100% Free Dating visit http://www.lovedatingsites.info

On Tue, 8 Jul 2008 10:53:54 -0700 (PDT), Arshad
 enriched this group when s/he wrote:

>100% Free Dating visit http://www.lovedatingsites.info

I've got this wooden chair which I think is mid 19th century. Would
you be able to give me a firm date on it?

-- 
Bob.

Ye Old One  wrote:
> Arshad  wrote:
> 
>>100% Free Dating visit http://www.lovedatingsites.info
> 
> I've got this wooden chair which I think is mid 19th century. Would
> you be able to give me a firm date on it?

He/she/it said free date, not firm date.  Remember a free date is worth 
every money you pay.

Stu

On 8 Jul 2008 20:59:55 GMT, Stuart Bronstein 
enriched this group when s/he wrote:

>Ye Old One  wrote:
>> Arshad  wrote:
>> 
>>>100% Free Dating visit http://www.lovedatingsites.info
>> 
>> I've got this wooden chair which I think is mid 19th century. Would
>> you be able to give me a firm date on it?
>
>He/she/it said free date, not firm date.  Remember a free date is worth 
>every money you pay.
>
>Stu

Well, I can give away 8th July 2008 now that I've finished with it. It
wasn't a bad date, tow eights in it so the Chinese may like it.
Suppose it could complete someone collection.

-- 
Bob.

Ye Old One  wrote:

> Well, I can give away 8th July 2008 now that I've finished with
> it. It wasn't a bad date, tow eights in it so the Chinese may like
> it. Suppose it could complete someone collection.

It was a pretty good day for me, too, being my birthday and all.

Stu

Ye Old One wrote:
> On 8 Jul 2008 20:59:55 GMT, Stuart Bronstein 
> enriched this group when s/he wrote:
> 
>> Ye Old One  wrote:
>>> Arshad  wrote:
>>>
>>>> 100% Free Dating visit http://www.lovedatingsites.info
>>> I've got this wooden chair which I think is mid 19th century. Would
>>> you be able to give me a firm date on it?
>> He/she/it said free date, not firm date.  Remember a free date is worth 
>> every money you pay.
> 
> Well, I can give away 8th July 2008 now that I've finished with it. It
> wasn't a bad date, tow eights in it so the Chinese may like it.
> Suppose it could complete someone collection.
> 
I have a box with a few dates in it but they're very sticky and the 
little pointed stick has gone missing.

Nev

Stuart Bronstein wrote:
> Ye Old One  wrote:
> 
>> Well, I can give away 8th July 2008 now that I've finished with
>> it. It wasn't a bad date, tow eights in it so the Chinese may like
>> it. Suppose it could complete someone collection.
> 
> It was a pretty good day for me, too, being my birthday and all.
> 
Wot again!
IIRC you had one of them only 12 months ago.
You should go easy on them as they are in limited supply.
I'm going to change my birthday to the 29th Feb so that I'm only 13.

Nev
It'll also cause all the computer databases I'm on to fail as my DOB 
would be 29/2/53 :-)

On 8 Jul 2008 23:28:34 GMT, Stuart Bronstein 
enriched this group when s/he wrote:

>Ye Old One  wrote:
>
>> Well, I can give away 8th July 2008 now that I've finished with
>> it. It wasn't a bad date, tow eights in it so the Chinese may like
>> it. Suppose it could complete someone collection.
>
>It was a pretty good day for me, too, being my birthday and all.
>
>Stu

Ok, so where is my bit of de birfdays cake? Come on, before Nev turns
up.

-- 
Bob.

On Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:56:48 +0100, nev young
 enriched this group when s/he wrote:

>Stuart Bronstein wrote:
>> Ye Old One  wrote:
>> 
>>> Well, I can give away 8th July 2008 now that I've finished with
>>> it. It wasn't a bad date, tow eights in it so the Chinese may like
>>> it. Suppose it could complete someone collection.
>> 
>> It was a pretty good day for me, too, being my birthday and all.
>> 
>Wot again!
>IIRC you had one of them only 12 months ago.
>You should go easy on them as they are in limited supply.
>I'm going to change my birthday to the 29th Feb so that I'm only 13.

Then you would be Young again :)
>
>Nev
>It'll also cause all the computer databases I'm on to fail as my DOB 
>would be 29/2/53 :-)
>
Trust you to want to bugger up computer systems.

-- 
Bob.

On Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:51:08 +0100, nev young
 enriched this group when s/he wrote:

>Ye Old One wrote:
>> On 8 Jul 2008 20:59:55 GMT, Stuart Bronstein 
>> enriched this group when s/he wrote:
>> 
>>> Ye Old One  wrote:
>>>> Arshad  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 100% Free Dating visit http://www.lovedatingsites.info
>>>> I've got this wooden chair which I think is mid 19th century. Would
>>>> you be able to give me a firm date on it?
>>> He/she/it said free date, not firm date.  Remember a free date is worth 
>>> every money you pay.
>> 
>> Well, I can give away 8th July 2008 now that I've finished with it. It
>> wasn't a bad date, tow eights in it so the Chinese may like it.
>> Suppose it could complete someone collection.
>> 
>I have a box with a few dates in it but they're very sticky and the 
>little pointed stick has gone missing.

Now I wonder what you found to use the stick for?
>
>Nev
-- 
Bob.

In uk.singles,  (nev young) wrote in <g51jsj$u2d$1@aioe.org>::

>Stuart Bronstein wrote:
>> Ye Old One  wrote:
>> 
>>> Well, I can give away 8th July 2008 now that I've finished with
>>> it. It wasn't a bad date, tow eights in it so the Chinese may like
>>> it. Suppose it could complete someone collection.
>> 
>> It was a pretty good day for me, too, being my birthday and all.
>> 
>Wot again!
>IIRC you had one of them only 12 months ago.
>You should go easy on them as they are in limited supply.

Not at all; they're good for you.

Science has proved that people who have more birthdays live longer.
-- 
Marc

Incidentally, disturbance from cosmic background radiation
is something we have all experienced.  Tune your television to any 
channel it doesn't receive and about 1% of the dancing static you see
is accounted for by this ancient remnant of the Big Bang.
The next time you complain there's nothing on, remember that you
can always watch the birth of the universe.   - Bill Bryson

Ye Old One  wrote:

> Ok, so where is my bit of de birfdays cake? Come on, before Nev turns
> up.

I've got it around someplace, but since switching from a unix shell 
account to a regular dsl account, I haven't seen it for years.  I'm 
sure it's still fresh, though - frosting has that effect on cake.

Stu

In message , Stuart 
Bronstein  writes
>Ye Old One  wrote:
>
>> Well, I can give away 8th July 2008 now that I've finished with
>> it. It wasn't a bad date, tow eights in it so the Chinese may like
>> it. Suppose it could complete someone collection.
>
>It was a pretty good day for me, too, being my birthday and all.
>
>Stu

Many more of them, Stu.   I'll put it in my calendar for the next 20 
years.

BTW, I found out by accident that my lawyer's practice has closed, 
according to a friend who also used him, by the Law Society.

My Will and house Deeds are deposited in their care, but have been taken 
into custody by a Law firm in Manchester.   I phoned them and they 
promised to send the Will, but the Deeds have gone into "deep storage" 
and will take up to three months to recover.

The guy who owned the practice appeared a bit eccentric, but to 
disappear without informing clients is an appalling lapse.
-- 
Gordon H

Gordon H  wrote:

> BTW, I found out by accident that my lawyer's practice has closed,
> according to a friend who also used him, by the Law Society.
> 
> My Will and house Deeds are deposited in their care, but have been
> taken into custody by a Law firm in Manchester.   I phoned them
> and they promised to send the Will, but the Deeds have gone into
> "deep storage" and will take up to three months to recover.
> 
> The guy who owned the practice appeared a bit eccentric, but to 
> disappear without informing clients is an appalling lapse.

I don't know if it means anything, but I find it interesting that 
solicitors in the UK sign letters and perhaps other documents by and in 
the name of the firm rather than in the name of any individual lawyer.  
While you feel that you have a personal relationship with your 
particular lawyer, they may feel it is an institutional relationship 
unrelated to any individual.

But I agree with you, that's certainly an odd way to do business.

Stu

Stuart Bronstein wrote:
> Ye Old One  wrote:
> 
>> Ok, so where is my bit of de birfdays cake? Come on, before Nev turns
>> up.
> 
> I've got it around someplace, but since switching from a unix shell 
> account to a regular dsl account, I haven't seen it for years.  I'm 
> sure it's still fresh, though - frosting has that effect on cake.

You'll be posting your geek code next.


-- 
John Wright

"What would happen if you eliminated the autism genes from the gene pool?

You would have a bunch of people standing around in a cave, chatting and
socialising and not getting anything done!" - Professor Temple Grandin

In uk.singles,  (Stuart Bronstein) wrote in
::

>Gordon H  wrote:
>
>> BTW, I found out by accident that my lawyer's practice has closed,
>> according to a friend who also used him, by the Law Society.
>> 
>> My Will and house Deeds are deposited in their care, but have been
>> taken into custody by a Law firm in Manchester.   I phoned them
>> and they promised to send the Will, but the Deeds have gone into
>> "deep storage" and will take up to three months to recover.
>> 
>> The guy who owned the practice appeared a bit eccentric, but to 
>> disappear without informing clients is an appalling lapse.
>
>I don't know if it means anything, but I find it interesting that 
>solicitors in the UK sign letters and perhaps other documents by and in 
>the name of the firm rather than in the name of any individual lawyer.  
>While you feel that you have a personal relationship with your 
>particular lawyer, they may feel it is an institutional relationship 
>unrelated to any individual.
>
>But I agree with you, that's certainly an odd way to do business.

Of course, it may be that he's had an altogether too close relationship
with a motorway bridge, or something.  He may not be in a position to
close things down neatly.
-- 
Marc

The best way to get over someone, is to get under someone...

Marc Wilson  wrote:

> Of course, it may be that he's had an altogether too close
> relationship with a motorway bridge, or something.  He may not be
> in a position to close things down neatly.

Well, if that's the case then I hope that he or his family at least 
know a good solicitor.

Stu

In article , Gordon@g3snx.demon.co.uk 
says...
......

> BTW, I found out by accident that my lawyer's practice has closed, 
> according to a friend who also used him, by the Law Society.
> 
> My Will and house Deeds are deposited in their care, but have been taken 
> into custody by a Law firm in Manchester.   I phoned them and they 
> promised to send the Will, but the Deeds have gone into "deep storage" 
> and will take up to three months to recover.
> 
> The guy who owned the practice appeared a bit eccentric, but to 
> disappear without informing clients is an appalling lapse.

I thought being 'a bit eccentric' was the primary qualification
and personality trait for any lawyer...
 

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Paul Carpenter  wrote:
> Gordon@g3snx.demon.co.uk says...
>> 
>> The guy who owned the practice appeared a bit eccentric, but to 
>> disappear without informing clients is an appalling lapse.
> 
> I thought being 'a bit eccentric' was the primary qualification
> and personality trait for any lawyer...

Only on tv.  In real life the best trial lawyers are superb sales 
people.  They may also be eccentric, but it's not a prerequisite and it 
doesn't help them do what they do.

Stu

On 10 Jul 2008 18:54:36 GMT, Stuart Bronstein 
enriched this group when s/he wrote:

>Gordon H  wrote:
>
>> BTW, I found out by accident that my lawyer's practice has closed,
>> according to a friend who also used him, by the Law Society.
>> 
>> My Will and house Deeds are deposited in their care, but have been
>> taken into custody by a Law firm in Manchester.   I phoned them
>> and they promised to send the Will, but the Deeds have gone into
>> "deep storage" and will take up to three months to recover.
>> 
>> The guy who owned the practice appeared a bit eccentric, but to 
>> disappear without informing clients is an appalling lapse.
>
>I don't know if it means anything, but I find it interesting that 
>solicitors in the UK sign letters and perhaps other documents by and in 
>the name of the firm rather than in the name of any individual lawyer.  

That is something I've argued against for a long time. Not all do it,
but most seem to.

>While you feel that you have a personal relationship with your 
>particular lawyer, they may feel it is an institutional relationship 
>unrelated to any individual.

And as the actual signatory could be anyone (even a typist) within the
office, it is sometimes difficult to apportion blame.
>
>But I agree with you, that's certainly an odd way to do business.
>
>Stu
-- 
Bob.

In message , Stuart 
Bronstein  writes
>Gordon H  wrote:
>
>> BTW, I found out by accident that my lawyer's practice has closed,
>> according to a friend who also used him, by the Law Society.
[....]
>> The guy who owned the practice appeared a bit eccentric, but to
>> disappear without informing clients is an appalling lapse.
>
>I don't know if it means anything, but I find it interesting that
>solicitors in the UK sign letters and perhaps other documents by and in
>the name of the firm rather than in the name of any individual lawyer.
>While you feel that you have a personal relationship with your
>particular lawyer, they may feel it is an institutional relationship
>unrelated to any individual.
>
>But I agree with you, that's certainly an odd way to do business.
>Stu
>
It appeared to be a one-man practice, very traditional chambers, with 
about three girls using old-fashioned word processors.
Perhaps he was close down for malpractice, or as a result of complaints?
-- 
Gordon H

In message , Paul Carpenter 
 writes
>In article , Gordon@g3snx.demon.co.uk
>says...

>> BTW, I found out by accident that my lawyer's practice has closed,
>> according to a friend who also used him, by the Law Society.
>>
[....]
>> The guy who owned the practice appeared a bit eccentric, but to
>> disappear without informing clients is an appalling lapse.
>
>I thought being 'a bit eccentric' was the primary qualification
>and personality trait for any lawyer...
>
Maybe that's what my family like about Stu?

But if I tell you that my lawyer chappie even had a beard...
-- 
Gordon H

Gordon H  wrote:
> Stuart Bronstein  writes

>>But I agree with you, that's certainly an odd way to do business.
>>Stu
>>
> It appeared to be a one-man practice, very traditional chambers,
> with about three girls using old-fashioned word processors.
> Perhaps he was close down for malpractice, or as a result of
> complaints? 

You could check with the Law Society to see if they have any 
information.  Usually when someone sells a practice he will send out 
letters informing clients of the situation and encouraging them to stay 
with the new owner.  So I'm guessing that's not what happened.

Stu

In message , Stuart 
Bronstein  writes
>
>You could check with the Law Society to see if they have any
>information.  Usually when someone sells a practice he will send out
>letters informing clients of the situation and encouraging them to stay
>with the new owner.  So I'm guessing that's not what happened.
>Stu
>
I don't think there is a new owner.      The young lady I spoke to at 
the Manchester lawyer's said that they had only responsibility for the 
papers they received, they did not accept the business implied.      I 
said: "You don't want any business from out here in the sticks"?
She laughed and said "No, - we don't)".
-- 
Gordon H

Gordon H  wrote:
> Stuart Bronstein  writes
>>
>>You could check with the Law Society to see if they have any
>>information.  Usually when someone sells a practice he will send
>>out letters informing clients of the situation and encouraging
>>them to stay with the new owner.  So I'm guessing that's not what
>>happened. 
>>
> I don't think there is a new owner.      The young lady I spoke to
> at the Manchester lawyer's said that they had only responsibility
> for the papers they received, they did not accept the business
> implied.      I said: "You don't want any business from out here
> in the sticks"? She laughed and said "No, - we don't)".

Here a lot of lawyers get in trouble and sometimes have to close their 
practices because of alcohol abuse.  One of them was particularly 
memorable - a guy named Lake Shelley Trout - real name.  Apparently 
drank like a fish.

http://members.calbar.ca.gov/search/member_search.aspx?ms=trout

Stu

In message , Stuart 
Bronstein  writes
>
>Here a lot of lawyers get in trouble and sometimes have to close their
>practices because of alcohol abuse.  One of them was particularly
>memorable - a guy named Lake Shelley Trout - real name.  Apparently
>drank like a fish.
>
>http://members.calbar.ca.gov/search/member_search.aspx?ms=trout
>
Ok, ok, sounded fishy, but I believe you!
:)
-- 
Gordon H

Gordon H  wrote:
> Stuart Bronstein  writes
>>
>>Here a lot of lawyers get in trouble and sometimes have to close
>>their practices because of alcohol abuse.  One of them was
>>particularly memorable - a guy named Lake Shelley Trout - real
>>name.  Apparently drank like a fish.
>>
>>http://members.calbar.ca.gov/search/member_search.aspx?ms=trout
>>
> Ok, ok, sounded fishy, but I believe you!

I know it's a crappie story, but I told it for the halibut.

Stu