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RE: Lost opportunities.... - 7/17/2011 3:39:56 PM

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RE: Lost opportunities.... - 7/17/2011 5:23:35 PM

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JJ is getting saucy again. I wonder what these ALBs are up to:

I didn't see what you were talking about at first but there are indeed some ALB's in the jungle North of Shwebo. Looks like they are headed for that little burg across the Chindwin, Kalemyo.

I shouldn't worry. I am sure the couple of platoons of RAF security troops and a couple of Lewis guns we have there will hold them.

In the mean time we can recon them and bomb them out of their little yellow skins as they cross the jungle at 4 miles per day (and fly a Bn or two of Sikhs or Hindus or, in a pinch, Muslims). If we have any Ghurkas that would be splendid!

This seems to be how the fighting in Burma goes. Sitzkrieg for months and then one side forgets how disastrous the last cross-jungle attack was and has another go at it.

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RE: Lost opportunities.... - 7/17/2011 6:14:54 PM

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Blenheims on their way to Dacca to slow them down, troops being deployed into the area.

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RE: Lost opportunities.... - 7/18/2011 5:27:53 AM

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Hopefully, you'll get deposed

But I don't WANT to be deposed. I like being in charge of the Green Army men.

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Don't forget to keep a list of incurred expenses like chlorine for your hottub. You can say that reviewing the file in your hottub is necessary to your process.

What if I go long and get a whole hot tub installed?

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RE: Lost opportunities.... - 7/18/2011 5:29:38 AM

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Blenheims on their way to Dacca to slow them down, troops being deployed into the area.

Yes, yes! Blacken the sky with Blenheims. They will soil their jungle fatigues.

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RE: Lost opportunities.... - 7/18/2011 12:37:14 PM

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What if I go long and get a whole hot tub installed?

Only if you get the integrated waterproof laptop, document holder and lighting system.

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RE: Lost opportunities.... - 7/18/2011 3:00:12 PM

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What if I go long and get a whole hot tub installed?

Only if you get the integrated waterproof laptop, document holder and lighting system.

What? No drink holder?

I have been trying to get my older lab to lose weight so I cut back on her food. Don't think the message has not gotten through to her tiny little hypothalamus either. Today she ate two properly aged road apples and part of a 1 week old rabbit carcass while on her walk.

As for personal health, I have adopted the Surgeon General's recommendations re. 5 servings of fruit and vegetables per day. I now put a lemon quarter in every gin and tonic and have started using pimento-stuffed olives in my Martinis. Everybody likes to make fun of the Surgeon General but sometimes they get it right.

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RE: Lost opportunities.... - 7/18/2011 3:07:05 PM

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As for personal health, I have adopted the Surgeon General's recommendations re. 5 servings of fruit and vegetables per day. I now put a lemon quarter in every gin and tonic and have started using pimento-stuffed olives in my Martinis. Everybody likes to make fun of the Surgeon General but sometimes they get it right.

Don't forget some chocolate-nuts are good for you too!

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A-29A...death from above, baby.. - 7/18/2011 3:34:33 PM

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..death from above. I am speaking, of course, of Maj. Clark's 390th BS(M). They are new to combat and aren't even at full strength but they already do more damage than all the other medium bombers on Fiji combined. Hmmmm?

Their last attack on Nadi

Allied aircraft
A-29A Hudson x 6

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
34 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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RE: A-29A...death from above, baby.. - 7/18/2011 3:36:09 PM

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Same day, Same weather, same recon, same target. 21 B-26's

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 12
B-26B Marauder x 9

Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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RE: A-29A...death from above, baby.. - 7/18/2011 3:37:46 PM

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6 B-25's and 10 B-26's don't even scare the Toucans

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 6
B-26B Marauder x 10

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 2 damaged

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RE: A-29A...death from above, baby.. - 7/18/2011 3:41:15 PM

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This raid of B-25's scores no hits and even gets a fine from the SPCA

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 5

No Allied losses

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RE: A-29A...death from above, baby.. - 7/18/2011 3:42:54 PM

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The P-40E's do manage to find the Jap hospital tent and wound some Japs in wheelchairs.

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 24

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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RE: Lost opportunities.... - 7/18/2011 3:50:13 PM

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What if I go long and get a whole hot tub installed?

Only if you get the integrated waterproof laptop, document holder and lighting system.

What? No drink holder?

Huh? Are you implying that your hot tub is filled with actual water instead of being a drink holder?

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RE: A-29A...death from above, baby.. - 7/18/2011 3:53:06 PM

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Y'all need to get you some of these. It's like this turn after turn. I think it is that cool circular thingy above the cockpit. It must be the aiming device for some death ray.

Here are the 38 medium bombers at Nadi. Better pilots, "nominally" better planes....

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RE: Lost opportunities.... - 7/19/2011 12:52:31 AM

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Hopefully, you'll get deposed

But I don't WANT to be deposed. I like being in charge of the Green Army men.

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Don't forget to keep a list of incurred expenses like chlorine for your hottub. You can say that reviewing the file in your hottub is necessary to your process.

What if I go long and get a whole hot tub installed?

Being deposed is free money to you (not necessarily to the parties concerned, but, hey, you're the pro from Dover).

We had an administrator try to charge a Honda to an estate, since he didn't own a local car . . . the judge was not amused.

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RE: Lost opportunities.... - 7/20/2011 11:14:37 PM

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Curiously enough - just doing a CME course on Risk Management, and i ran across this nugget:

"Expert Witness Fees: Expert witnesses are an expensive part of the litigation process. For an expert�s review of records and testimony, fees can range from a few hundred dollars per hour to a few thousand dollars per hour. In some cases, the expert charges a flat fee for an initial review that could range from a thousand to several thousand dollars. Many experts charge a flat fee to come to court and testify, such as a fee of $10,000."

So, it sounds like you are on the low end of the spectrum, unless you can run up the hours something fierce.

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RE: Lost opportunities.... - 7/21/2011 6:02:07 AM

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Curiously enough - just doing a CME course on Risk Management, and i ran across this nugget:

"Expert Witness Fees: Expert witnesses are an expensive part of the litigation process. For an expert�s review of records and testimony, fees can range from a few hundred dollars per hour to a few thousand dollars per hour. In some cases, the expert charges a flat fee for an initial review that could range from a thousand to several thousand dollars. Many experts charge a flat fee to come to court and testify, such as a fee of $10,000."

So, it sounds like you are on the low end of the spectrum, unless you can run up the hours something fierce.

I agree; I have been roped in to do occasional expert witness work (only on the defense side) for radiation oncology cases; our medical group charges the legal dudes $600 per hour for my time, and the legal firms don't bat an eye when it comes to paying.

Usually I go to the mat to defend the accused, but sometimes I tell the insurer to settle out of court quick since their client (in my opinion) really screwed up and hurt someone.

And they keep calling me with more work, despite those usurious rates! So, amigo, I would have demanded a higher hourly wage, but like rtp sez, just run up the hours, and it will all even out. Just continue tell them what you think is right, not what they might want to hear.

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RE: Lost opportunities.... - 7/21/2011 4:35:30 PM

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There is still time to boost the charges with "hot tub fees" and such.

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RE: Lost opportunities.... - 7/21/2011 7:30:37 PM

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our medical group charges the legal dudes $600 per hour for my time, and the legal firms don't bat an eye when it comes to paying.

D'oh!

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RE: Lost opportunities.... - 7/21/2011 10:09:07 PM

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Well, that's because the lawyers aren't paying for it. It goes right on the bill to the client.

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RE: Lost opportunities.... - 7/21/2011 10:17:58 PM

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Well, that's because the lawyers aren't paying for it. It goes right on the bill to the client.

No..usually it is on the malpractice carrier's tab.

As we all can surely agree, getting even with an insurance company is the highest form of human endeavor.

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RE: Lost opportunities.... - 7/21/2011 10:53:27 PM

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Only when the insurance company is forced to pay the client's bills. They are still bills to the client.

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RE: Lost opportunities.... - 7/21/2011 11:03:49 PM

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Only when the insurance company is forced to pay the client's bills. They are still bills to the client.

That's the theory. In reality, in malpractice actions, no.

On the plaintiff's side, in theory the bill goes to the client. In practice, unless the relationship gets bitter - i.e., the client sues the lawyer, I can't think of a time when the lawyer attempted to collect the bill from the client.If he wins or settled, it comes out of the recovery, if he loses, it's a theoretical obligaion of the client which the lawyer eats.

On the defense side, it's paid out of the malpractice coverage.

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RE: Lost opportunities.... - 7/22/2011 3:49:31 AM

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Well, that's because the lawyers aren't paying for it. It goes right on the bill to the client.

No..usually it is on the malpractice carrier's tab.

As we all can surely agree, getting even with an insurance company is the highest form of human endeavor.

Hallelujah! But when you manage to stiff the trial lawyers at the same time, one's endeavors become those of a God among Men!

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RE: Lost opportunities.... - 7/22/2011 5:09:59 AM

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Only when the insurance company is forced to pay the client's bills. They are still bills to the client.

That's the theory. In reality, in malpractice actions, no.

To Paraphrase:

"I can't think of a time when the lawyer collects a fee from the plaintiff client in a lost malpractice case."

"If the trial lawyer wins or accepts a settlement, his fee comes out of the award paid to the plaintiff."

"If he loses, the lawyer eats the fee."

Isn't taking cases on a contingency basis a beautiful arrangement: Heads we win; tails we break even except for my lost time.

Sort of makes one wonder if the malpractice superlotto scam would shut down almost completely if the US adopted a "loser pays" European-style approach to tort reform.

With our current prez (who is so dedicated to reducing exploding health care costs), it will undoubtedly be implemented ASAP

Mandrake, please hold off on dedicating every moment to the new $350/hour consulting gig, and start invading something---we need some action!!!!

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RE: Lost opportunities.... - 7/22/2011 3:00:40 PM

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I've got it - the $350/hr was for the initial consulting. More detailed work is a different rate. How could she have misunderstood that?

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RE: Lost opportunities.... - 7/22/2011 4:16:32 PM

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Nothing wrong with that. I'd induct a higher rate for testifying or court appearances than I would for background information or general research. There's the whole inconvenience of travel as well as the mandatory "***-hole tax" application. The larger the aforementioned, the greater the tax moving forward.

As for rates, I've charged between $250-$300/hour for consulting fees in the past. Small discounts for full day commitments. There have been some eyebrows raised at these rates. Mostly because these were more than they'd paid for veterinary specialists in the past. You physician types are used to gouging the system, so you should easily be able to argue for 2-3 times what us measly vets are getting.

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RE: Lost opportunities.... - 7/22/2011 4:56:29 PM

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In fact, $350/hr was the rate just for that phone call you received from her. That's the ticket!

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RE: Lost opportunities.... - 7/22/2011 6:58:47 PM

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In fact, $350/hr was the rate just for that phone call you received from her. That's the ticket!

Are we talking about the same hourly rate here, my Argletonian colleague? You wouldn't be suggesting some sort of double entendre about a stated price from some woman over the phone for services rendered now, would you?