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Becky

Becky

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I saw 'Grumpy Old men' on the TV last night. I will avoid any reference to what some Forumites have expressed in the past, and any similarity I may have noticed in any of the threads, but have you any particular complaints that we maybe haven't yet become aware of?
To start the ball rolling, I am not very fond of tax men, Tony Blair, George W Bush, people who say they hate dentists when they don't know any, people who tack in front of me just because they are racing, people who take a parking place when it was really mine, hanging around on the phone for ages waiting for someone to answer and get rid of the awful music, most of the TV programmes on my all-singing all-dancing 500 channel Sky sattelite(usually all of them), the films HWMBO seems to prefer (horror or macabre ones mainly).
Umm...that feels better/forums/images/icons/smile.gif
Well, that will do for a start.

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The dreaded greengrocer's apostrophe.

Cars with sound system's so loud they vibrate your number nine's off the pavement.

Oh and the noise that other people's Walkmen make

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I hate dentists. But only when they're working. My former best man is married to one, absolutely top women but very scary in the surgery.

I hate grumpy old men. How dare they prostitute my chosen lifestyle of grumpiness and go around spouting all my opinions as if they were their own.

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People who hate people who say they hate dentists when they don't know any because they must be dentists or they would not say such a thing. 4WDs ( tarts tractors ) but mostly corportate bonding and team building a la Sunsail.

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People that assume that because I sail I must be Rich.

People that assume that because I surf I must take drugs.

People that assume that because I own hooded tops I must do drugs and mug old ladies.

People that assume that because I surf and skateboard I must be a dropout.

People who assume that because I'm dressed like a surfer and I'm not old enough to sport a white beard that I can't know the first thing about sailing.

People who stand on the pontoon telling you how to moor your own boat up, and then get upset when you don't obey instructions that would cause a big crash.
This is particulary annoying when sailing with novice crew who are easily confused by what sounds like good advice and ignore what you told them to do.

Argh! You've put me in a mood now!

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I mentioned this because these are often the people who decide that maybe they have toothe ache, and come in without an appointment and expect to be seen. Then when you do fit them in, they say they hate dentists. How sensible is that? Not that I do much general practice now, but that was often how it used to be.
When I lived in S London,there were always (mostly) young men driving past my house with their radios on full blast. They made my windows rattle.
And another thing, I really dislike people who have smelly armpits (or anything else) crushed against me in crowded tube trains. And mobile phones on trains, And slam door trains. And people who park in supermarket car parks taking up 2 spaces. And drivers who go very slowly when I am in a hurry to catch a train. And people who spend hours sorting out tickets for a week ahead, when the train is actually coming into the station and I can't get a ticket.
You can really get worked up on this thread, can't you?

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Becky sweety
I knew you were a dentist because nobody but nobody could love a dentist except a dentist or her bank manager or accountant.

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Just wait until you get toothache!
Anyway, I now rebuild the faces of the people my colleagues have worked on, and my patients love me. So there.

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Me thinks they don't really hate dentists (except the obnoxious ones or those with bad hygiene).... they rather hate the dental office experience.

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Hi Becky,

Used to hate dentist's till a few years ago a new femail dentist appeared here in Troon. I can honestly it is now a pleasure to visit her every 6 months...she is brill and turned a nightmare into a pleasure...she fill's me with confidence and put's me at ease....and oh yes she is very pretty!!! I guess it helps also that in the days not at surgery she teaches dentistry in Glasgow and therefore appears up to speed with all the latest gizzmo's........keep up the good work.

Paul.

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Now, I love common terns, and blackbirds, and the garden robin who was singing his heart out when I was taking the recycling out this morning.

There are loads of things I hate, but I thought this thread needed cheering up a bit.

Lie back, close your eyes, and picture a redwing arriving on your holly tree within the next few weeks.

That way happiness lies.
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PS: Dentists make my teeth ache!


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The thought of replying to a Dentist will keep me in the TrickCyclists chair for years.
I DO hate Dentists because I am genuinely dentophobic. I have been to the dentists 3 times in 23 years.
I told the first one about my fears and quietly explained that I didn't like the smell of drilled teeth because it is just like burning human (a long story). So she gaily carried on and I punched her from the chair. Second one (11 years later) did good, and gave me some pink serum to drink 20 mins before appointment to relax me. I floated in, fell asleep and the work was done. Marvellous except I ended up with 3 abcesses within the week. Back to Angus who stuffed Silver something or other wads into my gums and it went away eventually.
Last effort, young fella, thoroughly professional and caring in a Hackney Leftie sort of way, who listened to my previous form, but informed me no pink serum available anymore due to caring litigation, and no prospect of same anywhere. Extended course of trickcycletherapy assured me to try it like a normal patient.
8 seconds later I am down the stairs and gone at the first sniff of burning tooth.
Becky, I would prob love you dearly and buy you and partner drinks till you fell over, especially if you know a way round pink serum problem, as teeth now another 12 years older and full of holes. Attaching rotting pegs to flapping spinnaker sheets now looking an attractive option.

I love the Grumpy Old Men series, and I am sorely missing John Peel already, as it was a quick 1-2 from R4 9am to R2 (Jonathan Ross) at 10am on a Saturday.

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Life is too short to hate anything (except anchovies). As for dentists, I live on an island with a population of over 12000, and no dentist.

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I am aware that, as I grow older, I am becoming more impatient when driving.
This is probably because it is dawning on me that "time is running out" and I would prefer not to waste it on the road when I would prefer to be on water.

I try to pass on my (perceived) knowledge and good advice to friends and family whenever possible.

My (really good) dentist retired to go sailing. His replacement takes two minutes for my checkup which does not impress me.

Regards Briani

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