LawTalkers - Welcome back E/O, leagl and Fringey: no one say the name "Penske" 3 times in a row

My husband has recently started running outside rather than on the treadmill, and I'd like to get him some gear - especially a reflective hat and gloves and either a jacket or vest. Hank and Coltrane, et al, what do you like to wear for fall running (our winter isn't like yours), and where do you like to buy it (online)?

If he's going to be running at dusk or in the dark, I recommend one or more of these in addition to reflective stuff on the clothing. This recommendation is from a driver's perspective. http://www.safetycentral.com/noname128.html

Someone in my neighborhood runs in the early morning and I see the light long before my lights catch the reflective tape.

Gattigap

11-23-2009 11:47 AM

Re: Good website for mens' running gear?

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Originally Posted by evenodds (Post 407855)

I often wear tights. They are super-light and wicking and I never feel that I am burning up, even if it's in the upper 60s. He wears them when it's in the 50s and 60s and always has a reflective vest in the fall, even down here in Texas.

The people I saw yesterday on a cool for us morning (in the 50s) were layered with most of the more serious-looking male runners in tights and long-sleeves and vests. Some even had fleece on.

Why does that make wearing them "key"?

Atticus Grinch

11-23-2009 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by ltl/fb (Post 407842)

Drinking is sooooo not open to me. less obscure? and available?

I will keep this in mind for when I'm less restricted.

People from Ireland like it when they're served or given anything other than Jameson's and Bushmill's. I get the impression that it would be like us living abroad and everyone thinks they're honoring our heritage by giving us Jack Daniels for every single occasion. I would not, however, go with Tullamore Dew, as this apparently would be like giving a bottle of Wolfschmidt. I have always found Power's, which is now far from obscure, to be the perfect balance between "available" and "not Jameson's."

Did you just call me Coltrane?

11-23-2009 11:50 AM

Re: Good website for mens' running gear?

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Originally Posted by Gattigap (Post 407854)

Not sure how the admission of a nice sting fits in with Hank's dire "ice dick" warnings.

Legs are bare. Dick is covered. No stinging of the dick (unless it's really cold).

evenodds

11-23-2009 11:52 AM

Re: Good website for mens' running gear?

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Originally Posted by Gattigap (Post 407857)

Why does that make wearing them "key"?

Anything that enables me to get off the sofa early on a Sunday morning in cold and drizzle for me is key.

Did you just call me Coltrane?

11-23-2009 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by evenodds (Post 407855)

50s? Perfect running weather. Shorts and long-sleeve shirt. High 50s? Just a t-shirt and shorts. I'd pass out wearing tights/fleece at that temp. And I'm not being "tough". I guess I just warm up quickly.

ltl/fb

11-23-2009 12:04 PM

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"Why would I help you if you're going to be so _______" is really not something I want to hear from a caretaker.

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)

11-23-2009 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Fugee (Post 407856)

Odd, because there are a lot of cyclists on my route home, and they all have those or something similar. Barely visible with all the other lights on cars and such. Good reflective tape, though, is visible everywhere.

ThurgreedMarshall

11-23-2009 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski (Post 407808)

I'm sorry, "IIRC?" you claim that is from memory?

I'm going to go ahead and call bullshit.

By the way, I re-watched that clip of Henry and the goalie. No way the goalie could play that ball. Burger was right. It was past him and all but in the goal before he even had a chance to react. I don't think he stopped playing to complain.

TM

barely_legal

11-23-2009 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane? (Post 407853)

Ugh. Old people have sex?

She's definitely having more sex that you are right now.

Sidd Finch

11-23-2009 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop (Post 407836)

They're run about as well as you'd expect, given the inherent limitations of the firm structure -- a function of ethics rules, etc. -- e.g., the fact that they can't bring in non-lawyer managers and share profits with them.

And of course the ones that are really poor managed disappear and then we don't talk about them anymore.

So you expected profits per partner to hit their current levels? How long ago did you predict that?

Seriously, there are lots of reasons to question the management decisions at lots of law firms -- in particular, in my view, the firms that massively expand, often to dozens of markets, seemingly driven by nothing other than the idea that big is good. Or the ones that rely too heavily on debt. Or the ones that treat the young, entrepreneurial, driven partners like bitches who need to apprentice for another five years for the benefit of elderly partners who "put in their time."

But there are a number of very well-run law firms that have been bringing in money hand over fist, at levels that exceeded most people's expectations. Not yours, I guess -- they are only run "as well as you'd expect" -- but many people's. The casual dismissal of all these businesses as "badly run," by people with pretty marginal management experience, is a little suspect.

I expect Sebby to post in that knee-jerk, posturing sort of way (no insult to Sebby, it's his posting style and it's entertaining), but I sort of have higher expectations of you.

Did you just call me Coltrane?

11-23-2009 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by barely_legal (Post 407866)

She's definitely having more sex that you are right now.

Everybody is.

6-week check-up is today.

And my wife wants me to get snipped. I've done no investigation as to what that entails. Ever. Probably because I'm afraid to even research it.

ETA: if you want to check out some guy's nuts, check out wikipedia's vasectomy entry.

Sidd Finch

11-23-2009 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Jack Manfred (Post 407841)

Green Spot. It's not imported into the United States.

The Irish whiskey industry is much more centralized than its Scottish counterpart. Over 30 years ago, the Irish Distillers Group controlled all whiskey production in Ireland. Bushmills was sold off to Diageo in 2005. Pernod Ricard took over the Group in 1998. Jamesons, Powers, Paddy, Midleton, Redbreast, and Green Spot all come from the New Midleton Distilery. Redbreast and Green Spot are pure pot still whiskeys. Those interested can learn more about different methods of distillation here. You should be able to find Redbreast at a quality liquor store. If you find one that sells Green Spot and delivers to California, please PM me, as off-line research for this topic should prove more rewarding than on-line research.

I am struck by a feeling of mild awe, by your knowledge of Irish whiskeys. Well done, sir.

Tyrone Slothrop

11-23-2009 12:30 PM

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Women banned from wearing pants in Paris.

Tyrone Slothrop

11-23-2009 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Sidd Finch (Post 407868)

So you expected profits per partner to hit their current levels? How long ago did you predict that?

WTF does that have to do with what I was saying?

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Seriously, there are lots of reasons to question the management decisions at lots of law firms -- in particular, in my view, the firms that massively expand, often to dozens of markets, seemingly driven by nothing other than the idea that big is good. Or the ones that rely too heavily on debt. Or the ones that treat the young, entrepreneurial, driven partners like bitches who need to apprentice for another five years for the benefit of elderly partners who "put in their time."

But there are a number of very well-run law firms that have been bringing in money hand over fist, at levels that exceeded most people's expectations. Not yours, I guess -- they are only run "as well as you'd expect" -- but many people's. The casual dismissal of all these businesses as "badly run," by people with pretty marginal management experience, is a little suspect.

I expect Sebby to post in that knee-jerk, posturing sort of way (no insult to Sebby, it's his posting style and it's entertaining), but I sort of have higher expectations of you.

I think we are talking past each other, or at least you are not responding to what I was trying to say. Yes, there is a lot of money to be made in the practice of law. Yes, some law firms are better run than others.

Like most of us, my familiarity with law-firm management is based on a small sample size. So likely our respective samples lead us to different conclusions. But it's also true that ethics rules and the nature of the work put the leaders of large law firms under constraints that make it much harder for them to manage well, unlike other professional service providers.

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