What did you do today?

[Tom Picciani]

Mounted the wall cabinets. Getting to the home stretch!

 

[Tom Picciani]

I stained the bench top black and I’ll start laying on semigloss polyurethane today. Tempted to pu more stain on to make sure it’s really black.

mounting doors on cabinets today too

 

[highup]

Looks good like it is Tom. I'd almost be tempted to randomly add some darker browns to give it a woody, aged or leather like look.
....on a test piece first of course.

 

[zannej]

Cabinets are looking great, Tom!

That bbq food also looks great, highup.

Been a bit miserable last few days. Had a dental abscess awhile back that resolved itself (popped in my mouth). It was caused by a piece of popcorn skin getting stuck under the gums. I managed to break my very back top molar trying to dislodge the popcorn skin with some tweezers. Must have already been weakened for it to break though. A filing fell out of the 2nd molar on the top and now I have exposed nerves. Been taking antibiotics & rinsing with hydrogen peroxide. Saw my doctor who prescribed Tramadol but he gave me the lower dose kind bc her forgot I have a very high resistance to pain meds. I had to take 6 of the 500mg of Naproxyn to take the edge off but I still couldn't sleep for 2 days. Feels like I'm being stabbed in the face from the inside. Radiates on the left side through upper & lower jaw, down my neck, through my ear, to my nose, and to my eye and causes headaches. My brother went to the ER for the same symptoms. Got in to see the dentist who told me to take antibiotics, painkillers, and rinse with hydrogen peroxide. She referred me to a specialist for a root canal. I scheduled the appointment but earliest they can see me is the 14th and then the last tooth needs to be removed but they will wait a week or 2 after the root canal for that and putting a crown on the rooted tooth. It would be cheaper to pull both, but the dentist said it would be bad for my longterm health to lose both of the molars. I looked in to some dental plans and most have a 6 month waiting period, all of them have deductibles, and the max they will pay out in a year is $1k. With the monthly fees and the deductible it's not worth getting them. It also sucks that my parish & city charge sales tax on prescription medicine. It's only 6% but that adds up. The Tramadol is supposed to be taken 1 every 4 hours "as needed" but the kicker is, it doesn't start working until 4 to 6 hours after I take it- not sure why. I've been stretching it 10 to 12 hours between doses and finding ways to distract myself, putting warm water in my mouth, going outside and kicking things and shouting obscenities until I feel a little better. My brother made me some soup the other day to help.

The upside is, I asked around and the dentist doing the root canal is reportedly a very nice man. He puts people at ease, seems to care about their well-being, and gives them soup to take home. They said his staff are "excellent" as well.

Meanwhile I finally went over to my friend's house to take a shower in the shower/tub unit we got him. The rainshower thing we got him works great. There's something wrong with the jet pump so the water at my house won't run long enough to take a shower and it keeps shutting off when we're doing laundry. I went out to troubleshoot & reset the pressure switch (I am lazy and do it by tugging on the wires going to the pressure switch). It started chattering after running for a couple minutes. Just a click click click click more than once per second. Last few times that happened it was bc the wires to the pump were damaged/fried from a power surge. We've been having storms and surges so it could be fried again.

TL: DR?
Dental pain sucks.
I need to have the well/pump guy come check the pressure switch.

 

[highup]

I don't know why tooth pain has to be 10 x as bad as any other pain. Just ain't fair. Hope you get fixed up fast.

 

[Tom Picciani]

Cabinets are looking great, Tom!

That bbq food also looks great, highup.

Been a bit miserable last few days. Had a dental abscess awhile back that resolved itself (popped in my mouth). It was caused by a piece of popcorn skin getting stuck under the gums. I managed to break my very back top molar trying to dislodge the popcorn skin with some tweezers. Must have already been weakened for it to break though. A filing fell out of the 2nd molar on the top and now I have exposed nerves. Been taking antibiotics & rinsing with hydrogen peroxide. Saw my doctor who prescribed Tramadol but he gave me the lower dose kind bc her forgot I have a very high resistance to pain meds. I had to take 6 of the 500mg of Naproxyn to take the edge off but I still couldn't sleep for 2 days. Feels like I'm being stabbed in the face from the inside. Radiates on the left side through upper & lower jaw, down my neck, through my ear, to my nose, and to my eye and causes headaches. My brother went to the ER for the same symptoms. Got in to see the dentist who told me to take antibiotics, painkillers, and rinse with hydrogen peroxide. She referred me to a specialist for a root canal. I scheduled the appointment but earliest they can see me is the 14th and then the last tooth needs to be removed but they will wait a week or 2 after the root canal for that and putting a crown on the rooted tooth. It would be cheaper to pull both, but the dentist said it would be bad for my longterm health to lose both of the molars. I looked in to some dental plans and most have a 6 month waiting period, all of them have deductibles, and the max they will pay out in a year is $1k. With the monthly fees and the deductible it's not worth getting them. It also sucks that my parish & city charge sales tax on prescription medicine. It's only 6% but that adds up. The Tramadol is supposed to be taken 1 every 4 hours "as needed" but the kicker is, it doesn't start working until 4 to 6 hours after I take it- not sure why. I've been stretching it 10 to 12 hours between doses and finding ways to distract myself, putting warm water in my mouth, going outside and kicking things and shouting obscenities until I feel a little better. My brother made me some soup the other day to help.

The upside is, I asked around and the dentist doing the root canal is reportedly a very nice man. He puts people at ease, seems to care about their well-being, and gives them soup to take home. They said his staff are "excellent" as well.

Meanwhile I finally went over to my friend's house to take a shower in the shower/tub unit we got him. The rainshower thing we got him works great. There's something wrong with the jet pump so the water at my house won't run long enough to take a shower and it keeps shutting off when we're doing laundry. I went out to troubleshoot & reset the pressure switch (I am lazy and do it by tugging on the wires going to the pressure switch). It started chattering after running for a couple minutes. Just a click click click click more than once per second. Last few times that happened it was bc the wires to the pump were damaged/fried from a power surge. We've been having storms and surges so it could be fried again.

TL: DR?
Dental pain sucks.
I need to have the well/pump guy come check the pressure switch.

I had something similar happen to me. The dentist did a manual extraction to a rotted wisdom tooth. Took an hour! After that, the nurse told me to contact my doctor and get 3 days worth of Percoset. When I asked the doctor, he said that there's no pain med he can give me that would be enough. And they told me to keep my heart rate down. Lay down. Don't get up any more than needed. The first dose didn't seem to do anything. But it was fine by morning.

 

[Tom Picciani]

Low carb!

 

[zannej]

I don't know why tooth pain has to be 10 x as bad as any other pain. Just ain't fair. Hope you get fixed up fast.

Thanks. It's pretty awful. My best friend and brother both know what it's like as they've had that sort of pain so they are sympathetic. I had to take 6 500mg of naproxyn when it got really bad. I told my doctor that & prefaced it with "I know I'm not supposed to do that, but it was really bad". This is a bad time to have a high resistance & delayed reaction to pain meds.
I'm going to be picking up more soup next time I'm at the store. Warm soup seems to help a bit.

I had something similar happen to me. The dentist did a manual extraction to a rotted wisdom tooth. Took an hour! After that, the nurse told me to contact my doctor and get 3 days worth of Percoset. When I asked the doctor, he said that there's no pain med he can give me that would be enough. And they told me to keep my heart rate down. Lay down. Don't get up any more than needed. The first dose didn't seem to do anything. But it was fine by morning.

Yikes. The good news is, it looks like my roots aren't very deep or too large. My brother had huge roots & required a specialist to get his tooth out & it took a long time.
Unfortunately, lying down seems to make the pain worse. I can't lie on my left side because that makes everything flare up. On my back makes the eye and ear flare up. If cool air hits the left side of my face it makes everything hurt. Lying on my right side is somewhat ok but I start to get eye pain & jaw pain. Sitting up and leaning forward helps a little. Right now it is causing an ache in my scalp. I found a hooded cardigan that helps to keep cool air off my left ear though. I think I need a hot water bottle (or to hold a warm cat up to my face/neck). The very back tooth is getting more sensitive.

I really want to dig in to the BBQ in that picture but I can barely chew right now. Earlier I made some 4-cheese tortollini and a cream sauce but I messed up the cream sauce & didn't make it thick enough. It was like milk. Mom didn't like it & I wasn't happy with it so she poured hers back into the bowl and I put it back on the stove to thicken it up. I left my bowl of food unattended. Came back & found the dog on the couch & saw he'd eaten almost all of my food & gotten dog hair in my bowl. He's lucky I can't train the raccoon interloper to beat him up. Dogs have been going nuts over that raccoon that has been visiting the kitchen. It's bigger than both of them. Big fat sucker, but not aggressive.

 

[Tom Picciani]

I’m sitting on the couch totally exhausted. Edged the driveway and pulled out a stubborn dead bush. Bad storm last night but no damage for me.

 

[Tom Picciani]

The hobby bench is done!

 

[Floorist]

I hope to eventually build a real workshop. Sharing the garage with my wife's pottery wheel is a pain.

 

[Jon]

zannej I am sorry to hear about your teeth problems
I reckon we should be born with plastic teeth. One has to be a lawyer to be able to pay a dentist here. Dentists know how to charge

 

[Tom Picciani]

Won’t to a diner for some really good crab cakes but had to drive 40 minutes to get there. All yard work today. Edged the lawn along the driveway. Pulled out a Bush I accidentally killed with weed killer. And I sprayed the lawn for weeds. Time I showered and lay down!

 

[Tom Picciani]

Oh, and I found some really cool wooden models that use no glue. Ugears.com has these things with wooden gears, moving parts and powered by rubber bands. They even have a horse automaton that walks! Cars with visible pistons, other cool stuff. One day I’ll own every one of them!

 

[highup]

The hobby bench is done!

That's a neat little space Tom. Love to have something like that.

 

[highup]

I’m sitting on the couch totally exhausted. Edged the driveway and pulled out a stubborn dead bush. Bad storm last night but no damage for me.

Oregon could use some of that rain right now. Locally here on the coast, were -24 inches so far this year. 65 or 67 is normal.

 

[Jon]

Oregon could use some of that rain right now. Locally here on the coast, were -24 inches so far this year. 65 or 67 is normal.

Are dams are only half full and we are not allowed to wash cars, water gardens etc etc
I reckon the fire brigade used all our water putting millions of gallons of water trying to put out that fire we had at Sky City awhile ago. They used all our water over about 10 days trying to put it out
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12326548

 

[zannej]

Tom, the hobby bench & cabinets look great!

I did absolutely nothing yesterday. Slept most of the day & still tired today. Tooth isn't hurting as much. Stretching the painkillers 6 to 14 hours in between doses. My brother ate my soup so I'll have to go buy more at some point.

Pressure switch on the jet pump is getting worse. I'm going to have my friend look at the wiring to see if anything is damaged (I'll shut off the power to it first). I suspect there's a damaged wire at the D-Box on the float valve.

I want to do something productive but I'm tired & can't seem to focus.

 

[Floorist]

Jon, can't they bring non-potable water from the ocean?

 

[Tom Picciani]

Ordered an automaton horse model from Amazon along with a few tools. Haven’t built a model in 10 years