Taking Chances, by E. L. Van Hine and L.H. Nicoll

[scudder]

Thanks for the clarification, Natali and Louise.

[opinionista]

I guess I'm going to have to nominate Natali for "Fact Girl" because you covered that beautifully Natali!  (Unfortunately I had to spend another long day WORKING for heaven's sake!!!).  And yes, Wes was elected sheriff, and to be elected you need campaign money and yes, Wes has got some money.  Edna was rounding off in her comment about "almost 20 years."  They have known him since his senior year in college, where as the most promising senior in his class, he got to work in the Sheriff's department.  (That isn't covered in the story anywhere, but that is where I was going with the fact that Wes hand-picked Ellery.)  And as far as Ellery knowing about Ennis's bonus, he knows how Wes works, and if Wes hadn't actually come out and asked him how much he should give him, then he would have made a good guess based upon his thorough knowledge of how Wes does business.  And at this point I haven't drawn any deeper relationship between Ellery and the Browns.  They have their own money, they don't have a financial relationship of any kind. 

LOL. Thanks! I guess spending the day dissecting news items is worth for something other than a dissertation!

[louisev]

Update to "Shelter From the Storm"

http://louisev.livejournal.com/90202.html  "Chapter 58:  Confessions"

[Lumière]

You deserve every great comment, Lucise, and in honor of your unique contribution to E&E I have decided to immortalize you in a unique way in the upcoming book.  If I'm really clever I'll be able to get everybody who is a regular fan here mentioned in some way in one of the upcoming books, if there is some way to get your name inconspicuously fit in there somewhere!

Cheers Louise! 
I absolutely can't wait for the next book! 
Well, I am sure we'd all like the Laramie Saga to continue indefinitely .. , but ..
I'll be happy as a pig in ---- as long as you keep going! 

As far as my health goes, I got lucky on the cough - it must have been either a side effect of my tooth problem or a simple cold, because I am getting over it pretty quickly.  I had a good night's sleep last night.  Unfortunately, my dentist had bad news for me today: I have an infection underneath the root of my most recent root canal, which is cemented beneath a fixed bridge.  Fixing it is going to be time consuming and may not be successful: the alternative is oral surgery or pulling the tooth out, which means losing a bridge I paid a whole lot of money for, and molars I can ill afford to lose bitability with.  So that wasnt good news, but there is hope.  And here I was hoping for an infected gum!

Shit Louise!    Did you decide which option you are gonna go with?  One of my neighbours had oral surgery last week and said it was not as bad or painful later as she'd anticipated.  Yer right after all, there is hope! Take it easy! 

[louisev]

oh I already decided I'm going for the root canal retreatment.  It is the most work but the least invasive and least risky.  I have a lot of confidence in my dentist, and I remember how rushed he was to do that root canal.  My roots are very long and very narrow, and I think he was convinced he couldn't get further down that root.  But I have had additional treatment done (before the crown was finalized) on a couple of other teeth, and it is worth a go.  Because oral surgery IS a risk, and I have broken jaw joints, so the less extreme the procedure is... the better.

[Lumière]

oh I already decided I'm going for the root canal retreatment.  It is the most work but the least invasive and least risky.  I have a lot of confidence in my dentist, and I remember how rushed he was to do that root canal.  My roots are very long and very narrow, and I think he was convinced he couldn't get further down that root.  But I have had additional treatment done (before the crown was finalized) on a couple of other teeth, and it is worth a go.  Because oral surgery IS a risk, and I have broken jaw joints, so the less extreme the procedure is... the better.

Yes, definitely .. the less extreme the better .. 
Good to hear that you have confidence in your dentist, we absolutely will NOT want anything remotely close to this to happen to ya 





You'll be fine!   

[louisev]

errrr Lucise,

it isn't too late for me to leave a certain name out of the next story if you post very many more of those dental graphics!!!

[Lumière]

errrr Lucise,

it isn't too late for me to leave a certain name out of the next story if you post very many more of those dental graphics!!!

First and last, promise! 
That has been my experience with a dentist or two..
You'll be fine Louise! 

[Lumière]

Time for another pic? A day at the beach .. *sigh*
This one oughta cheer ya more than the freakish dentist one above, Louise!   







_{Long live underwear models! lol..}

[ranchgal]

OH Louise, sorry sorry you are going to have to deal with rootcanals--will be thinking of you.   Hope your bronchitus is better too.  Only have had to deal with that once and that was enough. Get okay soon.

I am thinking along the same lines as opinionista--I am betting Edna came with a land estate and Wes married into money, that may well be why she is so wise about advising Ennis about his situation with Ellery.   Wes may have had to do some adjusting too, not that he would have been a pauper or anything, but if he married her and she had an inherited land estate, the only ?? would be what they would do with it, as he doesn't want to ranch full time, just like Ellery.  That whole situation would work for me, but in truth, much as I love Wes and Edna--how they came to their situation really doesn't have any impact on the story, and doesn't make a difference to me or my understanding/reaading of it.