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Clarinetist, 24, wins $260,000 from ex-girlfriend who deleted email offering him a place at his dream school
June 18, 2018, 02:16 PM
rockchalk06Clarinetist, 24, wins $260,000 from ex-girlfriend who deleted email offering him a place at his dream school
What was it my old man used to say about sticking something in crazy?
June 18, 2018, 02:21 PM
Opus Deiquote:
Originally posted by Redford1970:
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Originally posted by Opus Dei:
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Originally posted by Rick Lee:
I'd like to know how many years are a professional clarinetist he would need to earn the kind of money he sued for.
From the article above:
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He said that it set Abramovitz's career back by two years and that he would have had the chance to earn around $150,000 in an orchestra if she hadn't interfered.
Would seem $75K/year, as he graduated in 2016.
Since she set him back TWO years and he was awarded $300,000 plus additional punitive damages, I took that to mean his potential earnings were $300,000 for those two years or $150k per.
The estimated earnings aren't implicitly a yearly rate, but seemingly a cumulative amount (~150K) over a given time (2 years).
The award might be a formula of (say) 2X lost wages. It might reflect the aforementioned potential side work. And the award of 300K is only stated as "damages", with an extra 50K for punitive measure. Perhaps there's some emotional damage component to the greater award. No telling, though. It's a little light on details.
June 18, 2018, 02:27 PM
k5blazerI married a flutist.
June 18, 2018, 02:32 PM
Rey HRHThis story blows.
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June 18, 2018, 08:18 PM
Scoutmasterquote:
Originally posted by newtoSig765:
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Originally posted by Scoutmaster:
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Originally posted by Rightwire:
I'm sorry, fluetists are crazy. There I said it, but damnit, they really are.
Any thoughts on those who play the oboe?
In my case, the flutist was the one who got away. Not crazy at all. Stupidly, I broke up with her.
I was the oboeist.
I played the clarinet (my dad traded one of his hunting rifles for it), but have a fondness for the bassoon.
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Stramboquote:
Originally posted by k5blazer:
I married a flutist.
Heh, I did as well. She's not cray-cray though.
...well, she isn't above the "crazy/hot matrix" line, firmly "wife-zone" territory.
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Rightwirequote:
Originally posted by Scoutmaster:
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Originally posted by Rightwire:
I'm sorry, fluetists are crazy. There I said it, but damnit, they really are.
Any thoughts on those who play the oboe?
We only had one, nice guy really smart, ended up gay. I'm going with less crazy.
And for the forum oboeist who dated/married a fluteist, well.... That's sort of like me telling people that all of the other goalies think that I'm totally normal
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There are three types of mistakes; Those you learn from, those you suffer from, and those you don't survive. June 19, 2018, 07:52 AM
xweslerI played the flute all through elementary, middle, and high school. I still play on occasion for my own amusement.
I had a whole reply typed out about flutists not being crazy before realizing that 1) my sanity is questionable at this point and 2) for all my years of being surrounded by very attractive flutists....never once did I actually date one of them.
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June 19, 2018, 09:21 AM
sig sailorA musician is a person that will load $5,000 worth of equipment into a van and drive 150 miles to a gig paying $50.
Sorry for the thread drift, but always loved that quote.
Rod
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I asked myself if I was crazy, and we all said no.
June 19, 2018, 09:30 AM
Opus Deiquote:
Originally posted by sig sailor:
A musician is a person that will load $5,000 worth of equipment into a van and drive 150 miles to a gig paying $50.
Sorry for the thread drift, but always loved that quote.
Rod
The rodeo and racing circuits make that look like manna from Heaven.
June 19, 2018, 09:32 AM
Rick LeeI'm all for that nutbag woman getting slapped with the biggest judgment possible. But it's a total joke to think the plaintiff would have immediately scored a well-paying, salaried orchestra gig upon graduation. And it's not like you have to have a degree to get those gigs anyway, though I'm not saying it doesn't help.
My high school music theory teacher is a Juliard alum, as is his wife. Both were making teachers' salaries from the day the they started working, though they each had plenty of side gigs.
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June 19, 2018, 09:37 AM
ccmdfdA definite downside to e-mail (or at least letting someone else have access to it)