Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Dentists ain’t all bad

Went back to the dentist this morning feeling a whole load better than I was last night. I wasn’t really sure why I was there but assumed he just wanted to look in my mouth and satisfy himself I wasn’t going to bleed to death mid air. I was wrong. I got two fillings but I have a very perceptive dentist who obviously worked out if he’d told me he was doing it I’d have said “not today thank you very much”. So he just dropped the chair and dived in with his big drill! Best way to do it. He was quick and efficient and I feel a tad guilty for going on about him last night. I wasn’t exaggerating however, as anyone who’s had an extraction will know. That reminds me - I don’t exaggerate things on this blog you know. Last week I was blogging about something and I happened to mention that I only have one saucepan. As my sister and her husband were packing to come up here for the weekend, my brother in law reckoned they wouldn’t have to bring their own pans because apparently I “just say things on the blog for effect”. Christine, my sister, however, knows me better and brought some pans which was really just as well. So, I don’t exaggerate, it’s all true and yesterday’s tale of dental woe was no different. But it’s all better now. I even found 4p under the bed today. The tooth fairy’s clearly a cheapskate but at least I know she exists :-)
Posted by Anne McLaughlin AKA IndyGal at 14:25:52 | Permalink | No Comments »

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Getting our priorities right

So, somebody posts a video on YouTube which was shot in the High Court. You’re not allowed to film inside courts so they’ve been arrested. And yet, several months ago, my 15 year old niece was beaten up, it was filmed, no doubt posted on something similar to YouTube and her attacker was allowed to get off unpunished. Not just unpunished, unquestioned. The police didn’t know the name of the girl who did it. So my sister used all her detection skills and after 10 minutes had the name and address of the perpetrator of the violent assault. Still, nothing happened. It’s okay, it seems to beat a young girl practically to a pulp but not okay to break some ancient diktat about letting the public see what goes on in OUR courts. He shouldn’t have done it but it hardly compares does it?
Posted by Anne McLaughlin AKA IndyGal at 23:02:22 | Permalink | Comments (1) »

Friday, June 8, 2007

Sad Sister

I once told of being in my sister’s living room catching up with her over a coffee when she jumps up and reads my blog! Last night I spoke to her for quite some time on the phone and this morning she leaves a message saying “you never write, you never call” that kind of thing. “What are you on about?” I asked when I returned her call. “Your blog, it’s not been updated since Tuesday” she replies. It’s coming to something when your family values your blog more than talking “live”!

And the other one’s not called or posted any rude messages on my blog for days.

Anyway just a quick apology. Having difficulty getting online just now (remember David? Blame him.) and moving house next week so updating will be intermittent but all earth shatteringly important matters will make their way here eventually.

Posted by Anne McLaughlin AKA IndyGal at 18:37:35 | Permalink | No Comments »