Bridging the gap

[j.sabourn]

[QUOTE=Keith Tindell;251814]Dentists must be one of the few professions that do not guarantee their work, go and get a filling, here for me last week was £85, if the filling falls out a few days later, another £85' thank you very much. Here on the Island it's impossible to get a NHS dentist, so private only, kt[/QUOTE
Keith, that's over a weeks UK pension for me. JWS

[Captain Kong]

At sea I saw a Fireman who did his own fillings with Thistle Bond, a Metal Paste, Saw him a few years later and he still had them in.
I have a can in my garage
Cheers
Brian

[j.sabourn]

Keith don't know how my answer to your post got on your page-Sorry-couldn"t have done if tried. Brian with my proverbial 1 tooth don't think I'll be using any techniques to retain when hopefully falls out. Cheers JS

[Richard Quartermaine]

Geez, Thanks Cobbers.
Being Australya Day I was informed that I had to light the BBQ this evening. I said I was crook so SWMBO gave me some pandol. It seemed to work a bit so I lit the old pile of concrete blocks with the sheet of steel plate on top with some old fence slats, threw a bucket of cleansing water over the plate when in was nice and hot, got the grub SWMBO had organised nicely sizzling, had a cold glass of chardonnay, and negotiated the route back to the table with the goodies. Not too sure that panadol and shiraz are compatible but threw caution to the winds and took the easy way out. Eventually took the dog out for a piddle, sat down here and as the pain seems to have subsided I am taking a couple more panadols, crawling in to bed and and hoping the morrow will be 'D' for dental extraction day.
Lots of things of interest happening on the site. Looking forward to catching up.
All the best,
Richard

[j.sabourn]

#9... Sacrilege sacrilege Brian what seaman do you know who would spit it out unless you meant spit it out into a bottle for the later use of the proper use of. A person I used to know when he went up to Bali 3 or 4 times a year on holiday used to say he used to clean his teeth in whiskey as didn't trust the water. I felt like going away and crying. Cheers JS

[gray_marian]

#1,Dear Richard, Try chewing on cloves, works for me as a temp measure and you can't od on them. And drink as much alcohol that Margaret allows

Address To The Toothache: By Robert Burns, written when suffering apparently.

My curse upon thy venom'd stang,
That shoots my tortur'd gums alang;
An' thro' my lug gies mony a twang,
Wi' gnawing vengeance;
Tearing my nerves wi' bitter pang,
Like racking engines!

When fevers burn, or ague freezes,
Rheumatics gnaw, or colic squeezes;
Our neighbours' sympathy can ease us,
Wi' pitying moan;
But thee–thou hell o' a' diseases,
Aye mocks our groan!

Adown my beard the slavers trickle!
I kick the wee stools o'er the mickle,
While round the fire the giglets keckle,
To see me loup;
While, raving mad, I wish a heckle
Were in their doup!

O' a' the num'rous human dools,
hairsts, daft bargains, cutty-stools,
Or worthy frien's rak'd i' the mools,
Sad sight to see!
The tricks o' knaves, or fash o' fools,
Thou bear'st the gree!

Where'er that place be priests ca' hell,
Where a' the tones o' misery yell,
And ranked plagues their numbers tell,
In dreadfu' raw,
Thou, Tooth-ache, surely bear'st the bell,
Amang them a'!

O thou grim, mischief-making chiel,
That gars the notes o' discord squeel,
daft mankind aft dance a reel
In gore, a shoe-thick;–
Gie a' the faes o' Scotland's weal
A towmond's tooth-ache!

Translation:
stang: sting
alang: along
thro: through
lug: ear
gies: gives
mony: many
twang: sudden sharp pain
wi': with
Adown: all down
slavers: drool
giglets: giggling maids
keckle: cackle
loup: jump
heckle: flax comb
doup: bottom
dools: lamentations
hairst: harvest
daft: foolish
cutty-stool: chair of shame
fash: vexation
mools: dirt, sods
gree: degree of...
raw: row
chiel: lad
gars: causes
daft: foolish
aft: often
fae: foe
weal: well being
towmond: twelvemonth
kick the wee stools o'er the mickle: probably=throw my toys out of the pram.


#10, Keith demand your £85.00 back the first filling was not fit for purpose..
Puts me in mind of my youngest aged 7 looking to spend some pocket on the
penny,twopenny, thruppenny trays in the sweetie shop, when she saw what was on offer she bellowed "RIP OFF"

[John F Collier]

#16, I was told to try cloves Marian, it might work on a toothache but in my experience the effect on an abscess was the
opposite and only made it worse, cheers. JC

[Ivan Cloherty]

Richard you have my sympathy

1. for your toothache and
2. for Marian's poem (ode) dinna kna ow that's ganna make yer feel betta, but god bless the wee lassie she means well!

haven't any wisdom on the cure front, but putting an aspirin on top of the tooth and letting it soak in, seems to do the trick for me, but does taste lousy

[Stan Carter]

it's obvious to me that our friend Robbie Burns did not spit his whiskey out when he wrote that.....
regards, stan

[Captain Kong]

I also had a small bottle of OIL OF CLOVES, very effective for curing Toothache, so save the whisky till later.
Brian