Dear fellow residents,

[403]

If you have to stand next to the stove continuously in order to not forget that you're cooking something? Please do so, or refrain from attempting to cook. We have cheap gas ranges which offer poor control and have a nasty tendency to go out on any setting less than "high". If you walk away, you're either taking a chance on your apartment filling with gas, or your food catching fire. Both of which typically require the other 600-odd people who live here to evacuate.

No love,
- Me

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[reflectedimages]

I baked a cherry pie this weekend, and forgot it was in the oven. Thankfully it was not yet finished baking when I went to check.

I imagine me walking over to find it a charcoal lump, after being in there for three days, after forgetting about it, and wondering why it was so freakish hot in my place for three days.

But then after eating the pie I developed a split down my molar, and it has been hurting. Hurr ... -.-

[403]

I've done that before, while carefully watching the oven. Was trying to make jerky and misjudged the timing.

That sounds very unpleasant. Got a dentist's appointment yet?

[reflectedimages]

No dentist yet. I am procrastinating. I don't want to. And soon, maybe it will become infected and cause me brain damage.

On the brighter side, I think the root died, so no new pains for the last couple of days.

[403]

I think that's a bad idea. Dental problems generally get worse and more expensive to repair, the longer you leave them untreated.

[reflectedimages]

This is true. Considering I just got done with some $10,000 in dental repairs, I can see how the cost is rather high. But right now, no job and no money means I either get no treatment and wait, get the tooth removed for a low cost and have another vacant spot in my mouth, or ... Wait. I think those are actually my only options right now. Meh.

[ex_we935]

Absolutely. (And I'm saying this as someone who's formerly guilty of being slightly scatterbrained when it comes to cheap ovens that burn food too quickly.)

~Kerry