Klarinet Archive - Posting 000359.txt from 2002/04

From: Mike Dowler <mikedowler@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] alright alright
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 21:07:04 -0400

Well, this is the wrong mike, but anyway...

I remember cleanings being around $80 in Vancouver, so my faithful
conversion rate of $1 CDN in Vancouver will buy the same as $1 US in
New York would seem to be right again.

Mike D

>Mike,
>
>I'm coming to your dentist! My dentist in NY charges
>$85 for a cleaning and $130 for the cleaning and
>x-rays!
>
>What is a dentist charge for a cleaning in Canada,
>Lucienne?
>
>Kelly Abraham
>Woodwinds - New York City
>--- mlmarmer <mlmarmer@-----.com> wrote:
>> It is mainly the plaque build up from eating in time
>> that will destroy the
>> gums and then the teeth.
>>
>> A cleaning in the US is about $45.
>>
>> If you can afford the internet and a computer,
>> please get the teeth clean!
>> Find a way, part time job, whatever!
>>
>> Mike
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Lucienne" <lucienne@-----.ca>
>> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 1:33 AM
>> Subject: [kl] alright alright
>>
>>
>> > You've got me.
>> > teeth are important. and I do promise to go , more
>> often.
>> > I've never had a cavity or a problem, and just
>> havn't had the time or cash
>> > to go since living in canada.
>> > Smoking is not good. I'll never smoke.
>> > Maybe my mental health is deteriorating but I'm
>> soley blaming it on
>> > undergraduate life of a music student. This is
>> tough. I find that this,
>> > being a studnet business allows me to live from
>> one assignment or problem
>> > as the case may be. recital to jury or flu to
>> bronchitis. I can't stop the
>> > clock b/c I'm ill, the world won't stop for me, I
>> found that out. I played
>> > opera with blood comming from my left wisdom
>> tooth. what can i do? I
>> played
>> > an orchestra concert recently with my ear plugs in
>> my nose to stop the
>> > mucus during the tacet. I just do what I have to
>> do. I want to play bass
>> > clarinet, and if I have to do this bachelor stuff
>> than I will. but its
>> hard.
>> > I just want to thank ya'll for the great horror
>> stories and the advice.
>> >
>> > Lucienne
>> >
>> > At 09:59 PM 4/10/02 -0400, you wrote:
>> > >If you want a life lesson to blind side you, just
>> ignore your dental
>> health.
>> > >Even for 6 months. By the time you reach middle
>> age, you will be a
>> > >candidate for perio surgery, and even that may be
>> of no help. Your teeth
>> > >and gums are the single most important health
>> care issue you will face in
>> > >your life. Smoking will cause gum desease and
>> tooth loss. If you smoke,
>> > >quit now. If you don't, don't start. Gingavitus
>> fosters type 2
>> diabetes.
>> > >Diabetes fosters tooth loss, more infection and
>> eventual problems playing
>> > >any instrument.
>> > >
>> > >"How do you know this?", you ask. Do you really
>> have to ask?
>> > >
>> > >If a clarinet is more important than your dental
>> health, then you need
>> an
>> > >evaluation of your mental health.
> > > >
> > > >====================
> > > >*Al*
> > > >admoon1@-----.net
> > > >====================
> > > >----- Original Message -----
> > > >From: "Lucienne" <lucienne@-----.ca>
> > > >To: <klarinet@-----.org>
>> > >Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 2:04 AM
>> > >Subject: [kl] dental hygene
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > > hello clarinet world.
>> > > > I am 20 yrs old. my teeth are generally
>> healthy. I have lived in
>> countries
>> > > > that do not permit me to see a dentist with
>> out declaring bankruptcy.
>> I
>> > > > have also been suporting my bizzare habit
>> (bass clarinetting) since I
>> was
>> > > > 16. (This made me very poor) and for those of
>> you who don't know (
>> this is
>> > > > not meant to be facious) Vancouver is one VERY
>> expensive city to live
>> in.
>> > > > Living is hard enough, worrying about the
>> cleanliness of ones teeth is
>> not
>> > > > as important as having a house to live in and
>> food to eat. so if i am
>> > > > homeless and starving but have clean teeth
>> would any of you let me
>> play
>> > > > bass clarinet for your orchestra or symphony?
>> > > > I do truly plan to start taking better care of
>> my teeth, as soon as i
> > > >"find
>> > > > " money for a new bass clarinet. Like one that
>> isn't plastic. Like one
>> > >that
>> > > > has a low c. if you all have any thing under
>> 10,000 CND ( i know, i
>> guess
>> > > > that would be some where near 2500 US) let me
>> know. :-)
>> > > >
>> > > > jury is monday teeth are wednesday.
>> > > > Lucienne
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > At 08:03 PM 4/9/02 -0400, you wrote:
>> > > > >Lucienne,
>> > > > >
>> > > > >You wrote you haven't seen a dentist in 8
>> years!
>> > > > >
>> > > > >You really need to see a dentist, twice a
>> year, for teeth cleaning or
>> you
>> > > > >will have no teeth to use to play clarinet,
>> to eat, etc.! Plaque and
>> gum
>> > > > >disease will catch up to you eventually.
>> > > > >
>> > > > >Be well and good luck with everything,
>> > > > >
>> > > > >Mike Marmer
>> > > > >Germantown, MD
>> > > > >
>> > > > >
>> > > >
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