Made a couple of first trips this week... After about three reschedules (my days are just ridiculous sometimes), I finally got to the dentist for my six..er..nine month cleaning. Young Dr. Ferguson has recently merged with the Ramsey Clinic and, consequently, moved into much newer, nicer digs than the old Long building on Greensboro. Way to go, YDF! A great move IMHO...
In case I never mentioned this before YDF offers completely painless dentistry. Maybe this is what everyone else is used to getting, but it's a relatively new concept for me. I spent the last 20 years coming out of every one hour (minimum) cleaning that felt more like three rounds with Mike Tyson landing all face punches. Plus, my requests for lots of anesthetic ('cause my pain threshold is meager) must have gone unheeded. I know my old dentist only works with nine fingers, because I gnawed one off during a crown a couple of years back...
And yesterday, I woke up desperate for a haircut. My usual stylist, Nicole (sp?) is on maternity leave, so I wandered into Roonie's Barber Shop on the corner of Main & Montgomery about 8:15am. Mark T (a fine bass player I know) was manning the main chair. He proceeded to lay a fine trim on me (including a hot lather neck shave with straight razor) for $12. SOLD! I'll definitely be back when I get shaggy again.
Nothing better than new experiences...
