1) When shopping for something in any one of the local stores you can browse on your own if you prefer. But the normal here is for an attendant to assist you with your selection. They guide you to their selection and help to find what you want, and if they don't have it they will tell you who might. This applies to clothing, vegetables, whatever. I can remember when downtown shops in Wausau would have the staff to do this, or maybe I just remember from the movies, but it is a visible sign of the everyday courtesy offered here.
2) It was time to find a dentist for a normal cleaning, so it was arranged with a nice, very modern office downtown. Right before my appointment I noticed a problem with the new implant. It seemed to be loose and wiggle. After a few appointments and even a high tech 3D xray, it was determined that the new implant would have to be replaced. For a time, we thought the problem was only in the crown, but not to be so. So yesterday afternoon was the extraction, now I wait till Sept for the new implant, then another six months for the new crown. The first one was rushed too much and I won't make that mistake again.
Sometimes a step backwards can be neat thing, sometimes.
Sounds like you're living in a good century and in a good hemisphere, Ray. Maybe you'll learn a new way to whistle ;-)
ReplyDeleteBTW, -13º tonight here, that's 100 degrees difference.
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