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[Beat Bandit]

me biching

Have you had a decent time with your circle of friends in the past like six months? Maybe it's time for some new friends.

If things aren't working out or aren't working out near well enough, make some changes. Try some new things, places, people.

I basically have fun 90% of the time, with the few exceptions being certain groups while they're intoxicated and times when they don't realize that my trip home is a completely different beast from their trips home.

Honestly, I would love to just move around with no more than I could carry with me for at least a few years, but I wouldn't want to do it without enough confidence in a trade to know I'd get by and a companion I know I could stand spending most of my time with.

[Brentai]

Okay, here's a legit post for this thread: I went to the dentist to get some use out of my dental benefits before they expire. In one day the Dentist went from "Doesn't look like you have any cavities" to "Actually you have nearly a dozen, all hidden between your teeth - we're going to literally max out your dental coverage*."

* This will still cost me $400-$500

Yay.

Yeaaaaaah I'd go for a second opinion on that one.

I don't trust any physician but dentists especially get to make up shit that's wrong with you that you can't see or feel and can create all the holes they want.

[Lottel]

That's what happened to me, Mongrel. Next thing I know BAM! All of my teeth were drilled into, I am now super sensitive to cold, and a few of my teeth just plain hurt sometimes.
I've complained about that, he took a look. "Nothing I can't fix with some numbing agent and more drilling!" It's also why I am hunting for a new dentist.

[Mongrel]

Okay, here's a legit post for this thread: I went to the dentist to get some use out of my dental benefits before they expire. In one day the Dentist went from "Doesn't look like you have any cavities" to "Actually you have nearly a dozen, all hidden between your teeth - we're going to literally max out your dental coverage*."

* This will still cost me $400-$500

Yay.

Yeaaaaaah I'd go for a second opinion on that one.

I don't trust any physician but dentists especially get to make up shit that's wrong with you that you can't see or feel and can create all the holes they want.

Well, several reasons against getting a second opinion.

1) These guys are actually really good. It's not just that I got a good recommendation on them from a very trustworthy source originally, but I can tell when I'm there that they know their shit (as compared to other dentists I've had).
2) The difference between Wednesday and Thursday was their getting my X-Rays developed, so it's not like they're just saying that based on eyeballing things.
3) I couldn't get a second opinion unless I paid for all new X-Rays. and I have no time before my benefits run out anyway. Soooooo...

That's the way it goes.

It's not like I trust any dentist implicitly, or that the same thought you had didn't cross my mind, but on balance of probability, I'm going to accept things at face value.

[Ziiro]

Went to the dentist today.

Normal X-rays caused me to gag so I had to get use a special, more expensive X-ray machine.

I then learned I have several cavities of pretty light degree, at least. He also suggested a crown and getting my wisdom teeth pulled.

And it will be $1700 out of pocket to fix the cavities and the crown. With insurance.

[R^2]

What has two thumbs and a van that won't start?


d-_-b This guy!

[Lottel]

Maaaan. The job that I applied for on Friday got the job filled on Saturday. Before they opened. I was the only applicant.
It wasn't me who got the job.

[Bal]

Wake up today, Mom has a fever, then she asks me how I'm flashing purple and yellow, then she can't tell me her name or where she is. As per medical advice, I have to get her sent to the hospital, but can't join her because it's so late that by the time everything would be done I'd be stranded  because the buses will have stopped running. Feels bad man.

[R^2]

Um, is this a known -thing-,  or just something you woke up to? Not that either one is any better than the other.

[Bal]

I haven't ever really talked about it, but I've been my mother's 24/7 caregiver for about six years for a number of chronic things she has, but something acute like this is sufficiently different from the norm to make my day bad.

[Mongrel]

No good at all. Hope this is just a temporary flare up of whatever-it-is and she comes out okay (or what passes for okay at your place) soon.

[Bal]

She's fine. Turned out to be an electrolyte imbalance, which can cause some crazy shit, and not fever after all. They gave her a great big IV full of gatoraid and sent her home, good as new (so to speak)

[Büge]

I'm glad to hear it. She should be doing wicked rail-grinds in no time.

[Brentai]

This could have all been avoided if only she had won more football games.

[R^2]

So I replaced the battery in my van. Literally on the way to get that fixed, the check engine light came on and the speedometer stopped working. Some people name their vehicles. I haven't because I can't think of a string of expletives vile enough.

[Mongrel]

What make/model of van is this again?

[R^2]

Dodge Grand Caravan.

[Mongrel]

Do you carry candy in it?

I mean, the only thing I can think of is pre-emptive karma.

[R^2]

If the past six-to-nine months have been preemptive karma I'm due a murdering spree or something when this is over.

[Ziiro]

Buy a lottery ticket.