Things that ur happy about

[Spindles]

Bathe it in salt water a couple of times a day for a few days, try not to smoke for 48 hours if possible.  The clot that will form is your friend, keeping infection at bay and avoiding a dry socket, which I'm led to believe can be evil pain.

Glad to hear the issue is resolved for you.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

5 hours ago, clarkete said:

Well, nobody can dispute your old school attitude.

Now here's hoping that you don't get an infection and get dragged off to hospital for the sake of fifty quid you silly bugger.

I understand what you are saying, but when you are quite literally penniless then difficult decisions have to be made. It was, in my opinion. a well calculated risk given that I didn't want to spend about 5 hours waiting at the Dental Hospital in Birmingham for a trainee to do effectively the same thing.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

1 hour ago, Spindles said:

Bathe it in salt water a couple of times a day for a few days, try not to smoke for 48 hours if possible.  The clot that will form is your friend, keeping infection at bay and avoiding a dry socket, which I'm led to believe can be evil pain.

Glad to hear the issue is resolved for you.

The first thing I did was wash salt water about my mouth several times, and then I washed my mouth out with a kind of industrial mouthwash. Then I had a lovely fag. Two out of three ain't bad!

[clarkete]

1 hour ago, Yoghurt on a Stick said:

I understand what you are saying, but when you are quite literally penniless then difficult decisions have to be made. It was, in my opinion. a well calculated risk given that I didn't want to spend about 5 hours waiting at the Dental Hospital in Birmingham for a trainee to do effectively the same thing.

That is a rubbish situation, twenty years ago I'd been several years without a dentist and then developed an abscess, had to go to the trainees in Bristol and it was a pretty painful experience. 

I was only thinking that if my dog can get really ill from bad teeth then you should look after yours

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

2 hours ago, clarkete said:

That is a rubbish situation, twenty years ago I'd been several years without a dentist and then developed an abscess, had to go to the trainees in Bristol and it was a pretty painful experience. 

I was only thinking that if my dog can get really ill from bad teeth then you should look after yours

My teeth are shooting out of my mouth like tracer bullets. I suspect heavy duty drug abuse to be the cause, but I'm no dentist so will refrain from proferring an opinion as to why it should be. The thing is, fortunately, to my mind, I no loger care for vanity. What a waste of time that was.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Yep, I noticed the contradiction in my statement above too.

[MrZigster]

I think it was the years when large dark rum & cokes were my goto bar order that finally finished off my gnashers.

On a brighter note, I seem to be getting my voice back after almost a year. Having been told just before Christmas by the ENT specialist that my left side vocal chords were "probably permanently paralysed" I am quite made up about this.

[clarkete]

13 hours ago, Yoghurt on a Stick said:

My teeth are shooting out of my mouth like tracer bullets. I suspect heavy duty drug abuse to be the cause, but I'm no dentist so will refrain from proferring an opinion as to why it should be. The thing is, fortunately, to my mind, I no loger care for vanity. What a waste of time that was.

If Shane MacGowan can get new ones, then there's hope for anyone. 

Assuming you can't get a telly prog to pay for them, we'll have to chip in to a kickstarter

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

34 minutes ago, clarkete said:

If Shane MacGowan can get new ones, then there's hope for anyone. 

Assuming you can't get a telly prog to pay for them, we'll have to chip in to a kickstarter

Shaun Ryder also got his gnashers sorted by a dentist who was really in to The Happy Monday's when he was studying dentistry. I guess I'm fortunate so far in that it's kind of all my back teeth that have departed ie I don't look any different than I did before. However, I suspect it's only a matter of time before the front ones decide to depart too. I like the idea of a kick starter though.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

2 hours ago, MrZigster said:

I think it was the years when large dark rum & cokes were my goto bar order that finally finished off my gnashers.

On a brighter note, I seem to be getting my voice back after almost a year. Having been told just before Christmas by the ENT specialist that my left side vocal chords were "probably permanently paralysed" I am quite made up about this.

I used to drink rum and blackcurrant as a youth. The Lord only knows why. I never thought that rum was linked to dentistry issues.

[Spindles]

5 hours ago, MrZigster said:

I think it was the years when large dark rum & cokes were my goto bar order that finally finished off my gnashers.

On a brighter note, I seem to be getting my voice back after almost a year. Having been told just before Christmas by the ENT specialist that my left side vocal chords were "probably permanently paralysed" I am quite made up about this.

Good news mr Z.  You going to be at Glastonbury this year?

The same potion was my go to order for a good few years, but for me it was the effect on my gut rather than my teeth (the vomiting did for them) that has drawn me away.

[LondonTom]

Becoming free to do as I please at Glastonbury this year (My dad was going come but decided against just before the refund deadline for various reasons)

Glad I called his bluff about wanting to go now

[SomeJo]

Hello

 

Today i am happy about much things. First thing was in the morning today when my chef told me that i will get promoted to a better position in our company, the next thing was that my girlfriend aggreed to marry me, after i made her a nice marriage appilcation, with the help of some professional cooking friends and a wonderfull music live band, which i rented just for the application. Before i did this i bought her a present from here, she seems to like it very much. I hoped that, because it would have made me angry, if my future WIFE dont like that type of CLOTHES . I remember that some of here beloved tv-series actors wears that type of clothes. With my new Job i will be able to afford much more things than before. So i am very happy about my Job, my application, my wife, and about the weather which has changed drastically to the positive in my opinion. Lets see what the day will gets me.

happy regards

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

I kind of handed in my resignation at work today. It was all done in a very round about way but the end result is that I leave the place in two weeks time. As I'm on holiday next week this means I've only got 7 days left to work there. Not sure what I'm going to do after that but am happy in the knowledge that I'm not going to have to suffer at that place of work for much longer.

Poor times ahead me thinks. Barry - get your cheque book out as I think I'm going to lean on you again.

[eFestivals]

I'm not sure if this makes me happy right now cos it's not the warmest day and it might rain, but ....

For the last two years we've had a leaking roof, that when the wind is in a particular direction we've had water pissing thru the ceilings in two of the most inconvenient places - on to the bed, and down my back when I'm at my desk.

Today the builders are taking the roof off to put a new one on, and at the same time a window man is here to put a nice new double-gazed window in my freezing-in-winter (bedroom) office ... so I've got a coolish - and perhaps wet - day, but better days ahead.

[clarkete]

44 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

I'm not sure if this makes me happy right now cos it's not the warmest day and it might rain, but ....

For the last two years we've had a leaking roof, that when the wind is in a particular direction we've had water pissing thru the ceilings in two of the most inconvenient places - on to the bed, and down my back when I'm at my desk.

Today the builders are taking the roof off to put a new one on, and at the same time a window man is here to put a nice new double-gazed window in my freezing-in-winter (bedroom) office ... so I've got a coolish - and perhaps wet - day, but better days ahead.

If we'd have realised that you lived in a Dickens tale, then we'd have understood why you rarely suffer fools gladly

[eFestivals]

5 minutes ago, clarkete said:

If we'd have realised that you lived in a Dickens tale, then we'd have understood why you rarely suffer fools gladly

thanks, tho the stepdaughter is getting a bit annoyed that I keep sending her up the chimney.

[clarkete]

14 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

thanks, tho the stepdaughter is getting a bit annoyed that I keep sending her up the chimney.

Well, how else does she expect you to pay the rent?

[eFestivals]

7 minutes ago, clarkete said:

Well, how else does she expect you to pay the rent?

rent would be a great thing.

 

 

[MrZigster]

On 08/05/2016 at 4:35 PM, Yoghurt on a Stick said:

I never thought that rum was linked to dentistry issues.

It's basically fermented sugar cane isn't it?

[MrZigster]

On 08/05/2016 at 8:31 PM, Spindles said:

Good news mr Z.  You going to be at Glastonbury this year?

The same potion was my go to order for a good few years, but for me it was the effect on my gut rather than my teeth (the vomiting did for them) that has drawn me away.

Yeah I have proper gastric reflux issues and that certainly didn't help the enamel.

I think I'm going to Glastonbury. Bit of a long story. I've got bar work with Shelter/Avalon. I've worked for them twice before and they've always let me take my car due to health issues. Given that I had a bit of a worrying episode within the last year, I suggested it was even more prudent for me to be allowed to do so again. No dice. All down to down to GFs new "accreditation system" apparently. Because I mentioned worrying episode Shelter now want a note from my GP stating I am fit for the work. GP says no dice. This is the relevant bit I think:

General rules of the fit note
People can only be given a fit note if their doctor
considers their fitness for work is impaired. If
someone is fit for work, they will not be given a
fit note.

So, by that logic, you can only get a fit note if you are somehow unfit? Therefore I must be fit right? I emailed Shelter regarding this a moment ago, attaching an old letter from the surgeon who operated on me stating that I was fully mended. This was good enough for my employers insurers who were keeping me chained to a desk at the time, so hopefully it's good enough for a few days bar work. I'll be bloody cross if I'm not going to Glastonbury (I know, wrong thread). This has already taken a lot of time & effort and too much to and fro-ing. If this really is down to GFs new "accreditation system" I hate to say that it seems maybe slightly discriminatory against people with certain mobility issues who could otherwise volunteer (obviously, logistically GFs don't want lots of volunteers bringing cars). I really had to consider whether I'm really fit enough to do the whole taxi, train then coach thing with all the camping gear. With a car I could transport things bit by bit.

 

[clarkete]

22 minutes ago, MrZigster said:

Yeah I have proper gastric reflux issues and that certainly didn't help the enamel.

I think I'm going to Glastonbury. Bit of a long story. I've got bar work with Shelter/Avalon. I've worked for them twice before and they've always let me take my car due to health issues. Given that I had a bit of a worrying episode within the last year, I suggested it was even more prudent for me to be allowed to do so again. No dice. All down to down to GFs new "accreditation system" apparently. Because I mentioned worrying episode Shelter now want a note from my GP stating I am fit for the work. GP says no dice. This is the relevant bit I think:

 

 

So, by that logic, you can only get a fit note if you are somehow unfit? Therefore I must be fit right? I emailed Shelter regarding this a moment ago, attaching an old letter from the surgeon who operated on me stating that I was fully mended. This was good enough for my employers insurers who were keeping me chained to a desk at the time, so hopefully it's good enough for a few days bar work. I'll be bloody cross if I'm not going to Glastonbury (I know, wrong thread). This has already taken a lot of time & effort and too much to and fro-ing. If this really is down to GFs new "accreditation system" I hate to say that it seems maybe slightly discriminatory against people with certain mobility issues who could otherwise volunteer (obviously, logistically GFs don't want lots of volunteers bringing cars). I really had to consider whether I'm really fit enough to do the whole taxi, train then coach thing with all the camping gear. With a car I could transport things bit by bit.

 

That sounds like the content from the link below.  I don't know anything about those notes, but it sounds like they not only for saying that people are fit, sometimes the employer can sit down with the employee and review.  In your circumstance it sounds like they just got a bit wary as you were saying you would be dependent on the car, hence they wanted the note?

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/464398/fit-note-employers-line_managers-sept-2015.pdf

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

8 hours ago, Barry Fish said:

FFS man up!  Its called work...  Its not mean't to be fun...

The day I man up will be a cold day in hell. I'm not adverse to work - I just would like it to be less stressful and more interesting. I don't think that's too lofty an ambition. Apart from about 16 months of playing with my redundancy money I've actually worked all my life. I also believe that somewhere out there there is a job with my name on it which will bring in the loot and also be a pleasure to go to. Just got to find it, that's all.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

6 hours ago, MrZigster said:

It's basically fermented sugar cane isn't it?

I guess you're right when you put it that way.

[MrZigster]

 

5 hours ago, clarkete said:

That sounds like the content from the link below.  I don't know anything about those notes, but it sounds like they not only for saying that people are fit, sometimes the employer can sit down with the employee and review.  In your circumstance it sounds like they just got a bit wary as you were saying you would be dependent on the car, hence they wanted the note?

Well tbf I never said I was dependent on the car, just that I considered it prudent. They insisted on the note after I had already agreed (with a certain condition) to go by coach. Anyway it's all much of a muchness now as they are OK with the note I gave them so I AM GOING :) :) :)

But, I am a bit worried that my train tickets that I booked supposedly to Kings Cross are actually only to St Pancras International. A 16 minute walk to KC from there apparently. With camping gear. At 9am in London. That's going to be a struggle.