubic_assistance said:

Dental insurance is crap. Never covers anything substantial. I've spent over $10K on my teeth over the last 15 years. 

I agree. I’m thinking of canceling my Delta Dental and going self-pay. In the past, the endodontist happily let me pay over time, even though I could’ve paid on the spot. You can usually get a nice self-pay discount.

[pubic_assistance]

2 minutes ago, Pensant said:

You can usually get a nice self-pay discount.

I've found that Dentists, and Doctors always bill the insurance company far more than what they charge ME if I'm paying out-of-pocket.

I'm self employed for many years now...so never pays for me to have an expensive health insurance policy with lots of coverage. They really dont end up paying for much when you need it. Cheaper to buy the cheapest insurance in case of being hospitalized and then pay the rest out of pocket. 

[+ poolboy48220]

I'm always amused at listening to the radio and the person being interviewed will NOT stop talking despite the interviewer's attempts to break in. 

[+ Charlie]

13 hours ago, wsc said:

Why can't I find Stouffers Tuna Noodle Casserole at the Giant store I've shopped at for over 30 Years? WTF?

I bought it yesterday at Albertson's (where it was on sale).

[+ Charlie]

12 hours ago, pubic_assistance said:

Dental insurance is crap. Never covers anything substantial. I've spent over $10K on my teeth over the last 15 years. 

It covered a couple of my implants, which weren't cheap.

[MikeBiDude]

2 hours ago, Pensant said:

I’m thinking of canceling my Delta Dental

Cancelled mine recently…basically useless. 

[Rudynate]

13 hours ago, Travis69 said:

A friend of mine uses the local dental college for dental work.  Much cheaper.

I have a chip in one of my lower front teeth that needs repair.  The last time I had a chip repaired, it set me back about $300.00.

[Rudynate]

16 minutes ago, MikeBiDude said:

Cancelled mine recently…basically useless. 

Amen to that.  The only dental insurance worth having is if you can get it through an employer.  Individual coverage through Delta Dental is next to useless.   I get (sort of) dental coverage though Kaiser Medicare Advantage.  I wanted to see if the medicare dentist was even an option so I made an appointment for a cleaning.  It was nothing short of Dickensian - dumpy professional building in Daly City, waiting room filled with decrepit old people, the dentist did the cleaning and he was so rough and careless that I think the cleaning did my teeth more damage than going without it would have.   Then he handed me a quote for the work that he thought I needed done - absurd - he said I needed 8 fillings.  I haven't needed a filling in nearly 30 years, so knew he was scamming me.   I high-tailed it back to my pricey dentist in the Castro with his designer office.

[MikeBiDude]

1 hour ago, Rudynate said:

Individual coverage through Delta Dental is next to useless.

That’s what I had and yeah, individual coverage through them a waste.