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#3485517 29-Apr-2026 11:59

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MikeB4:

My good arm is starting to fail.

That completely and totally sucks.

Physiotherapy to relieve pressure on the spinal cord is having some success but surgery is likely. I have been told that the surgery is high risk. Scary prospects ahead.

Here is a crazy notion, lets give peace a chance.

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#3485521 29-Apr-2026 12:19

kingdragonfly:
Eva888:

Quoted $2,800 for root canal and that’s without a crown. $450 to extract. No guarantees.

Thailand is the most common for dental tourism. Starts at $1200 root canal + crown.

Bangkok is by far the most popular city for dental tourism.

Note you'll have to hang around. Make sure you ask about time between crown fitting and root canal.

Make sure to ask if they have in‑house CAD/CAM and will do same‑day crowns.

Zirconia costs $750 instead of $400 porcelain‑fused‑to‑metal (PFM). It is the most durable and natural‑looking option. This would be an outrageously expensive option in NZ, but doable in Thailand.

You might consider a trip to Japan, if you're looking for the highest quality dental work, with the best materials.

With the added bonus that the yen is weaker than ever.

Kyoto is an absolute gem. Tokyo is very safe and pleasant also. I'd recommend staying in someone house, or university dorms during one of their breaks. The Japanese love having a chance to practice English.

Bonus: high tech toilets!

Thailand is great, cheap and professional for dental work. However, if you need any follow-up work, the dental cartel in New Zealand won't accept the x-rays, scans and notes from Thailand and insist it be re-done in New Zealand, because Thailand is not part of the cartel that operates in New Zealand, called the Dental Association of New Zealand. It's criminal and a rip-off.

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#3485529 29-Apr-2026 13:27

Honestly in comparison to everything else, xrays are cheap. In New Zealand typically cost NZD $30 to $150, and it's not unusual to get a fresh set even for the normal passage of time.

There is no regulation requiring NZ dentists to reject any overseas dental records.

The DCNZ standards and radiology codes focus on many things, but not on the country of origin.

But ... repeating imaging is common worldwide when a patient has had work done overseas.

I've had "work" from all over the world, and usually I just a get comment from the dentist, like you'd expect from an independent car mechanic looking at someone else work, nothing more.

Like a car mechanic, NZ dentists do sometimes refuse to work on overseas implants or crowns, because they don’t want to be responsible for a failure they didn’t cause.

NZ dentists are also biased against overseas work, because they almost always deal with mistakes not successes. If it happens, just go to another.

Here's biased information from a marketing firm: World-Class Dental Tourism, NZ Dentist Approved & Backed

ACC does not cover complications from overseas dental work. But then again, The ACC will only cover complications if a registered NZ dentist causes an injury during treatment, which can be hard to prove, as the dentist obviously strongly incentivized to deny responsible even if he did it.

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#3485546 29-Apr-2026 14:36

Too frequently I seem to come across a track that seems to have been poorly recorded or something has been otherwise messed up in the production of the CD, or shomesuch.

Just heard an Eurythmics track on the radio and I can recall the excellent quality of a cassette tape we had for "Revenge" back in thr day.

You're not on Atlantis anymore, Duncan Idaho.

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#3485611 29-Apr-2026 16:13

MadEngineer:

Too frequently I seem to come across a track that seems to have been poorly recorded or something has been otherwise messed up in the production of the CD, or shomesuch.

Just heard an Eurythmics track on the radio and I can recall the excellent quality of a cassette tape we had for "Revenge" back in thr day.

Must have been part of the infamous Loudness War.

"I regret to say that we of the F.B.I. are powerless to act in cases of oral-genital intimacy, unless it has in some way obstructed interstate commerce." — J. Edgar Hoover

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#3485733 30-Apr-2026 10:34

A few pages back i posted about how an nz company had their IT search their emails for addresses to spam. Today they sent out a fresh lot. Sent the contact a txt message and through asking me where I'm from she's basically told me who else she spammed...

You're not on Atlantis anymore, Duncan Idaho.

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#3485747 30-Apr-2026 11:04

MadEngineer:

A few pages back i posted about how an nz company had their IT search their emails for addresses to spam. Today they sent out a fresh lot. Sent the contact a txt message and through asking me where I'm from she's basically told me who else she spammed...

As I mentioned in another thread, I had quite good success using principle 6 of the privacy act to resolve a situation like this. You just need to exercise your right to ask them what information they hold about you and for what purpose (i.e. does it include advertising spam) and then exercise your right to correct the information (i.e. advertising spam is not agreed to). Make sure you site the legislation so that they know you're serious and will make a complaint if they don't comply.

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#3485752 30-Apr-2026 11:43

kingdragonfly: Honestly in comparison to everything else, xrays are cheap. In New Zealand typically cost NZD $30 to $150, and it's not unusual to get a fresh set even for the normal passage of time.

There is no regulation requiring NZ dentists to reject any overseas dental records.

The DCNZ standards and radiology codes focus on many things, but not on the country of origin.

But ... repeating imaging is common worldwide when a patient has had work done overseas.

I've had "work" from all over the world, and usually I just a get comment from the dentist, like you'd expect from an independent car mechanic looking at someone else work, nothing more.

Like a car mechanic, NZ dentists do sometimes refuse to work on overseas implants or crowns, because they don’t want to be responsible for a failure they didn’t cause.

NZ dentists are also biased against overseas work, because they almost always deal with mistakes not successes. If it happens, just go to another.

Here's biased information from a marketing firm: World-Class Dental Tourism, NZ Dentist Approved & Backed

ACC does not cover complications from overseas dental work. But then again, The ACC will only cover complications if a registered NZ dentist causes an injury during treatment, which can be hard to prove, as the dentist obviously strongly incentivized to deny responsible even if he did it.

It seems there's a mismatch between what you are saying and what I experienced. I went to many dentists, orthodontists and dentists. It quickly becomes apparent that they are a cartel in New Zealand that collaborate to set prices and policies.

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#3485778 30-Apr-2026 13:34

Pointless phrases created by journalists attempting to imply that they have some understanding of English.

“A Kiwi living in Utah has been convicted of attacking a child after a common prank and has been ordered to self-deport back to New Zealand for four years.”

’Self-deport”?!

Do you mean he’s “had his visa cancelled and been ordered to leave the USA”?

Right up there with the odious “self-evacuate”.

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#3485780 30-Apr-2026 13:37

kingdragonfly: Honestly in comparison to everything else, xrays are cheap. In New Zealand typically cost NZD $30 to $150, and it's not unusual to get a fresh set even for the normal passage of time.

There is no regulation requiring NZ dentists to reject any overseas dental records.

The DCNZ standards and radiology codes focus on many things, but not on the country of origin.

But ... repeating imaging is common worldwide when a patient has had work done overseas.

I've had "work" from all over the world, and usually I just a get comment from the dentist, like you'd expect from an independent car mechanic looking at someone else work, nothing more.

Like a car mechanic, NZ dentists do sometimes refuse to work on overseas implants or crowns, because they don’t want to be responsible for a failure they didn’t cause.

NZ dentists are also biased against overseas work, because they almost always deal with mistakes not successes. If it happens, just go to another.

Here's biased information from a marketing firm: World-Class Dental Tourism, NZ Dentist Approved & Backed

ACC does not cover complications from overseas dental work. But then again, The ACC will only cover complications if a registered NZ dentist causes an injury during treatment, which can be hard to prove, as the dentist obviously strongly incentivized to deny responsible even if he did it.

Ironically, my childhood dentist in the UK was a Kiwi…!

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#3485783 30-Apr-2026 14:00

Geektastic:

’Self-deport”?!

Do you mean he’s “had his visa cancelled and been ordered to leave the USA”?

No, I think self-deport is different. It's leaving the USA (somewhat) voluntarily. i.e. kind of like pleading guilty... you waive due process and leave without visa cancelation and court cases and formal deportation orders and appeals and detention centers.

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#3485785 30-Apr-2026 14:01

Geektastic:

Pointless phrases created by journalists attempting to imply that they have some understanding of English.

“A Kiwi living in Utah has been convicted of attacking a child after a common prank and has been ordered to self-deport back to New Zealand for four years.”

’Self-deport”?!

Do you mean he’s “had his visa cancelled and been ordered to leave the USA”?

Right up there with the odious “self-evacuate”.

It is perfectly clear to me. It means he has to leave and he has to pay for it himself. Someone not self-deported gets a free ride from the State.

Plesse igmore amd axxept applogies in adbance fir anu typos

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#3485798 30-Apr-2026 15:29

Geektastic:

’Self-deport”?!

Do you mean he’s “had his visa cancelled and been ordered to leave the USA”?

Right up there with the odious “self-evacuate”.

… or self-assassination. 😁

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#3485816 30-Apr-2026 16:18

MadEngineer:

A few pages back i posted about how an nz company had their IT search their emails for addresses to spam. Today they sent out a fresh lot. Sent the contact a txt message and through asking me where I'm from she's basically told me who else she spammed...

bahah I’ve just done a large nz company a favour - she has made an assumption about who I work for and unsubscribed all of them

You're not on Atlantis anymore, Duncan Idaho.

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#3485835 30-Apr-2026 17:31

Another unsolicited call from 03-563-8400. I'm aware it's "donation phone spam", even though all the reverse lookups draw a blank.

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