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Ceres · Unread postby **Ceres** » 05 Dec 2007, 00:58

Oh... got me!

Anyways, how's your RDO?

asandir · Unread postby **asandir** » 05 Dec 2007, 01:03

was sweet! good weather, was out enjoying it ....

ScarlettP · Unread postby **ScarlettP** » 05 Dec 2007, 01:53

Sorry, Sandi. I've been busy. Helping my older son fix up dad's house... finishing up these silly truffles, doing laundry, dishes & all the rest. Plus, I've been watching "Tin Man" on SciFi channel. It's a mini series loosely based on the Wizard of Oz. It's a very STRANGE piece of work... but it's like a train wreck, I can't seem to leave it alone.

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Totally random - I went to a new dentist today. I'm afraid I need a LOT more work than I thought. At least this guy seems to know what the heck he's doing. The first thing he wants to do is get my gums healthier, THEN start working on my teeth. He's the first one in DECADES to actually X-Ray my entire mouth to see what the heck is going on. Sadly, my worst fears are true. I'm suffering from bone loss around the site of a break. I broke my jaw in three places when I was 16. I'm now 46 and NO dentist has ever said anything about how to keep the 'sick' tooth over that break in better shape. In fact, the fact that I have a Maryland Bridge has not helped at all! (That's a wing shaped piece of metal that is glued to the back of my weakest tooth to hold in the false one.) Now it looks like I'll lose that tooth as well and need a bridge with TWO teeth on it. JOY! Plus, he thinks I need another crown in the back and that my other old fillings need to be replace.

I sure am glad my mother said that the SHOP can pay for all this work and call it an "Employee Benefit" since she never coughed up any insurance money for me. That's ONE MORE reason my teeth are in such bad shape. I couldn't afford a better dentist. I've been going to a guy who only slaps 'quick fixes' on and sends me on my way allowing the rest of my teeth to go to hell in a hand basket.

-----Rant Over---------- Carry on.

asandir · Unread postby **asandir** » 05 Dec 2007, 02:13

ughh!!! dentistry work sucks!!! it's so goddamn expensive .... I had no end of problems with two caps on my front teeth that I smashed as a 8 year old, luckily I got a good dentist and *touch wood* haven't had too many problems for the past 10-12 years

Omega_Destroyer · Unread postby **Omega_Destroyer** » 05 Dec 2007, 03:24

Mytical · Unread postby **Mytical** » 05 Dec 2007, 03:44

Any reason the main page is having difficulty loading? Or is it just my computer? Seems to take forever to load

asandir · Unread postby **asandir** » 05 Dec 2007, 03:52

what's funny OD?

and Myst, working ok for me

Omega_Destroyer · Unread postby **Omega_Destroyer** » 05 Dec 2007, 03:54

Lots of things are funny to me. Reread your previous post. You seem to really like your dentist a lot. Knock on wood would have probably worked better.

asandir · Unread postby **asandir** » 05 Dec 2007, 04:01

hmmmm .... you don't use the phrase "touch wood" to ward off bad luck?

Omega_Destroyer · Unread postby **Omega_Destroyer** » 05 Dec 2007, 04:05

It's knock on wood or touch metal for Italians. That expression takes on a different meaning entirely over in my part of the world... to those with their mind in the gutter...

Mytical · Unread postby **Mytical** » 05 Dec 2007, 04:06

Yes, a much different meaning. Course I always have my mind in the gutter hehe.

asandir · Unread postby **asandir** » 05 Dec 2007, 04:19

as do I, but that's just a colloquialism so it's safe for me

Vlad976 · Unread postby **Vlad976** » 05 Dec 2007, 07:17

Not while we're around to misinterpret everything.

ThunderTitan · Unread postby **ThunderTitan** » 05 Dec 2007, 08:49

Omega_Destroyer wrote:It's knock on wood or touch metal for Italians.

Didn't know about the metal...

And what fetish is knocking on wood? Coz it sounds kinky...

ScarlettP · Unread postby **ScarlettP** » 05 Dec 2007, 11:45

I believe that "Knock Wood" comes from the Celts. It's a method of 'calling the spirits' for good luck when you think something might go wrong. It's a superstition... like tossing spilled salt over your shoulder 'to pay the devil to stay away.' As superstitions go back so very far into our collective past, I can understand how some cultures would change the wording a bit over time.

Omega_Destroyer · Unread postby **Omega_Destroyer** » 05 Dec 2007, 14:05

Forgot about the salt thing. My grandmother did that quite a bit.

theLuckyDragon · Unread postby **theLuckyDragon** » 05 Dec 2007, 14:27

We've got the knock on wood superstition in Romania as well.

ThunderTitan · Unread postby **ThunderTitan** » 05 Dec 2007, 19:48

ScarlettP wrote:I believe that "Knock Wood" comes from the Celts. It's a method of 'calling the spirits' for good luck when you think something might go wrong. It's a superstition... like tossing spilled salt over your shoulder 'to pay the devil to stay away.' As superstitions go back so very far into our collective past, I can understand how some cultures would change the wording a bit over time.

I think something passed over your head there... you do know what fetish means, right?

and the salt bit is so for making sure no one's looking over our shoulder... salt eyes ftw.

asandir · Unread postby **asandir** » 05 Dec 2007, 23:22

see, the romanians do it too, can't be a bad thing then can it

winterfate · Unread postby **winterfate** » 05 Dec 2007, 23:29

You never know.

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