Inclement

I'm supposed to go to the dentist today. As I keep getting occasional random pain this is no bad thing.

Except... Ma Ma is also going to the dentist. Ma Ma doesn't want to go. Ma Ma wakes me up early, and tells me it's snowed massively, it's impossible to drive and she's cancelled the dentist. Go back to sleep.

So I do. I'm now awake, and it's obvious this is yet another of Ma Ma's 'I don't want to go' excuses. Yes, there is some snow. But, the buses are still driving past the house, so her description of too much snow for anything to move is false. If a bus can go, my 4x4 can surely also go.

Just to make sure that I don't notice this, and uncancel the appointment she's gone out without taking her phone. *sigh*

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In other news, I didn't win the free spice membership competition. But, they sent me a message saying I can have the first month free if I join now!... as I was going to anyway, I'm counting this as a sort of win...

Does what it says on the tin

As the old ronseal slogan used to go. But I'm not talking varnish here.

I'm talking toothbrushes. Mine has lost it's shaking skills due to the battery failing so it only holds charge for a day. Of course in the modern world we live in the battery isn't replaceable. As this is something that is held in close proximity to my face I'm not going to attempt to bodge it just in case it happens to blow up. Not that explosions are common with my work. (Cough).

So. New one required. Ma-ma has an all singing all dancing one. Why don't I get one of those?

So onto the interweb. Hers now isn't all singing any more. Their crack team of rocket surgeons have created an even more powerful dead brilliant device, the oral-b triumph 5000! A very close second to the clean that only the dentist can produce, available for you to enjoy at home.

Throwing caution to the wind, I bought one. And I can confirm it is very much like a visit to the dentist.

To whit:

• It cost £90 on special offer. RRP £150. Genuine dentist blow to the wallet.

• Just like a visit to the dentist, my gums are bleeding. This will "probably" stop in a few days the manual advises.

• Uber giant oscillating head is great for catching other teeth with and giving that bone jarring sensation of fear.

• Genuine dentist style patronising smart guide system! Using RFID technology a separate display unit tells you when you're doing it wrong, and issues a smiley face when you get it right, and your two minutes of recommended bleeding are over.

• Bewildering array of accessory brushes.

I'm told I will get used to it. I'm not so convinced. It could be good for cleaning alloy wheels though.