Dentist again

[lexin]

I went to the dentist yesterday, I had to travel to Llanfairfechan. This time I went by taxi and train, taxi to the railway station, train to Llanfairfechan, taxi to Neuadd y Bryn hospital, then a return journey.

The thing which went wrong was that there were no trains between 14:30 (I missed the 14:30) and 16:30. I arrived at the station for the journey back at 15:00. So I sat on Llanfairfechan station for an hour and a half. It being a little halt, probably the least busy station on that line, there was nothing to do - no cafe and nothing to see. An hour and a half of nothing to do - and I couldn’t even walk back to the village and go to a cafe there.

I am told (by the taxi driver in Bangor) that the delay was because “some people” had stolen some of the copper wire that carries the signals. I don’t know if that’s true.

The dental work itself was completely painless. The dentist uses some kind of orange flavoured stuff that numbs the gum before putting the novocaine in. None of my dentists before him did that, but it’s a revelation.

I have a further appointment in November.

Comments

[aunty_marion]

I WISH more dentists used the numbing stuff!!! I got it when I was a student, and I've been pleading with dentists for it for the past 50 years!!!!!!!!!!

The 'copper wire' theft thing is unfortunately all too common. It got me held up on my way to you in the summer, I think. (Or was it Christmas? Recently, anyway.)

[lexin]

So I understand with the copper wire. The cabbie used a racist epithet, which I won’t repeat to describe the thieves.

missing trains

[stranger]

From a USian in the western side of that country... puzzled... were there supposed to be trains between 14:30 and 16:30? One? At least one around 15:00? Several?

Sadly, the trains (between cities or areas) hereabouts are comfortable, mostly safe, and less bureaucratic than going through an airport to fly somewhere, but they have 2-3 (at most) departures a *day* for any given destination.

Sorry to hear that anyone is disabling the trains, anyway. That sounds very anti-social.

Interesting about the orange-flavored dental numbing agent. My dentist (coincidentally, seen yesterday for extensive cleaning) has similar stuff that helps but doesn't seem quite so effective as you describe. Still, I got out alive with much shinier teeth and no new cavities.

Re: missing trains

[lexin]

To be honest, I don’t know if there was meant to be another train between 14:30 and 16:30. I think there was one but it arrived at 16:20, and was too far down the platform for me to get on it. You can imagine I was infuriated. I don’t know what time it was actually meant to be there because my app. didn’t list it so I wasn’t expecting it.