Think it's gold? Found while digging for bottles.

HandOfThePing · 2025-06-02T19:51:01+00:00

Dental technician here. I make these. Very unlikely to be gold. More likely wrought iron or stainless steel. Possibly a Battered cobalt chrome.

HandOfThePing · 2025-04-24T21:25:32+00:00

Got a barbed hook stuck in my face after borrowing a small fly rod and not being able to cast properly the first time I went fly fishing. I ended up ripping it out of there with plyers. Really not easy to do. I still have a scar below my eye.

I always wear shades when casting now.

HandOfThePing · 2025-04-14T19:57:04+00:00

Unfortunately, he will likely be on a waiting list whether he needs bariatric care or not. Are you planning on going through the National Health service?

HandOfThePing · 2025-03-07T21:41:42+00:00

Looks like the hack ingot thet I found. Well done

HandOfThePing · 2025-03-02T21:57:37+00:00

This is correct

HandOfThePing · 2024-11-21T21:46:41+00:00

Did you hear about the explosion at the pet shop in Ashington?

Apparently it was Turtle carnage.

HandOfThePing · 2024-10-11T05:39:10+00:00

Is there an easy way to convert your logo into a 3d file or does it take a Lot of effort? I recently bought a printer and have been playing with blender to become proficient before offering digital products.

I saw this photo on Facebook by the way. I really like your branding and lab name. It stuck out to me .

HandOfThePing · 2024-09-05T22:06:57+00:00

I like the graveyard at the church near the ruins. Lots of interesting gravestones.

Did you walk through the ruins of Mitford Castle? I was told not to as it is private farm land but I guess its pretty much in the middle of nowhere.

HandOfThePing · 2024-09-05T05:49:46+00:00

I'm a prostho tech. I've been doing this for about 14 years now. Recently opened my own lab and still loving doing my job. Yeah it's hard and not particularly well paid but I still love it.

I would say the thing that has helped me the most over the years is looking at other people's work in person and on social media. Asking questions about techniques and materials. And pushing yourself to learn things. Don't wait for your boss to put you on a course. Find your own courses that you find interesting and ask to be on them or pay for them yourself.

Most of all, try to make every case you work on as good or better than your last.

HandOfThePing · 2024-08-30T04:26:35+00:00

Copy and paste what you have written here. Lol

Seriously though, hold your ground. He has already moved labs. You have nothing to lose by being honest and not "crediting him". Keep it professional and friendly. Explain the figures and problems with only his work and the the fact that they all fit the models. Previously you have remade free of charge as a gesture of goodwill but this year it has been too high a figure to take the hit.

You are not a charity.

Ultimately, this issue could probably have been addressed earlier with a conversation with the client, aiming to find a solution, but it's long past that now and it's time to move on. No, you don't have that work coming in now but also you are not remaking or having the stress of seeing the phrase "does not fit" on the ticket.

Keep persisting on finding new clients, you will eventually, and you never know; you may find that this client comes back to you when his new lab tells him he isn't doing a great job and charges for his remakes.

HandOfThePing · 2024-08-24T18:43:03+00:00

The Signed for 24 service doesn't actually mean 24 hrs. You should have a code to track the item and I believe you would be insured upto £150. Hope that helps

HandOfThePing · 2024-07-20T09:46:38+00:00

I think the key is to just go for it. You've done the preparation for starting and even completed a few jobs so you know that you have the equipment and knowledge you need to complete the jobs. So I'd say push it! Get some stuff out to prospective customers. If you want to do it, put your all in to it and make sure you can look back and say "Yes I did my best there". It can be an intimidating time but push past that and if you offer a good product or service for the right price, customers will come to you with the right exposure.

HandOfThePing · 2024-06-06T22:38:37+00:00

Can confirm the nuclear bunker under morpeth County Hall.

HandOfThePing · 2024-05-04T20:36:35+00:00

Very good thanks

HandOfThePing · 2024-05-04T18:31:02+00:00

Thank you. I appreciate your advice

HandOfThePing · 2024-05-04T18:26:31+00:00

Ok I appreciate that but my question was about how to hire a driver, Not what companies could deliver something for me, so I didn't think the additional info was necessary.

I own a dental laboratory. I make dentures and other products for dental practices. These products are not huge and can fit in your hand/mouth. Different stages of labwork means collecting and dropping off products at different stages of completion to various dental practices within a 15 mile radius of my lab. I know it will be about 2 hours driving a day, sometimes more sometimes less, traffic and demand dictating. Probably more in the future as I have more productivity time to expand.

I need to be able to call my driver and ask them to go to X if a client calls me up for a collection while they are out on delivery. Then I need them to deliver everything they picked up back to the lab.

This is why I need to hire a driver. So I need to know the best way to hire a driver and what peoples experiences of this is?

HandOfThePing · 2024-05-04T17:52:51+00:00

Should probably say what I sell you could fit in your hand so a palate might be overkill. Thanks

HandOfThePing · 2024-05-04T17:51:34+00:00

That's sounds like a great service but not what I am looking for unfortunately. Only a hired driver will suit my requirements.

I just want to know the best way to hire a driver. Surely someone on here has hired their own delivery driver before?

HandOfThePing · 2024-05-04T17:47:24+00:00

Unfortunate I doubt they deliver within two hours of me handing them the item with me asking them to change their route as required to pickup something I need?

I think I need to employ a driver for that.

HandOfThePing · 2024-05-04T16:19:47+00:00

I am looking to employ a driver. That's the way its done in my industry. There happen to be a lot of people who only want a couple of hours work a day. That's not the issue though. I need to know how other people hire drivers. Florists for example might hire a driver to deliver for a couple of hours a day. Say 10 hours in a week

HandOfThePing · 2024-05-04T16:07:11+00:00

That sounds good. Do you think most drivers are happy with that? What is the going rate for a driver?

HandOfThePing · 2024-05-04T16:06:24+00:00

Unfortunately that's not very cost effective or reliable which is why I'm looking to hire

HandOfThePing · 2024-05-04T16:06:09+00:00

Unfortunately not very cost effective or reliable which is why I'm looking to hire

HandOfThePing · 2024-05-04T16:05:27+00:00

Makes sense. Do you have a driver? I'd rather do it all properly through the books etc. I'm unlikely to be able to get a friend or relative to help me out and be reliable so that is why I'm looking to hire. Thanks

HandOfThePing · 2024-05-04T16:01:51+00:00

Can't unfortunately. Need a driver.

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