I've never had a filling or a root canal
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Grier
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35 + 80= £115= $A224 which is fairly cheap for Austrailia.
My cat and dog had a rumble the other day and he sprained his shoulder. $137 for quick exam and medicine.
That worked out well for you Jessica, well done.I am entitled to free NHS dental treatment, and as I have quite good healthy teeth I haven't got a dentist, and was told there's an 18 month waiting list for an NHS dentist, so I dug into my savings and went private, £35.00 for a first appointment, then £80.00 for a deep clean and root planing. My wisdom tooth has earned me a referral to hospital to have it removed, so at least I won't have to pay.
35 + 80= £115= $A224 which is fairly cheap for Austrailia.
My cat and dog had a rumble the other day and he sprained his shoulder. $137 for quick exam and medicine.
Grier
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That's cheap by Aussie prices Thomas, especially the crown which would cost me $2k +.
In recent years I got on to a dentist who I went to School with. He was old school and didn't believe in crowns, rather really tough fillings at a fifth the cost. I've never had issue with his work but sad that he's retired now.
The price of love for our pets
I was told by the private dentist that sedation costs around £200 per hour and as my wisdom tooth will be coming out in bits I'm so pleased that the hospital will be doing it for free
Kram81
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Our vet surgery in town that has been here since forever is closing because the lady is retiring and there is no will buyers to take it over. She shared it with someone else but they left a couple of years ago. We are now left with 1 mobile vet in a town of 2.5k people along with a heap of farms.
looker-on
aka Thomas the Kraut
Including or not including insurance? My price was for a steel crown with ceramic without insurance. Other crowns would be up to 1500€ without insurance cover.
The best paid and pampered dog in rural WA.
Grier
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Now that's not cheap Thomas.
Many Australians take out private health insurance with options for dental work and glasses.
Not me though. I have a slush fund to cover a lot of contingencies and find that cheaper in the long term. Glasses last me years and years and I get the best multifocals.
No health, dental, optical nor Pet insurance for me. Home, car and contents I do insure for.
Having no private health insurance I have worked out ways to get cheap medical treatment such as bulk billing medical practices. There is a government funded dental scheme I've tried but found it's useless. They mainly do extractions and not root canals nor especially crowns.
looker-on
aka Thomas the Kraut
Not exactly "poorly paid" here in GER but, as you said, the education and training should be acknowledged financially. Their fees were raised noticeably recently.
Mate after plenty of elbow grease the pool is now looking pristine, sparkling and inviting. I may even have a dip this summer. I have found an antidote to the dreaded black algae which pervaded it earlier this year. So with the first sign of this hard to remove pest I now apply a super anti black agae tablet to the area and it is gone within a week. This is new to the market, only wish I'd have had its use years ago, it'd have saved me so much work.Richie Was wondering what happened to your pool disaster some month ago. You said you were upset and sounded as if you wanted to give up, but then you never kept us posted on what you ended up doing. Update, update, please.
looker-on
aka Thomas the Kraut
Thanks, Craig. As I remember, algae were not the only problem. You were devastated after a thunderstorm had played havoc with your pool, weren't you?
Meanwhile I got an update on your weather myself according to which you can look forward to a lovely 20-26 degrees in the coming 16 days.
Who knows, you might prefer our weather which looked like this this morning at 5°C.
Grier
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Spring in WA is glorious, the best of the seasons.
Clear skies and temperatures between 23C and 31C this week.
I'm off for a motorbike ride tomorrow having done all my housework, gardening and diy stuff this weekend gone.
I don't think I could handle temps of 31C, I'd be looking for the nearest swimming pool to cool off in!
Do you wear the leather riding gear?
Yes Thomas that was about 12 months ago now when tonnes of mud and palm tree debris fell into my pool after a ferocious storm. That is what created the black algae. It imbeds itself into the pebble crete, reason it is a nitemare to clean. Mate I'd swap your lovely lake for my pool in a heartbeat.
Yes Terry is Perths elderly 'easy rider'.
Sydney usually has terrible springs and this year is no different. If it is not a beautiful sunny day in mid 20s, it is wet or blowing a gale. No two days the same as you have in summer. Not looking forward to the next four months as extreme heatwaves have been predicted.
From my home I can hear the local high school bugler blowing The Last Post to commemorate Australias's Remembrance Day. Nov 11. In my younger years I worked nites at a Sydney RSL Club and it was my daily job and privilege to recite the Ode of Remembrance "Lest We Forget" in honor of our fallen war heroes.
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