Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield (Post 514522)

Well, that kills any post I had on this subject.

2. As to every single syllable.

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy (Post 514525)

I don't drink with a lot of bar industry people, but do hang out with a lot of food service people. It's an incredible group, well-traveled but often in rural out of the way places.

I'd also put music industry people on the list. It is an industry where there are great people and there are total scum in equal numbers and they mix regularly.

The blue color types I hang I know from church, politics or family. They are a wide mix, hard to put in one category when it comes to drinking. I mean, I got Trumpster family members I have to give a wide berth to, folks who mostly want to talk about community events and charities, and old friends who were on staff with unions who can compare what it's like to get arrested in 20 different states and cities.

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop (Post 514528)

You guys need to hang out with better lawyers. I suspect that the kind of legal practice can make a big difference.

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski (Post 514529)

i enjoyed drinks with Ty, but N.B., do NOT let him pick the location.

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski (Post 514529)

i enjoyed drinks with Ty, but N.B., do NOT let him pick the location.

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy (Post 514531)

Is anyplace in the world more generic than SV?

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski (Post 514532)

Ty and Atticus came to Hank. SF. I had an earlier appointment to meet Sidd, and whoever the guy was that had the monkey avatar? The monkey guy stood me up, but I couldn't assume that. So i couldn't go to SV.

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy (Post 514533)

You went to a bad place in SF? Damn. Do better people.

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop (Post 514528)

You guys need to hang out with better lawyers. I suspect that the kind of legal practice can make a big difference.

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall (Post 514535)

I think it's more about the type of firm. Big law people generally suck.

TM

Originally Posted by LessinSF (Post 514507)

The intellectual masturbatory aspect of practicing law is great. It is unfortunate, however, that the practice necessitates interaction with other lawyers.

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall (Post 51452)

or about how much more room they have in the suburbs.

TM

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop (Post 514536)

Often, yes. Big-firm practice is more soul-crushing, and it's harder for people in them to have any interests in or bandwidth for things other than their practice. Which, of course, makes them boring to talk to.

Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane? (Post 514538)

So much room.

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall (Post 514539)

Yes, we all know this. You are an over-explainer--but not in a bad way.

Add to it that it's generally filled with people who have crafted their life from high school on to look good on a resume and who haven't tried to actually live it.

TM