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[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally Posted by Penske_Account

Second. Which is why I questioned dtb's philistinistical comment. Maybe she drank at lunch.....

Well, actually I was saying that I saw dtb's point. The original one is very good.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

Is it better that partners just pretend the laid-off associate doesn't exist?

There are two kinds of goodbyes for folks laid-off: the one that happens out of earshort of (most of) the partners where the cursing and swearing goes on and the one the partners participate in, where they promise to do everything they can for the associate and remind the poor bloke that it's partly/entirely the partners'/economy's fault for the layoff and they feel bad (during which said bloke tries to read which of them mean a word they say so he can figure out where to get his reference). You can't have a layoff without both types of goodbyes.

I was livid at my old firm when they did layoffs and the associates laid off were made to feel wholly unwanted the minute they walked out of the room. No one in management offered to make a few calls or do what they could for them. The partners just stuck their head in a hole.

the last firm where i was an associate, the IP Group representative partner to the associate review committee (just typing that caused a shudder) would come back from meetings and say "I fought for you but the guys from Corporate and lit on the committee, they knocked you down, etc."

That is, smart partners know to blame anon members of a "committee."

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Okay, I'm trying to buy my better half surprise tickets to the North Carolina/Duke Game at the Dean Center in March for Christmas, but I'm finding wide ranges in the cost of tickets online. Anyone have any experience with something like this?

TM

[Penske_Account]

Originally Posted by greatwhitenorthchick

Well, actually I was saying that I saw dtb's point. The original one is very good.

Oh, its all good?

[dtb]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

Really? This is your criticism? Out of all the things in Bond movies to care about, how could something like this bother you? His cars have missiles, oil, smoke, machine guns, hub cap slicing machines, defibrillators and ejector seats, as well as every other contraption that may be handy in any given instance, but you're stuck on the part about the bad guy who has to make a bunch of money playing a high-stakes poker game because Bond fucked up his last money-making scheme, which involved infiltrating airport security to blow up the newest, biggest plane in the world? It's Bond, baby.

TM

I suppose that's a fair point. The explosions and gadgets are sort of the whole point of the movie, and the plots are always of the "please suspend your disbelief" variety, but this one just seemed almost insultingly ridiculous.

Daniel Craig was an effective palliative, however.

[dtb]

Originally Posted by Penske_Account

Second. Which is why I questioned dtb's philistinistical comment. Maybe she drank at lunch.....

Philistine? Moi?!?

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

Okay, I'm trying to buy my better half surprise tickets to the North Carolina/Duke Game at the Dean Center in February for Christmas, but I'm finding wide ranges in the cost of tickets online. Anyone have any experience with something like this?

TM

I've bought lots from StubHub. I always figured the price differences are because some offers are from scalper cos. and some are just from some guy trying to get his money back for a ticket he can't use. Of course, the guy trying to get rid of a ticket would likely not be doing so this early.

There are assigned seats, not GA?

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by dtb

I suppose that's a fair point. The explosions and gadgets are sort of the whole point of the movie, and the plots are always of the "please suspend your disbelief" variety, but this one just seemed almost insultingly ridiculous.

Daniel Craig was an effective palliative, however.

one thing about being my age, I saw the Roger Moore movies as they came out. There is no way anything can be as ridiculous as some of those things. they ruined the whole genre for me.

[Penske_Account]

Originally Posted by dtb

Philistine? Moi?!?

In a good way.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

I've bought lots from StubHub. I always figured the price differences are because some offers are from scalper cos. and some are just from some guy trying to get his money back for a ticket he can't use. Of course, the guy trying to get rid of a ticket would likely not be doing so this early.

There are assigned seats, not GA?

Yeah. Assigned seats. And they're fucking expensive. Jesus.

TM

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

Okay, I'm trying to buy my better half surprise tickets to the North Carolina/Duke Game at the Dean Center in March for Christmas, but I'm finding wide ranges in the cost of tickets online. Anyone have any experience with something like this?

TM

Ever since StubHub emerged, I've tended to stick with them for sports tickets. The Texans encourage ticket owners to use StubHub to get rid of tickets, so I assume that the prices there aren't outrageously over the top. I think the quoted prices vary based on the seller's motives: make money or recoup costs.

[J. Fred Muggs]

Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?

and/or potentially stick it up my ass to save for my son if I'm ever imprisoned in a POW camp.

Translated:

"And stick it up my ass at night while playing POW camp"

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally Posted by J. Fred Muggs

Translated:

"And stick it up my ass at night while playing POW camp"

Coltrane's the head of Formula 1?

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

Yeah. Assigned seats. And they're fucking expensive. Jesus.

TM

the prices may drop a little bit before the game, unless they're 1/2. of course, that doesn't help for Xmas.

[LessinSF]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

Yeah. Assigned seats. And they're fucking expensive. Jesus.

TM

Craig's List and Ebay will be cheaper, but often less choice.