/ Matthew Pitt / 30 March 2011 / Leave a Comment 
Like many people in Britain I have struggled to find a dentist that will take NHS patients onto their books. Again, like many people in Britain I point-blank refuse to pay some jumped up 25-year old graduate tons of cash just to look in my gob and patronise me about my dental hygiene when an NHS dentist will do it for a quarter of the price.
With that in mind it should be quite clear why I've only been to the dentist three times in 12 years, the first time to have a manky tooth removed at a private dentist (he wanted £400 to repair or £40 to extract it) and the second time after finding an NHS dentist at the start of March and the third time yesterday. Amazingly I only needed three fillings and the horrible sounding de-scaling of the plaque build up. Sexy.
The dentist gave me a couple of injections, which were uncomfortable rather than painful, then set to work de-scaling. This hurt like crazy and when I rinsed my mouth out it was basically all blood though today my mouth feel uber fresh so it was definitely worth it. She only did two of the required three fillings because she said they don't like to numb all of your mouth at once as you not only can't eat or drink but you can also swallow your tongue. So she set to work on the top-right filling and all was fine but when she came to do the bottom-right one the numbing agent didn't work!
I mean it took the edge off but Jesus Christ it hurt, like nothing I have ever felt. After moving out of the way like I was having a seizure she asked "can you feel that?" Of course I could feel it dickhead, why do you think I was body popping down your chair? She gave me another injection and said that should sort it. She was wrong. I could still feel it and she informed me I would not get any number! I just told he to get on with it and she said she'd be as quick as she could be. Five minutes later, which felt like an hour, she was done and said "well done" like I was six. Anyway, I have to go back at the start of May for the left filling doing, hopefully she'll buy some better drugs for me.
Straight after the dentist I had to go to the bank because I needed to draw some money out to pay for a car I have just put a deposit down on. I managed to get £670 out and headed back home to do something I've always wanted to do but for one reason or another never had. I wanted to "make it rain" where you throw bundles of cash into the air and watch them rain down. So armed with a load of notes I did this in the living room and it was rather disappointing to say the least so I headed upstairs to stick it in a draw. One last count revealed there was only £600 there. In a panic I phoned the bank and asked them to see if the ATM had short-changed me and they agreed to start an investigation.
About half hour later I was playing with the youngest Pudding in the living room and he pointed to the ceiling and said something about bears. I thought he was just being daft but when I looked up towards the ceiling I saw a number of shadows in the "big light's" lampshade! On closer examination these shadows turned out to be seven £10 notes! Oops! I phoned the bank back and told them of my sad attempt to make it rain and they had a giggle and said they were happy I'd found my money! Bet they think, correctly, that I am a right loser. Oh well. The car isn't anything special, it;s a diesel Citroen Saxo which should mean that we save more than £150 a month just on fuel and car tax, and cutting down our monthly outgoings is a priority at the moment. I'm not overly thrilled about downsizing as I like my Vectra but it's just so thirsty on fuel and costs a bomb to maintain so it needs to go.
I'll update my poker progress, or severe lack of it, in another post because I need to dash now to go pick up the aforementioned motor. Until next time, thanks for reading and best of luck at the tables!
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