Meh. - Page 322

notcasesensitive · 11-22-2005, 03:05 PM

You probably heard this already, but McNabb is out for the season. In other news, Mr Man turned me onto this sports betting site. Maybe the serious gamblers here already know about it, but www.covers.com blows away ESPN or CBS Sportsline (and somehow makes it through the betting sites screening features on both Mr Man's and my work systems).

Deal is funding as we speak... Yay!

Hank Chinaski · 11-22-2005, 03:19 PM

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Originally posted by spookyfish
Yes. But I hear he travels a lot.

Golly Mr. sensitive. I wasn't talking about James generally. I just meant the one play you described had to be an extreme case of traveling.

Shape Shifter · 11-22-2005, 03:23 PM

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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
You probably heard this already, but McNabb is out for the season. In other news, Mr Man turned me onto this sports betting site. Maybe the serious gamblers here already know about it, but www.covers.com blows away ESPN or CBS Sportsline (and somehow makes it through the betting sites screening features on both Mr Man's and my work systems).

Deal is funding as we speak... Yay!

Doesn't really matter. They already lost 6 games.

notcasesensitive · 11-22-2005, 03:27 PM

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Originally posted by Shape Shifter
Doesn't really matter. They already lost 6 games.

I know. Yay! I'm trying not to rub it in too much. Oh, what the heck, it is great!

Shape Shifter · 11-22-2005, 03:35 PM

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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
I know. Yay! I'm trying not to rub it in too much. Oh, what the heck, it is great!

Indeed.

spookyfish · 11-22-2005, 03:46 PM

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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Golly Mr. sensitive. I wasn't talking about James generally. I just meant the one play you described had to be an extreme case of traveling.

Actually, my point was what NBA star doesn't have many, many instances of un-called traveling?

Hank Chinaski · 11-22-2005, 03:50 PM

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Originally posted by spookyfish
Actually, my point was what NBA star doesn't have many, many instances of un-called traveling?

Darko.

notcasesensitive · 11-22-2005, 03:51 PM

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Originally posted by Shape Shifter
Indeed.

I like this one too. Welcome to the basement. We've* kept it warm for you lo these many years.

*with some assistance from the Redskins and Cowboys.

bold_n_brazen · 11-22-2005, 03:58 PM

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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
I like this one too. Welcome to the basement. We've* kept it warm for you lo these many years.

*with some assistance from the Redskins and Cowboys.

Glad to see you are all enjoying yourselves.

Bitches.

pony_trekker · 11-22-2005, 04:05 PM

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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
I post this every Thanksgiving.

One of my biggest clients used a firm with no IP dept. for it's transactions. I got roped into looking at assignment documents and lists.

This one was supposed to close the week after Thanksgiving. The purchaser firm was doing the documents first cut. It was a big Chicago firm whose name escapes me right now.

Anyway, I get a phone call from the "Senior paralegal" on the file- let's call him Jim. I eventually get calls from the junior paralegal and both varieties of associates, but Jim is the protagonist here.

The day before Thanksgiving we talk about the first cut at the documents and Jim agrees to revise. there really isn't much to argue about, it's all form work, and we are certainly close. When I come in Saturday I have a revised set of documents sent out Wednesday at 10PM Chicago time.

When I spoke to Jim I asked what the fuck he was doing working until 10 the night before Thanksgiving- (Jim had kids). I asked Jim if he expected anyone to look at the documents on Thursday? Why not send them out early on Friday?

Jim told me in his world he either had to stay and finish these things Wednesday night or look for work elsewhere. He seemed resigned to the sheer stupidity.

But here's the thing- this deal eventually closed in January. I would really hate working in M&As. Fake deadlines ruining my Holidays? No thank you.

Wahhh. Litigation's no fun either. I had to work all weekend memorial day weekend one year. My first part was fedexing an original document on the Friday before for Saturday delivery. Then I was to work on briefwriting, etc. on Saturday and Sunday, with Monday off. I had the fedex doc sitting, waiting for fedex by 5:30 Friday for the normal 6:00 PM pick up.

I walked in at 8:00 AM on Saturday and a what did I see? My fedex package sitting by the door step. Apparently, no one told me that they occasionally like to let the drivers go home early on Friday. After a billion phone calls I got some Fedex manager who lived in the city agree to meet me at the fedex garage on Saturday after he dug out the document and I had to walk over to the NYC 24-7 post office near the garden to send it Saturday for Sunday delivery. And of course, I then had to work Monday.

pony_trekker · 11-22-2005, 04:06 PM

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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
What percentage of deadlines in this profession are real? Even court deadlines are bogus half the time. Until it's on appeal, they're often meaningless.

People set deadlines because they have the power to do so, and it makes it seem like they've accomplished something by doing so.

Two I can think of:

1. When they stop giving 2 for 1 drinks at happy hour and
2. when they kick you out of the bar.

Hank Chinaski · 11-22-2005, 04:19 PM

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Originally posted by pony_trekker
Wahhh. Litigation's no fun either. I had to work all weekend memorial day weekend one year. My first part was fedexing an original document on the Friday before for Saturday delivery. Then I was to work on briefwriting, etc. on Saturday and Sunday, with Monday off. I had the fedex doc sitting, waiting for fedex by 5:30 Friday for the normal 6:00 PM pick up.

I walked in at 8:00 AM on Saturday and a what did I see? My fedex package sitting by the door step. Apparently, no one told me that they occasionally like to let the drivers go home early on Friday. After a billion phone calls I got some Fedex manager who lived in the city agree to meet me at the fedex garage on Saturday after he dug out the document and I had to walk over to the NYC 24-7 post office near the garden to send it Saturday for Sunday delivery. And of course, I then had to work Monday.

Boy it sure sounds tough to be a lawyer.

But my point was these deal guys do shit they have to know is pointlessly deadlined. I presume there was a guy waiting for your FedEx and there were briefs due on Tuesday. So you story was different. My guy worked right up to Thanksgiving to make papers that he had to know no one would look at for days.

notcasesensitive · 11-22-2005, 04:28 PM

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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Boy it sure sounds tough to be a lawyer.

But my point was these deal guys do shit they have to know is pointlessly deadlined. I presume there was a guy waiting for your FedEx and there were briefs due on Tuesday. So you story was different. My guy worked right up to Thanksgiving to make papers that he had to know no one would look at for days.

I kind of doubt that s/he would have been fired for sending them out on Friday. Sounds to me like either (a) client claimed s/he wanted it to review early (whether or not s/he actually did so) or (b) associate (or paralegal, I forget the hypo) decided s/he would rather work late on Wednesday in order to ignore the deal for the rest of the long weekend and just gave you a sob story. I'd happily (maybe not happily) work until 10 on Wednesday before Thanksgiving in order to have Thursday through Sunday off. That's way better in my book than working til 6, then having to do work on Friday because something is due out before the end of the break.

I appreciate the effort of the annual tales of deals yore and I'm sure you posted this for the long-term good of the Board (hi, Newbers! Welcome!), but if that is the best you've got, you should turn the fake-deal-deadline-from-hell talespinning duties over to Thurgreed or some other TCOTUer.

Hank Chinaski · 11-22-2005, 04:33 PM

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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
I kind of doubt that s/he would have been fired for sending them out on Friday. Sounds to me like either (a) client claimed s/he wanted it to review early (whether or not s/he actually did so) or (b) associate (or paralegal, I forget the hypo) decided s/he would rather work late on Wednesday in order to ignore the deal for the rest of the long weekend and just gave you a sob story. I'd happily (maybe not happily) work until 10 on Wednesday before Thanksgiving in order to have Thursday through Sunday off. That's way better in my book than working til 6, then having to do work on Friday because something is due out before the end of the break.

I appreciate the effort of the annual tales of deals yore and I'm sure you posted this for the long-term good of the Board (hi, Newbers! Welcome!), but if that is the best you've got, you should turn the fake-deal-deadline-from-hell talespinning duties over to Thurgreed or some other TCOTUer.

If I'm boring you, maybe you should go check the disassociates. I think there's a new strip.

His deadlines are fake right? ain't nobody waiting on that. See how it ties in?

greatwhitenorthchick · 11-22-2005, 04:46 PM

Swingers was on the other night. How long ago was that made? How did he and Vince Vaughn manage to pack on so many pounds in so few years? Or did they just skinnify themselves for that movie?