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Miles said:

They're flexible with hours, but it doesn't look like I can take extended leave. If only I could use my accumulated sick days. That way, I could get "sick" whenever there's a class, and still have a few left over. Not serious about that, but I'm definitely weighing my options.

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If only sick hours could be used like that.
Are online classes an option in that program?
I did online classes for grad school and was able to keep my job but alas no scholarships for me. I think scholarships for grad school are a lot more rare than undergrad school.
It can be painful doing grad school and working a lot of hours at the same time. I don’t know how some people manage both full time at the same time.

There is ... um ... another quite beautiful lady who has joined the lab crew in the last few days. Named Heidi, with the blackest of raven hair and the most innocent of faces.
I would make a joke that this time I may very well be the one that the rest of the staff need worry about flirting with her (unlike the last time where another guy was actually the one trying to mack on the "new girl", his most famous exploits of flirting being leaving a hot sauce packet from Taco Bell on Lindsey's desk that says "You're the hot one" ), but, I like to think I can be professional while polite to Miss Heidi at the same time. I managed to introduce myself to her yesterday morning easily enough I was leaving the night shift and she was coming in for the day, without sounding too terribly charmed. ^-^

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Why'd you change your username?

What is a Rene Loup?

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Rene Loup said:

I've been asked this a few times. When I chose Wayholka I had a backstory for my fursona where he was born in a fictional country in the Yucatan peninsula that survived Spanish invasion. Now I'm embracing my French heritage and taking my fursona to another direction. My other character, Itzel, is now of Mexican descent instead of Yucatec.



It's a French name meaning, "Born Again Wolf".

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French? Oh no... lol.

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My new dentist has seen a lot of me lately. I went about a month ago to have a chipped filling repaired, and he told me to come back so that he could sort out another filling which he didn't like the look of (which raises the question of why my previous dentist who did that filling was happy with it).

And now today I first felt a hard object in my mouth, and now my tooth seems strange when I touch it with my tongue, so I think I've lost a filling although because it's an upper tooth I can't see without setting up some mirror system. It is ultimately my fault as if I'd taken better care of my teeth I wouldn't have those fillings, but at least there's not pain which is a sign that nothing more will be needed than a simple replacement.

Citanul said:

My new dentist has seen a lot of me lately. I went about a month ago to have a chipped filling repaired, and he told me to come back so that he could sort out another filling which he didn't like the look of (which raises the question of why my previous dentist who did that filling was happy with it).

And now today I first felt a hard object in my mouth, and now my tooth seems strange when I touch it with my tongue, so I think I've lost a filling although because it's an upper tooth I can't see without setting up some mirror system. It is ultimately my fault as if I'd taken better care of my teeth I wouldn't have those fillings, but at least there's not pain which is a sign that nothing more will be needed than a simple replacement.

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I have always felt that going to a dentist is like going for a crucifixion. The smell of the clinic would make you nausea and feel like throwing out. Then the instruments that the dentist used, as if he was ready to nail you on the cross. But before that, he would pull out all your teeth first.

Well, at least that was how it felt like when I was a kid.

(Now that I have grown up....)


If your teeth are failing you, perhaps you might need to watch what you eat and brush them clean and thoroughly. Eating is an enjoyment that is given. So, we need to look after our teeth well. A good set of teeth will serve us a life time.

I pray that the Lord will strengthen your teeth and those damaged ones will be healed.

I will leave this verse and prayer for you.

Take care, and be blessed.

Dentist offices smell bad? Yikes.

MehGuy said:

Dentist offices smell bad? Yikes.

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Nowadays, many hospitals have found a way to get rid of or at least camouflage the strong smell. They install air fresheners that spray into the air every few minutes which keep the hospital environment with fresh fragrance. They also use fragrance floor cleaners to reduce the strong smell of disinfectant. It is quite nice. However, dentist clinics still have that strong smell. Sometimes it can be very overbearing.

ProGoddess said:

Nowadays, many hospitals have found a way to get rid of or at least camouflage the strong smell. They install air fresheners that spray into the air every few minutes which keep the hospital environment with fresh fragrance. They also use fragrance floor cleaners to reduce the strong smell of disinfectant. It is quite nice. However, dentist clinics still have that strong smell. Sometimes it can be very overbearing.

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Interesting.. I was born with no sense of smell.. I always hate going to the dentist.. but I never thought about the place smelling of rot or whatever.. lol.

The strong smell is because of the disinfectant they use. If there is good ventilation, the smell will not be that strong.

ProGoddess said:

If your teeth are failing you, perhaps you might need to watch what you eat and brush them clean and thoroughly. Eating is an enjoyment that is given. So, we need to look after our teeth well. A good set of teeth will serve us a life time.

I pray that the Lord will strengthen your teeth and those damaged ones will be healed.

I will leave this verse and prayer for you.

Take care, and be blessed.

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Thanks.

My teeth actually aren't in a bad state. I wasn't particularly good about taking care of them and didn't go to a dentist for a long time, which resulted in me having to have a number of fillings when I finally did go. But that was about five or six years ago, and I've been a lot better since then and haven't had any problems apart from recently, with one filling getting chipped and another one coming, and both are things which can happen no matter how careful you are as a filling is never going to be a perfect replacement.

So the moral of the story is do your best to avoid having to have fillings in the first place...

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Thanks.

My teeth actually aren't in a bad state. I wasn't particularly good about taking care of them and didn't go to a dentist for a long time, which resulted in me having to have a number of fillings when I finally did go. But that was about five or six years ago, and I've been a lot better since then and haven't had any problems apart from recently, with one filling getting chipped and another one coming, and both are things which can happen no matter how careful you are as a filling is never going to be a perfect replacement.

So the moral of the story is do your best to avoid having to have fillings in the first place...

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If you really need to fill up your teeth, then it will be better to do so, wouldn't it? Leaving a hollow space may cause food particles to stay there after eating and when they are not clean off quick enough, it gives room for bacteria to set in which then cause tooth decay later on.

I hope it goes well for you after the filling.

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So I went to get my hair cut yesterday, and every time I go to that shop, I always do a double-take because one of the hairdressers there bears at least in my mind a striking resemblance to a woman I talked with on a dating site some years ago, even though I know it can't be her. Well, guess who ended up cutting my hair this time? And now I find out this woman's a Christian.... darn it, I wish I knew if she were single or not...

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You can ask her, couldn't you?

ProGoddess said:

If you really need to fill up your teeth, then it will be better to do so, wouldn't it? Leaving a hollow space may cause food particles to stay there after eating and when they are not clean off quick enough, it gives room for bacteria to set in which then cause tooth decay later on.

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Yes it would be. You definitely don't want that hole left there. What I meant is that it's better to take good care of your teeth so that you don't need the fillings in the first place, although obviously that's too late for me.

I hope it goes well for you after the filling.

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Thanks. I'm sure it will. From what I've read on the Internet (which can be a dangerous thing!) replacing a lost filling is a fairly routine procedure and there shouldn't be any problems provided it's not left for too long, and I'm definitely not going to do that.

It's not causing me any pain, so that seems like a good sign, although I am trying to avoid eating with that side of my both in order to minimise the food particles that go onto that tooth, which isn't necessarily that easy. Especially since it's on the right side and being right handed means that my natural instinct is to put food into my mouth on that side.

ProGoddess said:

You can ask her, couldn't you?

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Or check whether she's wearing a ring. It's a quick and easy thing to do that while obviously won't yield perfect results can give an indication as to whether it's worth doing anything more.