Little things that irk you.. (no swearing please)

[prinnysquad]

Next door cooking some rank smelling cabbage dish and the smell wafting into my place. The joy of farts.

Indeed. Though that smell is present throughout the Newcastle area.

[abigsmurf]

Ouch... sorry to hear that. My brother's wisdoms occasionally make him grumble too. I had mine surgically removed when I was 13 as the dentist predicted I'd have trouble with them later in life. Might have to bite the bullet on that one; I had mine done under general so I didn't feel a thing until I woke up...

Tooth extraction runs the risk of dry socket which I know from personal experience is agony. An open hole in your gum leading straight down to the jawbone.

[Dogg Thang]

I'm no dentist but you can just fill it with chewing gum, surely?

[prinnysquad]

Many irks after my jaunt to the Moors.

Children - Just ban them from going on everywhere, at all times. What should have been a relaxing chug through the valleys of yorkshire on an old steam train was ruined by gob****e kids squealing and flapping every few seconds about anything. Not helped by parents who just let them act like that.

Rudeness - FFS. Those kids were a few yards up the carriage, and to my right were three middle aged Spanish bints. They didn't shut up either, for the whole hour-long journey, and were so damn loud. They didn't pay the slightest bit of attention to their surroundings or context, it was just yap yap, bloody yap. They might as well have been in Costa Coffee, or some other rank dive, where menopausal frumps chunder out a relentless stream of toss. What really pissed me off was that one in particular never stopped, not even for breath, and the other two had to talk over her to get a word in. It meant that at quite a few points all three were talking at once. They clearly weren't even listening to each other.

Garnish - ah yes, the old fave. Is it too much to ask to have some proper tomato and lettuce to go with my burger and chips, not a pile of iron-tasting, bitter weeds?

Gastro pubs - look, imbuing your menu with fancy-dan terminology is no reason to add pounds onto the cost. If I want burger and chips, call it that, and keep the cost around the 7-8 pounds mark. DO NOT say that it is a 'Finest Aberdeen Angus Steak Burger, lightly seasoned, between two floury buns of wholemeal bread, with a side portion of hand-cut french fries, and assortment of select mixed greens, and sell it for 10-11 quid. Add to this irk to number of pubs these days putting expensive fancy **** on the menu. Who the hell goes to a pub to have oysters, scallops, squid, crayfish, and all that ****?

[abigsmurf]

I'm no dentist but you can just fill it with chewing gum, surely?

Depends on if you're a Tibetan monk undergoing intense pain conditioning training or not.

[NW2013]

Indeed. Though that smell is present throughout the Newcastle area.

I think you're thinking of Sunderland again.

[Colin]

My job, almost every aspect of it. Today I had to walk out for a short while as if I hadn't my fuse would have definitely reached its end. When that work laptop lid gets clicked down for the last time in a few months, i'm going to be one happy man.

[nakamura]

Tooth extraction runs the risk of dry socket which I know from personal experience is agony. An open hole in your gum leading straight down to the jawbone.

Cheers Mayhem and Smurfy! I am feeling rather giddy now! I read about dry socket, sounds extremely nasty.

[abigsmurf]

It's a fairly low risk of happening so long as you're not stupid. When the dentist says "don't use straws for a few days" he means it (any real sucking can dislodge the clot).

If it's something that worries you can can always ask if your dentist will prescribe you some pain killers or just give you advice on how to prevent it.

Afterall, if you don't get Wisdom teeth removed, there's a chance you could get an absess which could burst, flood into the blood stream, get carried straight to your brain and kill you in seconds.

*has a habbit of always assuming absolute worst case scenarios*

[EDDIE M0NS00N]

Cheers Mayhem and Smurfy! I am feeling rather giddy now! I read about dry socket, sounds extremely nasty.

A mate of mine had to have his wisdom out. They couldnt get to it comfortably in order to break it up into pieces, so instead they had to break his jaw for a bit more room to operate. He saw the whole thing happen but didnt feel a thing.
When you have a wisdom out you also run the risk of possibly losing the feeling permanently on that side of your mouth if a nerve gets severed during the operation.

I've had 2 grow out on the same side. The 1st 1 I 'gave a little help' with by cutting the gum around it away, which allowed it to come thru without any hassle. I dont get any probs from either of them

[Fader209]

I once had a baby tooth pulled out by the dentist. Usually they drop out by a certain age but I had to be different and had one that decided to stay put and had to be yanked out. Was a pleasurable experience in fact as I was numbed out nicely and actually heard the crunch when it came out.

Apart from that I have never had anything done at the dentist - not even fillings.

[monel]

I had my wisdom tooth taken out without being knocked out, it was...interesting. Is it just a conspiracy theory that you should get your mercury fillings removed? I'm sure it would cost a lot.

[kryss]

Needing 27 hours in the day. I would be happy enough to work 1 less hour.

[abigsmurf]

It looks like the rebels in Libya are carrying out the same kinds of war crimes that Gaddaffi's forces carried out. Yay for us backing new rulers who are just as bad as the old ones.

The rebels currently have tanks and rocket launchers lined up outside Gaddaffi's (heavily populated) home town. Isn't NATO obligated to take them out in order to protect the civilians (it seems pretty likely that the rebels would attack civilian targets if it meant also getting pro-Gaddafi forces)? Or have they given up the pretence that they're there to protect the bystanders rather than to force regieme change?

[Decider-VT]

My job, almost every aspect of it. Today I had to walk out for a short while as if I hadn't my fuse would have definitely reached its end. When that work laptop lid gets clicked down for the last time in a few months, i'm going to be one happy man.

What do (did?) you do?