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I am getting fed up with Ebay! With all of their new rules taking effect, I am getting confused, not to mention mad. No more bad feedback for buyers even if they wait a month to pay, if you DSR falls below 4.3, you get kicked off. I charge the exact amount for what it costs to ship and because some people just mark whatever they feel, my listings are in the lowered (to search) because my shipping DSR is down. Ebay is going off of buyer’s opinion? And in a month, only Paypal, etc will be used???? Some people do not like having their bank info on the internet. Everything that EBay is doing doesn’t even sound legal. I would like to sell on another auction site, does anyone know of a good one? I am not a big-time seller, just a small seller who sells things out of her house, clothes, kitchen access., baby items, etc. My questions are is anyone else fed up with Ebay, is anyone really going to take a stand and go somewhere else, and what are some other auction sites that are okay? Or does anyone else want to rant? LOL Thanks in advance for your answers! :)

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Please list any sites to find someone i lost touch with That is active in the armed services…. Thanks

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I am 20 year old male and havent worked since I was 18 and i dont go to college and i live in michigan and i cant get a job not even at mcdonalds and i have no family outside of michigan and i cant find any jobs and i dont have enough money to go college and i want to move somewhere but everywhere i search on yahoo answers of some people saying they want to move somewhere all the time they say go back to where you came from cause there arent any jobs here and that everyone comes here and no one gets any jobs and they just come back leaving well i dont have a job right now and i have some money to get out but i dont know where i would live but i heard nashville is good for jobs and low cost of living?

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But i cant have it unless its on cricket service and ive been searching forever and i see people saying no it cant be unlocked or flashed,but ive now seen it CAN be flashed for cricket but not unlocked what is the difference? Also i heard it will cost about 30 dollars to flash phones to cricket service,i live in the nashville area if that has anything to do with it.

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I received an email on my space that was very awkward. It said to tell this certain person hi. (that person is my wife lets call her L) for our protection. He remembers her from the bar with her cousin which they got kicked out of. Well first of my wife drinks very little and the only night she ever went out was with my sister. At first he wanted to know if L was my sister and to tell her he wanted to go out with her. I dont even look at my space my wife does. She seen it and told me about it and wrote him back and told him that it was my wife and do not know who you are. About 2 weeks later I received an e-mail to my personel account which only family and friends have. It was very personal and this person knew that I had moved, my work schedule and even the names of my dogs. How can I find out who this is? I have the email address. I have tried all the free online reverse email searches that I could find. It tells me no such address. What do I do?
Tumbleweed
Thank u 4 ur concern I know my wife very well. As I said she is the one that originally told me about this. I have a suspition about 2 diff. people it may be. It might be either my ex or hers just playing a prank. But I am not certain of this. But I will find out one way or the other.
Humble,
Thank u I will try that
Humble
I tried the arinswhois and it told me the ip address came from CA. On his my space there is no pic. but it gives his age and says he lives in the same town as I do. Can he some how be routing it to look like that or what. I mean he knew my dogs names. My wife is pretty fritened right now we have 4 kids. I need to know were and who this guy is.

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To me a hero is someone extraordinary. A man or woman that stands up
for what is good. A hero is brave and noble. That saves lives and is noted for their feats of courage. A hero is someone that does something nice like feed a starving child. A true hero is someone that does good deeds out of the trueness of their hearts. As superman has krypton, all heroes have a weakness. Something or some one we hold close to us that if harmed makes us weak. Someone/something that makes us do what we do, like Spiderman has Mary Jane. I am only aloud to write about one stupendous person. But I’m afraid that I cannot write about a hero. Everyone is searching for a hero, people want someone to depend on, and I never found anyone that fulfilled that need. I think that this day and age, we have no heroes. I have yet to find someone to look up to. This world has not any heroes, because we are a world that only cares about ourselves. In today’s world ‘’saving’’ a basketball game can make you a hero. Unlike many young people today, I know that good looks and popularity does not make a hero.
And by that we will sallow up ourselves and die. Like celebrities for example, donates and supports groups is so they look good. And you should help people not to buff yourself up more, but because you strongly want to make a difference. It seems like most famous people only does things to that matter is because someone close died of, like cancer or heart attack. The true heroes are the people who deeds go unknown and secret. Like our 9-11 firemen. They are not famous but they did it one because it’s their job, and two, they want to serve our country. And our military, who is far away from everything and everyone they know and love, but they want to keep our country safe from harm and too keep it safe and free. Why would a celeb be a hero when they put themselves on a pedestal? Heroes do what’s right at all cost. Even if it hurts them they will try to do what they do with a smile on their face. We have no moral values so my class mates will most likely write about some football star, some guy or girl that they have the hots for, some singer or actor that degrades themselves. You can not pick some random person such as Payton manning, Chris brown, opra, Lebrun James as hero is not and cannot be any person. Its something that only a few people can be. People say that heroes are made and not born, that heroism is a matter of fate, but if heroes are made, who – or what – "makes" them? If they are not made, how can wonder woman be a hero? We know that she was sculpted from stone. Our heroes represent the best of ourselves, yet being human and have their flaws; they also allow us to accept our limitations. They teach us to act for the greater good, and not for ourselves. Apparently, you would think that there are many heroes in the world but in today’s day and age there are none. People conspire and do horrific things, they still get away with it and younger people look up to them. Why would someone that saves a basketball game, can sing or dance be a hero? As the world still turns, it gets worse and worse everyday. What will happen to us? Are we at the point of no return, or is there some person who can save this world before we become the very thing we never wanted to be? These days, there are more cowards than heroes. And it makes me sick to know that the world will show no passion for no one but it’s self. The optimal hero is a person we can learn from. Who has made mistakes and is not afraid to admit them. Such as the person used to be mean or did drugs and changed their ways and form what they did, help other people not to make that mistake. Most people are afraid to speak up and tell it like it is, because they do not want to be thought unfavorably of. And if you know, everyone wants to be liked.

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0,000,000,000.00 after taxes. I would buy a huge, giant nice property and build a community of houses for all of my family members to live there. I would adopt a couple kids who have never had anything. I would find out through some children’s hospital’s or social workers some children who are sick and their family’s couldn’t afford surgery, and I would pay for the hospital bills and surgery’s. I would do the same for some mothers and fathers who were very ill, and needed some surgery’s and couldn’t afford them. I would find struggling family’s, single moms, and dads and I would help them with a home, car, food, furniture, and whatever else they may need. I would start a company that would create jobs for some of the family’s that I helped, or other parents or young people. I would set up bank accounts for each of my family members, and college accounts for my children, and my little sister, and some other needy young people, or parents. I wouldn’t live in a mansion. I wouldn’t have cars that cost ,000.00 or more, maybe 30,000.00 at the most and that would just be one. I would set up a church in my community, and a park with a playground, and a theme park with rides for all the kids and adults too. I would also buy another huge property and I would make another community with about 100 homes, and I would work with people and get good drug free family’s into the homes and help them out with very low or no rent until they could get on their feet and then they could pay at a price they could afford, I would set it up through the community and through the women’s refuge and help women and family’s out of abusive relationships to start over a new healthy life. Also teenagers turning 18 that were in abusive or dysfunctional family’s. I would create jobs for some, a lot of these people too, around the property and stuff. I would help handicapped people with surgery’s, physical therapy, counseling, health care, home care workers, maids, and living arrangements (permanent homes), my dad is disabled and he used to work hard, now he is on social security and he has a hard time affording a decent home, food and medication. I would try to stay like I am now, I wouldn’t want to spend millions on myself and have flashy things, I would spend more money helping people than buying things I could show off. I would travel around and talk about God and Jesus and help people who are down and out and try to bring them to the Lord. I would start a big nice rehab for people addicted to opiates, and other drugs, but not people who are being forced to by the courts, only people who really need help and want help. I would also provide these people recovering from addiction a safe place to live, maybe an apartment complex for them and any kids, I would drug test and make a serious program and search the apartments and make sure people were not abusing my help, but I would try and help addicts, especially parents, or young people. I was addicted for 10 years starting when I was 15 and I had a hell of a time trying to find help, it was in my home and I had no where else to go, I thought I would never get help, it was horrible, help was almost non existent when I needed it. What would you all do with 0,000,000,000.00? Just something fun to think about. God bless you all.

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I have a few cell phone numbers I need to reverse lookup to get the details from. Can I get the callers name and address from using a cell phone number lookup?

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0,000,000,000.00 after taxes. I would buy a huge, giant nice property and build a community of houses for all of my family members to live there. I would adopt a couple kids who have never had anything. I would find out through some children’s hospital’s or social workers some children who are sick and their family’s couldn’t afford surgery, and I would pay for the hospital bills and surgery’s. I would do the same for some mothers and fathers who were very ill, and needed some surgery’s and couldn’t afford them. I would find struggling family’s, single moms, and dads and I would help them with a home, car, food, furniture, and whatever else they may need. I would start a company that would create jobs for some of the family’s that I helped, or other parents or young people. I would set up bank accounts for each of my family members, and college accounts for my children, and my little sister, and some other needy young people, or parents. I wouldn’t live in a mansion. I wouldn’t have cars that cost ,000.00 or more, maybe 30,000.00 at the most and that would just be one. I would set up a church in my community, and a park with a playground, and a theme park with rides for all the kids and adults too. I would also buy another huge property and I would make another community with about 100 homes, and I would work with people and get good drug free family’s into the homes and help them out with very low or no rent until they could get on their feet and then they could pay at a price they could afford, I would set it up through the community and through the women’s refuge and help women and family’s out of abusive relationships to start over a new healthy life. Also teenagers turning 18 that were in abusive or dysfunctional family’s. I would create jobs for some, a lot of these people too, around the property and stuff. I would help handicapped people with surgery’s, physical therapy, counseling, health care, home care workers, maids, and living arrangements (permanent homes), my dad is disabled and he used to work hard, now he is on social security and he has a hard time affording a decent home, food and medication. I would try to stay like I am now, I wouldn’t want to spend millions on myself and have flashy things, I would spend more money helping people than buying things I could show off. I would travel around and talk about God and Jesus and help people who are down and out and try to bring them to the Lord. I would start a big nice rehab for people addicted to opiates, and other drugs, but not people who are being forced to by the courts, only people who really need help and want help. I would also provide these people recovering from addiction a safe place to live, maybe an apartment complex for them and any kids, I would drug test and make a serious program and search the apartments and make sure people were not abusing my help, but I would try and help addicts, especially parents, or young people. I was addicted for 10 years starting when I was 15 and I had a hell of a time trying to find help, it was in my home and I had no where else to go, I thought I would never get help, it was horrible, help was almost non existent when I needed it. What would you all do with 0,000,000,000.00? Just something fun to think about. God bless you all.

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PLEASE, THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT!

im trying to look up the records of a person of whom i know little information about. yet, it is incredebly important i find his records. i whould really like a link to a good site for this use, and a reliable one, that does not cost money.

thnx so much!

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Asking costs you 5 points? Why the heck would you set up a whole forum for the specific purpose of finding answers to obscure stuff that you can’t find with a search, and then penalize people for asking questions?

Why do you automatically give people 2 points for answering a question, no matter how crap their answer is?

Why do you have a system where you let a bunch of losers go around giving whack answers, then coming back and voting for their own crap/spam answer as the best answer, and then rewarding them with points and levels? Seriously, there are some major losers who vote for every single one of their own answers, no matter how stupid it is, even if a question has 5 other answers that are all better.

Wouldn’t it make more sense to throw out that limited-time come-back-and- vote-for -yourself period and use the thumb up, thumb down method which seems much more accurate?

How many answers are there where the so-called "best answer" is some load of BS with 10 thumbs down?
I think it would help if there was 0 points for asking, 0 points for answering (to eliminate a lot of spam) and everyone with a "best answer" rating higher than say 30% who also has more than maybe 5000 or 10000 points ought to get reviewed.

A problem is that most people who are serious don’t care much about the point system, so don’t bother voting for best answer, but they do use the thumbs up/down.

You should only get points based on your thumbs up rating, which means that other people actually agree with your answer, and you should lose points for thumbs down. If you get too many thumbs down in a certain time period, you should be suspended from the forum.
And if you give too many thumbs down in a certain time period, you should be suspended from voting.

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If you search the internet these days, you hear a lot about our national debt and how the Federal Reserve is ripping off the American public. Most of these articles say that when the US government needs to borrow money, it goes to the Federal Reserve who prints money out of thin air (or uses accounting tricks) and lends it the US government at interest. I thought the US debt was created thru the sale of treasury securities in an open market. Are these people just trying to spread disinformation, or does the Fed really do this in some form or another? ex. Issuing treasury securities that are transferred to a member bank at no cost.

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Hello, I did some re-search and found out that people have gotten scammed by the eBay protection policy process. Here are the emails I have been sent.

Hello and sorry for the delay,
I am very glad that you interested in buying my car (2001 Audi TT Coupe).I am selling this car because my platoon has been sent back to Iraq and don’t want it get old in my backyard. The price is low because I need to sell it before July 12. It has no damage, no scratches or dents,no hidden defects. It is in immaculate condition, meticulously maintained and hasn’t been involved in any accident..I do have the title, clear, under my name. It is still available for sale if interested, price as stated in the ad 00. The car is in Victoria,BC in case it gets sold I will take care of shipping.Let me know, if you are interested, email back.

Here is the information:

Mileage: 63809
VIN Number: TRUSX28N311034337

Sincerly,
Lt. Mark Terrell

I then asked how we would go through wiht the process and if I could get an inspection of the vehicle.

Because it is a large transaction we will complete the deal only using an authorized third party like eBay, using their eBay Vehicle Purchase Protection.The payment will be handling by eBay and you will benefit of 7 inspection time period and the option to accept or reject the car on my expense. The payment is going to be send to one of eBay Vehicle Purchase Protection agent, funds will be placed on hold until you receive and inspect the car. In case you don’t like the car (is not our situation) you will ship it back at my cost and receive a full refound from eBay employee. Payment will be relesed to me only with your approval…If you are still interested just send me your full name and shipping address. I will forward your info and they will notify you about our deal.
Sincerly,
Lt. Mark Terrell

Sound like a scam?

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Aren’t people with jobs and lives on google or somewhere?? Its like this person doesnt exist and is a professional. How is that possible in this day and age, it seems that everything I do shows up?
Any ideas? other search ideas?
Thank you

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Are there any places online what will supply me with a free cell phone lookup service. Every one I have tried so far has lied to me and not given the service free. Why say it is free when it is not?

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Instead of bailing out the large banks who caused this mess I have a real solution.

Freeze all foreclosures. Legislate that the money that would otherwise go to a "bailout" to banks, be given to the lending institutions that the foreclosing property owners owe in back payments to make them current, so they can start from scratch. Do not include mortgage brokers but the direct banks involved, so there are no closing costs, title searches or that litany of costs typically incurred in refinancing.

Restructure the loans for 40 or 50 years if necessary so that the new payments will be lowered (yes people will die before it is paid, but leave that to the heirs to decide to keep the property and continue payments or sell it).

Provide the lowest possible interest rate at .01% above the cost of the bank loan based upon the wholesale interest rate. Prevent the selling of any loan on the secondary market to any institution that is not solvent to again prevent another disaster. This way, people get to keep their home, lower their payment and the bank still gets its cash flow that they need to stay in business.

Then, legislate that the negative credit reports of these distressed homeowners be erased; with the stipulation that it only include home mortgages; not credit cards or any other kind of debt.

Finally, if all else fails, repeal the Bush bankruptcy code so that individuals can claim bankruptcy if they must, and make it so that one does not have to hire a lawyer (which they cannot afford) in order for it to be discharged. It’s easy for a big bank to do it, so why shouldn’t it be easy for me?
My plan does limit compensation to CEO’s. The reason I place the money toward the distressed homeowners is because it would be less expensive than 0 billion. If we "bailed out" these predatory lenders, it would send a signal that we will do it again.

The people who received these loans are not at fault. The banks told them (ME) that they qualified and that they would refinance these loans later, "No problem" they said. Then when it came time to do that, the banks said, "You don’t qualify". My three year ARM was ABOVE prime rate at 6.76% to adjust to 8.9% in 3 years. Didn’t tell me that I couldn’t refinance before that without paying a 00 penalty. These were predatory loans that consumers knew nothing about. Why would a bank lend me money if they KNEW couldn’t be paid back? I paid my loan on time every month + . Then tell me that I don’t qualify for a new loan? Because I put 30% down and they wanted my house to sell for a profit.

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Thanks to immigration laws that favor relatives instead of skilled workers, most of the immigrants being admitted are low-skilled. Out of all the adult immigrants admitted in 2000, 69 percent had no reported profession, occupation, or job at all.2 The average adult immigrant has only a ninth-grade education; more than a third of immigrants over 25 are not high school graduates.3
Claims That We Need Low-Skilled Workers Are False.
Some employers claim that they need to import low-skilled workers to compete in the world market, where wages are very low. But those employers have simply become dependent on cheap foreign labor to the detriment of American workers: “Network recruitment [of immigrants] not only excludes American workers from certain jobs; it also builds a dependency relationship between U.S. employers and Mexican sources that requires a constant infusion of new workers,” says economist Philip Martin.4 Such a strategy for our economy is doomed to failure anyway: “The low-wage strategy may work in the short run, but in the long run it’s a loser. In the long run, we are not going to win a wage-cutting contest with the Third World,” notes economist Vernon Briggs.5

Besides, the United States already has plenty of low-skilled native workers: “No technologically advanced industrial nation that has 27 million illiterate adults … need have any fear about a shortage of unskilled workers in its foreseeable future.”6

The effects are most pronounced in the cities where immigrants go. High immigration cities have twice as much unemployment as low immigration cities.7 Because too much immigration keeps wages low, wage increases in low-immigration cities have been 48 percent higher than in high-immigration cities.8 Thus, immigration contributes to the growing disparity between the rich and the poor in this country9 and the shrinking of the middle class.10 But the damage is not confined to high-immigration locales. The harm is carried to other cities when poor Americans whose wages have been depressed or who have been displaced from their jobs by immigration move to low-immigration areas in search of greener pastures.11

Wages Are Lowered By Competition From Immigrants.
The effect of immigration on those low-skilled Americans is profound, and the government knows it: “Undoubtedly access to lower-wage foreign workers has a depressing effect [on wages],” says former Labor Secretary Robert Reich.12 Research suggests that between 40 and 50 percent of wage-loss among low-skilled Americans is due to the immigration of low-skilled workers.13 Some native workers lose not just wages but their jobs through immigrant competition. An estimated 1,880,000 American workers are displaced from their jobs every year by immigration; the cost for providing welfare and assistance to these Americans is over billion a year.14

Large-Scale Immigration of Low-Skilled Workers Must Be Stopped.
In short, the mass importation of low-skilled workers through immigration damages the job market for Americans, depresses wages for low-skilled natives, and costs the taxpayer billions a year-all for the benefit of businesses that have become dependent on cheap, foreign labor. An immigration system that admits too many people, without regard to their skill levels or impact on the labor force, is to blame. We must reform the immigration laws to lower the level of annual immigration and to ensure that those immigrants who are admitted complement, not compete, with our native labor force.

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I would like to at least become A&P certified.
How much should I expect to spend to attain one of these two goals..either A&P instruction or the Associate in Science degree
Please estimate for me the total cost to include everything I would need to include books, tuition, fees, tools, etc…
I live in FLorida and there are plenty of community colleges around.
I have done a Google search and found a few schools on the web…
for example;
I have been all over the Spartan Aviation School website…and I am amazed at how friggin’ difficult is to find out the cost from these people…WTF?? They are such a ripoff expensive of a school that they are afraid I will get sticker shock or be apphalled???
I sent them an email asking if tuition and fees for their school is a "secret"! haha.
If you have been through this program at a regular reasonably priced school like a community college or know someone who has..please tell me about how much I should expect to spend…I would very much appreciate your time if you would give to me a ball park estimate of tuition, fees, beginners tool set..etc…
Thank you Again for your time,
Perry in FL
P.S.
Also I would like to know if I should pursue theAS DEGREE as opposed to pursue the Airframe and power plant classes for certification only. I know some classes will be required anyway since I have no experience…so I am thinking I should just go ahead and pursue the AS degree…is thinking correct..? Thank you again.

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I had someone call me from a cell phone that came up as unlisted. Can you reverse lookup a cell phone number for free? I see a lot of cell phone number lookup sites but they all seem to charge for the service.

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Recently my Uncle has passed and he had 2 Kids – The mother had left my uncle with the kids (when the kids were small) and no one had seen hide nor hair from any of them since. My question is this… How can I find out where the kids are to let them know that their father has passed on?
The mother most likely had remarried and changed their last name. –
Is their a way to do this on the internet that will not cost any money?
I’ve tried the free people searches – but they are garbage – do you know of a site where they may list family history or some way to track name changes?
Thanks to all who answer

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A friend of mine believes that a friend of hers may be in jail and has asked me if I can search online to find out where that person is. I don’t have the slightest idea on how to search for a possible inmate. Any suggestions?

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Last week i got an emergency call from a friend asking me to come and get her.I dropped what I was doing and got there in record speed(remind you I am 9 months pregnant and ready to pop at any moment) She walked out the house with a face swollen like an airballoon and a extremely pink swollen eye. She told me that her and her bf had gotten into an altercation the previous night. She did not mention that he basically beat the shit out of her! I took her to the ER, her nose would not stop bleeding. She has no insurance so even though there were only a few people waiting, they were in no rush to see her. 3 hrs later, they call her back. By that time, i was dying for food so i went in search for the cafeteria. I got us both a snack plus the 6 year old kid she had been babysitting as well. On my way to her room 3 nurses asked me who i was and asked for identification and im thnking, wth is going on? Finally after her CT scan she tells me that when they questioned her about the bruises and everything, she lied and said a girl had done it….so they thought it was my pregnant ass who beat her up!! To sum it up. The guy beat the hell out of her, broke her nose, fractured another part of her face blacked her eye and left her swollen like a blowfish! To top it off, she covered for him, would not call the cops and to my suprise later that day texted me about how confused she was about being back with him! Talk about a dumb broad!!! I am longtime friends with her and her family. Her younger sister who is my age works out at the gym w/me and after her idiotic older sister wrote a bunch of bs on my facebook page about what happened, arguing back and forth with me about the situation, she asked me what was going on. She knew it had to be serious because I dont argue…i ignore! So i basically told the sister that she needed to go visit her older sister and talk to her because things were not right with her. Well her family put two and two together when they saw herface and the fb comments about she can be with whoever she chooses…yada yada. They know! So she calls me, cusses me out calls me phony and unloyal, deletes me from her facebook, and basically told me to stay out of her life!! And now im feeling like crap for trying to be a good friend??? Where did I go wrong if at all? I never told what happened just suggested that she be talked to, she filled everyone in with the details on fb…not me!!

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Money where your mouth is?
Teens sinking their teeth into grills – mouths full of bling
Monday, April 03, 2006
Jesse Tinsley
Plain Dealer Reporter
A broad smile revealing a mouthful of pearly whites is old school for a rising bling culture sinking its teeth into a so-called grill or front.

Individual gold-capped teeth, which have drifted in and out of fashion since the early 1970s, have given way to grills and fronts – removable mouthpieces made of gold, platinum or silver and sometimes studded with jewels.

The trend has been boosted in recent years by hip-hop icons such as Nelly and rappers like Paul Wall.

After Nelly’s 2005 hit "Grillz," which glorifies the trend, young people all over scrambled to wrap their happy chops around a shiny grill.

Jacob Owens, a 17-year-old South High School student, snagged a diamond-studded silver grill a couple of months ago for 0.

"Everybody is getting grills," Owens said while hanging out at the food court at Tower City. He chose silver to set himself apart in a trend he calls a "hot new thing."

Owens sheds his grill to eat and at bedtime, but for the most part wears it for hours at a time to match his ear rings.

With a grill, chains and ear rings, he is a manifestation of bling – a term coined in the late 1990s for flashy, expen sive jewelry and other adorn ments.

Many of the mouthpieces – made from dental imprints – are purchased online. But they are sold at local outlets too, like Wired Up at Tower City.

Jeremy McGrew, manager at the Wired Up kiosk, said business has been booming since the release of "Grillz."

Generally, tooth imprints are made and sent to a jeweler who fashions the fronts and returns them to the client or retailer where the items were purchased.

Although people like Owens may find it cool to flash their fronts, the mouth jewelry has caught the attention and concern of the American Dental Association.

Matthew Messina, a Fairview Park dentist and ADA spokeman, said improper use and care of fronts can result in serious gum disease or cavities.
Owens’ story confirms Messina’s concern that teens are wearing their mouthpieces for long periods without cleaning them often enough.

Messina has no problem with the aesthetic aspect of a grill, but he warns of problems down the road if they are not kept clean or if they are bonded to natural teeth.

Snap-on grills do not fit particularly well in and around the teeth, he said, allowing food and bacteria to get trapped underneath, which can cause cavities or other problems like gum disease or gum recession.

Other dangers include allergic reactions to cheaper materials used to make the grills and adverse reactions to jewelry cleaners, which can burn gums, Messina said.

"The really wealthy who have them made of high-quality precious metals, you will have less allergic reaction," Messina said. "Someone going more of a cut-rate route, where they are using lesser metals, we see a lot more metal-allergic reaction to more-base metals."

Steve Michaels, who makes grills for Midwest Goldfronts in Minneapolis, said he gets clients from as far away as Cleveland and Los Angeles.

Michaels said Midwest Goldfronts does quality work and discourages customers from attaching fronts with permanent cement, which dentists say can cause tooth damage and cost more money to repair.

Messina said some vendors may be unaware that in some states – Ohio included – taking an impression of someone’s mouth is considered dentistry, which requires a license.

That did not seem to concern a group of four or five teens strolling the corridors of Tower City on a recent weekday. They all smiled – revealing their bling.

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