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Greedy,Greedy,Greedy · 03-26-2006, 11:40 AM

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Originally posted by Shape Shifter
Insurgencies are more fun, if you're so inclined.

Insurgencies, like post hocs, are so done already.

taxwonk · 03-26-2006, 11:49 AM

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Originally posted by bobbob
Yo duke, midlife crises sucks, but get a hooker, a toupee, a tummy tuck and some prescription opiates like the rest of the overthehill babyboomboomers and spare the rest of the world your hate.

<eom>.

bobbob · 03-26-2006, 01:04 PM

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Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Insurgencies, like post hocs, are so done already.

Agreed. I am solely a lawyer with an office quandary who happened to win a longstanding board contest and now have been denied equity and/or justice.

Speaking of which, apparently I must be cursed by these illegal rule changers with post-hockian rationalization syndrome. Not so long so ago, I was playing in a firm related golf tournament. I was in a four-some with a very senior partner from my group, whom is a major (albeit sucky) golfer and a gambling addict. He suggested we have a little side bet, in an amount equal to the average (average of all associate years) associate's year end boni, payable at the time of the respective bonus payout. Knowing I could kick his old ass, I took the bait.

As background infor, I have a notorious slice, for which I take compensatory measures in my positioning. Also, slice or no, I am notoriously long off the tee. During the course of the round I sliced a couple into the woods off the tee and just assumed my stroke penalty. I also won or so I thought (as you will see below), despite not having a great day on the links, by 6 strokes. As we were walking to the 19th hole to lubricate ourselves, Partner says,

"so, damn shame about the year end bonus bobbob, but you made a nice effort".

Stunned I questioned what he meant. Turns out instead of a one-stroke penalty for my errant tee shots he had assessed a 5 stroke penalty for each, which resulted in an overall loss. When I called foul, he responded,

"I don't really care. I've thought for ages that the one stroke penalty rule was idiotic.You just happened to be unlucky that I was the partner who holds the keys to your career's future who happened to be keeping score and "enforcing the rules" as I see them today".

At this point I felt both cowed into submission by the weight of the oppressive partner-associate relationships and hornery as bull seeing red. I imagine that this is what it feels like to become someone's "girlfriend" in prison. I sputtered that perhaps I would seek to have his baseless rule change overturned, he responded,

"Sure, appeal all want. If you can convince another of my partners that you were horribly wronged, I'm sure they will change it. Probably front you the cash out of their account. You understand the difference between a right and employment at will though, I assume?"

At that point I realized I was focked. In a major league way. I bit my tongue and proceeded to get impressively drunk at the 19th hole afterparty gala. I was hoping to sneak out to the parking lot and puke in the back seat of the Partner's Jaguar, but I passed out and was poured into a cab by a few pals before that happened.

At bonus time the bet was enforced and I got the shaft of our bet, up the yinyang. The Partner did send me a little handwritten note though.

"Way to take your loss like a man. I expected you to flip out like a little pussy, but am pleasantly impressed."

So I have that going for me.

Shape Shifter · 03-26-2006, 01:10 PM

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Originally posted by bobbob
Agreed. I am solely a lawyer with an office quandary who happened to win a longstanding board contest and now have been denied equity and/or justice.

Speaking of which, apparently I must be cursed by these illegal rule changers with post-hockian rationalization syndrome. Not so long so ago, I was playing in a firm related golf tournament. I was in a four-some with a very senior partner from my group, whom is a major (albeit sucky) golfer and a gambling addict. He suggested we have a little side bet, in an amount equal to the average (average of all associate years) associate's year end boni, payable at the time of the respective bonus payout. Knowing I could kick his old ass, I took the bait.

As background infor, I have a notorious slice, for which I take compensatory measures in my positioning. Also, slice or no, I am notoriously long off the tee. During the course of the round I sliced a couple into the woods off the tee and just assumed my stroke penalty. I also won or so I thought (as you will see below), despite not having a great day on the links, by 6 strokes. As we were walking to the 19th hole to lubricate ourselves, Partner says,

"so, damn shame about the year end bonus bobbob, but you made a nice effort".

Stunned I questioned what he meant. Turns out instead of a one-stroke penalty for my errant tee shots he had assessed a 5 stroke penalty for each, which resulted in an overall loss. When I called foul, he responded,

"I don't really care. I've thought for ages that the one stroke penalty rule was idiotic.You just happened to be unlucky that I was the partner who holds the keys to your career's future who happened to be keeping score and "enforcing the rules" as I see them today".

At this point I felt both cowed into submission by the weight of the oppressive partner-associate relationships and hornery as bull seeing red. I imagine that this is what it feels like to become someone's "girlfriend" in prison. I sputtered that perhaps I would seek to have his baseless rule change overturned, he responded,

"Sure, appeal all want. If you can convince another of my partners that you were horribly wronged, I'm sure they will change it. Probably front you the cash out of their account. You understand the difference between a right and employment at will though, I assume?"

At that point I realized I was focked. In a major league way. I bit my tongue and proceeded to get impressively drunk at the 19th hole afterparty gala. I was hoping to sneak out to the parking lot and puke in the back seat of the Partner's Jaguar, but I passed out and was poured into a cab by a few pals before that happened.

At bonus time the bet was enforced and I got the shaft of our bet, up the yinyang. The Partner did send me a little handwritten note though.

"Way to take your loss like a man. I expected you to flip out like a little pussy, but am pleasantly impressed."

So I have that going for me.

str8?

Hank Chinaski · 03-26-2006, 02:57 PM

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Originally posted by bobbob
Agreed. I am solely a lawyer with an office quandary who happened to win a longstanding board contest and now have been denied equity and/or justice.

Speaking of which, apparently I must be cursed by these illegal rule changers with post-hockian rationalization syndrome. Not so long so ago, I was playing in a firm related golf tournament. I was in a four-some with a very senior partner from my group, whom is a major (albeit sucky) golfer and a gambling addict. He suggested we have a little side bet, in an amount equal to the average (average of all associate years) associate's year end boni, payable at the time of the respective bonus payout. Knowing I could kick his old ass, I took the bait.

As background infor, I have a notorious slice, for which I take compensatory measures in my positioning. Also, slice or no, I am notoriously long off the tee. During the course of the round I sliced a couple into the woods off the tee and just assumed my stroke penalty. I also won or so I thought (as you will see below), despite not having a great day on the links, by 6 strokes. As we were walking to the 19th hole to lubricate ourselves, Partner says,

"so, damn shame about the year end bonus bobbob, but you made a nice effort".

Stunned I questioned what he meant. Turns out instead of a one-stroke penalty for my errant tee shots he had assessed a 5 stroke penalty for each, which resulted in an overall loss. When I called foul, he responded,

"I don't really care. I've thought for ages that the one stroke penalty rule was idiotic.You just happened to be unlucky that I was the partner who holds the keys to your career's future who happened to be keeping score and "enforcing the rules" as I see them today".

At this point I felt both cowed into submission by the weight of the oppressive partner-associate relationships and hornery as bull seeing red. I imagine that this is what it feels like to become someone's "girlfriend" in prison. I sputtered that perhaps I would seek to have his baseless rule change overturned, he responded,

"Sure, appeal all want. If you can convince another of my partners that you were horribly wronged, I'm sure they will change it. Probably front you the cash out of their account. You understand the difference between a right and employment at will though, I assume?"

At that point I realized I was focked. In a major league way. I bit my tongue and proceeded to get impressively drunk at the 19th hole afterparty gala. I was hoping to sneak out to the parking lot and puke in the back seat of the Partner's Jaguar, but I passed out and was poured into a cab by a few pals before that happened.

At bonus time the bet was enforced and I got the shaft of our bet, up the yinyang. The Partner did send me a little handwritten note though.

"Way to take your loss like a man. I expected you to flip out like a little pussy, but am pleasantly impressed."

So I have that going for me.

I don't remember Toledo Country Club having any real woods.

NotFromHere · 03-26-2006, 07:37 PM

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Originally posted by Oliver_Wendell_Ramone
The refs had something to do with throwing things UConn's way, as well. I'm no Seahawk fan, and as an Oregon guy, I generally hate the dawgs. But both teams got screwed in their big games. I blame Penske.

Fucking hell. I hate to sound like a broken record, but fucking hell. The double foul on Roy was the kiss of death. A T? Really that was a T? No punches were thrown why is that a T?
That, and that fucking non-call on the goaltending.
Fucking bastards in stripes are making my life fucking hell.

str8outavannuys · 03-27-2006, 12:36 AM

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Originally posted by Shape Shifter
str8?

Not me -- I would never bet on my own golfing abilities. But I liked the original post's nod to Caddyshack at the end. Well done, sir. Well done.

Replaced_Texan · 03-27-2006, 12:40 AM

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Originally posted by bobbob
bullshit.

Slave, RT, Rousybrokkes, et al etc., where;s the justice? The equity?

If you weren't a sock, I'd care more. Socks are second-class citizens in my book.

bobbob · 03-27-2006, 01:31 AM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
If you weren't a sock, I'd care more. Socks are second-class citizens in my book.

Wait, there are non-sock posters here? I am to be prejudiced because despite my longtime lurking status I also used another log in before. Years ago. I put it to you, isn't this an indictment of the entire anonymous chatboard community?

In fairness, as a matter of defining privilege as opposed to conferring and/or vesting right, what is the policy for getting the thread title naming privileges?

Finally, if I am to be prejudiced and denied my privilege as above, I would ask only that rather than give ncs unfettered abusive authority to name the thread that I be allowed to assign my hard won privilege to another poster, a purported primary sock........

Mr. Hank. Chinaski.

???

ThurgreedMarshall · 03-27-2006, 10:11 AM

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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
The goaltending no call was huge. Though Mr Man had to explain to me why goaltending is not allowed. Still seems like a dumb rule to me. But I'm no baller.

Really? Without that rule, games would have a final score of 8-6.

TM

ThurgreedMarshall · 03-27-2006, 10:34 AM

Okay. So, after watching Memphis and UConn play some of the dumbest basketball I've ever seen (especially Memphis), I am going to have to rethink my March Madness strategy for next year.

Talent is meaningless when coupled with youth. Memphis has all the talent in the world. But good lord are they stupid. That team depended solely on its athleticism and could be the worst decision-making team I've ever seen at a number one seed. These knuckleheads pushed the ball in traffic on every rebound, turnover or inbounds situation. They made long passes downcourt to guys in a one on three situation. They forced dumb passes and took stupid shots in their half court sets. There isn't one mature guy on that team who could pull the ball out, settle his team down and get a good shot when they need one.

If Carney played for Coach K or Roy Williams, he would be truly unbelievable. As it stands, he and his team are unmolded, unrefined, raw talent. I really thought Calipari was a better coach. But, I guess letting them out-quick and out-jump the competition had worked so well for him all year that he was convinced their shots would start falling in the second half.

The one thing I give them credit for is their defense. Great defensive team.

My criticism of UConn is much the same, except they're not as young and shouldn't be as stupid. UConn was bigger and better at every position. And they knew it and were just waiting for George Mason to figure it out. When they finally realized they never would, it was too late. All the heart on that court was on one team.

The good news is, the one ticket I had given up for dead in my other money pool is still alive. As a lark, I took UCLA to win it all on my upset bracket and if that happens, I win, bitches! Of course, they'll fall hard to LSU.

TM

Replaced_Texan · 03-27-2006, 10:38 AM

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Originally posted by bobbob
Wait, there are non-sock posters here? I am to be prejudiced because despite my longtime lurking status I also used another log in before. Years ago. I put it to you, isn't this an indictment of the entire anonymous chatboard community?

In fairness, as a matter of defining privilege as opposed to conferring and/or vesting right, what is the policy for getting the thread title naming privileges?

Finally, if I am to be prejudiced and denied my privilege as above, I would ask only that rather than give ncs unfettered abusive authority to name the thread that I be allowed to assign my hard won privilege to another poster, a purported primary sock........

Mr. Hank. Chinaski.

???

There is no policy, there is no fairness. It is a cruel, cruel world where ncs has more power than you do.

notcasesensitive · 03-27-2006, 10:49 AM

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Really? Without that rule, games would have a final score of 8-6.

TM

Hmm. Ok, but would the designated defender get to wear extra paraphrenalia that is decorated in ornate fashion? Like a helmet or something? Becase that would affect my level of dismay with the new, lower scoring game.

bobbob · 03-27-2006, 10:49 AM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
There is no policy, there is no fairness. It is a cruel, cruel world where ncs has more power than you do.

So, iow, my assignment to Hank will not be effected and once again he gets ew-scrayed (I don't want to type "fucked" as I don't know who ncs is letting read her computer over her shoulder)?

bobbob · 03-27-2006, 11:00 AM

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Originally posted by bobbob
So, iow, my assignment to Hank will not be effected and once again he gets ew-scrayed (I don't want to type "fucked" as I don't know who ncs is letting read her computer over her shoulder)?

ps: Hank would have won but for my post.