H2Andy
Contributor
Snowbear:
for what it's worth, i think you're very smart
but you're right.. why dredge this stuff up anyway
Lawyers Evil or Saints?
- Thread starter Seabear70
- Start date
Please register or login
- Status
for what it's worth, i think you're very smart
but you're right.. why dredge this stuff up anyway
Ok all,
I have removed all references to politics (parties, Presidential Candidates, and past Presidents). Please omit political references on your on-going debate.
I have also renamed the thread to (IMHO) more accurately reflect the subject of the debate.
I have removed all references to politics (parties, Presidential Candidates, and past Presidents). Please omit political references on your on-going debate.
I have also renamed the thread to (IMHO) more accurately reflect the subject of the debate.
As a side-note, the context in which the famous line "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers." (Henry VI Part II Act IV Scene III) is in preparation for a revolt and overthrow of King Henry.
junior diver
Guest
To be a lawyer you've got to be an argumentative g**. That's why I think I'd be a good lawyer.
H2Andy
Contributor
snowbear70:
dude, i keep telling you, that topic is going on at the O2 thread. this thread was pulled from there
not to derail that thread.
and...er... you couldn't afford my hourly rate
I heard a good one the other day from the instructors at the dive park. They held up a first stage that had been stripped of all its low pressure hoses, the high pressure one was cut in two and the metal was all dinged up. I asked what happened. It turned out to be part of a rental reg that was taken out in the Casino Point Dive Park (Catalina Island) by a diver recently.
The diver surfaced outside the boundaries of the park and a boat propeller hit the first stage doing the damage. It also cut the BCD. Fortunately the diver was not injured (explanation in next paragraph).
It turned out that when the diver returned the demolished first stage and partially shredded BCD, he was miffed by the request for payment for the two items he rented. He was a lawyer and said there was nothing in the rental contract that said the items had to be returned in working order. He's luck he was alive (but then can you really kill a lawyer?).
Dr. Bill
The diver surfaced outside the boundaries of the park and a boat propeller hit the first stage doing the damage. It also cut the BCD. Fortunately the diver was not injured (explanation in next paragraph).
It turned out that when the diver returned the demolished first stage and partially shredded BCD, he was miffed by the request for payment for the two items he rented. He was a lawyer and said there was nothing in the rental contract that said the items had to be returned in working order. He's luck he was alive (but then can you really kill a lawyer?).
Dr. Bill
Back in the 80's when computers were first put on cars, a good friend and fellow shop owner called me over for a consult. He had this car in his shop for over a week and could not isolate an intermitent stall. His customer's patience had snapped and tempers were boiling over. The mechanic had done his level best to resolve the problem, but the customer just "knew" he was being dishonest.
I was sitting in his office looking over a diagnostic tree he and I were about to attempt, when the customer called. I sat there for quite a long while listening to my colleague trying to be cordial, diplomatic and such, and also hearing the guy on the other end YELLING on the phone.
At one point, I heard Kevin say without any hesitation or hint of sarcasm... "Oh please! Feel free to call your lawyer, but I don't think he can fix it either!" I was litterally rolling on the floor with laughter, and that started Kevin giggling too. The voice coming through that ear piece got even louder as did our laughter. In desperation Kev hung up the phone as we tried to recover.
Throughout the next few hours, whenever we found the diagnostic tree a bit obtuse, one of us would suggest that the other call a lawyer to figure it out. It was a long afternoon and my stomach hurt from all of the laughter.
The resolution? A motor mount. We found it shortly after filing the diagnostic tree in the round file. When you reved the engine in gear the engine would rock and dump a ton of gas down the E2SE carburetor. Kevin did not charge his customer a dime of diagnostic time. Only for the part and the labor. He also asked that the gentleman find a new mechanic. A month or so later, I asked the same gentleman to please ask some one other than me. It really wasn't his lawyer's fault now was it?
I was sitting in his office looking over a diagnostic tree he and I were about to attempt, when the customer called. I sat there for quite a long while listening to my colleague trying to be cordial, diplomatic and such, and also hearing the guy on the other end YELLING on the phone.
At one point, I heard Kevin say without any hesitation or hint of sarcasm... "Oh please! Feel free to call your lawyer, but I don't think he can fix it either!" I was litterally rolling on the floor with laughter, and that started Kevin giggling too. The voice coming through that ear piece got even louder as did our laughter. In desperation Kev hung up the phone as we tried to recover.
Throughout the next few hours, whenever we found the diagnostic tree a bit obtuse, one of us would suggest that the other call a lawyer to figure it out. It was a long afternoon and my stomach hurt from all of the laughter.
The resolution? A motor mount. We found it shortly after filing the diagnostic tree in the round file. When you reved the engine in gear the engine would rock and dump a ton of gas down the E2SE carburetor. Kevin did not charge his customer a dime of diagnostic time. Only for the part and the labor. He also asked that the gentleman find a new mechanic. A month or so later, I asked the same gentleman to please ask some one other than me. It really wasn't his lawyer's fault now was it?
- Status
