Birthday Ramblings

Feck ! Another year has just whizzed by without so much as a by-your-leave.

We all hate the idea of "getting old" but, de facto, there is very little that one can do to negate it, so why waste energy and time worrying and being stressed about it ?.... Chill Winston !!!

There is nothing that says you have to grow all the way up, so I haven’t, and let me tell you, every year brings a new adventure, and probably a more detailed map of where to find Public Conveniences.... Thank heavens for Google Maps and iPhone Apps! 

Getting to 56 is a monumental triumph and although I have absolutely no idea how I made it this far; I am, nevertheless, very grateful to be here. However, the adventure has, in reality, only just begun. So.... where's my potty

Say aaarg !

Tooth ache is so debilitating and expensive! 

Been having a pain in my lower left rear tooth for a couple of weeks, especially when eating hot or cold food, so popped into the dentist for an emergency appointment with the "duty" dentist .

.... mmm.. not much I can do today, looks like you have a cracked tooth so I'll put some glue on it as a temporary measure but you'll have to make an appointment with your regular dentist to get it fixed....Kerching, that'll be £18 please sir.
 

.... mmm.. looks like you have a cracked tooth says the "regular" dentist a week later,  I'll put a filling in it for you....Kerching, that'll be £49 please sir.

.... mmm.. looks like you have 2 cracks in the tooth says the "regular" dentist when I return still in pain 2 days later, I though that might be the case he says, I'll put another filling in it for you.

 .... mmm.. looks like you may have cracks below the gum-line says the "duty" dentist a week later when I return still in pain. I'll take an X-Ray.
.... ah, as I thought. The X-Ray shows two cracks well below the gumline so it'll be either Root Canal Treatment, which I can't do for a couple of weeks or an extraction which I could fit in  sooner. Which is it to be sir, extraction, most excellent choice sir, just sit still and I'll do that now for you....Kerching, that'll be £18 please sir.

HOLD ON THERE FELLA,  this means that I have paid £85 for a Band 2 course of treatment which should have cost only £49 in total
 .... well yes, but you have been seen by myself and your "regular" dentist.

BUT MY REGULAR DENTIST HAS LEFT
.... well yes, that's an unfortunate piece of timing.

SO WHO IS MY REGULAR DENTIST NOW
.... mmm, well I am....Kerching !