## words

booth:

an enclosed space, big enough for one person, where you can do something without other people seeing or hearing you, especially vote or make a phone call; a small enclosed space where you can buy things, look at things, or use a service

file:

a metal tool used for making wood or metal smooth

emery:

a variety of the mineral corundum.

## article

This was back when those phone booths and the Yellow Pages. So, I look up a dentist. No insurance. I go to see the guy.

He says, "Yeah, I can file that for you. It'll be about 80 bucks."

I go, "80 bucks? What?"?

Well, I go, "What are you gonna do?"

He goes, "I'll just file it."

I go, "Let me see the file."

So, he shows it to me, and I go,"Oh, forget it, no worry about it."

So, I go to the drugstore and buy, like, a three pack of emery boards.