Objectively intelligent.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan

I bet they're still charging those overweight bag fees for half empty planes, though.

I bet they'll let you fly the plane for a few miles if you buy a ticket.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

I'm curious about the mechanics of this. How were they charging you? It seems to me that you should be able to withdraw the authorization for them to hit your account (debit, credit or ACH), and then if they keep doing it, you can go to your card issuer/bank to do a chargeback, and also file a class action under the EFTA.

The contracts tend to be forever and ever. Maybe they were saying we've the right to charge?

[Icky Thump]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

The contracts tend to be forever and ever. Maybe they were saying we've the right to charge?

Who gives a fuck what the contract says.

I hand wrote in the contract saying I get the right to rub one out on the elliptical. Enforceable?


https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/file...ernational.pdf

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Icky Thump

Who gives a fuck what the contract says.

I hand wrote in the contract saying I get the right to rub one out on the elliptical. Enforceable?


https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/file...ernational.pdf

You ain’t the sheep son.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

This guy has my proxy on the airlines: https://twitter.com/CNBC/status/1248...rc=twsrc%5Etfw

Blow out the fucking investors and management.

Here's the same guy dismantling IBM, a zombie piece of shit if ever one existed:

https://twitter.com/CNBC/status/1252...rc=twsrc%5Etfw

(And also a vile company which produces surveillance software it claims aids in "crime prediction." Take a guess how those shitballs decide who is and isn't likely to commit a crime.)

Abigail Disney is my favorite rich person right now: https://twitter.com/abigaildisney/st...334410752?s=20

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Icky Thump

Who gives a fuck what the contract says.

I hand wrote in the contract saying I get the right to rub one out on the elliptical.

Which arm gets bigger if you do that regularly?

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

The contracts tend to be forever and ever. Maybe they were saying we've the right to charge?

What the contract says and whether they have the proper authorization under federal law to pull funds from your account are two separate questions.

eta: And it sounds like they're not going to be collecting on the contract anytime soon.

[LessinSF]

Originally Posted by Icky Thump

Not to mention expensive as heck, especially when these depositions run 4-5 days (I shit you not).

The last 4 weeks or so we have been doing virtual deps. Client sits in his house with a computer w a web cam, lawyers are each in their houses with computers, same for the court reporter.

Curious. Are the deps any shorter now that they are not 4-5 day boondoggles?

[LessinSF]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

Sweden's health care system was not overwhelmed with sick patients like so many other nations.

Then there was no reason for a lockdown.

[LessinSF]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

The investors, sure, but why the management?

Because they approved the stock buybacks.

[Icky Thump]

Originally Posted by LessinSF

Curious. Are the deps any shorter now that they are not 4-5 day boondoggles?

No.

Before, I used to be like Dwight Schrute and jam all the doors closed and set fire to a garbage pail to get people to stay late and finish because I wanted to get home.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO8N3L_aERg

Now, I'll just call it early, sign off and sit on the deck and grill some burgers.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Icky Thump

No.

Before, I used to be like Dwight Schrute and jam all the doors closed and set fire to a garbage pail to get people to stay late and finish because I wanted to get home.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO8N3L_aERg

Now, I'll just call it early, sign off and sit on the deck and grill some burgers.

I was taught that the most important deposition might take 4 hours, and most half that. I really think I can teach you. Send me $50K and i will send you my tips.

[Icky Thump]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

I was taught that the most important deposition might take 4 hours, and most half that. I really think I can teach you. Send me $50K and i will send you my tips1

These are depositions I am defending. There is no time limit in NY State court. I am Team Hank when I take depositions.

They are mostly taken by lawyers who went to C grade law schools who are looking to get paid and are too dumb to realize -- they are in a hole and each question is a shovelful of dirt out of their hole.

However, we have found that the longer the deposition, the bigger the verdict, so keep digging buddy.

[Icky Thump]

Said random antibody tests in NYC showed 21% positive. Noting that young people are significantly under represented in antibody production, Icky's 35-40% infected isn't far off.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by LessinSF

Because they approved the stock buybacks.

I think that's silly. If they had made dividend payments, would that have been OK? I don't recall anyone saying, hey, airlines are profitable, but their management should be saving cash in case they get shut down for months by a global pandemic.