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Mr. Nice! posted:I just got a collections call today because the North Texas Tollway Authority says I owe $40 in late fees for a $3 toll. Because the postal system says the invoice was sent out for delivery and didn't get returned to sender that I was given notice of the late fees. I haven't lived at the address they were mailed to since 2006. It's a christmas miracle. You best pay.
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Abugadu posted:You obviously haven't had the pleasure of dealing with the creativity of FSM mothers when it comes to naming children. http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/03/living/mall-santa-autistic-girl-pit-bull/ Abcde Santos, who pronounces her first name "ab-suh-dee," and Pup-Cake stood in line for 30 minutes to meet with the unnamed mall Santa. But he declined to meet the girl because he feared the 5-year-old pit bull.
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Mr. Nice! posted:I just got a collections call today because the North Texas Tollway Authority says I owe $40 in late fees for a $3 toll. Because the postal system says the invoice was sent out for delivery and didn't get returned to sender that I was given notice of the late fees. I haven't lived at the address they were mailed to since 2006. It's a christmas miracle. They used to be able to charge that late fee on every toll that you missed. Take it 4 times on the same day and not pay? Hello $170 dollar bill. gently caress the NTTA
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Lote posted:They used to be able to charge that late fee on every toll that you missed. Take it 4 times on the same day and not pay? Hello $170 dollar bill. And it's my fault I never updated the registration on what was effectively a junk car just sitting in my garage before I sold it.
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Lote posted:They used to be able to charge that late fee on every toll that you missed. Take it 4 times on the same day and not pay? Hello $170 dollar bill. do this in a rental car with associated fee administration charges for maximum damage synergy not that I ever have
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Left of the Dial posted:Gonna leave this here: I was catching up with one of my college acquaintances. He mentioned he was dead-set on applying to law school. I asked, "Uh, what do you want to do?" Then he shouldn't go to law school. Honestly, learn an uncommon but increasingly relevant language like Persian/Farsi, join the military for a few years and transfer into an FAO billet. Then go civilian state department.
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Just realized (remembered?) that both the cases I am arguing in January involve IAC or IAC light (improper conflict canvass by the trial court) claims against the same attorney...who is actually a rather likeable chap. Poor guy. He's really not a terrible lawyer, but his record keeping sucks, so he has a lot of "technical violation" type substantiated grievances." A few failing to adequately communicate with civil clients from like 10 years ago. A couple "not responding to the grievance committee in a timely manner" and a couple "failing to get the waiver in writing" type things (though the finding was that there had in fact been a waiver...because the clients were canvassed on the record and agreed he had advices them properly and that they waived) Unfortunately all those substantiated grievances now = "bad lawyer" and any time he touches a case it's bullshit IAC claim time and the defense tries to drag his entire personal history into the case. I feel bad for him. But then, I tend not to like dogpiles. Feel like I should sent him a cookie basket or something.
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I cannot fathom getting a letter from the Grievance Committee and being like, "I'll do something else right now instead of handle this..."
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blarzgh posted:I cannot fathom getting a letter from the Grievance Committee and being like, "I'll do something else right now instead of handle this..." he's an interesting guy. And in fairness...practicing criminal as a special public defender, it's pretty much a given you will get letters often. So some of the zap gets taken out of them after the 20th or so. That said, yeah, I would respond a little faster too.
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Left of the Dial posted:
What is an international body similar to the UN? Me? My dream job is on White House legal staff or advising a similar chief executive of the United States of America.
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Dec 23, 2014 16:04
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I want to be an old jewish man who owns a deli and bullshits with the customers and makes the best pastrami known to man. Should I go to law school? Also my student loans fell below $100,000. Yay!
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mulls posted:What is an international body similar to the UN? League of Nations? In which case add "invent time machine" to list of goals. Serious answer: ICC, I guess. CaptainScraps posted:I want to be an old jewish man who owns a deli and bullshits with the customers and makes the best pastrami known to man. Should I go to law school? My loans are now so low that the pittance the state throws me in loan forgiveness will take care of them over the next year. Feel free to curse my name.
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mulls posted:What is an international body similar to the UN? My dream job is powerball winner.
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nm posted:My dream job is powerball winner. Stl wouldn't cover my loans
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nm posted:My dream job is powerball winner. This is the correct dream.
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ActusRhesus posted:League of Nations? In which case add "invent time machine" to list of goals. ICC, ICJ, WTO, WIPO, etc. any of the multinational treaty organizations would qualify, really. Doesn't matter because they won't get a job at any of them.
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mulls posted:What is an international body similar to the UN? Then start prodding your lazy friends to become the president, I guess. drat slackers. Even governor wouldn't be too much to ask, would it?
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my dream is to get my credit limit high enough to put all of my student loan debt on credit cards, and then immediately file for bankruptcy.
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Is anyone's dream to receive a copy of Bad Rats on steam?
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blarzgh posted:my dream is to get my credit limit high enough to put all of my student loan debt on credit cards, and then immediately file for bankruptcy. My dream is to fall in love, even once.
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blarzgh posted:my dream is to get my credit limit high enough to put all of my student loan debt on credit cards, and then immediately file for bankruptcy. my dream is 
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Soothing Vapors posted:my dream is I would kill for a nice stream like that on my land. Maybe we could work something out.
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I achieved my dream of paying off my student loans just a couple of weeks ago. Yet now I'm willingly taking on more hours than ever before. That overtime pay seems so much sweeter now that I'm no longer sinking two thirds of my take home pay into debt. There is no escape. Also I'm fully aware that most real lawyer jobs don't get silly things like overtime pay. This is among the many reasons that I'm looking to get out of law. Maybe I can work my way into software development somehow...
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I know a couple lawyers who did international special kid rare bird law (worked at the Hague, with the UN, etc.) and they eventually transitioned back to boring lawyer jobs over a long enough time line. it's not all it's cracked up to be even if you can get the work
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Kefit posted:
accept without complaint or even remark the chafing halter of evenings, weekends and the expectation to check your e-mail and answer your phone even while sleeping. become what you were born to be
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Welp, I failed the patent bar. Despite the fact that I truly believe this is a lovely test, it really did its best to try and and help me pass. In the end, I can only blame myself. I guess it's time to actually pony up for a test prep.
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Folly posted:Welp, I failed the patent bar. Despite the fact that I truly believe this is a lovely test, it really did its best to try and and help me pass. In the end, I can only blame myself. Sorry, man. Better luck next time.
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Folly posted:Welp, I failed the patent bar. Despite the fact that I truly believe this is a lovely test, it really did its best to try and and help me pass. In the end, I can only blame myself. ahahahahaha
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WhiskeyJuvenile posted:ahahahahaha Ah wj, we can always count on you to be sympathetic.
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:Ah wj, we can always count on you to be sympathetic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dg8NPPEms54
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My bus driver is wearing a tshirt and seems happy. I envy him from my oxford prison over the wheel well.
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It's fuckin' open book multiple choice
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:Ah wj, we can always count on you to be sympathetic. It would be pretty unsettling this thread was any other way.
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Sorry Folly, that does suck. But:WhiskeyJuvenile posted:ahahahahaha
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:Ah wj, we can always count on you to be sympathetic. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ugd_VB9iVFE&t=1m7s Soothing Vapors fucked around with this message at 00:25 on Dec 24, 2014 |
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WhiskeyJuvenile posted:It's fuckin' open book multiple choice And you can ctrl-f.
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terrorist ambulance posted:accept without complaint or even remark the chafing halter of evenings, weekends and the expectation to check your e-mail and answer your phone even while sleeping. become what you were born to be Look, if I was ready to accept my birthright then I'd simply gun for one of the staff attorney positions at my firm. Unfortunately I have a nasty case of actually enjoying my life outside of work.
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WhiskeyJuvenile posted:It's fuckin' open book multiple choice How many years ago did you take it? "open book searchable" is a bit of an exaggeration when 1/3 of the tested material (stuck in Federal Register Notices) isn't searchable and the stuff that is takes 20 seconds to load. The advice in the OP is absolute bullshit and if you go into the patent bar just doing that, you're not only going to fail, you'll probably only have time to answer 1/2 of the questions
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Deceptive Thinker posted:How many years ago did you take it? "open book searchable" is a bit of an exaggeration when 1/3 of the tested material (stuck in Federal Register Notices) isn't searchable and the stuff that is takes 20 seconds to load. I took the AIA version in 2013. So, no, actually it's not that bad. You can easily tell which ones are going to hit Notice material and it isn't that hard to locate the relevant part of the notice if you actually bothered to give the material at least a cursory skim ahead of time.
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