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<p>[QUOTE="antidiem, post: 9499341, member: 30"][USER=10944]@J Dagger[/USER] , I still have exact same difficulties when trying to test pearls with my teeth! I learned to go by sight first and tooth rub second. My canine tooth may be more accurate than my front teeth. </p><p><br /></p><p>Half my lifetime ago, I was at a popular foreign market where strands of pearls were being sold in bulk for shockingly cheap. The lil' ole Asian lady vendor put a lighter flame to the bottom of a strand! She told me, "See. Real Pearls Do Not Burn!" and I was discovered she was right. While this was likely a strand she used for tourist trade to prove her wares were real, it upset my psyche so much to see that, I couldn't even walk around her stall after that! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie56" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> So yes, I've been struggling to learn the fine art of the tooth test ever since! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie58" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie84" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="antidiem, post: 9499341, member: 30"][USER=10944]@J Dagger[/USER] , I still have exact same difficulties when trying to test pearls with my teeth! I learned to go by sight first and tooth rub second. My canine tooth may be more accurate than my front teeth. Half my lifetime ago, I was at a popular foreign market where strands of pearls were being sold in bulk for shockingly cheap. The lil' ole Asian lady vendor put a lighter flame to the bottom of a strand! She told me, "See. Real Pearls Do Not Burn!" and I was discovered she was right. While this was likely a strand she used for tourist trade to prove her wares were real, it upset my psyche so much to see that, I couldn't even walk around her stall after that! :jawdrop: So yes, I've been struggling to learn the fine art of the tooth test ever since! :joyful::smuggrin:[/QUOTE]
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