Firms and Salary Information - Ohio

[andViolins]

I know, I know, off of the thong topic, BUT, article in today's plain dealer about brobeck and whether it could happen in cleveland.

http://www.cleveland.com/business/pl...6725266582.xml

Kind of a stretch to try and compare Cleveland firms to Brobeck, IMHO.

aV

[ms. naughty diplomat]

Originally posted by andViolins
I know, I know, off of the thong topic, BUT, article in today's plain dealer about brobeck and whether it could happen in cleveland.

http://www.cleveland.com/business/pl...6725266582.xml

Kind of a stretch to try and compare Cleveland firms to Brobeck, IMHO.

aV

i agree with you, mr. violins that its rediculous to compare brobroke with cleveland firms.

but its really interesting to hear from an arter & hadden partner about another firm did wrong. at least the arter guy didn't say that brobeck made a huge mistake by moving into several new markets - and spending more concentrating on trying to become a national firm rather than shoring up their home base such that the problems in the "branch offices" - especially their washington office (which went from something like 75 attorneys to 20) is causing damage in their ohio base. :laugh:

ms. naughty diplomat

[spookyfish]

Originally posted by ms. naughty diplomat
mr. spookyfish,

you mean to tell me that you are pretending to be a naughty schoolgirl on the fashion board today??? pretty kinky, but i can't imagine that you look very sexy in the uniform

oopsie, silly me, i guess that you would be pretending to be a naughty schoolboy - although i doubt that mr. violins would be as willing to give you a spanking though - are you hoping that i would do it

but in any case, i suspect that your oppositition to me calling you mr. spookyfish dropped when you started picturing me as a student wearing my uniform of a little plaid skirt and white blouse and acting very naughty in a strict school where you are a teacher and corporal punishment on the bare bottoms of naughty young ladies is not only allowed, but is encouraged

love, ruthie

No, ruthie. First things first. You're right. I wouldn't look good in the uniform because I clearly don't have the legs for it.

Actually I was pretending to be the original funnier CTD from the evilboard. I thought the Mr./Miss/Mrs. thing would add to some of the stilted formality I always sensed in 'em's posts. I was bored to death today and spent a lot of time perpetuating this goof. As a bonus, I pissed off Thurgreed, but that wasn't really that hard to do. But hey, I kept the damn board moving.

Back in the day when I went to catholic school, we had nuns in charge of teaching and corporal punishment. Hard-bitten, full habit, take-no-shit brides-'o-jesus. While I must admit, I have a fondness for attractive ladies in short plaid skirts and mary janes based upon my memories as a student, I cannot think of anything even remotely sexual or appealing about those two images juxtaposed.

Call me what you will, I'm really very easy to get along with.

spookyfish

[spookyfish]

Originally posted by andViolins
NYD,
yowza.

aV

Do people actually say yowza anymore? And here I was thinking you and I were closer to the same age. When's retirement?

spookyfish

[spookyfish]

Interesting article, but it made me think about something. The article made mention of the firms that had to sack attorneys for one reason or another.

It made it seem like all of the firms who had to make cutbacks because of the economy, but a number of them used different reasons for doing so. More than one firm representative stated that they reduced headcount because of staffing needs, or those amorphous "performance issues". I'm wondering if either of you has a take on whether someone cut because of these performance issues is permanently stigmatized because of it.

Granted, I know there are screwups everywhere, but if you are a BIGLAW attorney and are shown the door for those pesky performance issues does that mean you'll spend the rest of your career as an outcast? And to your knowledge, have attorneys that have been let go because of this either landed on their feet or more importantly, been deserving of this dubious honor?

As a side note, I notice Brobeck paid for a presentation by CNN's Willow Bay, and I thought to myself, "Willow Bay! If ruthie ever changes her posting name again, that would probably be perfect.

spookyfish

[andViolins]

Originally posted by spookyfish
Do people actually say yowza anymore? And here I was thinking you and I were closer to the same age. When's retirement?

spookyfish

I got attacked on the fashion board b/c i didn't know what macking was, and now i get grief for the use of the word yowza? dang i feel old.

a(huzzah!)V

[ms. naughty diplomat]

Originally posted by andViolins
I got attacked on the fashion board b/c i didn't know what macking was, and now i get grief for the use of the word yowza? dang i feel old.

a(huzzah!)V

oh my, i am starting to get the feeling that i need to refer to you two as mr. violins and mr. spookyfish even if i am not acting like a naughty schoolgirl. mr. spookyfish, you and mr. violins both seem old to me

(if i am going to get a spanking, i feel that i should earn it by acting like a brat)

miss naughty diplomat

[andViolins]

Originally posted by ms. naughty diplomat
oh my, i am starting to get the feeling that i need to refer to you two as mr. violins and mr. spookyfish even if i am not acting like a naughty schoolgirl. mr. spookyfish, you and mr. violins both seem old to me

(if i am going to get a spanking, i feel that i should earn it by acting like a brat)

miss naughty diplomat

What really helps NYD, is for me to visualize you as any one of these women wearing any one of these outfits. As you can see, schoolgirl is covered quite well.

http://www.mydivascloset.com/costumes.html

[spree: naughty clothes]

aV

(I'm betting that these pictures make portlyfish forget about Paul Lynde for a while)

[ms. naughty diplomat]

Originally posted by andViolins
What really helps NYD, is for me to visualize you as any one of these women wearing any one of these outfits. As you can see, schoolgirl is covered quite well.

(I'm betting that these pictures make portlyfish forget about Paul Lynde for a while)

mr. violins,

you found that page while shoping for naughty gifts for mrs. violins, right?

btw, who is paul lynde? i've never heard of paul lynde.

ms. naughty diplomat

[andViolins]

Originally posted by ms. naughty diplomat
mr. violins,

you found that page while shoping for naughty gifts for mrs. violins, right?

btw, who is paul lynde? i've never heard of paul lynde.

ms. naughty diplomat

Um, shopping. uh, of course that's how I, uh, found the um, site. :blush:

As for Paul Lynde, wow you must be YOUNG! Young and naughty. How could you not know this guy:



aV

[spookyfish]

Originally posted by ms. naughty diplomat
btw, who is paul lynde? i've never heard of paul lynde.

ms. naughty diplomat

Jesus, now I do feel old. I won't be so indelicate as to ask your age, but I would speculate you are a twentysomething? However, if you have ever seen reruns of the old Bewitched TV series on TV Land, he is an actor who played Samantha's Uncle Arthur. He was also the center square on the original Hollywood Squares game show.

spookyfish

[andViolins]

Originally posted by spookyfish
Jesus, now I do feel old. I won't be so indelicate as to ask your age, but I would speculate you are a twentysomething? However, if you have ever seen reruns of the old Bewitched TV series on TV Land, he is an actor who played Samantha's Uncle Arthur. He was also the center square on the original Hollywood Squares game show.

spookyfish

I'd nod in agreement and say 'yowza' but then you would just give me crap.

aV

[ms. naughty diplomat]

mr. violins,

is your log in name andViolins a reference to the old musicans joke "sax and violins"?

if so i guess that i would be the sax part of it. i'm a very saxy lady

ms. naughty diplomat

[spookyfish]

Originally posted by andViolins
I'd nod in agreement and say 'yowza' but then you would just give me crap.

aV

Oh, come on. I was just teasing. Besides, if I said anything, you would then respond with something hurtful, like calling me fat.

spookyfish

[andViolins]

Originally posted by spookyfish
Oh, come on. I was just teasing. Besides, if I said anything, you would then respond with something hurtful, like calling me fat.

spookyfish

You're right. That was hurtful and wrong. Please forgive me.

fattie.

But on the bright side, we both know who Paul Lynde is!!!

aV