You'll be happy to hear that my regular trips to the dentist are now complete. My teeth are clean, plaque-free, and all holes have now been plugged. I am several thousand yen worse off, but feel better for putting myself through this torture. If you are reading this and wondering when the last time you visited the dentist was, I highly recommend you go. Now. Stop reading this nonsense and get yourself there at once.
One vaguely interesting story from my dentist, Mr Miyamoto. He asked me why I hadn't been for so long, and I said:
'I don't like coming to the dentist', or something similar.
He laughed, and said 'NO-ONE likes coming to the dentist, it's just one of those things you have to do'.
'Mmm, so why did you choose to be a dentist, then, if you know no-one wants to see you?', I enquired.
His reply was interesting. 'I didn't choose to be a dentist. My father and grandfather were dentists, so I had no choice'.
This got me wondering how many sons and daughters of family-run businesses/professions follow their parents' professions. When I was in the States, I often heard that Asian-American parents, many of whom were doctors and lawyers, wanted their children to follow in their footsteps. At university, I knew a couple of people whose parents had farms, and expected their children to take over the family business.
This tends not to happen so much with teachers, accountants, policemen, etc. I wonder why?
Posted by Gary at March 17, 2004 06:05 PMI think the answer is that they know
A) their children will never be out of work and B) they will be paid a well above the average wage
but a far more interesting question is why in your photos do you seem to have two computers?
Is it to aid you in your Messenger conversations?
Its good to talk...
...to yourself
Posted by: Lord T at March 18, 2004 01:03 AMGary is a Mac power user. Because his brain works faster than any computer, in his idle microseconds he uses the other computer to write some poetry, compose an opera or finding large prime numbers.
Posted by: Dirk at March 18, 2004 09:26 AMDirk, my answer was going to be simpler. I have 2 eyes, so need one Mac for each eye. Perfectly normal.
Posted by: Gary at March 18, 2004 09:40 AM