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Part 2 is here

So I'm returned to a full set of front teeth. Early Christmas. Abutment is screwed into the implant and crown is stuck on top. This is the last teeth related post for a while.

This was all done at DDS Dental Care in Shanghai. We've been going there for years. If you're looking for a dentist in Shanghai they're my recommendation.

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At last all the social media BS can be revealed with a site called What The F... Is My Social Media Strategy which will generate your strategy for you. See example gem below. So you no longer need to hire over-paid pseudo long haired time wasting consultants to define your strategy for you. Joy.

"Facilitate audience conversations and drive engagement with social currency"

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Elegance in fiagiance.

Guijin shop corner of Huaihai and Maoming.

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The Big Picture has some good pics from the effort to clean up the oil spill in Dalian.

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WELCO ME

Art gallery Wukang Lu Shanghai.

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Apple's first store in Shanghai has opened in Pudong in the IFC Mall. All praise the Steve. We took a quick gander the other night. It was packed. "Genius" bar was full too. It is conveniently just round the corner from City Super (quality supermarket from Hong Kong, also newly opened, hey the IFC has only just opened its doors, everything is newly opened in Shanghai.) So, you can visit the Apple Store for some quality tech produce then pop to City Super for quality groceries and baking produce. Mall-tastic heaven.

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Part 1 is here

So after about 4 months I went back to the dentist. He bascially screwed a screw into the implant which will act like a spacer for the tissue to grow around. Creating space where the crown will be placed. In a couple of weeks should have a tooth again.

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The above is a screenshot from the end of the Adobe Acrobat update process on a Mac. Adobe thinks you want to view PDF documents in your browser via their plugin. No you don't. Do you? I mean come on. Repair? Huh? Even if you've unset the "View in the browser" option in Acrobat's preferences. Anyway, notice the "Repair Setup" window does not focus. No problem, you think. I'll just click on the window and give it focus, uncheck the box, click Continue and this experience will be over. But no! No I say. You can't click on the window.…

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I flew to Hong Kong to see The Wiggles...

But all I saw was the back of a load of selfish parents' heads...

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What's wrong with this picture? Taken from the BBC Sport home page today. See below for picture in context.

I guess given the complaints the BBC has been receiving about the noise they'd like to blow up all the vuvuzelas...

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