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How many lawyers do we have here?

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  1. 1. Are you a lawyer?

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Ze-man

Ze-man

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Just curious.. am I the only NON lawyer here?.. or are there a few other forum members also here who are not well versed in legalese?

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Of course this is just in jest.. but really...am I all alone in a room full of sharks?

 

Ze-

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PovertyRow

PovertyRow

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I have to admit I've been surprised by how many lawyers there are on these boards. I would've guessed the vast majority would be, uh, professionals in the IT field.

 

That be me. An IT pro 20 or more years. Used to be fun. Now it is a "quality of life detractor".

 

A word of advice. Do NOT get intp networks and system administration unless you love being tied to a cell phone/pager and being woken up at 3AM to go into work to rememdy a newtork problem before the maintenance window closes.

 

Overall the most fun I had in IT was being an engineer for Lotus Development working on 1-2-3 for DOS. Great fun. Friday beer/movie parfites (I supplied the movies - tapes them from laserdisc along witgh suitable drive-in movie intermissions, cartoons and "selected short subjects."

 

I don;t know. I now manage a large corporate network but the level of personal satisfaction I got putting my stamp on a piece of major software kicks bottoms! I only wish Lotus has approved my suggestion for an "Easter Egg" where, with a certain combination of keystorkes, the names of all the folk involved in 1-2-3 would be revealed.

 

But I have to get out of this network thing! insane.gif

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blowout

blowout

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How many Lawyers does it take to change a ligthtbulb?

 

117

 

Close...

 

Fifty four. Eight to argue, one to get a continuance, one to object, one to demur, two to research precedents, one to dictate a letter, one to stipulate, five to turn in their time cards, one to depose, oneto write interrogatories, two to settle, one to order a secretary to change the bulb, and twenty-eight to bill for professional services.

 

There may just be enough of them on the boards to do it. grin.gif

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seank

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Incidentally, here are the lawyers I know of on the boards:

 

Foolkiller

Fantasyfootballbono

Clobberintime

tth (not practicing currently it sounds like)

Mr. Woogieman

 

Anyone I've missed?

 

seank. I'm a lawyer, but all my school loans are paid off.

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sfilosa

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think the dream of many lawyers is not to practice anymore.

 

Isn't that the dream of most occupations. Lawyers just have a better chance of obtaining that goal. How many other professions make $30 to talk to you on the phone for six minutes, and half isn't even work related.

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sfilosa

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Not a lawyer but work on Wall St. Is that considered just as bad?

 

Depends on what you do.

 

If your a "dirty water dog" vendor, that cool.

 

If your an Analysis for a big brokerage house, that's another story.

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