"ImmoralMinority" (araimondo)
07/26/2018 at 08:48 • Filed to: None
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"ImmoralMinority" (araimondo)
07/26/2018 at 08:48 • Filed to: None | 1
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It is going to be hot again today. High of 106 about 5 pm. I am tired if driving the Infiniti, and am really considering driving either the Sunchaser or the Vespa. These are the trials of our times. I can’t help it, I just like these things.
This has been a pretty good week so far. My new attorney and new receptionist started, and I really like both. I feel like a coach who lost a key player to fre agency, but having found some talent on the open market, is ready to play a new style. Sometimes, new blood can invigorate things.
On Tuesday, I represented a client who, 6 years ago, was working as a field foreman in the vineyards for someone else. His boss got flaky, and the farmer contracted with my client to provide and direct a small crew , and a small business was born. He lucked into a bigger client, and has gone from field worker to solidly middle class business and home owner. But like most young people, he owes money on a house and a vehicle. He made some mistakes due to lack of knowledge. The opening demand in his lawsuit was $1.5 million. I settled it for a little over $100k, and he spent less than $20k in attorney fees to get there. I got almost a third of the settlement paid by his customer. That is a win in our world.
Yesterday, I represented a nice, but very frightened, young couple who immigrated here from the Azores (Portugal) about 15 years ago. He has been working as a dairy herdsman since he arrived. A year and a half ago, he leased a small ranch, borrowed money to buy a small number of cows, and decided to make go of it as a dairy farmer. This is not a decision any financial adviser would encourage, but for dairy people, that life is a labor of love.
This couple had screwed up everything on their one employee. The records were a disaster, and they owed this guy money. Their best day in court would be about $24000, which would bankrupt them. End of farm. The claim was for $93 ,000, and the opening demand was $40,000. The wife was crying througout the process. I settled it for $7500, and they could not have been more grateful and relieved. I told them we would help them fix it all so this did not happen again. The husband said to me, “I never see anybody who talk like you.” That was a good day.
I have a big trial next week. Let's hope my luck holds.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> ImmoralMinority
07/26/2018 at 09:47 |
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you’re doing well for your clients.
Stapleface
> ImmoralMinority
07/26/2018 at 09:56 |
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You might not be in the “glory” side of lawyering, but what you do really matters to the people who need it most. That says something about the kind of person you are.
As for your motoring decisions, I’d say stick with the Infiniti. I wouldn’t want the brutal heat to cook the Sunchaser’s interior, and I imagine hopping on to the roasted seat and grabbing the handlebars of the Vespa wouldn’t exactly be a fun time. Unless you can park the Vespa indoors/out of the sun, then it might not be so bad.
Side note, haven’t hear much about the Son’s car lately. How’s that doing?
Svend
> ImmoralMinority
07/26/2018 at 10:28 |
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Nice one mate. Keeping doing what you do and don’t let anyone grind you down.
The heat though. Is unbearable.
Wacko
> Stapleface
07/26/2018 at 11:53 |
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Stapleface
> Wacko
07/26/2018 at 12:52 |
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Was actually referring to Subaru. For some reason I am always weary of used Subarus and was curious how his was holding up.
But as for the Thunderbird, gotta love that car and that landing pad of a trunk.
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Wacko
> Stapleface
07/26/2018 at 13:18 |
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some reason, cough, headgasket , cough.
CaptDale - is secretly British
> ImmoralMinority
07/26/2018 at 17:35 |
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Good job man