If the punch recipe isn't secret it should be. It should be locked in a vault nobody knows the combination to.
Bester: Mal. Whaddya need two mechanics for? Mal: I really don't.
'Out Of Gas'
Spike's Bitches 33: Weeping, crawling, blaming everybody else
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Laga - Dec 11, 2006 5:08:09 pm PST #5103 of 10004
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
JenP - Dec 11, 2006 5:11:06 pm PST #5104 of 10004
See, that just makes me want it more.
Pix - Dec 11, 2006 5:44:24 pm PST #5105 of 10004
The status is NOT quo.
The punch recipe is...shall we say...flexible. It requires ND oversight, I believe.
Kristin, did they specify the metal? I have a night guard (and I wear it all the time) (honest), for the same reason, and it's just an in mouth plastic thing.
Lee, she told me about the mouth thing, but she said it wasn't as comfortable as the metal one. I've always hated having something stuck in my mouth (no snide comments from the peanut gallery, the rest of you!), so I figured the other would be better. Am I wrong? Is it not as bad as those awful sport guard things I used to have to wear for field hockey? It would actually be great if it's better since it's about $200 less than the other one.
Hil R. - Dec 11, 2006 5:47:50 pm PST #5106 of 10004
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I used to have to wear a mouth guard, for teeth-grinding and TMJ, and it was kind of like the field hockey things, but custom-made so it fit a lot better and wasn't as irritating. It's just on top of the back teeth and around the inside of all the bottom teeth -- nothing on the top teeth, and nothing between your teeth and your cheeks.
Pix - Dec 11, 2006 5:52:51 pm PST #5107 of 10004
The status is NOT quo.
Oh really?? That sounds much better than I was thinking.
Lee - Dec 11, 2006 5:54:42 pm PST #5108 of 10004
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Mine is only on the top teeth, and it took a little getting used to (expect to look for it places other than your mouth for a few mornings), but once you do, it's not bad at all
brenda m - Dec 11, 2006 6:03:23 pm PST #5109 of 10004
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
What was primarily bothersome about the orthodontics related head-gear, as I recall, was the strain it put on your teeth. Since you're not actuallly trying to move those around, I'd think that wouldn't be an issue here.
Might be most comparable to sleep masks, actually - I first started using those when my schedule was all kinds of fucked up and I had to be able to sleep properly in the daytime. It felt weird as all hell at first, bt you get used to it.
Might be knd of silly looking. Drew et al can deal.
Hil R. - Dec 11, 2006 6:05:28 pm PST #5110 of 10004
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I had to wear mine all day except when eating. I was about 14 when this started. There was once that I took it out to eat lunch, then accidentally threw it away when I threw out my lunch. My mom and sister and I ended up digging through the school dumpster for an hour and a half to find it. (SO gross.) (Actually, I did that twice. The second time was at a fast food restaurant, and by the time I realized it, they had already put the trash in the trash compactor. Also, my dad was with me that time, and he was much less likely to try to impart a "take care of expensive things" lesson by digging through trash.)
JenP - Dec 11, 2006 6:07:20 pm PST #5111 of 10004
Oh, brenda - a question for you: If your Secret Santa (who is not I, because that would be... revealing the secret) wanted to mail your gift, could he or she mail it now, or should he or she wait until after you get back from your trip?
SuziQ - Dec 11, 2006 6:08:48 pm PST #5112 of 10004
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
CJ just got a retainer recently and his instructions are to wear it 24/7. Only take it out when he brushes his teeth. If he can't brush his teeth right after a meal, he is supposed to at least rinse his mouth out.
I can't imagine eatting with one of those in. I guess the ortho had dealt with too many that got chucked and now tells the kids to keep them in to eat.