{"id":16165,"date":"2021-06-16T00:31:46","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T00:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/?p=16165"},"modified":"2021-06-15T19:32:51","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T19:32:51","slug":"dumpster-diving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/16\/dumpster-diving\/","title":{"rendered":"Dumpster Diving"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bryce Angell – The outdoors has always been a large part of my life. My father was an outfitter and guide for 35 years and I was there to shoe and care for the horses and help him do the cooking. We took many great trips into the Yellowstone area. Even now that I\u2019m older, we still ride into the Tetons, Yellowstone and surrounding areas. My poems are mostly of personal experience. I am now retired and enjoying life to the fullest. I plan to do more riding and writing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u00a0 <\/span>My missing tooth, right where I smile, had caused me so much grief. No one looked me in the eye. They\u2019d rather check my teeth.<\/p>\n

So I called my favorite dentist. Yes, the one who made the hole. Who charged me half a paycheck. Now I\u2019m broke. Well, bless his soul.<\/p>\n

That day my dentist found a tooth just right for this old mouth. He said he\u2019d pulled it early from a patient who went south.<\/p>\n

Did I hear my dentist say that he had pulled it from the dead? I had to stop the nitrous. It was messing with my head.<\/p>\n

I muffled out the words, \u201cPlease hold the nitrous for a while.\u201d The dentist held a mirror and said, \u201cLet\u2019s check out your new smile.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He said, \u201cYour tooth is really meant for superficial use. You\u2019ll take it out when eating. It can\u2019t handle harsh abuse.\u201d<\/p>\n

I shook his hand and thanked him. Then said, \u201cPut it on my bill.\u201d I\u2019m sure I heard \u201ccha-ching\u201d or maybe, \u201cSure as heck I will!\u201d<\/p>\n

I\u2019d only had my tooth for just an hour or maybe two, when I stopped to eat a burger, pulled my tooth so I could chew.<\/p>\n

I finished up my lunch and threw the garbage in the can. Then I walked into Cabela\u2019s like a most important man.<\/p>\n

But something sure was missing. Then it hit me like a flash. I\u2019d gathered up my brand-new tooth and thrown it in the trash.<\/p>\n

So, I turned to dumpster diving. I just had to find my tooth! When a lady handed me a ten, said, \u201cHope you\u2019ll find God\u2019s truth.\u201d<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t give a second look. I\u2019d dang near lost all hope. And then I saw my brand-new tooth stuck to a bar of soap.<\/p>\n

So, that day I learned two lessons. Keep your teeth out of the trash. And start up dumpster diving\u2014you could make some extra cash!<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014 Bryce Angell<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 My missing tooth, right where I smile, had caused me so much grief. No one looked me in the eye. They\u2019d rather check my teeth. So I called my favorite dentist. Yes, the one who made the hole. Who charged me half a paycheck. Now I\u2019m broke. Well, bless his soul. That day my […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","_pvb_checkbox_block_on_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16165","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-cowboy-poetry","7":"category-commentary"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16165"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16167,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16165\/revisions\/16167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}