Well, I am stuck in the fine Newark International Airport, as my flight is delayed forever.

That's not new - what is new is the rather large of amount of women who have spontaneously broken into yoga exercises.  There is practically a yoga class running in the corner.

I don't recall spontaneous yoga during previous airport delays.

I was stuck in the orlando airport for 3 days i became good friends with the security guard he was pretty cool and he got me free coffee.

I finally got home though that guy still emails me no joke

I no longer use my regular cell phone dialup - I now use Verizon BroadbandAccess.  WAY faster than dialup, and with my PC card I don't have to worry about my cell phone dying either.

No attractive ladies in spandex - strictly soccer moms and the occasional leftover hippie.

I have been in the airport about 5 hours now - not too bad, but my flight is leaving in another 5 hours at the earliest...  Longest I got delayed was in Paris (about 40 hours), but they put us up in a hotel and fed us, so that was marginally less sucky.

bluemunky wrote: Speaking of Europe, has anyone ever flown Air France? Talk about service. The coach class seats have personal television screens with about 10 different movies to listen to, you are giving a set of headphones, and various boardgames and other entertaining things. The seats almost recline, unlike most other planes. Really great service.

Air France sucks donkey, along with Delta and United.

Best airlines in the world, bar none, are Singapore Air and Malaysian Air.  No contest at all.  After them come other Asian airlines - Thai Air, Sri Lankan Air, Nippon Air, Cathay Pacific...  (but watch out for China Air)

Asian airlines > European airlines > US airlines  (although Virgin Atlantic is pretty good)

Rambino wrote: bluemunky wrote: Speaking of Europe, has anyone ever flown Air France? Talk about service. The coach class seats have personal television screens with about 10 different movies to listen to, you are giving a set of headphones, and various boardgames and other entertaining things. The seats almost recline, unlike most other planes. Really great service. Air France sucks donkey, along with Delta and United. Best airlines in the world, bar none, are Singapore Air and Malaysian Air.  No contest at all.  After them come other Asian airlines - Thai Air, Sri Lankan Air, Nippon Air, Cathay Pacific...  (but watch out for China Air) Asian airlines > European airlines > US airlines  (although Virgin Atlantic is pretty good)

Good Lord Rambino, what do you do that you fly so much?

Singapore Air:

That 10-channel screen you were impressed with - Singapore had that 10 years ago.  Five years ago they went to 20+ channel video on demand, various videogames on demand (including multiplayer play among passengers).  Now they are phasing in internet access.

And that's all in coach - international first class has to be seen to be believed (Virgin Atlantic offers in-flight massages).

And the food on Singapore Air is actually good.  Seriously.  And, of course, the stewardesses:

Yes - they all look like that.  Every one.  And that's their uniform...  Malaysian is very similar.

Rambino where did u get your law degree and pass the bar?

I am in the Garden State only because the flight into Guardia was full.  I was in NYC and CT this weekend...   Sorry youmont...   :)

There are many different kinds of lawyerism - but that's all about what you do after law school.  There are no "majors" or anything like that, but some people like to load up on classes of a particular type.

I do corporate law - essentially, I negotiate and draft contracts for large companies.

Zesty wrote: Rambino wrote: Air France sucks donkey........ haha, you sound like my posts have been rubbing off on you.....nice.

Why are you rubbing your post on me?

Corporate/corporate litigation is the safest way to a reasonable living.  Most ambulance chasers are dirt poor.  But - the very wealthiest of all lawyers are all ambulance chasers.  The firm that was the main lawfirm for the plaintiffs in the tobacco litigation made something along the line of 100 million PER PARTNER in one year...

But that's a risky way to go.

Ambulance chasers span the full range of success, but on the average they don't do nearly as well as lawyers in larger firms.

Domestically, if I am going someplace where Midest flies, I won't go on any other airline.  The whole plane is first class...

cadet_sergeant wrote: so how often are u flyin? i assume all corporate lawers fly alot going back and forth between clients. how does it work if your clients are in diffrent states? i mean do u have to pass the bar in other states or what?

These days, with FedEx, email, and conference calls, there isn't nearly as much travel as there used to be.  The occasional face-to-face negotiation or closing, but most of my travel is for trade conferences or marketing events.

Generally speaking, you don't need to be admitted to the bar other than the one where your office is located.  If you are going to appear in court in another state you need to appear "through" local counsel.

As a matter of practice, we usually hire local counsel to assist with local issues on business transactions, but that's just good practice, not legally required.

My deals make the news occasionally, but I'm only mentioned in the trade journals, and rarely even then.

Us poor corporate types are strictly behind the scenes...

Lines and waiting sucks. Nothing pisses me off more. Good luck

Singapore air is an absolute dream.  I love flying them and do so frequently.  Last time I flew with them I got bumped to Buisiness class and it was just incredible.  Food was served in China plates, the whole deal.  Malaysian airlines are also wonderful.  Cathay Pacific's not too bad but really pales in comparison to the afforementioned two.

Whereabouts in CT and NYC where you?  My two homes!

Not only do we fly the same airlines, Rambino, but you were also in my neck of the woods!  You're like my long lost brother!

Last year alone I flew upwards of twenty times.

Last year I got stuck in San Salvador airport for eighteen hours by myself.  That was interesting.

Heh - Prod, I really was in your neck of the woods (not Argentina).  I was in New Haven for the weekend...   I was actually at Caffe Adulis on Saturday, don't know if you've tried the food there.

In NYC it was midtown, as usual.  I occasionally go downtown, but most business is in midtown these days.

Rambino wrote: Heh - Prod, I really was in your neck of the woods (not Argentina).  I was in New Haven for the weekend...   I was actually at Caffe Adulis on Saturday, don't know if you've tried the food there.

My god.  Good friends with the owner.  What were you up to in New Haven?

Rambino wrote: In NYC it was midtown, as usual.  I occasionally go downtown, but most business is in midtown these days.

God I miss New York.

The picture of the Singapore stewardess is just a random google pic - no relation of mine (that I know of).

And New York - fun place to visit, briefly, but you could not pay me enough money to actually live there.  Ok, maybe you could, but it would be a very large number.  All the things I hate about cities are amplified to the max in NY.  And, of course, the people are the most parochial people on the planet.  That always annoys me.

Sorry - I meant the baby too.  The infant baby.

And yes, I did have a baby boy.  He's 2 now, frighteningly enough.

Small World. I'll be flying out of Newark on Wednesday.

He thinks he's going to be a fighter pilot...

:/