Now that my vacation is over, my new crowns came in. Figures. So I got an appointment the next day to have them put in. Not bad. But, I think the lab that made them screwed them up and had to remake them. So the dentist was trying to make things right.
Did a good job at it.
Driving home though, made me wish he used something a bit stronger than nitros. I had two drivers make me WISH I was on better drugs. Or at least drugs. That way I could just ignore what they did, and believe "I" was the one with issues.
Driver "1" shot right between two lanes of traffic to make a left hand turn. Pretty entertaining as both lanes were packed and moving at 40 mph at the time. I do not know how he fit that land-yacht through without causing a pile-up.
The second driver pulled one that I've never seen before. Picture, if you can, a 4 lane road: a left hand turn lane for the highway after you pass under an overpass, two straight away lanes, and a right hand turn lane for the highway before the overpass.
The only open lane was the right hand turn lane. The other three were occupied and we were all waiting for the light to turn green (that's right, the light was red). This little car pulls up in the right turn lane, stops, looks both ways (both ways? Really.) then pulls across the intersection, and makes a 4 lane sweep to get to the next light to make the left hand turn onto the highway. And...wait for it...waits for that light to turn green. Glad I wan't taking the highway.
I've seen some stuff, but that was a new one. For me, and for the other two drivers waiting at the light.
Stupidity (or bravery) happens.
Your dentist gives you nitrous when he puts in crowns? All we get is a bill!
At least that idiot driver was ingenous and pulled an original stunt!
Posted by: bogie | October 15, 2005 at 02:33 PM
Not having ever taken N2O, I can't share the feeling; but, like Bogie, I'm surprised that Liz or Ben offered you anything for installing crowns. Crown installation is, generally, a non-event. Have you ever bitten them?
Posted by: Cop Car | October 15, 2005 at 07:38 PM
It isn't the installation that wires me up. It is the removal of the temps that does me in. Usually it feels like they are extracting the tooth instead of trying to pull off the plastic ones. And the fit was so good, they had to check to make sure Liz used the temp glue to put them on. They didn't WANT to come off.
Posted by: Wichi Dude | October 15, 2005 at 10:17 PM
Yeah, they used a hub puller on a couple of my temporaries, so I understand the fit.
Posted by: Cop Car | October 16, 2005 at 03:30 PM