It was the wrong thread

No Spanky updates.

Well played, playas

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
ncs is fully correct on this issue. tata. sts.

I don't even know who you are anymore.

eta: what's for dinner?

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
No Spanky updates.

Well played, playas

Is Sebby a piranhic shrew or more of a straight-shooting cat? Damn these double standards!

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Is Sebby a piranhic shrew or more of a straight-shooting cat? Damn these double standards!

I sense this will be the last post on the new temporary spanky board as he drowns his sorrows in politics/

[dtb]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
I understand why I don't get the initials.

ETA thanks bnb.

So... What's the answer?

Didn't you get the cc of the PM?

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by dtb
So... What's the answer?

Didn't you get the cc of the PM?

NO. You bastards.

[dtb]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
So are their auras.

And their spirits.

[dtb]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
NO. You bastards.

The answer is no, or you didn't get the cc? Or both?

You're so delphic, fringey.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
I sense this will be the last post on the new temporary spanky board as he drowns his sorrows in politics/

it would work better like a rave, say there's a PM to the right crowd saying "Former lawyer board Wednesday," or whatever.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by dtb
The answer is no, or you didn't get the cc? Or both?

You're so delphic, fringey.

No, I didn't get the cc. Sorry about the delphicness.

[sgtclub]

So, what's the update?

[Spanky]

Originally posted by sgtclub
So, what's the update?

We are going wine tasting in Napa on Wednesday. I am picking her up at her house on Bush street on Wednesday morning. Although I won't be convinced we are actually going until she actually answers her door on Wednesday morning.

Even if I had not arranged this rendevous the comments generated on this board were mostly inspired by jealousy, stupidity, pathetic attempts at humor, or all of the above. I can already predict that most of the comments on this board as to the Serbian's agreement to the Napa trip will allege that her motivation in going was spawned either by insecurity or a low self image.

The cost benefit of posting about this is just not there. Out of all the banter I did not receive one insightful comment. If you want to know more send a PM.

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by Spanky
We are going wine tasting in Napa on Wednesday. I am picking her up at her house on Bush street on Wednesday morning. Although I won't be convinced we are actually going until she actually answers her door on Wednesday morning.

Even if I had not arranged this rendevous the comments generated on this board were mostly inspired by jealousy, stupidity, pathetic attempts at humor, or all of the above. I can already predict that most of the comments on this board as to the Serbian's agreement to the Napa trip will allege that her motivation in going was spawned either by insecurity or a low self image.

The cost benefit of posting about this is just not there. Out of all the banter I did not receive one insightful comment. If you want to know more send a PM.

Word! Rock on dude. While I offered no insightful comment, that is more of a product of the fact that I have been out of the game too long to have any relevant insight than it was my lack of sincerely optimistic confidence in your ability to pull this one off.

The naysayers and haters will, as you noted, come up with some psychologically soothing rationale, but that won't change the fact that you have won a moral victory and are poised for greater gains.

Bravo!!! No shite, Bravo!!!

[Replaced_Texan]

Very interesting article in te LA Times yesterday on the impact of media reports on large jury awards.

Coverage of Big Awards for Plaintiffs Helps Distort View of Legal System

While acknowledging that excesses no doubt occur, many legal observers say there is no evidence that people are filing more lawsuits or that juries are getting more generous — indeed, there is some data to the contrary. And mammoth verdicts, in the rare cases in which they occur, almost always are tossed out or sharply reduced later.

Feeding the perception of a crisis in the legal system, they say, is the way the news media cover the courts.

After the big headlines, critics say, the media often drop the ball, losing interest in what happens later. Published studies of news content and a Times examination of major recent cases show that when the immense verdicts were overturned or dramatically reduced, the news frequently was banished to the inside pages or simply not reported.

Legal experts and media observers say such coverage gives a distorted picture of the civil justice system while lending credence to fears of irrational jury awards. News coverage has reinforced the message "that the system's out of control, and that juries are using the tort system to redistribute wealth in some unjust and unprincipled way," said Robert MacCoun, a professor of law and public policy at UC Berkeley.

The popular view that there are more lawsuits and bigger damage awards than ever before is not supported by available evidence.

A 35-state survey by the National Center for State Courts found that the number of tort filings declined 4% from 1993 through 2002 despite population growth. And in the nation's 75 largest counties, the median award to victorious plaintiffs was $37,000 in 2001 — much less than the inflation-adjusted median of $63,000 in 1992, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, a branch of the U.S. Department of Justice.

If such context is absent from news reports, it's not because of media bias but "the holler of the dollar," said William Haltom, a professor of politics and government at the University of Puget Sound and co-author of "Distorting the Law: Politics, Media and the Litigation Crisis."

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by Spanky
We are going wine tasting in Napa on Wednesday. I am picking her up at her house on Bush street on Wednesday morning. Although I won't be convinced we are actually going until she actually answers her door on Wednesday morning.

Even if I had not arranged this rendevous the comments generated on this board were mostly inspired by jealousy, stupidity, pathetic attempts at humor, or all of the above. I can already predict that most of the comments on this board as to the Serbian's agreement to the Napa trip will allege that her motivation in going was spawned either by insecurity or a low self image.

The cost benefit of posting about this is just not there. Out of all the banter I did not receive one insightful comment. If you want to know more send a PM.

When you are doing your C/B analysis, is it just the costs and benefits to you that you take into account? While I can concede the costs to you may be relatively high, the entertainment value to me (and I'm sure many others) surely outweighs the costs. So, overall, society gains from these transactions.

Is "house on Bush street" code for something?