What is hacking you off today?

[Mad Cyril]

Some poor sod on the corner of Benfleet Road has had his wall knocked down by a careless driver.

Again.

 

[cerbera45]

Acid attack this morning right outside the school gates

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjd51x9yr89o

 

[ESG]

Mrs has got Easyjet covid

 

[Supershrimper]

Driving on the A13, lorry pulls into my lane. Slammed my brakes on and managed to slow down in time but then brakes travel all the way to the floor. Hazards for the last mile up the Stanford-le-Hope junction, gingerly driving it down the slip road to Southend Road then up a lovely hill called Abbotts, Luckily i live near the middle so not much need for brakes.

Parked on my driveway. Sat in the drivers seat, opened the door and looked under the car and could hear the noise of fluid. Looked in the direction of the passenger side front and saw it ****ing out when I braked.

New brake lines for me, and a change of pants

 

[Benfleet A1]

Driving on the A13, lorry pulls into my lane. Slammed my brakes on and managed to slow down in time but then brakes travel all the way to the floor. Hazards for the last mile up the Stanford-le-Hope junction, gingerly driving it down the slip road to Southend Road then up a lovely hill called Abbotts, Luckily i live near the middle so not much need for brakes.

Parked on my driveway. Sat in the drivers seat, opened the door and looked under the car and could hear the noise of fluid. Looked in the direction of the passenger side front and saw it ****ing out when I braked.

New brake lines for me, and a change of pants

Just old or something more sinister?

 

[Supershrimper]

Just old or something more sinister?

Just old. Seems the rubber finally gave up. Luckily it's just that rather than corroded metal lines

 

[ESG]

Another pointless round of football internationals next week.

 

[JCB]

Police (presumably) helicopter hovering around above Southend for the last 45 minutes or so. Makes such a racket, thankfully appears to have flown away now

 

[OldBlueLady]

The other night Kev sat for 4 hours plus waiting for clients at Gatwick. They landed on time but there was a problem with their plane and they couldn't get them to the gate to disembark. They eventually sent a coach to pick them up from the side of the runway and they got through to the luggage carousels 3 hours after landing. It was another hour before their luggage decided to make an appearance, so for what was due to be a 6pm pick up, became a 10.20pm pick up. Frustrating enough in its own right, but then not a sniff of a tip out of them when they were dropped off! Just rude.

 

[RHB]

Just had a crown snap off whilst eating. Dentist this afternoon for an estimate of the damage and cost. Not happy.

 

[Benfleet A1]

Sodding speeding ticket and somehow owe HMRC money when I'm PAYE.

 

[Swiss Tony]

The other night Kev sat for 4 hours plus waiting for clients at Gatwick. They landed on time but there was a problem with their plane and they couldn't get them to the gate to disembark. They eventually sent a coach to pick them up from the side of the runway and they got through to the luggage carousels 3 hours after landing. It was another hour before their luggage decided to make an appearance, so for what was due to be a 6pm pick up, became a 10.20pm pick up. Frustrating enough in its own right, but then not a sniff of a tip out of them when they were dropped off! Just rude.

I hope your hubby told them to find someone else next time, I’d say that tip should have been at least £40 imo, he waited over 4 hours for Christ sake, some people eh?

 

[RHB]

Just had a crown snap off whilst eating. Dentist this afternoon for an estimate of the damage and cost. Not happy.

To replace it properly would require root canal treatment and then a fresh crown. As I'm only on Denplan Essentials that would have been £1300 in total, bugger that. So my dentist has cleaned out the cavity and cemented the old crown back in without any promises it will last and I'll take my chances.

 

[londonblue]

To replace it properly would require root canal treatment and then a fresh crown. As I'm only on Denplan Essentials that would have been £1300 in total, bugger that. So my dentist has cleaned out the cavity and cemented the old crown back in without any promises it will last and I'll take my chances.

When I was about 18 I was sitting in McDonald's on Southend High Street with a couple of friends. To say one of my friends was overweight would be putting it mildly.

On the next table were a group of Spanish girls who we're clearly laughing at him and calling him names. They eventually swapped to English and one of them told him he looked like a gorilla. His response was to look her in the eye and, very slowly, he said, "I slept with your mother". I can't think why, but she found that rather insulting and hit him in the face with her purse. Now, this was a purse with a metal clasp, and the clasp caught my friend in the mouth.

He took a further bite of his burger and then proceeded to remove about a quarter of each of his two front teeth. He showed the teeth bits to this girl, dropped them in his burger and walked out.

He then went to an emergency dentist who did a temporary repair that would last about a month. My friend could only have a temporary repair because we were off on holiday the next day.

Anyway, fast forward to today, some 35 years later, and that temporary repair is still going strong.

 

[Benfleet A1]

To replace it properly would require root canal treatment and then a fresh crown. As I'm only on Denplan Essentials that would have been £1300 in total, bugger that. So my dentist has cleaned out the cavity and cemented the old crown back in without any promises it will last and I'll take my chances.

The dentistry department at Guys Hospital used to do work like that for nothing on condition that it was carried out by dental students (under supervision of course) Not sure if they still do this but it might be worth a phone call to find out. My brother had a load of work done this way (admittedly in Houston, Texas) but saved himself a small fortune.

 

[PIERS]

The dentistry department at Guys Hospital used to do work like that for nothing on condition that it was carried out by dental students (under supervision of course) Not sure if they still do this but it might be worth a phone call to find out. My brother had a load of work done this way (admittedly in Houston, Texas) but saved himself a small fortune.

I think this is still going. You get the trainee for free
I’m sure the disclaimer runs to about 500,pages these days though

 

[Benfleet A1]

I think this is still going. You get the trainee for free
I’m sure the disclaimer runs to about 500,pages these days though

Worth flicking through to save a few grand. Dentists are extorionate, them and vets.

 

[RHB]

Worth flicking through to save a few grand. Dentists are extorionate, them and vets.

The irony is that just after I finally, sadly, bailed out of the NHS Dental System, I decided not to go full Denplan. Instead I had the Two check-ups, Two Hygienists visits a year deal. At my previous NHS Dental Surgery I seldom saw the same dentist twice as they kept being moved on, and yet another 'fresh from the College' Dentist would appear.

 

[Napster]

The dentistry department at Guys Hospital used to do work like that for nothing on condition that it was carried out by dental students (under supervision of course) Not sure if they still do this but it might be worth a phone call to find out. My brother had a load of work done this way (admittedly in Houston, Texas) but saved himself a small fortune.

I did that as my mate was a student there

 

[Benfleet A1]

I did that as my mate was a student there

Yeah, I used to work with a guy who went to Guy's. Done all his work over a couple of months, he said it was the best decision he ever made.