P.O.T.C. On Stranger Rides! The Missing Chapter,,Final Thoughts,, Preview Thoughts.

[jedijill]

Joined late and finally caught up!

I feel you on the tooth extraction. I had my 3 wisdom teeth out when I was in the Army. I wanted to be knocked out but my idiot friend showed up late and idiot me said go ahead and just take them out under local. O. M. G. I can still hear the lambs screaming...I mean, teeth cracking...as they pried them out of my jaw. It was horrible! To make matters worse, I had to go back to my room (lived on Peterson AFB in Colorado) which was about a half a block from the flight line and the Thunderbirds decided that that day was a fine day to buzz the barracks all afternoon while practicing their air show. And, oh btw, it was Valentine's Day.

I hate dentists.

Jill in CO

 

[shan23877]

I totally feel your pain! (we have dental insurance, but my dentist hates me despite that)

I have an extremely high pain tolerance. (did the whole childbirth thing with no drugs-because the anesthesiologist didn't get there in time, not because I'm a masochist- and no cursing, broke my ankle in 3 places and walked around on it for a few days before I agreed to go to the doc, been a Cubs fan for 35 years, etc.) However, I went in for an extraction a few months ago. After an hour of yanking, prying, and crunching I had tears rolling down my face. Mr. Dentist didn't care. He kept at it and seemed irritated that the novocaine wasn't working. Finally after an hour and a half it was over. I had bruises on the side of my face for a week. Not planning to see that dentist again....

I keep the vikes that I got for my trouble in my purse so that DH doesn't take them recreationally. I'm more of a T-3 girl myself.

Feel better soon!

 

[dwheatl]

Oh, Nebo, feeling your pain. I have a lifetime of experience with the oral surgeon, starting when I was in 3rd grade. Not fun! Heck, I wanted to be knocked out when my kids had their wisdom teeth out!
I had LASIK last summer, and they did each eye on a different day. When they did the first one, they told me about half an hour before the surgery that I could take the ONE valium they had prescribed for me. When I went back for the second eye, it seemed like they had everything ready to go, and still hadn't given me the valium go-ahead. With a shaky voice, I said, "Can I please take my valium now?" They said sure, but it made me wonder if they were going to do the surgery without giving me the drugs.
Hope you're pain-free soon. Glad you didn't die.

 

[Backstage_Gal]

OMG, Nebo and everyone else, for heavens sake get knocked out. I did, and it wasnt even very expensive, I was surprised, under either 100 or 200, dont remember, but less than I thought. I felt nothing, woke up, went home, changed clothes and sonked out on the couch for the rest of the day.

Nebo, I hear you on being stranded on the side of the road totally freaked out. When I had my little (few thousand $$ after insurance) brain attack a few weeks ago, my car ran off the road, luckily no accident. I put on my hazzard lights, it was dusk, and not a single person stopped! Luckily it passed, but im still scared of a recurrence every day.

Hope your pain eases, and remember, Nyquil is your friend (at ngiht).

PS: I am now much better at regularly using my electric toothbrush at night to massage gums per instructions

 

[pkondz]

Hey, are we the only ones having a hard time using the Dis? Lately I"m lucky if I can even get ON it at all, and I cringe when I have to change pages.

You are not alone. There's a whole thread devoted to just how bad it's been for the last week or so.

Anyway, while it appears to be working right now, let's visit our medical profession once more, just don't expect a lot of laughs, I left them in the car.

There's your first mistake. Shoulda brought the laughing gas in with you... then again this chapter would've been lots shorter.

I'll be totally honest with you, I don't know if this is worth telling or not, I can picture myself writing this little chapter about my life and an hour and half from now, deleting it, I guess we'll see.

Hah! You have to be able to log in and get to the page before you can delete it.

Diane and I have had a hard time makin dentists like us in the past, the past being all our lives,,, mainly because we have almost never had a heatlth plan that covered dental, too, dentists don't like people that don't have insurance, we aren't near as much fun.

That's okay. They're not really doctors. Have you seen "The Hangover"?

And people without Dental Insurance don't like Dentists who keep reminding them that they need to take care of their teeth better, yes, we know that.

I hate that. "Well Mr. pkondz, have we been flossing?"
"Well Mr. Dentist, if we'd been flossing then we wouldn't be here and you'd be looking for a real job... Have you seen "Marathon Man"?

But the nicest straightest whitest strongest teeth you can possibly have aren't a top priority when they are being used to open 9 Lives Seafood Platter wet food cans for our dinner when we are living in a cardboard box under the Fox River bridge.

Point of order. The last line should be 'living in a van down by the river.' Have you seen Chris Farley on SNL?

"Hey, it's Nebo,,, my pal,,,,, he won't mind paying me more than I could charge a stranger,,,,,so what if he doesn't have insurance and may lose the house,,this is what friends are for, to take care of each other, besides, now my ex is going to want half of all that I have!

I've always thought that if you want your business to be really busy, lower your prices. And when you become well known... lower 'em some more. The opposite seems to be the norm though.

Jeremy once made Diane's Buffalo Head Nicked end up,,,,,,,you could not even read the date on it anymore,,,,, and the buffalo looked more like a guinea pig when Jeremy was done with it,

That's quite the talented boy you got there, mister.

but I digest:

I thought you were going to disgust?

but not until I handed over a check for 254 dollars at the front desk. Epson Printer's Ink doesn't cost as much as this glue does, I guess.

Nope, I find that hard to believe... about the ink being less than the glue, that is. The $254 doesn't surprise me one bit. Times are tough and things are more expensive now. So $254 doesn't seem out of line. Even dentists have to eat. I can picture it now.

Your dentist....

sitting by himself...

with a plate on his lap...

eating mac 'n cheese...

in his helicopter...

which is parked on his yacht...

which is docked at his pier on his private island in the carribean...

while his model wife looks on from the mansion.

But it's a small island, so you gotta feel sorry for the guy, right?

Sorry, I thought that was ridiculous to just glue a tooth back in, and we went and found a Dental Plan and a new Dentist.

So instead of your regular dentist, you're going to see somebody who can just fill in?

And now I'm sure you see the error of your ways and I'm sure you'll go back to him hat in hand and cheque in the other hand.

I thought it might be a wisdom tooth,,, but even though it was the last tooth,,, it wasn't a wisdom because that was still underneath, hibernating in my gums.

Yeah, there's no way you could be mistaken for somebody that has anything to do with wisdom.

I know, I know, how could I be so stupid when it comes to wisdom? I know, I know, my tongue was blocking my Eye teeth and I couldn't see. My bicuspids went 100% gay. I'm leaving my pointy, "Dracualy Fangs" teeth to both ballplayers, Al Kanine and Jeff Canine,,,,and one last blurt,,
I once was on a bowling league and a team was sposored by a larged dentristry,,,, Yes,,, The Holy Molars were hard to beat.

Ouch, those hurt. Wasn't expecting that. After all these puns with teeth, by now you'd think I'd know the drill.

But, noooo......

New Dentist said this needs to be pulled by an oral surgeon, it's not going to come out easily and they are better equipped with causing a plentifull plethora of pain than he is.

A particularily pernicious pronouncement, perhaps?

Yes, to me the Tylenol 3 are like giving Sonny Corleone a band aid and a "kiss kiss make it all better," at the toll booth.

Ya know, that might've helped. I mean he was only shot a little bit...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrv1roq_gBw

Yeah, I guess you're right. After that kick at the end, you know he's gonna need some ice too.

First off, I woke up with them all laughing at me,,,,

Did they have to undress you?

Turns out they asked me the question BEFORE I went under,,, they then pulled the tooth and did what they had to do and brought me back out of it,,,,,,but my stupid braind felt the need to still answer the question,,, not knowing it's almost 20 minutes later now.

Then in recovery room, I just hated everything just then,, it was all bothering me, expecially this huge piece of cotten in my mouth, and I tried to pull it out, when Smidgy started yelling,,,, "Steve, Steve, leave your tongue alone! Let go of it."

I just watched an AFV where a young girl (15?) had her wisdom teeth out and was coming out of it. Her mom says, "You have gauze in your mouth." The girl replies, "I have God in my mouth?"

Anyway, I'm not going to have this done right before a trip,,,hopefully it will settle down,,, the anti biotics should help,,, and I never did call the Oral Surgeon,,,, I'll do it when we get back.

Wait, I thougt we decided that Sturgeons were in the Urals? Not Orals.

Whatever.

That did it all right,,next morning, boy did it start hurting,( I wish my tongue would keep it's big mouth shut!) once my tongue felt the hole in my mouth getting bigger, then it had to play with another little piece that was sticking up,,,, until it broke that off as well.

Yup. Tongues will do that everytime. Wherever there's a hole... in they go.

I even tried to show it to Smidgy,,,

atta boy.

and now my mouth and lips are numb and I'm practicing my drooling down my chin act, which is always very becoming.

Maybe you're part Maori?

I couldNOT breathe.
I had to pull the car over,,, it seemed like my whole throat was closing up and the novacaine hadnot only frozen my gums, lips and tongue, but also parylized my muscles controlling breathing in my throat..

It scared the hell out of me.

I remember even opening the car door, If I need to I may have to just fall out the door and lay on the ground to get some help,,,,I had no idea what else to do and I just sat there on the side of the road,,, in-hal-ing,,,,,, ex-hal-ing,,,still in the driver's seat, but turned sideways with both feet out the door ready to drop,,,,I could then see nothing,,, the whole world went "white" on me,,, I could't see ten feet in front of me.

Wow. That would freak anybody out. I'm surprised you'd forget a thing like that.

Turned out my heart was ok,,, my brain, wasn't.

Heck. We could've told you that... without an angiogram.

"Nebo? Yeah, his heart's in the right place, but the boy ain't all right in the head, if ya know what I'm sayin'"

I don't know if I had a panic attack or not that day I had the tooth filled,, for some reason I never thought of it,,,but I do know I had the worst, absolutely the worst, Panic Attack I EVER had, about a month ago,,, that lasted over 2 hours. In the past,,, in the nineties, they might last as long as ten minutes,,,,, this one was for over 2 hours,,,,, and I had nothing I could take for it,,,,and the Painkillers absolutely made it worse. So here I am, back in the present.

Okay, ya lost me a bit here. Was this panic attack about a month ago? Or a few years ago you had the tooth filled and had the bad panic attack a month before that?

Then there is a Rollaway Craftsman tool chest,,, the five drawer typed that I have seen often n my 35 years as a machinist,,,,, but you know what? I don't think I've ever seen one in a Dental Office before.

McHenry County Oral Surgeons, Dentists and Mufflers and Brakes! All work guaranteed for 90 days or thirty thousand chews.

Nope. Gotta say I've never seen a mechanic's tool chest in a dentist office before. If I did, I think I'd want a long talk with the dentist before he started poking around in my mouth.

But I mostly just sat there and stared, I could not concentrate on the paper, even the orange juice adds.
(Sometimes you can see it coming and you have to head Ponzi off at the pass)

Oh sure. Take all the fun out of it. I can put two and two together... but can the juice?

By now I dont feel like going back to the paper, so I pulled back the paper towels covering up the tray on the 'swing-arm' that is holding all his instruments of pain and torture, and, of course, as I was looking at all these shiny stainless steel hooks, blades, mirrors, scribers, scalpels and Ginseng knives,,,,

Oh for a piece of shoe leather and a ripe tomato!

Leaning over this tray, caught dead to rights I even have my glasses off so I can see these disciples of death better, I just looked up over my shoulder at him without jumping back:

"Oh, hi, I'm just removing the ones I don't like."

Excellent!

He did say that if I was allergic to this medicine,, and it was anaphylactic shock then he doubts I would be sitting there right now waiting to have this tooth pulled,,,,,,
if you get my drift.

Drift? Rafting? Canoeing? Boating? What's with the drifting? Am I off target here? Maybe by about 6 ft or so?

Right, fine. He deals with drugs that will knock you out,,
but something that will make you less nervous before he cuts into you? Oh my God no!

I never thought of that. He probably can't prescribe anything like that so just laughs it off. Did I mention "The Hangover"?

So he shot me a few times,, then left, saying it will take ten to fifteen minutes for the medicine to numb my jaw,,, or kill me, whichever came first.

Usually, being shot a few times results in death. So you should consider yourself lucky.

Ok, I'm kidding, after a few tentative pushes and pulls,, he really went at it.
They pried my left side of my mouth open with a bumper jack, then he told me to raise my left hand if I feel any discomfort.

I raised my left hand.

They both laughed,,, and went back to work while I thought "yeah, right, this'l work."

Meanwhile, as your body writhes in pain from the dislocated jaw, the dentist and his assistant laughed at how funny you are.

But the sound effects of the breaking and crunching and all the pressure he was exerting was extremely disconcerting to me,,,,,

disconcerting. The Titanic passengers were disconcerted to find themselves bobbing in the ocean. The citizens of Pompeii were disconcerted to see the wall of lava race towards them. As the Hindenburg burned, a reporter uttered those famous words, "Oh! The disconcertment!"

One time he had me totally suspended about 6 inches in the air abouve the seat before he threw me back down,

Linda Blair!

I gave the other Universal sign of distress by screaming in his ear, and he paused and told spit sucker to hang on a moment.

Well, sure. If you have somebody's hand (and forearm and possibly elbow) in your mouth it's not possible to say, "Excuse me doctor, but I seem to be in a bit of discomfort."

Then he asked me what the problem was,,,,

He didn't know????

I was shaking like crazy when I filled out the check,, but all the time behind me is now a jam packed waiting room,, and since I don't plan on ever going here again,,,, I had to play it up a bit.

Oh, you don't plan on going again do you? You think it's up to you?

So, there you have it,,, and at the tme of this writing,,, which is 8 monday night,,,, dang,,,, this thing still hurts!

Yup. Gotta love dentists. It never just hurts for a little while. At least it's over...

for now..... Dum. Dum. Dum. Dummmmmmmmm!

 

[jcc0621]

I'd be glad to exchange phone numbers and make fun of your accents through real time.

YO! I don't have no accent! ;-)

 

[jakeybake]

I'm cringing in pain just reading it!! I can't imagine what it was like sitting there.

I have always found that what bothers me the most at the dentist isn't any pain, they usually do a great job of shooting me up. It's the sound of the drill and the smell of it hitting my tooth that really sends chills up my spine! I hate everything about it and we love our dentist. I can't imagine if I disliked him how awful it would really be.

Also, I have been having a ton of trouble with the site. Same issues you're having. Makes it so I just give up instead of waiting for it to finally get rolling. I usually go on a few times a day in work but lately not at all.

Regarding panic attacks. I had the same deal recently as I mentioned previously. Went through the whole battery of cardiac tests and ended up "probably" being anxiety. Scary how your body can just let go like that. Puts everything right into perspective. You are never as cool, tough or in control as you think you are.

Lastly, regarding my Pats. I have to say that I am pretty worried about the matchup with the Giants. I think out of all the teams they could of played in the NFC, the Giants were the worst matchup of all. The Saints and Packers were just like us, great offenses and lousy defenses, especially against the pass. Would of been a shootout against either of those teams. This matchup is much more difficult. A great front 4 and a very good passing offense. Eli playing as good as I have ever seen him play. We usually get a huge check mark in the QB side of the ledger but this time it's a lot closer then in years past. That being said, I have total faith in BB given that he has had two weeks to prepare for this team and there is no way they will be over confident, given how they played against Baltimore, especially Brady.

And thanks for the flashback to '86. I still see Richard Dent crashing down on Tony "Duck and Cover" Eason. Poor Grogan would stand in front of a freight train but had nothing left in the tank and could barely turn his neck. Worst beating I have ever seen.

And for the record the one black mark on Ditka's tenure in Chicago was him giving Perry that gimme TD instead of Sweetness. The ultimate bone head move given Payton's contribution to not only the Bears but the entire NFL. I had the honor of meeting him in Neiman Marcus when I worked there in the early 90's and he stayed and talked to me for 10 minutes without an ounce of ego. He made me feel like he really enjoyed talking to me, even though he probably couldn't wait to leave and go to wherever he needed to go. A true class act.

Jay

 

[nebo]

I think someone is blood thirsty

No kidding!

Umm Queen Celine doesn't drink? Have you seen the guy she married?? I'm just sayin' that you gotta be slippin something into your water bottle to hitch up with a guy about 100 years older than you!

Then again, maybe that's when she stopped?? The hangover that won't go away.

BTW - I am finally caught up. I usually manage a couple of pages a day during my lunch break, but at one point the pages were piling up at least twice as fast as I could read. Talk about popular - you sir, are a master!!



So the quandry is, what name to use for the "M". I know you need something...


I don't really like any of them that much. I'll leave it to you (or the Neboites) to come up with a good nickname. For now, just I'll just keep it "M" - kind of like the head of MI-5 in Ian "Phlemming's" novels.

Ok, no more guessing, whether it's Machiavelli or Michaelangelo,,,,, from now on,,, enjoy your new name, Mickey Ross!

Joined late and finally caught up!

I feel you on the tooth extraction. I had my 3 wisdom teeth out when I was in the Army. I wanted to be knocked out but my idiot friend showed up late and idiot me said go ahead and just take them out under local. O. M. G. I can still hear the lambs screaming...I mean, teeth cracking...as they pried them out of my jaw. It was horrible! To make matters worse, I had to go back to my room (lived on Peterson AFB in Colorado) which was about a half a block from the flight line and the Thunderbirds decided that that day was a fine day to buzz the barracks all afternoon while practicing their air show. And, oh btw, it was Valentine's Day.

I hate dentists.

Jill in CO

Is that near Colorado Springs? I remember driving around a base when I visitedthere once. Hey, nothing says Happy Valentines Day like Thunderbird (wine) and tooth extractions.

I keep the vikes that I got for my trouble in my purse so that DH doesn't take them recreationally. I'm more of a T-3 girl myself.

Feel better soon!

How incredibly, deviously clever, hiding them in plain sight! No guy, I mean no guy in his right mind will go into his wife's purse if he doesn't have to, pure genius!

Oh, Nebo, feeling your pain. I have a lifetime of experience with the oral surgeon, starting when I was in 3rd grade. Not fun! Heck, I wanted to be knocked out when my kids had their wisdom teeth out!

Now that right there is funny stuff!

I had LASIK last summer, and they did each eye on a different day. When they did the first one, they told me about half an hour before the surgery that I could take the ONE valium they had prescribed for me.

Ok, hold it right there, I'm callin' in the truth in storytelling police..
They wrote you our a prescription that you had to go and wait to be filled at Walgreens or wherever for ONE STINKIN Vallium?

When I went back for the second eye,

Your making it sound like there are even more eyes after this one....can't wait to see what happens for the third eye,,,,
hey, this is fun picking on other people!
resume.......

it seemed like they had everything ready to go, and still hadn't given me the valium go-ahead

"T minus ten minutes till Vallium"

With a shaky voice, I said, "Can I please take my valium now?" They said sure, but it made me wonder if they were going to do the surgery without giving me the drugs.
Hope you're pain-free soon. Glad you didn't die.

Awww, it was the shaky voice part that got me, I just hate to see people,, especially ones I know, be scared when they have to go through something that is not going to be fun, like surgery of any kind. Hope the Lasik turned out to be what you hoped it would do for you. Everybody I know that's had it done is really happy about it.

 

[nebo]

OMG, Nebo and everyone else, for heavens sake get knocked out. I did, and it wasnt even very expensive, I was surprised, under either 100 or 200, dont remember, but less than I thought. I felt nothing, woke up, went home, changed clothes and sonked out on the couch for the rest of the day.

Nebo, I hear you on being stranded on the side of the road totally freaked out. When I had my little (few thousand $$ after insurance) brain attack a few weeks ago, my car ran off the road, luckily no accident. I put on my hazzard lights, it was dusk, and not a single person stopped! Luckily it passed, but im still scared of a recurrence every day.

Hope your pain eases, and remember, Nyquil is your friend (at ngiht).

PS: I am now much better at regularly using my electric toothbrush at night to massage gums per instructions

When I pulled over that time,,, I wasn't ready yet to admit I needed to be hopisitalized,,, wasn't sure what I wanted right then,,,, I only opened my door so I could just fall next to the car if I DID need help,,,,somebody would HAVE to see and stop then,,,, right?

And is Nyquil better than 3 manhattans?

I sure hope you don't have to go through that again,,, I still am nervous when my heart starts racing and I don't know if it's a genuine heart problem,,,, or a panic attack,,
believe me,,, if I had known a head of time that quitting smoking was going to bring back the panic attacks,,,,,,
I would not even have considered quitting,,, not for an INSTANT.

But no,, I don't think that starting smoking again would make them go away,,,,, I was a chain smoker when I gtot the attacks originally.

 

[nebo]

You are not alone. There's a whole thread devoted to just how bad it's been for the last week or so.

glad to hear it' not just me/us.




That's okay. They're not really doctors. Have you seen "The Hangover"?

No, still haven't seen it,,,, we just watched the Bridesmaids,,, I expected better I guess.

I hate that. "Well Mr. pkondz, have we been flossing?"
"Well Mr. Dentist, if we'd been flossing then we wouldn't be here and you'd be looking for a real job... Have you seen "Marathon Man"?

For once i didn't ask a new dentist,,,"Is it safe?" nor did I ask if he saw the movie,,,,"The Dentist" with Corbin Bernsen as the psycho wit the drill.




I've always thought that if you want your business to be really busy, lower your prices. And when you become well known... lower 'em some more. The opposite seems to be the norm though.

Yeah, sure works for Wallmart, I just felt taken advantage of,,,, so I quit.

That's quite the talented boy you got there, mister.

Wow, I kept waiting for you to ask who went in there diving to retrieve the nickel......all I'll say about that is,,,,, it wasn't me.

I thought you were going to disgust?

That was last chapter.


Your dentist....

sitting by himself...

with a plate on his lap...

eating mac 'n cheese...

in his helicopter...

which is parked on his yacht...

which is docked at his pier on his private island in the carribean...

while his model wife looks on from the mansion.

But it's a small island, so you gotta feel sorry for the guy, right?

[COLOR="blue" that's good,, you left out where they raise their glasses and say,,,, "Here's to Nebo, that made it all possible."[/COLOR]




Yeah, there's no [I]way[/I] you could be mistaken for somebody that has anything to do with wisdom.

[COLOR="blue"]I knew you'd understand.[/COLOR]





Ya know, that might've helped. I mean he was only shot a little bit...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrv1roq_gBw

gotta check this out later,,, no way I'm pushing the dis to try it now....


Yup. Tongues will do that everytime. Wherever there's a hole... in they go.

He was given a governor's reprieve,,,, but still insists on seeing if he can get away with it again,,,,and again,,, and again,,





Maybe you're part Maori?

I'm looking at the word Maori,,,,, and I have to admit,,,,HUH?

Wow. That would freak anybody out. I'm surprised you'd forget a thing like that.

Back in the day,,,ten years before this happened,,,, it did it a lot,,,and I just wanted it all put out of my mind,,,,,, you're right,,,,I'm surprised too,,,,I did better than I thought at getting rid of bad memories, I guess.




Okay, ya lost me a bit here. Was this panic attack about a month ago? Or a few years ago you had the tooth filled and had the bad panic attack a month before that?

I can see how I lost you..... no, this is a very recent thing,,,,didn't know what to do and smidgy was at the VFW working,,,,,I had the front door open,,, phone in my hand and my thumb hoveriing over the 9 for, 911.
No warning at all, but I knew I was going to die.




I never thought of that. He probably can't prescribe anything like that so just laughs it off. Did I mention "The Hangover"?

Well, actually he did give me some vikes,
so that wasn't it.


disconcerting. The Titanic passengers were disconcerted to find themselves bobbing in the ocean. The citizens of Pompeii were disconcerted to see the wall of lava race towards them. As the Hindenburg burned, a reporter uttered those famous words, "Oh! The disconcertment!"

I was disconcerted once at the box office when I found out Alice Cooper was sold out.

Oh, you don't plan on going again do you? You think it's up to you?

No, I don't plan on going back. If anything happens again and I need treatment?,,,,,I know just what I'm going to do.

I'm going to Canada


for now..... Dum. Dum. Dum. Dummmmmmmmm!

Thanks Pal,, I needed the laughs as this dang thing is still hurting.

YO! I don't have no accent! ;-)

Of course you do,,, everybody does except me, including Smidgy,,,,and you're from the east coast practically,,accents are born there.

Also, I have been having a ton of trouble with the site. Same issues you're having. Makes it so I just give up instead of waiting for it to finally get rolling. I usually go on a few times a day in work but lately not at all.

Yeah, I keep thinking it's me,,, but everywhere else I click to runs just fine,,, I swear it's just here.

Regarding panic attacks. I had the same deal recently as I mentioned previously. Went through the whole battery of cardiac tests and ended up "probably" being anxiety. Scary how your body can just let go like that. Puts everything right into perspective. You are never as cool, tough or in control as you think you are.

That's right,,, we should all just go and live out our lives in Disney

Lastly, regarding my Pats. I have to say that I am pretty worried about the matchup with the Giants. I think out of all the teams they could of played in the NFC, the Giants were the worst matchup of all. The Saints and Packers were just like us, great offenses and lousy defenses, especially against the pass. Would of been a shootout against either of those teams. This matchup is much more difficult. A great front 4 and a very good passing offense. Eli playing as good as I have ever seen him play. We usually get a huge check mark in the QB side of the ledger but this time it's a lot closer then in years past. That being said, I have total faith in BB given that he has had two weeks to prepare for this team and there is no way they will be over confident, given how they played against Baltimore, especially Brady.

Well, hate to say this,,, but 'ol Tom has just about guaranteed a victory Sunday,, the writers can't believe he did that after what happened 4 years ago.

And thanks for the flashback to '86. I still see Richard Dent crashing down on Tony "Duck and Cover" Eason. Poor Grogan would stand in front of a freight train but had nothing left in the tank and could barely turn his neck. Worst beating I have ever seen.

And if I remember right, Tony Eason was an Illini guy,,,, I liked him and felt sorry for him that game.

And for the record the one black mark on Ditka's tenure in Chicago was him giving Perry that gimme TD instead of Sweetness. The ultimate bone head move given Payton's contribution to not only the Bears but the entire NFL. I had the honor of meeting him in Neiman Marcus when I worked there in the early 90's and he stayed and talked to me for 10 minutes without an ounce of ego. He made me feel like he really enjoyed talking to me, even though he probably couldn't wait to leave and go to wherever he needed to go. A true class act.

Jay

I couldn't agree with you more,,, and Walter never really forgave him for that,,,, me either.
By the way,,, Payton had a home out by us,,,, he died only a couple miles away from where we live, I believe with Mike Singletary and Matt Suhey by his side.

 

[buzz1121]

Hey! Thanks a lot Nebo! Now DH and I are probably the only two people left around these parts who haven't seen "Bridesmaids" yet.

Pkondz, ah, the Chris Farley days on SNL....living in a van DOWN BY THE RIVER!!! I also loved the dance off when Patrick Swayze was the guest host. AWESOME!!

Nebo, I feel your pain, I really do. I inherited a mouth full of deep grooved teeth from my mom. I have had my fair share of dental work done, including having four permanent teeth removed to make room for braces when I was a teenager. I don't numb easily, but I also have been known to attempt(some successfully) fillings without being numbed. Dental pain to me is a circular, wave type of pain, extremely different than say, childbirth. I do still have my wisdom teeth, so who knows? More dental fun may be in my future.

My dentist is pretty cool though. He is a big reader so we end up talking about what we are reading when I go in for checkups.

I owe you some deets on my parents. They live about a stone's throw from me and DH and the kids. They don't travel much at all. My parents own and operate a produce farm. They have a pretty big u-pick/pre-pick strawberry patch that is open April through the first part of June, peaches from June-July, yellow squash and zucchini from May-October, corn, and every type of green(think collards, kale, etc.) you can imagine. They stay really busy and are great people. They just never go anywhere, and I really think they would love to see the kids at Disney. There is no way they would come for the whole trip, but 4 days would be great for them. They aren't elderly. They are 61 and 60 respectively, just in the prime of life and they are go getters. They work hard and deserve a little Disney magic. Any tips to reel them in? The best I can get from them is "We'll see".

 

[smidgy]

buzz, tell them about "the Land" pavillion.. how they can see giant tomatos, and hydroponics, tomato trees, giant sqaush, etc etc. spring for a "behind the seeds" tour at epcot (which nebo though twas boitng, I thought was ok, but they might like)

 

[smidgy]

you should bet rying to get them to go during either the flower and garden festival in spring, or the food and wine festival in oct.

but I'm sure you can get lots of info in the land pavillion, the living with the land ride, and related topics in many disney guides.

 

[pkondz]

Wow, I kept waiting for you to ask who went in there diving to retrieve the nickel......all I'll say about that is,,,,, it wasn't me.

Nah. But if he makes change... call me.

gotta check this (the youtube link) out later,,, no way I'm pushing the dis to try it now....

It'll work without affecting the DIS. It will open in a new window if you right click on it and select "open in new window".

I'm looking at the word Maori,,,,, and I have to admit,,,,HUH?

You were talking about " mouth and lips are numb and I'm practicing my drooling down my chin act"... Maybe this will help you understand:

I was disconcerted once at the box office when I found out Alice Cooper was sold out.

Good one!

No, I don't plan on going back. If anything happens again and I need treatment?,,,,,I know just what I'm going to do.

I'm going to Canada

We have freezing down to an art up here.

Thanks Pal,, I needed the laughs as this dang thing is still hurting.

Glad I could help.

Pkondz, ah, the Chris Farley days on SNL....living in a van DOWN BY THE RIVER!!! I also loved the dance off when Patrick Swayze was the guest host. AWESOME!!

A classic! I so would've given the gig to Farley.... even if he did live in a VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER!!

 

[orangecats2]

Gosh, ya tell a guy to call you and ya never hear from him again! Didn't even get a shout out! I'm hurt and crushed.

I promise I'm not a stalker.

 

[pkondz]

Gotta post this link... for anyone who hasn't seen Chris Farley at his finest...

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xflxdj_patrick-swayze-chris-farley-chippendales_fun

 

[dwheatl]

Nebo, I kid you not, I was given a prescription for one valium for the first eye, and then had to go back to the pharmacy to get one when I had the OTHER eye done (Mr. Smarty Pants).

 

[jakeybake]

Gotta post this link... for anyone who hasn't seen Chris Farley at his finest...

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xflxdj_patrick-swayze-chris-farley-chippendales_fun

My very favorite Farley skit of all time!!

They show the clip of of him gyrating during timeouts at the Celtic games.

Too funny!

Jay

 

[Mom&RN]

Just had my annual eye exam last week and just before leaving the eye doc said to me "because of the shape of your eyes you are at increased risk of corneal tears" and then started listing the symptoms. I couldn't pay attention at that point because I just kept thinking that I've been reading too many Nebo posts!!

 

[nebo]

Hey everyone, give yourselves a big pat on the back,,,we have now gone over 100,00 hits!

My dentist is pretty cool though. He is a big reader so we end up talking about what we are reading when I go in for checkups.

I owe you some deets on my parents. They live about a stone's throw from me and DH and the kids. They don't travel much at all. My parents own and operate a produce farm. They have a pretty big u-pick/pre-pick strawberry patch that is open April through the first part of June, peaches from June-July, yellow squash and zucchini from May-October, corn, and every type of green(think collards, kale, etc.) you can imagine. They stay really busy and are great people. They just never go anywhere, and I really think they would love to see the kids at Disney. There is no way they would come for the whole trip, but 4 days would be great for them. They aren't elderly. They are 61 and 60 respectively, just in the prime of life and they are go getters. They work hard and deserve a little Disney magic. Any tips to reel them in? The best I can get from them is "We'll see".

Smigy's ideas are good,,, but I think you also need to use the "divide and conquer" plan,,,, just work on one of them at a time,,, never when they are both together,,,,and just keep pounding it in till one of them cracks and is then on hyour side. ALso,,, don't be shy about laying on the guilt,,,as in,,,,"The kids SO want to watch Wishes with their Grandma and Grandpa.

Gosh, ya tell a guy to call you and ya never hear from him again! Didn't even get a shout out! I'm hurt and crushed.

I promise I'm not a stalker.

At first I didn't understand,,, then the nicked dropped in. We are really having a hard time with navigating the DIs lately,,,, and it's only when it's kinda working that I can jump around to write new chapters,,,
so I haven't risked trying to hard to get into my Pm's, I know a response more than likely won't go through,,,,but soon I hope to.

Nebo, I kid you not, I was given a prescription for one valium for the first eye, and then had to go back to the pharmacy to get one when I had the OTHER eye done (Mr. Smarty Pants).

Mky apologies,,, but that is just ridiculous.

Just had my annual eye exam last week and just before leaving the eye doc said to me "because of the shape of your eyes you are at increased risk of corneal tears" and then started listing the symptoms. I couldn't pay attention at that point because I just kept thinking that I've been reading too many Nebo posts!!

This is not a good tme to zone out,,, you need to know what to watch out for,,,, but I've never heard of the shape of the eye having to do with corneal tears, but corneas have never been the problem with my eyes.

thnks for the links Ponzi,,, love the Farley one,,, neversaw it before, I was never a big fan of SNL or new much about him.

Did you know about the movie curse?
4 times producers tried to get a movie made,,, and four times,,,,,uh uh,,,, the lead actor died. Something like "The irrepressible Anuk" an Eskimo out of his friendly confines movie.

It was originally Belushi,,, he died than it went to Sam Kinnison,,,,,he actually voided his contract for some stupid reason, then died later but folks forget about the "His decision" part of it,,,,, Then John Candy was picked,,,,,and finally Chris Farley.