Favorite team:Iona 
Location:The Commonwealth Of Virginia
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Interests:golf, college hoops, and now LSU football
Occupation:Attorney
Number of Posts:33352
Registered on:3/13/2006
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re: LUNCH THREAD- whatever edition

Posted by IonaTiger on 8/18/26 at 12:03 pm to
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Well, send one of the junior partners down to pick some up!


I do my own dirty work.

But the reason I won’t get them is because I’m back in the 170s again after blowing up like a dead fish to around 200. If I start eating them, I won’t stop until the bag is empty! No willpower.

re: LUNCH THREAD- whatever edition

Posted by IonaTiger on 8/18/26 at 11:53 am to
Skillet, always good to see you.

re: LUNCH THREAD- whatever edition

Posted by IonaTiger on 8/18/26 at 11:53 am to
Vette, now I want potato chips.
ms, SH, DPH5 :cheers:

Had some salmon and a salad.
November 12, 1995.

Before that I had 9+ years when I went back out thinking I could handle it. That didn't work out well for me.

Just don't drink today. Best to all who want to get sober.

re: Cremation or Burial?

Posted by IonaTiger on 8/13/26 at 5:35 pm to
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Biggest waste of real estate is cemeteries and golf courses.


Well put, Al Czervik. :cheers:
There is nobody on this site old enough to be my granddad!

re: Cremation or Burial?

Posted by IonaTiger on 8/13/26 at 5:02 pm to
If they'll have it I am donating my body to Georgetown University Hospital to be a medical cadaver.

When they are done with me they will cremate my remains and give it to my family or put me in the Mt. Olivet cemetery columbarium in D.C. No need to take up space with a grave.
Slag! Be still my heart! :daughter:
That's very kind of you, vette. :cheers:
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If you had to pick the Top 5 in DC via firm or personal, who would you pick for your own family?


It would depend on what my issues were. I am not sure I’d go with a national or multi-national firm for anything over a well respected local firm.

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As a multi generational caregiver, it was getting worse before c19, but degrading even faster since. Somebody will have to explain how massive private, for profit, insurance companies seem to have preference over "The People" is well beyond my pay grade. Boomers are aging out so it will reach crisis level soon. All generations after will face even bigger walls. Just do not get it, and how it got this way in the USA.


This is not something a law firm can resolve, it’s for the legislature.

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FWIW, not a fan of single payer, and not a fan of all private seems the solution is something else but neither party in their current incarnations will go against the money and lobbyist to actually do what is best for "The People"


See previous response. The legislatures of the states and the congress are the ones who must change lobbying laws. Some of the lobbying practices are no longer allowed, but there are many loopholes yet to be closed.

People can talk all they want, but the only way to make changes is with the vote.

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I decided to make this post more readable

CG, the practice of law is getting harder as there is not the same collegiality as there was when I started in 1978. I still enjoy being in the courtroom, though.

I do not practice constitutional law. Most of what I do now involves businesses, real estate, some personal injury work, and some trust and estate work. It keeps me busy. I’ll hit 50 years in DC in ‘28, 50 years in Virginia in ‘29. I’ve only been admitted in Maryland since 2000. Sometimes I think I’ll retire. But I have to hit 50 in DC and VA first (or die trying!).
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r u in diapers yet?


I don’t remember. Hello, Skillet. :cheers:
DPH I support your name change request. :bow:

I’m having a salad.
LCA :cheers:

madam, DPH is quite the accomplished gumbo creator.

DPH, that’s an acceptable substitute!
No pressure. I just enjoy seeing the various types you create.