Re: Looking for Long Tooth...

["Scott P. Smith" <ssmith@scott-smith.com>]

Actually, I am "long in the tooth" and can explain.  It is common (with age)
for your gums to recede.  My guns have actually receded a little from
grinding my teeth at night.  The pressure on the bone pushes the teeth
toward the outside of the jaw, which makes the outer jaw bone recede,
pulling the gums with it.

"Long in the tooth" refers to receding gums (which make your teeth look
longer) which commonly happens with age.

I once met a 75 year old woman who's gums where so receded, most of the root
on all her front teeth were exposed.  It was pretty gross.  Mine aren't
nearly that bad.

In fact I'm going to the dentist tomorrow to get a night guard made.

Scott Smith

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lee Chalupa" <lchalupa@seelink.org>
To: "Lee Chalupa" <lchalupa@seelink.org>; "Atlanta Java Users Group"
<ajug-members@ajug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 10:29 AM
Subject: Re: Looking for Long Tooth...


> Someone asked about the reference to long tooth....
>
> I found this on the web...
>
> "Long in the tooth" is, of course, a figure of speech meaning "of advanced
> years," "past its prime," or simply "old." The core of the mystery is why
> teeth, and the apparent growth thereof, should be associated with the
march
> of time. While the well-known case of Little Red Riding Hood would seem to
> offer a clue ("Oh Grandma, what big teeth you have!"), I believe the
Riding
> Hood fiasco was primarily a matter of mental, not dental, disturbance. In
> approaching this case, I believe our first real clue may be found in the
> words of the patron saint of TV journalism, Mr. Ed. "Go to the source and
> ask the horse," Ed often advised, and sounder words were never spoken by
an
> oatburner. It seems that the gums of horses recede as they age, gradually
> revealing more of the teeth, making them appear longer. Thus a horse ready
> for retirement was said to be "long in the tooth," and checking Old
> Dobbin's teeth has long been considered one of the most effective ways a
> buyer has of gauging a nag's age.
>
>
> lee
>
>
>
> On Wed, 09 Apr 2003 09:24:20 -0400, Lee Chalupa <lchalupa@seelink.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Hello:
> >
> > I would like to find some examples of business problems that are
> > addressed using
> > bitwise operators or shift operators.
> >
> > I think one of the reasons people have trouble with these two topics is
> > that they
> > seem irrelevant to their work.
> >
> > My guess is that some of our more experienced programmers used these
> > operators in the "good old days".
> >
> > Does anybody have some practical examples of where they put these
> > operators to good use?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Lee Chalupa
> > AJUG Certification Group
> >
> >
>
>
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