Klarinet Archive - Posting 000996.txt from 2003/03

From: Richard Bush <rbushidioglot@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] irresponsible teenagers
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 16:53:36 -0500

Like the tasteless bumper sticker says....Shit Happens.

How old are you now?

Show this email to your folks.

I'd say, they're unreasonable. Maybe you should make plans to move out
when you turn 18.

Doesn't sound like it was your fault. Quit feeling guilty.

If your parents are adamant about their decision to withhold your two
grand baby, I'd take up the case with a school councilor.

Also, the cosmetic scratches can be fixed so that you wouldn't be able
to see them unless you hold it under the sun at high noon at the
equator.

On Monday, March 24, 2003, at 12:38 PM, Rebecca Brennan wrote:

> In December I got a really nice $2,000.00 clarinet. Today I was riding
> home on the bus and we hit a bump and my case fell out of the seat and
> the case opened, spite of the fact that it was locked. The clarinet
> didn't fall out but my screwdriver scratched the wood on the right
> hand joint.
>
> I feel really bad. I think I shoudl have held the clarinet or at least
> kept the screwdriver somewhere else. I'm not allowed to play it
> anymore until I turn 18.
>
> Is this scratch going to hurt it? It isn't deep but there is more like
> 3 scrathes. It looks really bad too. I guess I should not be playing a
> $2,000.00 clarinet.
>
> -Rebecca, feeling like shit.
>
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Richard Bush
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Ogden, UT 84404
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