![]() ![]() Google Groupers don't know a thingĪbout Usenet so they don't even try to sort the posts by date. > I'd like to know how/why people keep dredging up really old posts to consistently not the sharpest tools in the shed. They are rated very good at Amazon, but they want 5.00 for the same thing. > You can buy a box of Diamond flat toothpicks at Publix for 99 cents. > On Tuesday, Maat 8:03:54 PM UTC-4, James wrote: For the life of me I don't remember where I I finally located them and now haveĪnother 10 year supply. Rarely use so I am not in the habit of buying them. I used to see toothpicks in the grocery store all the time. > It took me what seemed like forever to find round toothpicks the one > It seems like whatever it is you DON'T want seems to be what you find. Anyway, I hope you've maybe found a reliable source of flat picks by now and we should all pray for them to be better available. > I am really curious as to whether the dearth of flat toothpicks is happening everywhere, or is this part of FL just flawed in this unique way. > I find flat toothpicks invaluable (though I sometimes keep floss-picks at hand) and may sometimes use them as an oral prop. I find quack dentists useless and destructive. > I've had a couple of dentists tell me toothpicks destroy teeth and they're useless and destructive. > Life is full of details that demand manual dexterity and finesse. While I'm at it, I feel sorry for those who find flat toothpicks so fragile. You cannot pick your teeth with those damned things. I could never fathom why those round things are called toothpicks. Petersburg FL and it seems the only store that carries FLAT toothpicks is a grocery chain called Publix. Its doors this year, product is still available but the box will now The world's largest toothpic manufacturer, Forster of Maine, closed Of course if you really wanted flat toothpics you would have found I used to use flat toothpicsĬonstantly for many years, eventually I required extensive dental workĪnd brushing and flossing is manditory, this is superb floss: Those dentists are correct, wooden toothpics destroy the enamelīetween teeth (wood is abrasive). Sell Polident, and use round toothpics for 2ni olives. Flat toothpics are probably rare in Florida because there they mostly I am really curious as to whether the dearth of flat toothpicks is happening everywhere, or is this part of FL just flawed in this unique way. ![]() I find flat toothpicks invaluable (though I sometimes keep floss-picks at hand) and may sometimes use them as an oral prop. I've had a couple of dentists tell me toothpicks destroy teeth and they're useless and destructive. Life is full of details that demand manual dexterity and finesse. On Tuesday, Ma8:03:54 PM UTC-4, James wrote: They are strong as Hell and make good drift pins for reassembling your old These aren't as good for picking teeth as US wood, but Restaurants and easily identified by the double lathe cut indentations near Rigidity as floss and is therefore useless as a toothpick.Īnother great variation is bamboo toothpicks, commonly found in Thai Round one's do this just as well as a flat, although a good flat can be "good 'un", a thin split tip smaller than the original tip will result. Pull softly till tip splits away from main pick. Get it soft, grab tip between teeth and find grain of wood. You get it soft and split it jes like splitting IOW, a good toothpick is made with the grain The real trick to any toothpick is gumming it long enough to soften it up so Toothpicks are as rare as Champagne in Dogpatch. I DO keep some on hand for thoseĪfter preferring flat toothpicks for the last 30 yrs, I've recentlyĭefaulted to round, due mainly to my rural location and the fact flat One in my mouth (crass), I'm seldom without one at home. > someone with a toothpick in their mouth than actively flossing. > better because they can get farther between the teeth - more like ![]()
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