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Apr. 9th, 2010
Feet, yet again, plus tooth
Apr. 9th, 2010 03:25 pmI went to the Foot Clinic this morning, and, as I had feared, the cast stays on for at least another two weeks. The podiatrist took the tape off the bottom, moved the sock covering the cast up toward my ankle, and put her nose close and took a biiiiig sniff. Apparently if something is festering inside this is the only way to find out short of cutting the cast off. She then hit the cast a few times to see whether it was cracked. Apparently all is well and they will see me again in two weeks.
I told them that if it wasn't off by May 12th (my installation day) I would cut it off myself. They promised that they would take it off before then. If I still need it, they'll put another one on the next week. However, I am hopeful that 6 weeks in the cast will be sufficient to heal the ulcer.
Last night I was eating something and suddenly felt something hard in my mouth (keep your minds on the curb, please!) It was a piece of my left lower second molar. This tooth was pretty much gutted and filled with a load of amalgam back in the 1980's, and the dentist said it would last for about 20 years or so. Well, I guess he was right. Now I have to go to the dentist here and, I suspect, have the tooth pulled. I don't think that there's enough left to put a crown on it. Crumbs!
I told them that if it wasn't off by May 12th (my installation day) I would cut it off myself. They promised that they would take it off before then. If I still need it, they'll put another one on the next week. However, I am hopeful that 6 weeks in the cast will be sufficient to heal the ulcer.
Last night I was eating something and suddenly felt something hard in my mouth (keep your minds on the curb, please!) It was a piece of my left lower second molar. This tooth was pretty much gutted and filled with a load of amalgam back in the 1980's, and the dentist said it would last for about 20 years or so. Well, I guess he was right. Now I have to go to the dentist here and, I suspect, have the tooth pulled. I don't think that there's enough left to put a crown on it. Crumbs!
Internet Radio Annoyances
Apr. 9th, 2010 04:10 pmNow I think that internet radio is the best thing since sliced bread. As a former shortwave radio listener, I loved listening to far-away places and hearing news, current events, and music.
I thought that internet radio might be the next big thing. But, of course, the lawyers are ruining it. I tuned in, hoping to hear WCBS-880 in New York, just as I had last week. I instead heard a cheesy announcer say that because of suits filled with lawyers, CBS, AOL, and Yahoo! were no longer streaming outside the United States, and would I like to tune to Lost.fm?
No.
No, I wouldn't.
Now, I have a VPN account from the US which, I trust, will allow this. However, I can only use it from a computer, not the internet radio.
I think I asked this before, but is there any way to get my router to log in to the VPN servers so that my internet radio can get those radio stations? The answer I got before was a bit too technical, I think. I have an O2 router but I'm not averse to buying other gear.
Help!
I thought that internet radio might be the next big thing. But, of course, the lawyers are ruining it. I tuned in, hoping to hear WCBS-880 in New York, just as I had last week. I instead heard a cheesy announcer say that because of suits filled with lawyers, CBS, AOL, and Yahoo! were no longer streaming outside the United States, and would I like to tune to Lost.fm?
No.
No, I wouldn't.
Now, I have a VPN account from the US which, I trust, will allow this. However, I can only use it from a computer, not the internet radio.
I think I asked this before, but is there any way to get my router to log in to the VPN servers so that my internet radio can get those radio stations? The answer I got before was a bit too technical, I think. I have an O2 router but I'm not averse to buying other gear.
Help!