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  1. It's a good strategy. Back when I was a much younger lawyer, I had some franchised auto mechanic charge me for a bunch of stuff that wasn't actually fixed. I sent a demand letter and was delighted to get a response from a large, expensive firm in Houston telling me to piss off. So I sent a settlement offer, knowing that this would at least require the big firm to consult with the client and respond (and bill them too much for the service). My goal was to keep engaging the big, expensive law firm until I was satisfied that they had billed the mechanic at least twice what his shop screwed me out of. In my mind, one way or another, that auto mechanic franchise was going to hand some lawyer its money. It only took one more settlement offer for me to get what I was owed plus a little more for my trouble.
  2. You're just lucky I opted not to use the gif with his giant ass gyrating.
  3. What do you mean? I was made to understand he's a huuuuge tennis guy.
  4. I think they're from Missouri. She's jailed in Kentucky. But we still can hope.
  5. I got mine today. But the Walgreens tech was dubious about my chances, saying he had to turn a lot of people away the day before. But the ERS version of BCBS apparently isn't trying too hard to keep people from getting the COVID vaccine. I looked at the tech, who was at least tree-fiddy and said, "Hey man, according to my BMI, I'm obese. That should get me there."
  6. She's not that kind of a girl, Booger. Now ask, "Why?"
  7. . . . to become the new Attorney General. /because animal abuse is a qualification
  8. Oh, a volcano man, I see.
  9. LOL. Homer reaction. And username checks out. This was just the perfect post. Thank you.
  10. Somewhat. Yes. But mostly I just hate catfish.
  11. Looked more like mopery to me.
  12. F/K/A Shopping aggy
  13. Sorry CJ, only Livingstone can haz TDs!
  14. FIFY edit. Dammit edit 2: Woohoo!
  15. Last year, if you got LHF in addition to the Big Ticket, you could draw early and were pretty much guaranteed a ticket. This year, LHF sold out in 15 minutes. The number of student tickets is pretty small as w I basically paid $200 for nothing this year. My kid couldn't even get a ticket drawn for SJSU.
  16. I blame the fact that it's almost impossible for most students to get tickets.
  17. I was not planning on drinking this early in the day.
  18. Looks like they still have an outpost in Monroe, which is where DCBC Jr. will have a water ski tournament in a few weeks. Unfortunately/fortunately, I will not be making the trek this year since I'm slated to cook BBQ for the ski team to eat on their way back to Austin. But now I'm thinking Gumbo and Salisbury steak. /one of my flaws as an east Texas transplant (from Houston) is that if I say I want to eat catfish, somebody better take my car keys away from me because I'm too drunk to make reasonable decisions.
  19. I went to law school with John and spoke to him a few weeks ago. He's pretty much retired (impressive for someone in his early 50s), but he was one of those rare combinations of patent prosecutor and patent litigator. He's done plenty of trademark work, and I expect his firm would do a good job. It looks like he has a presence in Austin, which I didn't know. Linkedin shows a Houston office as well. https://buchelaw.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/buche-&-associates-p.c.
  20. When I was growing up, I also was a big fan of Piccadilly Cafeteria in Memorial City Mall. Salisbury Steak was on point back in the day and, as a little kid, getting to throw my tray on that conveyor belt when I was done was fun. Simpler times.
  21. Small chance they tell you it's a protected species and can't be moved (don't know if that applies to a private residence, but it's still the right move.
  22. Semi-Slam (TM)
  23. That's been the state of tennis for a while. Before those two, it was Djokavich and Rafa, and before that Rafa and Roger, and so on. There's a lot more room between 4--12. 3 seems like always the bridesmaid.
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