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Shape Shifter · 08-05-2005, 02:16 PM

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Originally posted by pony_trekker
Back in about 1981, I drove past that place with a friend and was a fixin' to try to eat that steak. I went in and found out that if you didn't eat the whole dinner, you had to shell out $24.99. My friend acted like that was a million dollars (back then none of us could get approved for credit cards) and talked me out of it. We wound up eating a $5 steak at some truck stop up the road. He was like the goose that laid the golden egg "See that? I found us a steak that was just $5!"

You'll have to suggest the place to RT for the FB Amarillo roadtrip.

Really, RT, Amarillo?

Replaced_Texan · 08-05-2005, 02:20 PM

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Originally posted by Shape Shifter
You'll have to suggest the place to RT for the FB Amarillo roadtrip.

Really, RT, Amarillo?

I was kinda thinking of an aimless journey with lots of stops along the way. I'm sure there are places we can stop and eat pie and see giant balls of twine and UFOs and snake farms and natural bridge cabins and random music festivals all over the country. Amarillo isn't the final destination, by any means, in the FB road trip.

Shape Shifter · 08-05-2005, 02:28 PM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I was kinda thinking of an aimless journey with lots of stops along the way. I'm sure there are places we can stop and eat pie and see giant balls of twine and UFOs and snake farms and natural bridge cabins and random music festivals all over the country. Amarillo isn't the final destination, by any means, in the FB road trip.

By morning, up from San Antone?

baltassoc · 08-05-2005, 02:32 PM

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Originally posted by Shape Shifter
By morning, up from San Antone?

That's a hell of a drive. Might as well do it at night, though.

robustpuppy · 08-05-2005, 02:35 PM

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Originally posted by baltassoc
That's a hell of a drive. Might as well do it at night, though.

What time does your flight land?

Shape Shifter · 08-05-2005, 02:38 PM

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Originally posted by robustpuppy
What time does your flight land?

More importantly, does he have his blackberry?

baltassoc · 08-05-2005, 02:39 PM

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Originally posted by robustpuppy
What time does your flight land?

9:35 We could make Amarillo by about noon Saturday, I figure. But why bother? We've both been there before, and frankly, I wasn't impressed.

Shape Shifter · 08-05-2005, 02:46 PM

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Originally posted by baltassoc
9:35 We could make Amarillo by about noon Saturday, I figure. But why bother? We've both been there before, and frankly, I wasn't impressed.

You'll be missed.

LessinSF · 08-05-2005, 03:03 PM

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Originally posted by Spanky
Are you kidding? The only things I regret in life are when I was too scared to so something. This guy was a total jerk and he got what he deserved. It is not like he is a police officer. He was some county hack with a napoleon complex.

Coincidentally, I found this passage in the book (Deepsix by Jack McDevitt) I am reading last night:

"Now that she faced possible termination, her life seemed curiously incomplete. She'd heard somewhere that, when death was near, one's regrets were not for one's actions, the assorted small and petty acts, the occasional immoralities, even the periodic cruelties visited on others. But rather one regretted things notdone, adventures not undertaken, experiences left untasted, whether through some false code of morality or, more likely, shyness or fear of failure.

She smiled to herself. MacAllister had said somewhere, through fear of getting caught."

robustpuppy · 08-05-2005, 03:09 PM

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Originally posted by LessinSF
Coincidentally, I found this passage in the book (Deepsix by Jack McDevitt) I am reading last night:

"Now that she faced possible termination, her life seemed curiously incomplete. She'd heard somewhere that, when death was near, one's regrets were not for one's actions, the assorted small and petty acts, the occasional immoralities, even the periodic cruelties visited on others. But rather one regretted things notdone, adventures not undertaken, experiences left untasted, whether through some false code of morality or, more likely, shyness or fear of failure.

She smiled to herself. MacAllister had said somewhere, through fear of getting caught."

I once heard partnership described as a pie-eating contest where the prize is more pie.

LessinSF · 08-05-2005, 03:12 PM

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Originally posted by robustpuppy
I once heard partnership described as a pie-eating contest where the prize is more pie.

Hence, my current quest to quasi-retire after my bonus this year.

Mister_Ruysbroeck · 08-05-2005, 03:20 PM

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Originally posted by ABBAKiss
How many hours did you swim if you think you burned 5,000 calories per day? And how many anvils were you holding over your head?

2300 calories just to live.

2-3 hours of swimming at a vigourous pace is easily another 2200-2700.

I just recently got back into swimming and am doing about 45min 4 times a week and I am cutting weight faster than I was when I was just doing the treadmill bullshit.

Not to say there's anything wrong with the treadmill bullshit. It just doesn't work for me.

Mister_Ruysbroeck · 08-05-2005, 03:23 PM

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Originally posted by baltassoc
2.5 - 3 hours in the water with a drag suit (9k-12k yards), another hour in the weight room, running, or biking. No water on Sundays, just run or bike. Plus, um, recreational activities.

I was in pretty amazing shape, thinking back on it. It was good to be 18.

You're overestimating your yardage for a 2.5-3 hours swim, but yeah, that's about how much I swam (time, not distance) back then.

Not Bob · 08-05-2005, 03:23 PM

So, I just received the result in a non-jury case (it only took the judge 60 days or so after the trial to issue it), and it is a complete and utter victory. Kresge's victory is so complete that it is as if we not only pulled down the walls and pillaged the town, but as if we salted the earth and allowed a prison, a Wal-Mart, and a junkyard into the McMansion gated communities of our enemies.

(Whoa. What an analogy. And that sentence? Anyway.)

You would think that Kresge would be pleased. What is their reaction? Joy? A hearty thank you? A date with Ashley Judd?

No. Here's a verbatim transcript (the hot court reporter was still in the office after Fenwick finsihed deposing a chiropractor, and since I thought I was about to be praised, I put the call on speaker, and asked her to type) of the call:

Kresge: Hello?

Not Bob: Hey, Kresge Dude, it's Not Bob. [pause] From Podunkville. [pause] The Fluffernutter trial?

Kresge: Oh. Yeah. So, what's up with that case?

Not Bob: Funny you should ask.

Kresge: Why is that funny?

Not Bob: Uh, I meant that that's why I called. To tell you what's up with that case. The decision came in -- we won. Zero, plus costs, plus fees.

Kresge: Fees. You know, they were only asking for $10,000, and we could have paid them that to go away. Instead we're paying you a hell of a lot more than that.

Not Bob: Well, yes, and I mentioned that to you at the mediation. Repeatedly. As did the mediator. And opposing counsel. And Mrs. Fluffernutter. Heck, I think that the UPS guy told you that, too.

Kresge: Well, we can't pay extortion. And how come we didn't get summary judgment, anyway? What is it with the courts in [square Midwest state], anyway?

Not Bob: Uh, I dunno, I'm just a Podunk lawyer. I only know about my courts. Anyway, I'll forward the decision to you.

Kresge: Right. And they owe us fees, right?

Not Bob: Yup.

Kresge: Why don't we just assign our claim to you in exchange for the final bill? Call it even.

Hot Court Reporter: That's just mean.

Kresge: Huh? What did you say?

Not Bob: [aside] Tell me about it. [into phone] Uh, I said, the local bar rules don't allow that. Unfortunately.

Kresge: Well, too bad. That would give you an incentive to really track her assets down.

Not Bob: Yeah, well, I doubt that her trailer and Chevy Vega are worth all that much.

Kresge: Got to run, Not Bill. I'll talk to you later -- my supervisor had some questions about the fax charges on your February bill, so let's follow up. [click]

Hot Court Reporter: You want this transcribed?

Not Bob: Yeah, expedite it. We'll read. Send the invoice to [Kresge].

OFF THE RECORD

notcasesensitive · 08-05-2005, 03:25 PM

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Originally posted by Mister_Ruysbroeck
2300 calories just to live.

2-3 hours of swimming at a vigourous pace is easily another 2200-2700.

I just recently got back into swimming and am doing about 45min 4 times a week and I am cutting weight faster than I was when I was just doing the treadmill bullshit.

Not to say there's anything wrong with the treadmill bullshit. It just doesn't work for me.

Would that the treadmill bullshit could work for anyone over 30. God, I hate exercising. Riddle me this: has anyone ever used one of those motion pools that keeps you swimming in the same place instead of doing laps? Damn in-air catalog on American flights makes it look so easy! Is there any risk of injury if you like stop swimming or swim too slow? Like the equivalent of falling off the treadmill?

Enquiring minds.

ETGRO"ue"