Left for Mexico at about 10:15am as my appointment was at 11:00 and 12:00 for Larry. When we pulled into the parking lot there were so many cars we would have parked 3 blocks from the gate. I drove around for awhile and found someone leaving so we were able to find a close spot. We walked pretty fast to arrive at office by 11:00. We might as well have saved our energy as we sat for an hour before they called Larry in for his 12:00 appointment -- I was still waiting for them to call me. I finally got in for appointment at around 12:20 with Dr. Juan. He placed the permanent crown on the implant and acted as if he was done. I asked him if he was going to remove my old bridge and prepare the area for a new one. Obviously, he did not get the message from Dr. Garcia last week about replacing. He looked at his schedule and decided he had time to do it. It took a long time to get the old bridge off and a shorter time for him to prepare the teeth for the new bridge. The item that took longest was the temporary that he made to cover the prepared area. Unlike our US Dentists, the Mexican Dentist go to extreme effort to make temporary crowns or bridges. They make the temporary's by placing a soft material over prepared area until it hardens. He removed the piece and took it to his lab and worked at least 40 minutes to make it fit. It was almost like the finished product when placed in my mouth. When I had the first 2 bridges done in 2000, the temporary bridge that was placed fit as well as the actual bridge. I'm sure I could have worn it for months. This seems like a costly waste of the dentist's time when it is only going to be there for a week.
Dr. Juan was talking about the bicycle taxi and told me that the officials kicked him out of town. It so happens that the guy who ran the taxi's was Dr. Juan's brother-in-law and he told me there was another guy who had tried for 3 or 4 years to get a license to run a bicycle taxi as well. I guess the officials denied him again this year and he started a fight with Dr's brother-in-law, which resulted in both of them being thrown out. Unless someone pays the right people, I doubt we will see the taxi's again.
Ken, Judy and Jan asked us to make an appointment for all of them for a periodontal cleaning with Dr. Garcia. We walked over to his office and set up the appointments for the same time as my next appointment with Dr. Juan so they can go with us next week. On the way back, I stopped to talk to Luis, the stained glass guy, about making a Chicago Bull's stained glass for my son-in-law. I had copied a picture off the internet this morning as I was not sure he knew what the logo looked like. He had a piece he had previously made that just needed the lettering. He said it would be ready next week.
We checked the boarder line and it was as far as the eye could see. Larry wanted to go stand in line but I told him we could drink beer and wait for the line to go down. We went to El Gourmet to listen to PePe play and drink beer. Jose, our one armed waiter, was glad to see us as I'm sure he LOVES our generous tips. He is a very good waiter and hustles all the time and is very pleasant.
We sat down and I noticed a gentleman who must have been 70---SOMETHING in his 'Daisy Duke' shorts. They were jeans that had been cut off so short the pockets hung out below the legs when he sat down. He was very cocky, Canadian and thought it was all about him! He had a T-shirt with a Harley Davidson vest over it. I'm sure he had just bought the vest at the corner vendor, probably today. I doubt he even knew what a Harley Davidson Motorcycle was. Believe it or not, I don't think he was gay as his wife was with him. After I drank a couple of beer, I wanted to ask him if he was aware 'Daisy Duke's' went out in the 50's!!! Would have loved to see his face when I said that but Larry recommended I keep my mouth shut -- so for once I did!!
PePe played 'Pretty Woman' and Jose pointed at me. Larry said he thinks he has his eye on me. I told him I'm sure I looked like a 'free ride across the boarder' for him. We sat and listened to the music and each of us walked up at different times to check the boarder line and it was still very long. We stayed until about 4:30 and when we went to get in line, it had shortened somewhat, so we were across in about 45 minutes.
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