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Post by privateatty on Jan 23, 2009 20:07:26 GMT -5
“When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace.” --Sir John Lubbock
Soon I will be in the wait mode with y’all, after I get examined by the Gang of Three. SI–the old college try. So as we wait let me resurrect shards of the refrains from the posts of last year, revised of course.
What are you going to do ease the long look back to that “uh-duh” remark at the SI or that nagging point(s) you wanted to incorporate into the WD. Do you instead focus on being in a middle seat on a too long flight from DCA to DFW, wedged between a drooling snoozer and a hyperactive teen? Or perhaps you are nostalgic for that moment of fear when you thought you were lost in DC and would never find OPM?
Post your top ten WAIT BUSTERS, please. Mine are:
1. Cook a gourmet meal for two or more and have a stellar red wine to accompany it.
2. Find a really good movie on Netflix and pop some corn.
3. Take a long long walk by yourself and unchain your mind.
4. Akin to the above, take the ski lift to the top and have no plan on which trail you will take.
5. Try a case with no second chair.
6. Akin to the above, cross-examine a witness in a deposition, preferably an expert, for two or more hours.
7. Pat yourself on the back for a day well done and remembered.
8. Have an esoteric conversation with your better half.
9. Mix up a pitcher of martinis and watch the snow fall following the above conversation.
10. Take a day and do absolutely nothing except self-grooming and concentrated lassitude.
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Post by gadourylaw on Jan 24, 2009 11:02:22 GMT -5
Dear Private Attorney,
Thanks for the insights. I would ad to the list, surrender it to God in prayer and be grateful whatever the result. "Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?" (Matthew 6:27 NIV)
Mike G.
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Post by chieftain on Jan 24, 2009 11:48:38 GMT -5
For those with small children, watching a Disney movie with your kid(s) is a great escape. You forget how good some of them were until you see them again.
Otherwise, I recommend a nice single malt while listening to "When the Battle's O'er" on the pipes and drums, a jigsaw puzzle, or boxing on the Wii.
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Post by oldjag on Jan 24, 2009 12:35:23 GMT -5
When you get the job, don't put away the single malt. After a long week of hearings with half-prepared files, and listening to unprepared lawyers fumble their way through a hearing and expect you to fix it so that the claimant gets a fair shake while they collect their fee that you HAVE to authorize as is, a good dram of single malt goes a long way. I might suggest the Single Malt Scotch Whiskey Society. ;D Good luck to all of you waiting out there. We are looking forward to the help.   |
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Post by zero on Jan 24, 2009 17:24:20 GMT -5
For those with small children, watching a Disney movie with your kid(s) is a great escape. You forget how good some of them were until you see them again. Otherwise, I recommend a nice single malt while listening to "When the Battle's O'er" on the pipes and drums, a jigsaw puzzle, or boxing on the Wii. That's it, I'm getting a wii! |
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Post by chieftain on Jan 24, 2009 23:36:40 GMT -5
When you get the job, don't put away the single malt. After a long week of hearings with half-prepared files, and listening to unprepared lawyers fumble their way through a hearing and expect you to fix it so that the claimant gets a fair shake while they collect their fee that you HAVE to authorize as is, a good dram of single malt goes a long way. I might suggest the Single Malt Scotch Whiskey Society. ;D Good luck to all of you waiting out there. We are looking forward to the help. --------------- I echo Old Jag's sentiment as well as his advice, although I prefer a little dose of Stoli & Florida's finest, or perhaps a glass of Merlot (gotta get the ol' Vitamin C, ya know) at the end of the day . . . and, OJ, dontcha just love the attorneys who come in who've never heard of the Listings or the Grids?!? Oy, my aching head! I don't intend to rehash all of the discussion on the question of rep's discipline, but in a situation in which the rep knows zip about the listings or grids, is it considered bad form or contrary to the regs to politely suggest to the rep (outside earshot of the claimant) that it would be a good idea to read the regs next time? |
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Post by barkley on Jan 24, 2009 23:40:34 GMT -5
The Wii is a great device.
Although instead of boxing, I highly recommend "Endless Ocean." It is totally the opposite of competitive. You just hang out, swim where you want to swim, and look for fishies. Sometimes people ask you to guide them in the coral reefs, and if you point out the fish they want to see, you get good reviews and cool new scuba gear. You can swim with manatees, penguins, sharks or explore ruins and ship wrecks. It is a super way to bliss out, but you need to set a timer or next thing you know it's 3 a.m.
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Post by blackswan on Jan 25, 2009 1:02:45 GMT -5
You can do hard time or you can do easy time.
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Post by decadealj on Jan 25, 2009 13:51:56 GMT -5
Chieftain- in my old age I have gotten nasty at times with reps that obviously haven't so much as interviewed their client (probably relying on a paralegal interview). I embarris them in front of their client, which has occasionally led to appeals to the AC based on inadequate representation. I try to do it subtly, conscious of judicial temperment but claimant's are remarkably vigilant. What is raelly bad is when the attorney hasn't even reviewed the file or efile and the documents the claimant gave to the paralegal are not in the record and the rep doesn't know it..
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knownuthin
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Out of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most.
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Post by knownuthin on Jan 27, 2009 11:57:06 GMT -5
Just last week, I asked a rep during a child's case whether she thought the evidence met or equaled a listing or whether the child had two "marked" limitations in any of the 6 domains. She answered no to all of these questions. I felt like asking why we were having a hearing, but I bit my tongue and conducted the hearing as I normally would.
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Post by decadealj on Jan 27, 2009 13:46:25 GMT -5
Wilddog- precisely the kind of subtle, judicially tempermental, chastisement, but let out some bile, kind of response I was referring to. Don't want to beat it to death but I am sure some of our bretheren appreciate the concept.
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Post by chieftain on Jan 28, 2009 7:13:03 GMT -5
Wilddog- precisely the kind of subtle, judicially tempermental, chastisement, but let out some bile, kind of response I was referring to. Don't want to beat it to death but I am sure some of our bretheren appreciate the concept. --------- No doubt, DA, no doubt. I know we're not alone (see Knownuthin's post), and sadly, it won't be the last time we'll have unprepared reps come in before us and botch things up . . . as unhappy as that makes me, I - like you and Knownuthin - will do my best to make sure that the claimants are not hurt by their representative's ignorance or or ineptitude. To be fair, though, there are reps who feel the same way about ALJs, too, whom they view as ignorant of the law and regs or unreasonable in their application. So, it definitely cuts both ways. Anyway, I didn't intend to derail this thread. My apologies all around. WD Actually, I will take the hit for taking the thread off topic. Maybe we should start a new one entitled "Stupid Rep Tricks" |
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