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The Bar => The Lounge => Topic started by: Teri on January 19, 2013, 09:33:38 PM
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I got me some new choppers this last month and I'm still getting used to them, but I can't stand for the hubby to see me with them out of my mouth.
I love my new teefers, but I was wondering...does anyone else sleep with them in, or is it just me?
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Mine are still attached.
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i can't take mine out.
Due to relevancy, I don't wear pants though.
Game on, pants off.
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i can't take mine out.
Due to relevancy, I don't wear pants though.
Game on, pants off.
If you really wanted too, you could. :-)
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Mine are still attached.
Mine were too up until about a month ago... Thank God...I don't miss them either...crap teefers gave me way too much pain... I love my new pearly whites. :rotf:
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Do you sleep with your teeth in or out?
In or out of what?
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In or out of what?
:bwah: And the winner is.... :lmao:
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Most in, some out.
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Friends, a long-time married couple, got dentures within a month or so of each other. For two years, the wife tells me, they kept their new teeth in at all times. Then... apparently things started to get lax. Now, both are retired for about a year each, and they might not even put them in if you show up at the house before 10 or 11 a.m.
I have a small partial plate. My dentist told me it was pretty much just for smiling and smooching. :-) It's stayed in for six years now. (yes, I do remove it for frequent cleaning)
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Partial out, permanent in. Glad the new ones are working out for you.
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I lost two molars some years ago due to gum disease. No more. Made an adjustment to my own dental hygiene and not even so much as a cavity in the past 13 or so years.
I did have to have some tissue harvested from the roof of my mouth and grafted onto a couple sections of gumline in surgery I had in 2002. Lord God, there is no pain like that.
I do need to put in a mouthpiece at night because I'm a tooth-grinder. Does that count as a second set of teeth? :???:
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I lost two molars some years ago due to gum disease. No more. Made an adjustment to my own dental hygiene and not even so much as a cavity in the past 13 or so years.
I did have to have some tissue harvested from the roof of my mouth and grafted onto a couple sections of gumline in surgery I had in 2002. Lord God, there is no pain like that.
I do need to put in a mouthpiece at night because I'm a tooth-grinder. Does that count as a second set of teeth? :???:
I can't even imagine having skin grafted inside my mouth like that...lord, that must have been painful. It was painful enough for me enduring the excruciating pain I had from the gum disease. I brushed, flossed and rinsed and still got the gum disease.
What I can't get used to is the adhesive goo...jeez I can't stand that stuff, but the teeth look great. Perfect fit and unless I told someone, they'd never know.
I've been leaving them in at night and only taking them out to clean in the morning and back in they go. I can't stand for anyone to see me without them. I don't know, maybe as I get older I won't care as much like longview said...
Still have my lowers in, but I'm having them yanked out in the near future too. Anyone who's had a lot of pain with their teeth and gums understands. I was really depressed when I couldn't smile, now I have my smile back and it's made a world of difference.
The dentists are always saying that you want to keep your real teeth as long as you can, but...that's not so if you have constant pain from teeth and gum problems like I had. I would tell anyone in that situation...have them pulled and get dentures. I'm really happy with mine and I'm glad because I'm 57 and have quite a long way to go wearing dentures.
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I have an upper plate. I leave it in at all times...taking it out once or twice a day just long enough to clean it.
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I kinda want my wisdom teeth out. I'm getting my third one in. It is not fun.
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I kinda want my wisdom teeth out. I'm getting my third one in. It is not fun.
My wisdom teeth are "upside down", in-grown ... how wise are they ???
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I kinda want my wisdom teeth out. I'm getting my third one in. It is not fun.
Awe, you're just a baby still... Have them taken out now before they become a problem...I did many years ago.
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Ooops.
I was reading too fast, and at first thought the question was, "do you sleep without....."
For the record, franksolich still has all his teeth, excepting the four wisdom teeth, which were pulled out in one single yank-session back when I was twenty-one years old.
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What does hubby want?
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What does hubby want?
He's anxious for me to have the lowers yanked out now. :rotf:
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Awe, you're just a baby still... Have them taken out now before they become a problem...I did many years ago.
I'm a man!
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I'm a man!
Awe...of course you are sweetie...you're cute too. :rotf:
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I got me some new choppers this last month and I'm still getting used to them, but I can't stand for the hubby to see me with them out of my mouth.
I love my new teefers, but I was wondering...does anyone else sleep with them in, or is it just me?
I sleep with a night guard to keep me from grinding my teeth in my sleep - what do I win? :-)
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I sleep with a night guard to keep me from grinding my teeth in my sleep - what do I win? :-)
How about I give you my all expense paid ticket to a nudist camp in Indiana?
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How about I give you my all expense paid ticket to a nudist camp in Indiana?
:o
Nudist camps in Indiana? In January?
Who knew?!?
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Awe...of course you are sweetie...you're cute too. :rotf:
The Colonel is young -- that's no doubt.
But for the record, I have one of my wisdom teeth remaining and I'm definitely old enough to be his father.
Damn tooth is impacted so severely that my local dentist won't even touch it. Referred me to an oral surgeon who won't touch it and referred me to yet another oral surgeon in Kansas City for the procedure.
If we keep this shit up, they'll want to send me to NYC and have my entire jaw removed. :thatsright:
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Teri,
The entire "denture adventure" is a learning process. You will come to terms with it all in due time. Just do what feels right to you.
The "goo" is always a challenge. Try using less. Try the Poligrip in the green-labeled box. Also try the powders, pads, sticky strips, and duct tape (<kidding!).
You will find what works best for you.
I don't sleep with my dentures or partials in my mouth. I use to. Now I find it more comfortable to go au naturale at night. Nighttime is a good time to soak and clean.
Also, get some Listerine Total Zero mouthwash (purple color). It's some awesome stuff and it helps get you rid of the leftover goo. Plus your mouth will like it.
That is all for this edition of "Living Without The Teeth God Gave You". Tune in next time. Bye!
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Only the French have worse teeth than the Brits. So, since half my genes are French, I have a full upper and a partial lower. BTW Teri, have you tried Sea-Bond® instead of paste?
Dad got his when he was in his fifties. I got mine two years ago when I was 72, so I beat him by 20 years...(http://members.socket.net/~mcruzan/avatars/toothless.gif)
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Teri,
The entire "denture adventure" is a learning process. You will come to terms with it all in due time. Just do what feels right to you.
The "goo" is always a challenge. Try using less. Try the Poligrip in the green-labeled box. Also try the powders, pads, sticky strips, and duct tape (<kidding!).
You will find what works best for you.
I don't sleep with my dentures or partials in my mouth. I use to. Now I find it more comfortable to go au naturale at night. Nighttime is a good time to soak and clean.
Also, get some Listerine Total Zero mouthwash (purple color). It's some awesome stuff and it helps get you rid of the leftover goo. Plus your mouth will like it.
That is all for this edition of "Living Without The Teeth God Gave You". Tune in next time. Bye!
It has been quite an experience to say the least including the pain, the extractions process and getting used to the fact that I now have to get used to wearing them.
I did get the Polygrip you mentioned and I do have the purple Listerine already...I'll try that with the goo. I have seen those adhesive strips you can use also, though I haven't tried them yet.
What I have found is even though these upper dentures seem to be a good fit, if I don't use the goo...they will still move and irritate the gums if I try to eat with them. I tried not using the goo for a day, but found out quickly...if you want to eat...you have to use the goo.
One day I used too much goo and when I tried to take out the denture...it hurt so bad I thought I was going to rip my gums out with them trying to pry them loose... :rotf:
I also found out that a lot of people battle with bad teeth and gums and some to the point where it can become a life threatening experience if they don't get something done.
My entire face swelled up right up into my eyes and this was around Thanksgiving. I had a miserable Thanksgiving because of it too... I was in so much pain that when I finally made it to the dentists office...I was begging for him to get them out of my head. What a relief that was until I had to hide out in the house for a month waiting for my dentures because the dentist said it would be much better to wait for the gums to heal and shrink. Well they did and slowly but surly, my speech got worse and upper lip started to look funny and I looked twenty years older without them... I actually cried one day it was so upsetting. :rotf:
The day I went back to have my dentures put in for the first time and saw my face with a new smile...I actually broke down and cried right in front of the dentist and I guess he had an emotional moment because he reached over and just gave me a big hug.... It's so nice to have my smile back with perfect white teeth again...I can't tell you how happy I was.
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Only the French have worse teeth than the Brits. So, since half my genes are French, I have a full upper and a partial lower. BTW Teri, have you tried Sea-Bond® instead of paste?
Dad got his when he was in his fifties. I got mine two years ago when I was 72, so I beat him by 20 years...(http://members.socket.net/~mcruzan/avatars/toothless.gif)
I'm English, Irish and Greek...now that's one hell of a combination eh? :rotf: It must be a genetic thing because my sister lost all of her teeth when she was in her late twenties. At least I managed to keep mine until I reached 57 now. I took care of my teeth too...that's the kicker and I still got this gum disease. My parents spent thousands on braces when I was a kid too.
I'll try that Sea Bond. Are those the strips, because I saw those last time I went to the store to buy the goo, but wasn't sure about them.
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It has been quite an experience to say the least including the pain, the extractions process and getting used to the fact that I now have to get used to wearing them.
I've had mine for four years this very month. I'll let you know when I get use to them. :p
I did get the Polygrip you mentioned and I do have the purple Listerine already...I'll try that with the goo. I have seen those adhesive strips you can use also, though I haven't tried them yet.
I have two teeth left on the bottom - my bicuspids. My lower partials are designed around those teeth to act as anchors. It's a good thing. I have no problem wearing my lowers at all. I do use the sticky strips in the lower. The strips last all day.
I use the goo up top.
What I have found is even though these upper dentures seem to be a good fit, if I don't use the goo...they will still move and irritate the gums if I try to eat with them. I tried not using the goo for a day, but found out quickly...if you want to eat...you have to use the goo.
One day I used too much goo and when I tried to take out the denture...it hurt so bad I thought I was going to rip my gums out with them trying to pry them loose... :rotf:
Don't rip them out. "Rock" them out until you break the seal
I also found out that a lot of people battle with bad teeth and gums and some to the point where it can become a life threatening experience if they don't get something done.
My entire face swelled up right up into my eyes and this was around Thanksgiving. I had a miserable Thanksgiving because of it too... I was in so much pain that when I finally made it to the dentists office...I was begging for him to get them out of my head. What a relief that was until I had to hide out in the house for a month waiting for my dentures because the dentist said it would be much better to wait for the gums to heal and shrink. Well they did and slowly but surly, my speech got worse and upper lip started to look funny and I looked twenty years older without them... I actually cried one day it was so upsetting. :rotf:
The day I went back to have my dentures put in for the first time and saw my face with a new smile...I actually broke down and cried right in front of the dentist and I guess he had an emotional moment because he reached over and just gave me a big hug.... It's so nice to have my smile back with perfect white teeth again...I can't tell you how happy I was.
Mine got "installed" within an hour after the extractions. My dentist said that's the best way. It is the only experience I've had, so I can't argue.
I remember telling the room I felt like I had a 1958 Buick in my mouth.
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<=== still has the Mk.1 choppers. Ergo, I sleep with them racked internally.
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I've had mine for four years this very month. I'll let you know when I get use to them. :p
I have two teeth left on the bottom - my bicuspids. My lower partials are designed around those teeth to act as anchors. It's a good thing. I have no problem wearing my lowers at all. I do use the sticky strips in the lower. The strips last all day.
I use the goo up top.
Don't rip them out. "Rock" them out until you break the seal
Mine got "installed" within an hour after the extractions. My dentist said that's the best way. It is the only experience I've had, so I can't argue.
I remember telling the room I felt like I had a 1958 Buick in my mouth.
I'm going to have lowers taken out too. My dentist suggested leaving in those two bottom teeth that you have. I was against it because of the pain and problems I've had with my own teeth. I don't know, I might let him leave those in...I haven't decided yet about that.
The entire process with my upper denture including xrays, extractions and all cost me about $4,000.00. We didn't have the dental insurance yet because the hub was in a fairly new position at his work and the insurance hadn't kicked in yet. I couldn't wait, so I had to pay cash for them. The bottoms I'll have the hubs insurance to cover most of it...thank goodness.
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I'm going to have lowers taken out too. My dentist suggested leaving in those two bottom teeth that you have. I was against it because of the pain and problems I've had with my own teeth. I don't know, I might let him leave those in...I haven't decided yet about that.
The entire process with my upper denture including xrays, extractions and all cost me about $4,000.00. We didn't have the dental insurance yet because the hub was in a fairly new position at his work and the insurance hadn't kicked in yet. I couldn't wait, so I had to pay cash for them. The bottoms I'll have the hubs insurance to cover most of it...thank goodness.
Leave the bicuspids. You WILL NOT be sorry. Having your lowers attached to permanent teeth is a blessing.
Most folks have 10x more trouble with their full lowers than with their uppers. Their lowers slip and slid all over the place. You won't have their problems if you have the "anchors".
(I don't know what it is about the bicuspids. Mine remained healthy even though I was losing my other teeth quite rapidly. It is well worth it to try to save them for your sake.)
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Leave the bicuspids. You WILL NOT be sorry. Having your lowers attached to permanent teeth is a blessing.
Most folks have 10x more trouble with their full lowers than with their uppers. Their lowers slip and slid all over the place. You won't have their problems if you have the "anchors".
(I don't know what it is about the bicuspids. Mine remained healthy even though I was losing my other teeth quite rapidly. It is well worth it to try to save them for your sake.)
You may have convinced me because everyone has told me the same thing... I was just paranoid about leaving any of my natural teeth in because of the pain I've had with them. I'll be going back in a short while and talk to the dentist some more about it. I have the best dentist in the world and I'm so thankful I do because I had a bad one once that scared the hell out of me and hurt me really bad. That may have been the reason that my gums went bad because of that phobia, I went for a long time without going back and having my teeth cleaned professionally, just regular brushing and flossing at home didn't do it.
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You may have convinced me because everyone has told me the same thing... I was just paranoid about leaving any of my natural teeth in because of the pain I've had with them. I'll be going back in a short while and talk to the dentist some more about it. I have the best dentist in the world and I'm so thankful I do because I had a bad one once that scared the hell out of me and hurt me really bad. That may have been the reason that my gums went bad because of that phobia, I went for a long time without going back and having my teeth cleaned professionally, just regular brushing and flossing at home didn't do it.
I took pretty good care of my teeth and got gum disease anyway. There wasn't anything to do to save them.
Today, I take GREAT care of my two teeth left -- the ones immune to disease. When I went in for my cleaning a couple of weeks ago, there was no tartar on them to scrape off. Those two are my best friends. :-)
P.S. I had a MASSIVE-MASSIVE "he's dead" heart attack six months after having my teeth removed. No connection, I'm sure. :p
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I took pretty good care of my teeth and got gum disease anyway. There wasn't anything to do to save them.
Today, I take GREAT care of my two teeth left -- the ones immune to disease. When I went in for my cleaning a couple of weeks ago, there was no tartar on them to scrape off. Those two are my best friends. :-)
:rotf:
Of all the crap our bodies have that can give us pain, I once thought it was the back and spine until I had this problem with me teeth... I was in such excruciating pain that I tried to get drunk to ease it and all that did was make me drunk and still in pain. Man...I never want to feel that kind of pain ever again. :rotf:
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P.S. I had a MASSIVE-MASSIVE "he's dead" heart attack six months after having my teeth removed. No connection, I'm sure. :p
This is one of the things that really worried me about my teeth... My dentist warned me that the infection could infiltrate major organs like the heart and brain and cause major problems. Now that really scare the hell out of me. :o
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I guess I'm lucky. I do not have to use any adhesive for my uppers. I had my teeth pulled in December (right before Christmas) due to the insurance maximum. I then had my dentures made in January. There were a few plus sides to doing it that way.
1 - I maxed out my benefits at the end of the year when they pulled the teeth. Waiting until January for the dentures allowed my benefits to renew.
2 - Waiting 6 weeks after my teeth were pulled allowed the swelling in my gums to go all the way down; therefore, the mold was very accurate. That's why I don't need adhesive.
3 - Not having any teeth during Christmas guaranteed I wouldn't gain weight :-)
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I guess I'm lucky. I do not have to use any adhesive for my uppers. I had my teeth pulled in December (right before Christmas) due to the insurance maximum. I then had my dentures made in January. There were a few plus sides to doing it that way.
1 - I maxed out my benefits at the end of the year when they pulled the teeth. Waiting until January for the dentures allowed my benefits to renew.
2 - Waiting 6 weeks after my teeth were pulled allowed the swelling in my gums to go all the way down; therefore, the mold was very accurate. That's why I don't need adhesive.
3 - Not having any teeth during Christmas guaranteed I wouldn't gain weight :-)
I think mine would have fit better if I'd have waited a little longer, but I couldn't bear going through the Holidays without them being that we entertain a lot of folks...that would have been horrifying to say the least for me. So I begged the dentist and he said that they'd healed up enough to go ahead with the denture fitting.
Hope you like your smile as well as I do mine. Hubby laughs at me because he said he hasn't seen me smile this much in years. :rofl:
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In this vein..........
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf6NcsXJQz0[/youtube]
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In this vein..........
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf6NcsXJQz0[/youtube]
I remember that song as kid, but I can't remember who sang it then... This is the one I was singin right before Christmas... :rotf:
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnpkYhIsitA[/youtube]
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Being SLIGHTLY younger than Eupher, :-) I still have most of my teeth. I chew ice AND I grind my teeth at night, so I've cracked/ broken a few teeth. There will come a day when I am going to need false teeth, but I hope that's a ways off.
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Being SLIGHTLY younger than Eupher, :-) I still have most of my teeth. I chew ice AND I grind my teeth at night, so I've cracked/ broken a few teeth. There will come a day when I am going to need false teeth, but I hope that's a ways off.
Don't worry, Rob. You'll live to piss on my grave. With false teeth, of course. :rotf:
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Don't worry, Rob. You'll live to piss on my grave. With false teeth, of course. :rotf:
I doubt that. Besides, I wouldn't do that!! :-)
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I doubt that. Besides, I wouldn't do that!! :-)
Okay, okay. You'll piss on my grave WITHOUT the false teeth. I got it..... :cheersmate:
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Okay, okay. You'll piss on my grave WITHOUT the false teeth. I got it..... :cheersmate:
I'll squat-n-squirt!
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I'll squat-n-squirt!
:-)
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I do not understand why insurance and the medicinal comunity do not recognise the problems that the teeth and gums can do to the body.
A dentist is a Doctor trained in a speciality of the mouth, he can pick up cancer of the mouth and any other diseases we get in that area. They know what diseases of the mouth cause problems in the rest of the body.
Many problems with the body stem from the mouth, abscesses and infections travel into the the body to cause internal organs problems.
Strange I was tuned into this by reading about of all people Edger Casey, a young woman hundreds of miles away had gone crazy, her family asked for help. Somehow this man figured out the woman had a couple impacted wisdom teeth that had abscessed. The family took her to a Dentist and pulled the teeth--- in a day she came around as normal.
Is this possible ? I say yes, A dry socket, abscess can make people bang their heads on the walls.
We awoke one night as our little dog what screaming in pain, next Am the Vet said he had a few abscesses and needed All his teeth removed. Cost was $1200.00 bucks but worth it. We had another 4 years with him, worth the cost.
When one starts to have abscesses and bad gums, time to have them removed before the poison goes into the rest of the body.
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Shit, I knew I shouldn't have clicked on this............ :panic:
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My preference is to keep them in all the time. I dislike paste or gels. I would tell you how many years I have wore them but you would never believe me.
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Shit, I knew I shouldn't have clicked on this............ :panic:
Resistance is futile...
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My preference is to keep them in all the time. I dislike paste or gels. I would tell you how many years I have wore them but you would never believe me.
Yeah, I probably would. :cheersmate:
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Yeah, I probably would. :cheersmate:
62 years
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62 years
Something tells me there's a real interesting story behind that. :rofl:
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no teeth is best.
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no teeth is best.
Gummy Bear?