Question in need of an answer, or just a dumb question.

I had a filling done in February, when I went in for a check up, and possible clean. I was advised to take $100.00 with me, to cover the 'gap' payments of my health fund. The filling was not scheduled, but I understood the reason for the dentist deciding to do it there and then. It cost me $170.00, and I had to use some of my grocery money to make up the difference, as I only received $38.00 refund from my health fund. I told the dentist I had another tooth that had lost some of it's filling, and he said to make another appointment for that. I said I would, further down the track, when I had saved some money. I had a message on my answering machine a few weeks ago from the clinic, reminding me I needed to get the filling done. I tried to call back, but the line was busy.
I have just had a very 'bright' dental nurse ring me, to once again remind me about the filling. I told her I do not have the money, and, as it is not giving me any trouble, I would get back to her when I have got some money to spare. She said,"Alright, I will put it in the closed file, just so long as you remember it is there to be done."
Question in need of an answer:- as it is my tooth, am I likely to forget about it?

We'll all be old, one day.

After I finished the grocery shopping, we had a little time up our sleeves, before we went to the pub for lunch. We sat in the car for about 15 mins, then I asked the man about the house if he had tried the $2.00 shop in Naracoorte for the glasses the eye specialist had recommended. He said he didn't think he had, so he walked across to the shop to see if they had any. No luck. By this time, it was nearly 12 o'clock, so we drove around to have lunch. There were only four people in front of us waiting to order their meals. There were two women, one older and one about my age. The older lady was paying for her friend. She scrabbled around in her hand bag for about 5 mins, and I thought it was going to be a case of 'Oh, dear, I haven't got my purse.' She had one of those bags with umpteen inside pockets, and she went through them all at least three times. At one stage she pulled her wallet out, but continued to search the pockets for something. The lass on the till said she would serve us and give the lady more time to find what she was looking for. Then, Voila, she found what she had been looking for. It was a big handful of gold coins! I do not know if she was embarrassed for holding everybody up, but she did not offer any apology either. I felt sorry for her, as I thought she may have had some sort of memory loss, but no. Why she didn't just use some notes to pay for the meals, I do not know. She may not have had any.

The wheels grind sloooowly.

It is one of life's little irritations, but, government departments are never in a hurry to oblige us with what we require. I am referring to the massive procrastination of our local library staff in obtaining a car manual for me, so Neville could fix my side window. I inquired about the availability of one in January. After numerous inquiries, I finally got it last Friday, nearly four months after I first asked about it. Our local library did not have a copy on their shelves, and several others who did, were loath to lend it out outside their district.
I am pleased to say my window now works quite well, though I have to be careful when winding it up, as it is still a bit stiff. Neville had the inside of my door off again this morning, so he could fix the wing mirror which was very loose. That also is fixed. It would have been great if we could have had this done earlier, as it would have been nice to have been able to get some breeze in the hot weather.

Surprise visitors.

Yesterday, I was in the process of defrosting one of the freezers. I happened to be at the sink, when I noticed a lady outside. She looked at me and smiled and waved. I thought she was my friend Sue, then I realized she looked nothing like her. It dawned on me that she was my brother-in-law's lady, Margaret. I was surprised to see them, as I had not expected them to be in the vicinity this weekend. They had been to stay with his eldest son and his family. Peter usually lets us know when he will be in town. This was shortly after lunch. It was a pleasant surprise of course. They came in and we chatted for a while, then I asked them if they were in a hurry to get home. They said not, (Margaret mad a joke about her curfew being 10.30, but that is another story.) so I invited them to stay for tea. Now, they have only had one meal with us and it was an unqualified disaster.
I decided I could not go wrong with mornay and apple crumble. Wrong! I am still not au fey with the workings of my oven, and what temperature to set it at, so of course I burned the topping on the apple crumble. I was lucky enough to be able to scrape the burnt stuff off, and it did not taste burned, thankfully. Phew!!
After we had a cup of tea and a home made blueberry muffin, Peter and Margaret went to his daughter's place, but she was at work, so they did not stay long.
We filled in the time before tea chatting about all sorts. I was ready to dish up, and suddenly remembered I had not cooked any rice to go with the mornay. No problem, as it was only 5.30 anyway. We had tea, and they enjoyed it and said it was very nice.
I can't for the life of me understand why I make a cooking gaffe when they come for a meal, as I am quite a competent cook. Even great chefs, ( and I do not class myself as one,) have the odd disaster I guess.

Oh, Puleeeze!

Most of us expect and believe that when someone is in politics, they are supposedly wiser and more knowledgeable than the masses. They are also supposed/expected to be more mature as well. They are also expected to leave their egos at home when they are are commenting on things in the public arena.
I am of course referring to the hoo haa attributed to our Prime Minister's 'salute' to the American president. What a load of garbage! Brendan Nelson and Bob Brown need to get over themselves and grow up!! They also need to focus on really important issues, and not try to divert our attention away from their ineptitude, and get on with doing something useful and productive for this country. This petty bickering and back stabbing is not what is needed. I can not see the harm in what Kevin Rudd did. I would probably do they same thing if I met the president. He is after all, just a bloke, albeit a very powerful one.