I’m constantly advising my friends to send the dog to ‘the farm‘. (… and sell their children)
But since Sony discontinued their robot dog AIBO in 2006, what’s the best replacement?
Here’s cute and cuddly. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
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I want to choke that baby seal already.
Perhaps a baby dinosaur. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
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hmm … might have to keep the dog, for now.
(via Mashable – Can a Robot Ever Be Man’s Best Friend?)
Your brain surgeon should be very well paid.
But why should a dentist be a millionaire?
by Sarah Lorge Butler for CBS MoneyWatch.com:
Cost of the (2) crowns: $1,395 apiece. Cost of foundation fillings, or “cores” to put the crowns on: $326 apiece. Total bill, if you’re scoring at home: $3,442.
His dentist sold him membership into an office savings plan for $319 for the year. So that saves him 20% on all dental procedures and gives him two free cleanings. Knock off 20% (but add back in the $319) and we’re down to $3072.60 on this bit of drilling.
When I look at this bill, I wonder why I obsess about the weekly price fluctuations of Cheerios or the shrinking size of a can of tuna. All the economical choices a family makes in a year can be wiped out by a trip to the dentist. No wonder people are going to Thailand and Mexico for dental work. …
Is $3000 over-priced for 2 crowns?
What is the cost for the materials?
How much are those working on your crowns paid?
How much does the dentist pocket?
If we knew those numbers, I’m guessing that we’d agree our dentist is ripping us off.
There are over 1000 comments on that post, most feeling ripped off.
A stranger recently contacted me for advice on my dentist, Dr. Lorenia Estrada, in La Paz, Mexico. I enthusiastically recommended her.
If you suspect your dentist is ripping you off, get a quote from Mexico. … The only down side is that you have very little recourse if unhappy with the work there.
Thanks Dana.
ELECTION tomorrow.
It’s looking increasingly like same old, same old … a minority Government led by Steven Harper.
Or, a coalition NDP / Liberal government led by Prime Minister Layton.
hmm
Jack Layton is the most likable of the leaders, certainly. I enjoy having the NDP around as the moral conscience of Canadians.
But to actually have an NDP Prime Minister … ??
… Even if the ‘massage therapist’ was legal and of legal age.
I think I’d rather have Harper.
What socialists like Jack never acknowledge is that every subsidy to one disadvantaged group is a penalty to the non-subsidized one.
… Right now I plan to spoil my ballot. I’m voting for the Internet.
My riding is going to go Conservative, in any case.
I’m sending Jack Layton a copy of Atlas Shrugged just in case he is our new PM.
Rick McCharles 