It's Personal...

Grek · Post by **Grek** » Sat Apr 23, 2016 5:40 am

I got my wisdom teeth taken out with just novocain and an ibuprofen six hours later. As in, one total for the entire duration of the healing process. The most painful part was going out to eat afterward with my family and not being forced to order tomato soup instead of a sandwich or something, despite the dentist telling me it'd be fine as long as I waited an hour for my face to unnumb.

Maj · Post by **Maj** » Sat Apr 23, 2016 6:28 am

When I got my wisdom teeth pulled, it was in a city about 60 miles away from where I lived. The city also happened to be the closest Taco Bell to where I lived, and because it was a rare treat with sentimental origins, I loved to eat there.

That surgery did not stop me from eating afterward. It took me forever to navigate that faux food, but man... I was not driving 60 miles to have my teeth pulled and that's it. Taco Bell was gonna be my reward if it was the last thing I did.

They put me under for the teeth pulling and did four at once. I had a huge bruise on my face (just in time for Senior Prom!), but didn't have any problems other than a brief waking up in the middle of surgery.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Sun Apr 24, 2016 1:14 pm

Anyone else want to share? This thread has already devolved into "Horrors of Dentistry."

K · Post by K » Sun Apr 24, 2016 3:06 pm

When I got my wisdom teeth pulled, it took three hours on locals and blood ended up all over me, the dentist, the assistant, the floor, and the light above me.

My cheek then developed a golfball-sized lump that, when I experimentally sucked on, gave me a full mouthful of puss. Gross.

name_here · Post by **name_here** » Sun Apr 24, 2016 3:58 pm

The first time I went to the dentist as a kid, they gave me a root canal and didn't tell me.

I found out a long time later when I mentioned to my mom that I remembered getting cavities filled hurting a lot more.

Count Arioch the 28th · Sun Apr 24, 2016 5:14 pm

I wish I had you guys' dentists. The actual holes my teeth came from stopped hurting two days ago, but the swelling sucks, and my jaw muscles have a bad attitude about chewing right now.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Sun Apr 24, 2016 7:32 pm

Ancient History wrote:http://imgur.com/a/0zWUP

Welp, now I want a sashka. That's a cool looking sword, what did it cost you?

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Sun Apr 24, 2016 8:16 pm

Prak wrote:
Ancient History wrote:http://imgur.com/a/0zWUP
Welp, now I want a sashka. That's a cool looking sword, what did it cost you?

~US$700. Which, if it's authentic (hey, it looks real - even the markings), isn't too shabby, since plenty of them go for up to a couple grand. If it's counterfeit, and there are loads and loads of those, I've been had. You can get a cheap Chinese-made knock-off shashka for under $100 if you hunt a little.

phlapjackage · Post by **phlapjackage** » Mon Apr 25, 2016 2:23 am

Ancient History wrote:Anyone else want to share? This thread has already devolved into "Horrors of Dentistry."

Easily the most painful (physical) experience of my life. Not the procedure, but the aftermath...~2 weeks of terrible, blinding pain pounding away in my skull, and the pain med prescription was only good for 1 week. That second week I was popping advil like candy.

K wrote:When I got my wisdom teeth pulled, it took three hours on locals and blood ended up all over me, the dentist, the assistant, the floor, and the light above me.

Impressive...most impressive. How'd you get blood on the light above you?

My "funny" story from getting my teeth pulled is that after, my sister drove me home and stopped at a pharmacy to get my pain meds. In my fucked-up condition, I thought she was taking too long inside and so I went in to see what was up. So a drugged-out, super-swollen faced guy with blood and drool streaming down his mouth and all over his shirt staggers in to a Wal-Greens, remembers it's his mom's bday soon, and proceeds to select a random electronic appliance and then tries to pay for it with his wallet...not a card, not cash, but the actual wallet. Lucky I didn't get shot ('murica!)

Starmaker · Post by **Starmaker** » Mon Apr 25, 2016 8:44 am

One of my molars rotted through and fell out recently. I was lucky to be drinking tea at the moment, so I realized something was wrong and didn't try to chew it. At least it's easier to clean the hole now.

virgil · Post by **virgil** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 3:04 am

Ugh, generally fine person on Facebook keeps posting anti-frankenfish stuff on his feed, then goes on and on about how terrible farmed salmon is for the environment and flavour whenever someone tries to call him out on it. Never posts anything against farmed salmon, just the Aquabounty stuff.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 4:59 am

Spam his anti-frankenfish posts with a bunch of links to articles about actual GMOs that say the specific genes that were inserted and point out how frankenfish is basically just a high tech version of slamming two fish together until they fuck.

I mean, I suppose you could also point how pretty much every organism we interact with on a daily basis is a GMO.

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Fri May 13, 2016 9:05 pm

oh god, i have become a grognard and i am this close to telling a newbie on dumpshock to get off my lawn x.x . .

Count Arioch the 28th · Wed May 18, 2016 4:40 am

My Domme and I just caught Disturbed and Rob Zombie. Great show. More tits and giant alien penis than I expected but a great show. Disturbed set off the fire alarms lol.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Thu May 26, 2016 8:14 pm

http://onanunderwood5.blogspot.com/2016 ... a-and.html

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Sat May 28, 2016 12:08 am

http://imgur.com/a/pfU6P

virgil · Post by **virgil** » Wed Jun 01, 2016 10:46 pm

Well, my car's splash shield ripped off the undercarriage this morning because of extreme puddles, and the dealership wants to charge $600 to replace it. ..

Maj · Post by **Maj** » Thu Jun 02, 2016 5:02 am

Suck. We had that problem in our van with an extreme snowfall (for around here, anyway). We didn't replace it.

Eikre · Post by **Eikre** » Thu Jun 02, 2016 10:41 pm

Go to a self-service junkyard and pull one, it'll be, like, thirty dollars.

Maj · Post by **Maj** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 3:11 am

In our case, we wouldn't have been able to get under our car without buying the tools to do so. And even then, we didn't have the space to fix it (in the apartment parking lot). That's a good idea for a lot of top-side parts, though. We've gotten replacement windows, mirrors, tail light covers... All came from the junk yard. It's a smart thing to do.

Count Arioch the 28th · Sat Jun 11, 2016 7:42 pm

Bah. Some law firm sent me a scary letter about an old debt I owe and I have no idea what it says other than "Pay me money, dammit". It is going to take me a very long time to save up enough money for legal counsel to assure I don't get raped here and the so-called "free debt counseling" service my employer has told me "get a lawyer" then disconnected.

Kaelik · Post by **Kaelik** » Sat Jun 11, 2016 7:45 pm

Count Arioch the 28th wrote:Bah. Some law firm sent me a scary letter about an old debt I owe and I have no idea what it says other than "Pay me money, dammit". It is going to take me a very long time to save up enough money for legal counsel to assure I don't get raped here and the so-called "free debt counseling" service my employer has told me "get a lawyer" then disconnected.

You definitely want to look at a lawyer, Don't do anything until you talk to a lawyer.

Count Arioch the 28th · Sat Jun 11, 2016 7:54 pm

Well, time to see if the group legal plan I pay into is worth anything.

K · Post by K » Sat Jun 11, 2016 10:14 pm

Count Arioch the 28th wrote:Well, time to see if the group legal plan I pay into is worth anything.

Talking to a lawyer in your state is important. There is a good chance that your debt is past the statute of limitations and can't be legally collected if challenged.

That being said, if you get a summons, show up to your hearing. Failure to show is an auto-lose even if the law is on your side, and they can then attach your wages.

But yeh, lawyer up.

Also, here is a fun thing about dead debt.

Count Arioch the 28th · Sat Jun 11, 2016 10:27 pm

I looked at the reviews for this debt collector and they seem to make a habit of filing suits in different states and serving notices at incorrect addresses. I've been told that in the state I'm in you literally can't sue for medical expenses but I am not going to do nothing and assume everything is okay. I couldn't get in touch with anyone today so I'm calling back Monday.