Pluggers by Rick McKee for April 12, 2016

I don’t have holder either. I just stick the brush in the medicine cabinet next to bathroom sink.

All these ergonomic toothbrushes drove me nuts at first. They do not fit any toothbrush holder in our house. I finally had to buy ceramic rectangle cup-things to stand the toothbrushes up in. Those, of course, take up more counter space. Thanks a lot, designer whose only task is to make things obsolete. We almost obsolete old-timers do not appreciate it!

I like the dual extrusion handles. The rubber injected over the plastic makes it really easy to hold onto them. I wanted to design some drive cases like that, but could never justify the added expense, because customers wouldn’t pay extra for it.

It’s as though you took a photo of our bathroom.

Very true about the built-in holders, but a positive trade-off is that even for manual toothbrushes of today, those with the variable-length bristles really clean my teeth better, and reduce the necessity of flossing.

Or a toothbrush that you have to turn on.

Or a toothbrush that you have to turn on.How do you whisper in its ear?

Actually, the Walgreens brand of toothbrushes has one with old fashioned slim handles. Really great for traveling.

I put mine in a drawer in the vanity along with the toothpaste. That way it is not exposed to whatever floats in the air when I flush the toilet!

Our holder is my husband’s travel kit.

Our dentist has both the wide handle and narrow handle tooth brushes, we always ask for the narrow handle, as do most of his patients.

Love those old houses!

choo choo willyWhy do well trained professionals make money from peddling tooth brushes. When I was too young to protest, mine was adding it to the bill at four or five times the drug store price, and my otherwise ethical parents though such gouging perfectly proper.

That’s what vanity cabinet drawers are for…