#11 It’s Time to Name Names…..

Do you all remember Chris Choo’s award winning cartoons??  These WILL bring back some great memories.

 

First, a shout to Assemblymember Jim Wood, (nah, you’re still Woody) for the editing of News Caries.  http://asmdc.org/members/a02/  (“Assemblymember”, my spell check doesn’t know what to do with that…sounds like a lego piece….)  Anyway.

--Craig Story, we haven’t forgotten about you, your name keeps popping up on the Caries Check masthead throughout dental school. Thanks for that multi-year commitment.

--Peter Cowley for stocking the lab refrigerator.

--Kelly Mohr for keeping us up to date on birthdays with her posters.

--Jim Wood for organizing the TDN (test distribution network)

--Danny Smith for offering a special deal on the Lares fiber optic handpiece.  Hmm, were you getting a kickback from this??

--Jim Loye, Gary Kevorkian, Paula Leyman and Craig Story for the Christmas party at Dr. Parker’s half-finished geodesic dome house. (A quote from my State of the Class Address)---“thanks for their exceptional leadership and ideas for the social activities.  Our class has done more in the last two quarters than most classes do in four years.  They not only plan the parties, but they figure out a way to finance them and they even clean up after themselves!”

--Tom Simms and Mark Romanelli as clinic reps.

--Renee Ostermiller, Mark Doyle and John Liu for “their political influence in national and state organizations”.  You guys WERE important.

#10 How DID we talk to family, friends, and patients, or what is a “long distance call to my patient who lives in Palm Springs”?

Most/many of you are responding on your phones or “personal devices”.  This is where we were in 1983 in dental school!

 

Now, a great entry in The Rumor Mill:

Rumor is......Bruce Taber had pneumonia for 4 days.

Facts are.....Bruce and Brenna were both gone for 4 days and Bruce hasn't stopped smiling since he got back.

 

Finally, I just love this headline from 1983.  It has nothing to do with dentistry.  If you look up “irony” in Wikipedia, this is what you find.

#9 The Sophomore Year

Real time comment:  Denny and I have really enjoyed hearing from so many of you as you make plans for Palm Springs.  Kevin is working on the entertainment at the Golden Probes and Brian is formulating a strategy to encourage all of you to scrounge around and find a few photos from dental school, a few current photos, and for you who can’t make it to the reunion, a short 60 second phone video to tell us what you are up to.

 

Further, some questions will be coming in the next month or so to trigger a few memories and we are taking submissions for ideas, awards, etc. to be included in the Golden Probes as well.  These are your Awards, we want you to be as involved as you want.  We are also working on a few surprises, none of you will want to miss this.

 

So, onward to the sophomore year.  Most photos of our class have been updated, looks like some of us were in our clinic attire when we were photographed.  Moustache count went from 30 our freshman year to 36 our sophomore year, almost 50% of the men.  Hah, another change from our freshmen year: the addition of Kent Brodie, and the absence of Muriel’s picture.  Muriel, where were you that day??

 

#8 Saying good-bye to 1982

1982 Sports figure?!

……I’m taking this no-where…….  (OK, I can’t resist…. Title should have been the Rise and Fall of an American Hero……, sorry, couldn’t help it)

 

Speaking of sports, our class routinely planned outings to see the Dodgers ($5 a ticket), and the Lakers and Kings ($4.50 a ticket).  PARKING is now $20—$30 for a Laker game.

 

I’m kinda tapped out for our Freshman year.  Not a lot of memories or memorabilia.  We’ll have to discuss more in Palm Springs. 

I do remember a very diverse group as we began our journey.  Some of us hadn’t finished college, others had abandoned careers to start over.  Most of us spoke pretty good English.  Individually, all of us wanted to succeed and most of us wanted all of us to succeed.  I rediscovered the TDN…….

Test Distribution Network.  Back then it meant a lot of trips up to the Administration’s huge Xerox machine, going thru reams of paper to get the data out to all 93 of us.  We shared questions, we shared answers, we shared life.

#7 In the Lab

REAL TIME UPDATE:  Morning everyone.  Denny you are amazing!  Everyone needs to give Denny a virtual hug or kiss right now.  The time he is spending on our reunion is incredible.   What we are seeing in his emails is the tip of Denny’s iceberg.  (Or something like that)…… 

His hard work is, hopefully, further encouragement to join us in Palm Springs and/or track down fellow Eighty6’ers to insist they sign up!   Even this lowly, drively blog has over 200 hits now.   The torrent of trivia will slow a bit in the near future as Gloria and I are leaving the country for a bit of R and R.  But, keep rummaging through old boxes, basements and brains to set aside and bring with you great memories to share.

 

1982

I didn’t keep a lot of stuff from our freshman year.  I think I was in the survival mode at that point.  But, I did find what you see below.  For you who are retired, that is “stone” not plaster.  For the rest of us, that is a “waxup”….tripodization…..or something like that.

 

Craig, help us out here, did News Caries start our sophomore year?  Below is actually from  “The Reamer”  Not sure who’s or what that was.  I do like the cartoon though.  Anybody have memories about “The Reamer”?

#6 The Legacy of News Caries

BREAKING NEWS:  Denny is finalizing the numbers for the Palm Springs Weekend.  Please e-mail him with your intentions.  As you have seen from his emails it is going to be a HUGE weekend, over half the class has already signed up, and almost 100 for the Golden Probe Awards Extravaganza. 

If your name isn’t on the list, or you know some one who should be on the list, get on the phone!  It is going to be a great weekend of fun and memories.  (In a few more years we will have less of both……)

First, the layout.  Monthly, 3-4 legal pages, calendar on the front page then announcements, cartoons by the Master Chris Choo, reports from Clinic Rep., DSA Rep., The Rumor Mill, and, of course, the party schedule.

A few social highlights from the first issue of our Sophomore year:
--Business appointment cards, $10 for 1000, (Note: half price of what LLUSD is offering), go class of 86!
--Magnifying loupes, (swing downs), $8.35 + tax, elsewhere, $20.  (thanks Carey!)
--Free lunch, meet you little brother/sister for free “grinders”
--Disneyland tickets, ADA was meeting at Anaheim.  5pm-1am.  $7.00!  Was this 1883, or 1983?
--Sail to Catalina.  $2 deposit, $16.50 per person, (thanks Paula!)
--“Rootin’ Tootin’ Cowboy Fall Roundup” to “get back in the saddle again” party.  (Whaaaat, we talked like that?)
--Halloween at the Moore Ranch, a legacy in the making

The Rumor Mill
--Jeri was available for dating.
--Jim Redfield did not pull the plug on our fridge, I accidently did.

NOTE: we included a freshman calendar  for our first New Caries, our Sophomore year with their test schedule, party schedule, etc., encouraging them to start their own newsletter.

#5 The Pep Boys

 

This should bring back some memories.  

Here they are, Denny, Paul and John.

 

But not without some controversy.  Below I quote from the News Caries Rumor Mill:

--Quote: “Dancin’” Jim Loye is a “Pep Boy”, is NOT TRUE.  Jim wants to be one, but the 3 Pep Boys, John C., Paul W., and Dennis Z. won’t let him in.”" Unquote--

 

Warning, image below is disturbing…….

 

 

 

 

#4 The Good Ole Days?

Who was born in 1982?

Anne Hathaway

Prince William  (He would benefit from ZOOM)

I still remember pulling teeth in the Oral Surgery Department.  Rule was, wear gloves only if you are extracting wisdom teeth.  I also remember clinic instructors washing, drying their gloves then putting them back in their pockets.  I am now looking for pictures taken during surgery supporting my memory.  Until then, this is a great shot from the Handbook.  Quite a casual, hairy group watching the beginning of a pretty serious procedure.  Note the mallet on the left.

# 3 It Cost How Much, (or how little)?

1982

 

This was surprising.  Below is what it cost to get our DDS degrees.  I think we can all agree the ROI was not too shabby.  Totals range from $60,000-75,000 for tuition, supplies, equipment and living expenses. (Not including trips to Las Vegas.)  In talking to recent graduates, they are looking at loans totally from $300,000 to over $500,000!  Ouch, will there be a ROI?

 

 

BUT, in perspective, this is what we were charging our patients, and a comparison to what dentist were charging their patients in our Sophomore year.

#2 It all started with THE letter

Welcome back.  We got about 70 hits on the first blog entry.

 

Yep, 1982.  Now a cult favorite.

 

Hah, I kept this along with letters I wrote to people with way more money than I had, for loans or donations. 

 

Freshman year……..Class Schedule

 

 

Got any favorites?   Do you even remember half of these classes? 

A few of you have had, or do have kids in dental school, got any comparisons for us?

Welcome to the Eighty6’ers blog

Greetings to everyone.  For the next 4 months I hope to entertain and remind you of our dental school journey that ended almost 30 years ago.  Much has happened since then.  Some great triumphs and accomplishments.  Careers and families to build and sustain.  New friends, new cultures.  Stepping up in some things, backing down in others.  Disappointments, challenges, sadness, joy.   Tragedies, ecstasies……all tempered by the “time-clock” of a career.  So, sit back, relax and enjoy the simple times from dental school.

Included in this blog is the cover of our LLLUSD Bulletin.  Note the blood stains on the upper left. 
Also, The Potpourri……..Yes, you really did look that way in 1982.  But, no complaints. Look at MJ in 1982.  And look at him now……..




Let the memories begin!




I’m not sure why I got or kept The Potpourri!  I was married in dental school.  (Note: Gloria and I just celebrated our 40th anniversary).







Finally, note at the bottom of each blog post is an opportunity to comments.  Please do!!