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biscuits · #**27151** 29th January 2023, 15:34

^ that's a really sweet thing to say. You're very easy to talk to and interact with

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yeah, it's tricky, tricky. SA

Kooky Monster · #**27152** 31st January 2023, 00:29

I'm lay in bed wondering if hot chocolate made with mint Aero would be any good, and whether or not to get my arse up to make such a possibly hideous concoction.

Stepford · #**27153** 31st January 2023, 00:35

Probably best to keep that one as just a thought. I love Aeros, can't stand it with toothpaste! (mint).

Kooky Monster · #**27154** 31st January 2023, 00:44

The cat wouldn't settle so that decided it. I got up and made the concoction.

It's not bad actually. Not great but not bad. Also the Aero made a very satisfying sound when it met the hot milk. I may have discovered a new ASMR trigger!

Stepford · #**27155** 31st January 2023, 01:08

I've never tried adding Aero (or any chocolate) to hot milk. I'll have to try that. I have rather a soft spot for Green & Blacks hot chocolate though...

Mo34 · #**27156** 31st January 2023, 12:51

My bank account. £75 for 3 months reduced price gym access. And £127 at the vets.

Kooky Monster · #**27157** 31st January 2023, 13:11

^ Vet bills are extortionate. I sympathise.

Mo34 · #**27158** 31st January 2023, 13:14

Thanks. They really are.

Mo34 · #**27159** 3rd February 2023, 18:53

How much a private dentist might cost. I have a sore tooth and no dentists here are taking on NHS patients

biscuits · #**27160** 3rd February 2023, 19:34

^ you can call 111 and they can help find an nhs dentist to see you for treatment, or use the online website: https://111.nhs.uk/

Click get medical help -> dental help

It should then show you where you can get an nhs emergency appointment.

Professor Willow · #**27161** 3rd February 2023, 22:40

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Originally Posted by Mo34

How much a private dentist might cost. I have a sore tooth and no dentists here are taking on NHS patients

My dentist was on the news a few weeks ago because they are taking on NHS patients and have had people from Wales and Yorkshire registered because they can't get a local dentist.
So if you fancy a trip to Somerset.....

Merritt · #**27162** 4th February 2023, 07:09

I moved nearly 5 years ago and I still haven't registered with a dentist. A cavity's opened up in one of my teeth and I'm wondering whether I'll take the initiative and get it seen to, or do what I did last time and try to ignore it until an abscess forms

There's a dentist nearby with an NHS sign, but there's no way they're taking on anyone new, right? I could ask, but, you know, phones and stuff

Mo34 · #**27163** 4th February 2023, 07:13

^^ Thanks biscuits. I might try ringing though the last time I did so (pre covid) they gave me the number for a supposdly NHS dentist when I phoned they would see me as an emergency but only as private patient. So the info dentistry wise isn't always accurate

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The NHS web page has either 'the dentist has provided no up to date info' or 'is not taking new patients'. I can if desperate go to the emergency out of hours clinics in Worthing/Crawley/Chichester but I'm still going to need a regular dentist.
I did see a number you can phone if you cannot secure a dentist (think it was something to do with healthwatch) but can't recall where I saw it

Will have to investigate online

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Originally Posted by Professor Willow

My dentist was on the news a few weeks ago because they are taking on NHS patients and have had people from Wales and Yorkshire registered because they can't get a local dentist.
So if you fancy a trip to Somerset.....

Don't! It may very well come to that!

Local f/b groups are saying there is a dentist in Crawley (which is pretty far for me but I can get a direct train to the town centre) taking new patients. And one in Cranleigh (Surrey). Which is about a 30/40 min drive.
Sad times.

Mo34 · #**27164** 4th February 2023, 07:15

^^ Aww Merritt. Yeah I hate phoning too and keep putting it off.

Maybe they have a website that might show if there taking new patients or not?

Stepford · #**27165** 4th February 2023, 13:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by Merritt

I moved nearly 5 years ago and I still haven't registered with a dentist. A cavity's opened up in one of my teeth and I'm wondering whether I'll take the initiative and get it seen to, or do what I did last time and try to ignore it until an abscess forms

I know what it's like with phones and all. I moved nearly a year ago and still haven't to sorted out a dentist and some other things.

A few years ago I put off getting a broken tooth fixed and did I pay for it? It was agony throughout Christmas and New Year. At one stage I had hardly any sleep for seven days and had to drink soup through a straw!

Gellerbing · #**27166** 4th February 2023, 13:42

a lot

i have had to go private because my nhs dentist kept refusing to see me as i wasn't classed as an emergency

. my last appointment cost me £935 for a check up, 1 filling and a tooth extraction

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Originally Posted by Mo34

How much a private dentist might cost. I have a sore tooth and no dentists here are taking on NHS patients

Dougella · #**27167** 4th February 2023, 13:50

^

that's insane!

Gellerbing · #**27168** 4th February 2023, 13:58

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Originally Posted by Dougella

^

that's insane!

yep! i was screaming "how much!!" in my head

Ronnie_Pickering · #**27169** 4th February 2023, 14:03

which hurt more the dentist work or the amount they asked for?

Mo34 · #**27170** 4th February 2023, 17:23

Holy cow!! £935

Mind you someone I work with was looking to get a root canal done that was quoted at nearly a grand, she thinks she's going to get it extracted instead as it's significantly cheaper.

Mike.Kzov · #**27171** 4th February 2023, 18:04

£935, that's is absolutely dental.

I can see why people are opting for DIY dentistry with pliers and string.

Gellerbing · #**27172** 4th February 2023, 19:54

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Originally Posted by Ronnie_Pickering

which hurt more the dentist work or the amount they asked for?

Definitely the bill afterwards

The amount of pain I was in mind you, I'd have paid double if I had to, just to be out of pain

girlinterrupted · #**27173** 5th February 2023, 05:17

^Oh wow, I recently had a set of x-rays (in some fancy walk-in machine that whirs around you) and a wisdom tooth extraction which was £400ish all in, and I thought that was bad enough!! The dental situation is horrendous atm

I'm thinking about electric wallpaper https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64402524

Kooky Monster · #**27174** 5th February 2023, 16:48

My vacuum cleaner is making a sound akin to my internal screams.

Clearly this thing has hit its limit too.

anxiouslondoner · #**27175** 5th February 2023, 18:27

I keep thinking about that poor man who died trapped under a hydraulic popup urinal in London.
However bad things get, I guess I can console myself with the fact that at least that's not happening to me. I mean, I really hope so! What a horrible way to go.

biscuits · #**27176** 5th February 2023, 18:38

^ Crikey. Yes, that puts everything into pisspective.

Seriously though. That's really awful

Ronnie_Pickering · #**27177** 5th February 2023, 18:51

my sister currently pays £800 a month rent, she was looking to get a house- quoted £1100 a month for a mortgage. Mortgages have gone insane.

Dougella · #**27178** 5th February 2023, 19:18

^ How many bedrooms does she have?

Ronnie_Pickering · #**27179** 5th February 2023, 19:26

three bedrooms I'm thinking

Jen. · #**27180** 6th February 2023, 09:01

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Originally Posted by Ronnie_Pickering

my sister currently pays £800 a month rent, she was looking to get a house- quoted £1100 a month for a mortgage. Mortgages have gone insane.

This is how it's always been though, isn't it? Monthly payments are generally highest at the beginning because new buyers are only offered the highest rates and most of it goes towards paying off the interest. Over time the monthly payment can reduce based on the outstanding balance going down, the value of the house increasing and better rates being offered. It's still a better situation than paying £800 a month forever, which will only keep rising, and having no security and nothing to show at the end of it. It might seem a lot now, but in 10 years she might be paying £800 a month for the monthly mortgage payment while renting instead could be £1500. I suppose this is why some people suggest that rent payments should be linked to the owner's mortgage payments with buy to let.