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PCIntern

(26,920 posts)
Fri Jul 12, 2024, 08:22 AM Jul 2024

Lemme tell y'all something about "age"... [View all]

After I sold my dental practice, the new owner brought in a bunch of younger dentists who, although somewhat respectful, treated me like a fossil.

One morning, three of them were surrounding a viewing screen, looking at a panoramic film of the receptionist, trying to figure out which teeth to extract for her orthodontics, which was upcoming. They’re all arguing about upper left first premolar, upper left second pre-molar, lower right second molar, and I looked at the screen for three seconds and said “What the fuck is that in the midline?“ They all look down and I pointed and said “That is an expansive midline cyst, which is threatening her jaw right now. She needs a consultation with an oral surgeon stat… forget your ortho for the moment.”

She heard me and walked over and looked. She had seen these before as she had worked with me and I had pointed pathology out to the staff on many occasions out of a matter of interest and also for the education and she shook her head, asked me whom she should call, and walked away.

The other dentists, including one so-called hot shot, were silent. I just stared at them all for a good 15 seconds and went about my business.

I may be old, but my experience and understanding of all things in my career purview is unmatched by any young person who has not seen between 50 and 60,000 patients over 50 years. The fact that I need magnifiers to see, headlamps to assist vision, and I can’t keep peoples’ names straight the way I used to has nothing to do with my expertise or confidence.

In the same way, President Biden has been around the block countless times and has dealt with so many difficulties while he was in the Senate that it is hard to imagine anyone else having the wherewithal and confidence to perform in the arena and this makes up for his obvious age related issues.

I see this whole Biden removal business as a psyop, orchestrated for many reasons at many levels. It is for me as though admirals and generals seek to depose the supreme commander during a war, a war, which is progressing satisfactory for their side. Something smells here, something really really smells.

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Yes............................. Lovie777 Jul 2024 #1
Oh yes... 2naSalit Jul 2024 #2
Excellent post Sunsky Jul 2024 #3
These Congressmen demanding Joe to step Emile Jul 2024 #4
Exactly! SimplyHadEnough Jul 2024 #5
Instead Farmer-Rick Jul 2024 #6
right on the nosey farmer rick nt et tu Jul 2024 #7
And they should be watched - carefully. yorkster Jul 2024 #11
Everything u say is true! slightlv Jul 2024 #8
Totally Agree! ScubaSteve Jul 2024 #9
Brilliant post. Viralize this. yorkster Jul 2024 #10
Yup, something smells really, really bad. StarryNite Jul 2024 #12
They have nothing else! BadgerMom Jul 2024 #38
Great post! And yes, something smells Evolve Dammit Jul 2024 #13
Brilliant, absolutely brilliant! bluboid Jul 2024 #14
Thank you, Doctor. Kid Berwyn Jul 2024 #15
An old doctor I worked for wryter2000 Jul 2024 #16
Bingo! paleotn Jul 2024 #18
There is no substitute for wisdom and experience. And those are part and parcel with age. paleotn Jul 2024 #17
How much age are we talking about infullview Jul 2024 #34
Thus my comment about our anomolous society. paleotn Jul 2024 #44
Great post affirming the value of deep knowledge that requires years to acquire. jmbar2 Jul 2024 #52
Most full on professors at major universities... JT45242 Jul 2024 #60
KICK orangecrush Jul 2024 #19
Biden's stutter is getting worse, but he surfered Jul 2024 #20
I don't think it has gotten worse. LiberalFighter Jul 2024 #61
I ABSOLUTELY agree! Trueblue Texan Jul 2024 #21
My husband will be 93 in August! BlueMTexpat Jul 2024 #57
Wish I could rec this a thousand times ms liberty Jul 2024 #22
Big money wants rule by money, not by law. That's what's stinking up the place. Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2024 #23
Yes, something most definitely smells... GiqueCee Jul 2024 #24
I am old enough to remember this fight against Nancy Pelosi a few years ago, Bev54 Jul 2024 #25
"" AllaN01Bear Jul 2024 #26
Yes, something really, really smells. n/t Mister Ed Jul 2024 #27
Been observing the practices of US corporations, large and small, for very long time Attilatheblond Jul 2024 #28
It stinks alright I_UndergroundPanther Jul 2024 #29
Excellent post DaBronx Jul 2024 #30
Thank you 3auld6phart Jul 2024 #31
Oligarchs of a (stinking) feather, sticking together nt Wicked Blue Jul 2024 #32
It is orchestrated. See this: Seth Abramson: Media lied to voters about Biden's debate performance. The lie--described Amaryllis Jul 2024 #33
Yeah... PCIntern Jul 2024 #43
Agreed. BadgerMom Jul 2024 #35
Great analogy & I hope your receptionist is ok Danmel Jul 2024 #36
The enemies of the US have, at last, come to see occupation of the Whitehouse as a "vulnerable target". jaxexpat Jul 2024 #37
Post removed Post removed Jul 2024 #39
Every syllable is spot on Hekate Jul 2024 #40
Ol' Ben Franklin advised "Never go to a young doctor or an old barber." allegorical oracle Jul 2024 #41
Just a note about death in office: a significant handful have died, some of them decades younger than Biden Hekate Jul 2024 #42
Agree- this is clearly some sort of Psyops Tumbulu Jul 2024 #45
K&R spanone Jul 2024 #46
K&R c-rational Jul 2024 #47
Yes, yes, and yes! I have never been able to count backwards by 7s, even when I was in my 20s as japple Jul 2024 #48
Psyop, indeed dlk Jul 2024 #49
Why admit defeat so late in the game? BarbD Jul 2024 #50
Well said. my DU friend. OAITW r.2.0 Jul 2024 #51
They go after Joe's age GenThePerservering Jul 2024 #53
I am 76. I am working in a wilderness fire lookout tower in the Pacific Northwest. Bo Zarts Jul 2024 #54
Insightful comments. Sogo Jul 2024 #55
Hey you old fucker! AKwannabe Jul 2024 #56
:-) Lemon Lyman Jul 2024 #58
Dick Van Dyke, Morgan Freeman, Jane Fonda, Paul McCartny Lunabell Jul 2024 #59
I'm nearly as old as Joe. Scruffy1 Jul 2024 #62
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