Regular Ramblings from LookingAhead

lynsayjane

hiya LA, glad to hear you spent at least some of the money to treat yourself, your worth it

LookingAhead

Ta LJ! So hard to think about it though when you are staring into an overdraft abyss and reeling off a list of upcoming expenditure! :rolleyes:

lynsayjane

LookingAhead wrote: »

Ta LJ! So hard to think about it though when you are staring into an overdraft abyss and reeling off a list of upcoming expenditure! :rolleyes:

I know sweetie, but remember your life is a bigger place than your overdraft and if your not happy then your not gonna bust that od into oblivion are you?

keep yer pecker up

LookingAhead

lynsayjane wrote: »

I know sweetie, but remember your life is a bigger place than your overdraft

Liking that LJ....liking that a lot

Toothsmith

Seaxwyn wrote: »

HI Looking Ahead

Sympathies with the tooth pain. As a lifelong dentist avoider (I had horrific experiences as a child) I can assure you that dental pain even of the most extreme kind does go away by itself.

I had an episode some years ago now which sounds like yours. If I ate anything cold or sweet I was in agony (and I don't use the word lightly!) But after a few weeks of trauma it just went away.

On the very few occasions I've gone to a dentist I've always regretted it as in every case it has just made whatever problem I went with worse.

sorry that is the kind of advice you are not meant to give but I really and honestly believe that teeth heal themselves.

Absolute rubbish!

How do they do this? Tooth faries?

You are in denial.

Teeth give very few symptoms when problems are very small (The best and cheapest time to fix them)

It's only when problems get bigger and approach the nerve that symptoms generally begin.

The very best and cheapest way to look after your teeth is by finding a good dentist WHEN YOU'RE NOT IN AGONY.

If you have no pain, you can take your time looking round practices, meeting staff, comparing prices and finding somewhere you will be happy to go regularly and get your teeth looked after.

If you are in severe pain, with a face like a football, you will be forced to go to the first place with a space in the appointment book. That is NEVER going to be your greatest dental experience.

It is not the dentist who will have 'made things worse' but the state that you had allowed things to get into before seeking help.

To all those putting off such things - find a GOOD dentist NOW. Before the pain really kicks in.

LookingAhead

This made me smile today, an email from a buddy...


"Just for a minute, forget everything stressful and read this...............

Close your eyes and go back in time…Um this might not work if you LITERALLY close you eyes! I think they mean the 'mind's eye'

Before the Internet...
Before semi-automatics, joyriders and crack....
Before SEGA or Super Nintendo...

Way back........

I'm talking about Hide and Seek in the park.
The corner shop.
Hopscotch.
Butterscotch.
Skipping.
Handstands.
Football with an old can.
Fingerbob.

Beano, Dandy, Buster, Twinkle and Dennis the Menace.

Roly Poly.
Hula Hoops, jumping the stream, building dams.
The smell of the sun and fresh cut grass.
Bazooka Joe bubble gum.

An ice cream cone on a warm summer night from the van that plays a tune.
Chocolate or vanilla or strawberry or maybe Neapolitan or perhaps
screwball.

Wait......

Watching Saturday morning cartoons, short commercials or the flicks.
Children's Film Foundation, The Double Deckers, Red Hand Gang, Tomorrow
People, Tiswas or Swapshop?, and 'Why Don't You'? - or staying up for
Doctor Who.

When around the corner seemed far away and going into town seemed like
going somewhere.

Earwigs, wasps, stinging nettles and bee stings.

Sticky fingers.
Playing Marbles. Ball bearings. Big 'uns and Little 'uns.
Cops and Robbers, Cowboys and Indians, and Zorro.
Climbing trees.
Making igloos out of snow banks.

Walking to school, no matter what the weather.
Running till you were out of breath, laughing so hard that your stomach
hurt.
Jumping on the bed. Pillow fights.
Spinning around on roundabouts, getting dizzy and falling down was
cause for giggles.
Being tired from playing....remember that?

The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team.

Water balloons were the ultimate weapon.
Football cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle.
Choppers and Grifters.

Eating raw jelly. Orange squash ice pops. Vimto and Jubbly lollies

Remember when...

There were two types of trainers - girls and boys, and Dunlop Green
Flash The only time you wore them at School was for P.E.
And they were called gym shoes or if you are older - plimsoles

You knew everyone in your street - and so did your parents.
It wasn't odd to have two or three 'best' friends.

You didn't sleep a wink on Christmas Eve.


When nobody owned a pure-bred dog.

When 25p was decent pocket money
Curly Whirlys. Space Dust. Toffo's.
Top Trumps.
When you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny.

When nearly everyone's mum was at home when the kids got there.
When any parent could discipline any kid, or feed him or use him to
carry groceries and nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing of it.

When being sent to the head's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited a misbehaving pupil at home.
Basically, we were in fear for our lives but it wasn't because of drive-by shootings, drugs, gangs etc.

Parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat and some of us are still afraid of them.

Didn't that feel good?

Just to go back and say, Yeah, I remember that!

Remember when....

Decisions were made by going "One potato, Two potato..."

"Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest.

Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in Monopoly

The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was "germs".
And the worst thing in your day was having to sit next to one.

It was unbelievable that 'British Bulldog 123' wasn't an Olympic event.
Having a weapon in school, meant being caught with a catapult.

Nobody was prettier than Mum.
Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better.

Taking drugs meant orange-flavoured chewable aspirin.
Ice cream was considered a basic food group.

Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true.

Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also the fiercest protectors.

If you can remember most or all of these, then you have LIVED.

Pass this on to anyone who may need a break from their grown life...

I DOUBLE-DARE YOU"

LookingAhead

Something else to post quickly (I'm off to bed soon) is that I got called in to a meeting today and was told (unexpectedly) that I had a 5% pay rise.

It started in April but for some reason they don't pay out till May () but that is fine as it means two months worth of extra ££ in May's pay packet, although not sure if that's good or bad cos of tax, or if it would work out the same anyway... Again:

Anyhoo, that was good news and I think it will mean about £50 extra per month take home, so, whilst not exactly a debt busting figure - it will certainly help and I am appreciative!

taxi73

Hi LA...those were the days...I remember them well....happy memories...the world is a strange place now...no rhyme nor reason most of the time..so sad...parents didn't have debt..they saved up for things....
Well done on the payrise...that's great news!!!every little helps and will soon mount up over thye months....

LookingAhead

Update time!

Well I was brave today and went to the dentist! I went to a private one in the end as I foudn one quite near me that catered for nervous patients especially.

The dentist was a lovely, gentle man and I had no problems there. He took two x-rays as well as the obvious initial check up.

He was very patient and showed me a picture he took of my teeth which I had quite rightly self diagnosed as being sensitive due to over zealous brushing. He pointed out where the gum had receded and explained that I don' need any further treatment but I do need to rub Sensodyne on the area and leave it, not rinse it away and after a period of time, it should be a lot lot better.


Apart from that everything else was marvellous as far as he was concerned except I need to go up to the hygienist.

That was where it all went a it wrong for me. :eek:

Because I have several areas of tooth sensitivity dotted around my north & south, it was a complete nightmare getting the scale & polish done.

She did what she could (and I am very pleased with what she could do!) but I have got to go back in August for two separate appointments so she can numb two sides of my mouth at a time and just get on with it without me whimpering like a baby.

So anyway it cost me £70 today (again....whimper!!) and it will be another £70 in August but then I hopefully won't need such a big session of scale & polish again and it'll just be a normal check up in December which is £29.

I haven't been to the dentist for a good couple of years though so...I can't be that surprised. It could have been worse! I was fully expecting to have to have a filling too.

So that's that. Oh I got some free toothpaste from the dentist - two tubes of Colgate Sensitive so that is a little bit of help as well.

On the way in to work I stopped off at the bank and paid in a fiver & £10.15 worth of change I had too. That was a nice feeling - actually putting money back *in* the bank instead of leaving it in my purse to fritter it away.

I haven't had the red bill yet from npower for my electric bill! I'm just trying to eke it out as close to pay day as possible as I will be sending a cheque and I desperately need it to cash on or after pay day (31st May) if possible. I think if I post it Friday, what with Monday being a bank holiday anyway, that should work out OK. I'm not trying to get away without paying it honest!

taxi73

Hi LA..glad you've managed to go to the dentist and there isn't too much wrong...I hate going as well....
Well done on finding some money to put in the bank..it all adds up!!!...I would leave posting the cheque until tuesday as when I sent mine to BG it was cashed 2 days after posting...quick or what!!
Hope everything else is ok for you ...take care xxx