Which shuttle was it that hit the paint chip at orbital speed and gouged one of the forward windows?
eta--found it:
With all the cosmic debris orbiting the earth, it's little wonder the space shuttles routinely get dings in their windshields. A tiny speck of space debris smashed into Space Shuttle Challenger's windshield on astronaut Rick Hauck's first mission in 1983, leaving a 4-mm crater, about 0.2 inches. Hauck spotted the small pit in the glass and alerted the crew.
The debris was later identified as a chip of white paint, likely a remnant of a previous rocket launch. Though small, the debris was estimated to be hurtling through space at about 10,800 mph when it hit the window.
"We end up replacing one to two thermal windows after each shuttle mission," said Nick Johnson, NASA's Orbital Debris Program manager. "It's the cost of doing business in space."
For added protection, the shuttle's windowpanes contain three separate layers of thick glass. Thus far, no debris has penetrated the glass to the pressurized crew cabin, only the spacecraft's outer thermal pane. Between 1981 and 1996, shuttle windows sustained about 300 pits and 55 panes were replaced, according to a 1997 National Research Council report....
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AmyLiz, for years afterward I would still get a twinge in my buttbone from sitting on hard surfaces, but I was never certain it still dated from the fracture. Did you get that too?
while it was uncomfortable and irritating, it was nothing compared to the previously mentioned infection. I think I'm permanently skewed.
Gah. Okay. I WILL go to the dentist this year. I WILL go to the dentist this year.
Worse than dry socket? Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit.
And I had *mild* dry socket.
Twitch.
Did you get that too?
For a while, yeah. Not anymore, though.
Stephen just brought home the most incredible ice cream. It's a cheapo brand called Perry's, and the flavor is Piece of Cake. Tastes exactly like yellow cake, and has ribbons of chocolate fudge icing all through it. Yummmm.
O... kay. There was just a Target commercial with a bunch of middle school aged kids jumping around in their new school clothes, with their gear and supplies. To the tune of "I Like Big Butts" except it's I like back packs... I just can't separate the lyrics of the actual song from the fake lyrics enough to not be slightly weirded out by that.
I saw that, too! My other issue with it is, will the target audience have even heard the original? Same with the ad using the Black Sheep song.
I was so scared I was going to get dry socket when I got my tooth pulled - the dentist said I was an "excellent candidate" - but thank god I was spared.
My other issue with it is, will the target audience have even heard the original?
That commercial is weird. But my eight-year-old knew the song. Although he did see that episode of Friends in syndication.
Uh, what makes you a good candidate for dry socket?
is not going disclose the date of last visit to dentist, nor the state of unhurting teeth
Jen, Monique mentioned the commercial to me the other day and said how unsettling it was. I finally saw it the other night and emailed her, saying, "WOW. DISTURBING."
Worse than dry socket? Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit.
Allyson and Polgara can bear witness to the badness of the infection. They both got very familiar with tennis ball sized lump underneath my jaw. Polgara got to take me on one of my three trips to the ER. Allyson got to pick me up after my infection draining surgery.
ETA: Polgara also took me for the subsequent six-tooth extraction. Which I'm told was kinda entertaining.
