GrahamLewis
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They are not rare, but I rarely see one, for whatever reason. But then we don't have a lot of flowers in our yard.
What made me happy today?
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Out in the Colorado Rockies, it took me most of a day to realize that the loud, insect-like chirring I kept hearing came from the same hummingbirds I saw all the time drinking from red trumpet honeysuckles, not from some insect. Those hummers are Colorado's most common hummingbirds and make the sound whenever they fly. They fly so fast that once you turn toward the sound, they're already gone.
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i had 2 fillings done 3 weeks ago.
week 1, i was in so much pain.
week 2, the pain had radiated to my front teeth and kept me up at night to where i'd have to take tylonol just to go to sleep.
When i called the dentist back and told them what was going on, they told me a little discomfort was normal and it will go away. I told them thats why i waited a week before calling, expecting it to go away, but 2 weeks of pain? thats not normal. They werent really believing me but scheduled me for an appointment the following week (this week).
I went back to the dentist yesterday, and come to find out, they didnt polish down the filling enough, and every time my teeth met, it was like chewing on a rock. so they polished it down (no charge!) and NO MORE PAIN!!!!
I had a pain-free night, yall! AND was able to eat on that side without sensitivity!
week 1, i was in so much pain.
week 2, the pain had radiated to my front teeth and kept me up at night to where i'd have to take tylonol just to go to sleep.
When i called the dentist back and told them what was going on, they told me a little discomfort was normal and it will go away. I told them thats why i waited a week before calling, expecting it to go away, but 2 weeks of pain? thats not normal. They werent really believing me but scheduled me for an appointment the following week (this week).
I went back to the dentist yesterday, and come to find out, they didnt polish down the filling enough, and every time my teeth met, it was like chewing on a rock. so they polished it down (no charge!) and NO MORE PAIN!!!!
I had a pain-free night, yall! AND was able to eat on that side without sensitivity!
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Glad the pain went away, but that sounds like terrible incompetence on the part of the dentist!
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I travelled once to the Scottish Highlands, and was completely captivated by it.
TrevorD
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Mealaibh ur naidheachd!
(I looked that up just for you.)
My daughter and I have been to Scotland twice; I'm going back with my daughter-in-law next year. I was DELIGHTED when she invited me along.
i had 2 fillings done 3 weeks ago.
week 1, i was in so much pain.
week 2, the pain had radiated to my front teeth and kept me up at night to where i'd have to take tylonol just to go to sleep.
When i called the dentist back and told them what was going on, they told me a little discomfort was normal and it will go away. I told them thats why i waited a week before calling, expecting it to go away, but 2 weeks of pain? thats not normal. They werent really believing me but scheduled me for an appointment the following week (this week).
I went back to the dentist yesterday, and come to find out, they didnt polish down the filling enough, and every time my teeth met, it was like chewing on a rock. so they polished it down (no charge!) and NO MORE PAIN!!!!
I had a pain-free night, yall! AND was able to eat on that side without sensitivity!
Two weeks of pain is definitely not normal.
And the dentist's office didn't believe you at first ... bastards. 
Glad you're pain-free now. *offers JT Woody a high-five*
I'm very happy because, after many weeks of research and thinking and trying to finish my current chapter, I finally had a breakthrough in how I was going to achieve it!
It all started when I was listening to a classical radio station discussing Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, which described the sacrifice of a young maiden as "beautiful and awful".
I started listening to the music, which gave me the inspiration ... and when I got home, I scribbled like mad for three-and-a-half hours, including breaks for research, deleting things, staring at the ceiling for inspiration, deleting more things and replacing them ... and finally writing a scene of my heroine succumbing to madness and delusion, recovering her wits, confronting the villainess who brought her to this brink, and a desperate fight (and flight) for her life and freedom ... 
And now it's finished!!! Huzzah!!!
Ahem. Sorry. I mean I'm mildly pleased, of course ...
And now, it's 12:30 am and I'm exhausted and must go to bed. 'Night ...
It all started when I was listening to a classical radio station discussing Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, which described the sacrifice of a young maiden as "beautiful and awful".
I started listening to the music, which gave me the inspiration ... and when I got home, I scribbled like mad for three-and-a-half hours, including breaks for research, deleting things, staring at the ceiling for inspiration, deleting more things and replacing them ... and finally writing a scene of my heroine succumbing to madness and delusion, recovering her wits, confronting the villainess who brought her to this brink, and a desperate fight (and flight) for her life and freedom ... And now it's finished!!! Huzzah!!!
Ahem. Sorry. I mean I'm mildly pleased, of course ...
And now, it's 12:30 am and I'm exhausted and must go to bed. 'Night ...
Huzzah even further. I worked on the chapter for another two-and-a-half hours, expanded the fight-and-flight scene to make it more exciting, fixed things that made no sense, and wrote a resolution to the whole damn thing. Word count? 3,207 words ... pretty spare, all things considered, but each word chosen carefully to do the job of two.
We'll see what my critique partner has to say about it!
In not-so-good news, I was walking into the supermarket this morning when I felt something sharp and hot enter the sole of my shoe. I thought it was a pebble and tried to scrape it off, but it just drove in a little deeper. Upon investigation, I discovered that it was a pin - the kind of pin that people use to pin a notice on a corkboard or notice-board.
I eventually managed to pull it out of my shoe, but WTF?!
What kind of sadistic maniac goes scattering pins all over the place?
I told the supermarket people and showed them the pin, and we all took a good look around and found no other pins. Thank $deity$. I'm just glad it didn't make it as far as my foot, or I could have been dealing with a nasty, nasty infection right now. *shudder*
I worked on the chapter for another two-and-a-half hours, expanded the fight-and-flight scene to make it more exciting, fixed things that made no sense, and wrote a resolution to the whole damn thing. Word count? 3,207 words ... pretty spare, all things considered, but each word chosen carefully to do the job of two.We'll see what my critique partner has to say about it!
In not-so-good news, I was walking into the supermarket this morning when I felt something sharp and hot enter the sole of my shoe. I thought it was a pebble and tried to scrape it off, but it just drove in a little deeper. Upon investigation, I discovered that it was a pin - the kind of pin that people use to pin a notice on a corkboard or notice-board.
I eventually managed to pull it out of my shoe, but WTF?!
What kind of sadistic maniac goes scattering pins all over the place?I told the supermarket people and showed them the pin, and we all took a good look around and found no other pins. Thank $deity$. I'm just glad it didn't make it as far as my foot, or I could have been dealing with a nasty, nasty infection right now. *shudder*
Huzzah even further.
We'll see what my critique partner has to say about it!
In not-so-good news, I was walking into the supermarket this morning when I felt something sharp and hot enter the sole of my shoe. I thought it was a pebble and tried to scrape it off, but it just drove in a little deeper. Upon investigation, I discovered that it was a pin - the kind of pin that people use to pin a notice on a corkboard or notice-board.
I eventually managed to pull it out of my shoe, but WTF?!
I told the supermarket people and showed them the pin, and we all took a good look around and found no other pins. Thank $deity$. I'm just glad it didn't make it as far as my foot, or I could have been dealing with a nasty, nasty infection right now. *shudder*
I once was walking the street with my hiking boots (I use them sometimes in light rain since they're water-resistant) and had a nail drive through my sole. Luckily, even though I felt the nail, it didn't break skin. Had I been wearing my regular shoe wear I would have probably also been in a bad place.
A nail...? Yikes. I'm just glad nothing bad happened to you, edamame. 
Over the last couple of days, I've plotted out four complete new stories. This makes me happy.
It'll make me even happier once I get off my lazy arse and actually write them.
It'll make me even happier once I get off my lazy arse and actually write them.
One time, I went to bar & grill after work with friends and stepped on one of those nylon headed tacks they put in the bottom of bar stools. Went right through the sole of my shoe. Hurt more when a co-worker pulled it out!
Good thing about it, the place paid for the Urgent Care visit plus my drink and another for anesthetic.
im assuming to stop from scuffing the floor. some are screwed in, some are tacks, some are stick-ons.
about twenty years ago I jumped out of a digger on a building site and landed on a broken pallet that had four two inch nails sticking up, all four went through my boot sole and into my foot
Not good
These days if I’m doing site work I wear safety boots that have a steel or ABS plate on the midsole
Not good
These days if I’m doing site work I wear safety boots that have a steel or ABS plate on the midsole
I've sat on my nuts climbing onto a barstool on many occasions.
