Why is it that lawyers moving from a different region always seem to be clueless.?ÿ
Just a frustrated observation today.?ÿ
Answer: They were born that way. That's why they became lawyers.
Why is it that lawyers moving from a different region always seem to be clueless
This is an excellent example of a sentence that has about five unnecessary words in the middle of it.
Thread hijack alert: is this an economic slowdown indicator to see more frequent activity from James Fleming?
There was a class that took care of that, for them...
I had one call me up two days ago and ask me about a cemetery on a job i did 18 years ago. He wanted to know if there were any graves in it. I asked him what it said on my map and he replied " lands occupied for cemetery purpose" I said theres your answer and if he needed more clarity he should get a backhoe and start digging.
You just can't make this stuff up
@brad-ott Nope..Just semi-working today.
Got home after midnight from three days of corporate meetings in Houston last night, I have to fly to KC on Monday to present a "Lunch & Learn" at Burns & McDonnell, then drive to St Louis for an Edison Electric Institute conference Tuesday through Thursday.
I took care of a client that was sharing my survey with the neighbor.
Each landowner has their own attorney.
Frankly, that each has their own attorney explains the problem.
@mightymoe : There's an old story about a lawyer who just got his degree and license and decided to move to a small town out west where he was the only lawyer. After about six months of writing wills and divorce papers he was out of work, so he invited another lawyer to set up shop too and the two of them had more business than they could handle.
Allow four hours for the KC to STL drive. Roughly 250 miles with Columbia very close to the midpoint if you need a break. You might enjoy a short detour by turning south at Kingdom City to go to Fulton. Westminster College in Fulton is where Winston Churchill gave his famed Iron Curtain speech in 1946.
https://kchistory.org/blog/winston-churchills-kansas-city-connection
And then there's the old joke, "99% of lawyers give the rest a bad name". I do know some good ethical lawyers. In my opinion the largest problem we, as surveyors, have with them is that they are advocates for their clients and we, as surveyors, are advocates for the facts and truth even if it isn't what our clients want.
Andy
How many lawyer jokes are there?
None. They're all true.
In farm country, the question is: "How many lawyers does it take to grease a combine?" The answer: "Just one, if you run him through very slowly."
FYI, there are a great number of grease zerks on a combine. Finding every one of them can be extremely challenging. The big balers that produce all those big round bales of hay you see across the countryside are loaded down with grease zerks, as well. Most of them are in very unhandy places.
Two or three Summers ago, I approached a farmer to discuss the survey we were to do around his house. He was working up on getting his estate in order and was going to deed the house to his 50 year-old daughter. As I approached the big baler by which he was standing, I could see a pair of Levi-clad legs and a pair of leather work boots. Discovered that was his daughter, laying on her back, under the baler greasing it for use. This would not have been memorable in any way except for the fact that his daughter had completely ripped out the crotch area of her jeans. I saw waaaaaay too much panty material during my momentary glance in her direction.
FYI, there are a great number of grease zerks on a combine. Finding every one of them can be extremely challenging.
In was probably 50 years old before I ever heard them referred to as zerks. We just called them grease fittings. When my father died and we were sorting through 100+ years of "stuff" in the barns I came across a 5 or so gallon grease gun. It had a handle on the side and about 3 feet of hose out to the coupling. I had never seen one like it before.
Andy
