The 44th TPBM Random Chat and Leg Lamp Compactor

Skrim17 wrote in post #12580039
how goes the partying Zbert?

I was reading online about the elections, how cool is it that there is a place called Batman in Turkey??

Crissa!The party is fine, most everyone speaks English as well as Turkish which makes it easier. I ended up the photographer for the day which also helps by giving me something to do. The food is over the top outrageously good. Everyone brought a BIG dish of something.

The mood has soured though as results come in. I know very little of the politics here, and we shouldn't go into it on the forum, but people are not happy with the results. The news is in Turkish but I will get more info later. I suspect the more conservative Islamist party has done better than expected by the party goers here.

Now there is some clapping, I think parliamentary results are coming now but not sure.

We are on our own tomorrow in Istanbul for a meeting with a family lawyer we need to meet while here. Hopefully things are calm. I don't expect any problems but it is always a little concerning when you don't quite understand all that is going on.

Oh and yes that is fun there is a town called batman haha.

DDA wrote in post #12578851
For the jam, come and you'll get it

I wish! lol
I liked the photos you posted today as well.

Timphoto wrote in post #12579642
I bring my Kindle along. That way I get to read what I want.

I've started doing that with my nookc.

short5 wrote in post #12580076
Crissa!The party is fine, most everyone speaks English as well as Turkish which makes it easier. I ended up the photographer for the day which also helps by giving me something to do. The food is over the top outrageously good. Everyone brought a BIG dish of something.

The mood has soured though as results come in. I know very little of the politics here, and we shouldn't go into it on the forum, but people are not happy with the results. The news is in Turkish but I will get more info later. I suspect the more conservative Islamist party has done better than expected by the party goers here.

Sounds fun. Jealous on the food. And...I still wouldn't want to live in a glass house.

Sounds like fun, Zäne. Good luck with the lawyer.


Have I told you, I don't like lawyers?

puddlepirate44 wrote in post #12574808
Hey, Christopher, there's a yellow phone cord attacking your wrist. Lucky for you, it's not venomous, but still....

Puddle! sometimes you crack me up! Actually frequently, you crack me up.

Becky N wrote in post #12576739
Today's, remember her age, I think she will like the texture:

Is part of the process, "toss a print into a tumble dry and run on medium for 50 minutes?

Looks nice, BTW... Love the aging with the scratches.

puddlepirate44 wrote in post #12579143
adorama Adorama ADORAMA!

Adorama has way too much of my money.

So, I visited Garibaldi the Capybara yesterday. Gari has some stuff up on his Giant Hamster webpage:

http://gianthamster.co​m …06/mike_and_me/​#more-4260

Check out the yawn!

short5 wrote in post #12580000
Good morning Heather. How is Spike feeling?

Morning Zane. He is eating a little bit here and there, still really cuddly with both John and I, and still hissing at Wall e because she has decided she wants to play with him, and he wants nothing to do with her right now (or most times)

Off to clock in at work. See you all later

Belmondo wrote in post #12580235
Sounds like fun, Zäne. Good luck with the lawyer.


Have I told you, I don't like lawyers?

My sister is a lawyer

:p

Relatives aside I have to agree with you Tom, at least in principle. I know where you are coming from. This is a nothing meeting other than to be able to know who we are talking to when and if the need arises with stuff over here. We are not really doing any business, just getting some face time.

short5 wrote in post #12579152
Good idea. The upstairs has glass floors, I am hoping for skirts.

Glad to see that a change in time zones didn't alter your priorities.

HelenOster wrote in post #12579171
OK, OK - I'm up & running!!

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'Bout time!! Thanks for dropping in.

DDA wrote in post #12579347
While in Poland, I've visited the Wieliczka salt mine.

It is an incredible place. The mine started operating in the 13th century and has more than 190miles (300km) of galleries. All the galleries are carved in salt and there are some beautiful rooms, fully carved in salt (inclusive statues, chandeliers, ...)

Here are the stairs going down the first shaft (about 300 steps...) One walks down and takes the miner's lift back up...

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(more to come...)

That's fantastic stuff! I remember when Neil went there and I was thinking the same thing I was thinking now.... Do those guys get thirsty working in that place?

DDA wrote in post #12579491
Thanks Chief! And here is a panorama of the market square of Krakow by night...

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Hey! That looks just like the market square of Krakow, by night! Neat-o

Skrim17 wrote in post #12580039
I was reading online about the elections, how cool is it that there is a place called Batman in Turkey??

I bet they don't have Captain America or Wolverine, tho'.

short5 wrote in post #12580128
Now there is some clapping, I think parliamentary results are coming now but not sure.

So.... didja get elected? Are you going to have to stay until your term expires?

Guineh wrote in post #12580260
Puddle! sometimes you crack me up! Actually frequently, you crack me up.

G'MAE, All. Off to help clean the house for guests that are coming tomorrow..... Whee!

short5 wrote in post #12580362
My sister is a lawyer

:p

Relatives aside I have to agree with you Tom, at least in principle. I know where you are coming from. This is a nothing meeting other than to be able to know who we are talking to when and if the need arises with stuff over here. We are not really doing any business, just getting some face time.

Truth be told, a couple of very good friends are lawyers, and we joke about it. They have a job to do, and all too frequently it's in an adversarial role. I had the misfortune of being in a profession that lawyers have long considered ripe for picking.

I once attended a seminar put on by the Santa Clara County Bar Association, and it was a 'public invited' event. The title of the seminar (I'm not making this up) was 'How to Sue Your Broker.' The premise was that in any real estate transaction, whatever goes wrong is the fault of the broker; his/her role is to protect the client from the various problems that can crop up in a real estate transaction.

Over the years, I have been sued for:
1. Buyers discovered a deck had been build on top of an abandoned above-ground pool, not by the current owner, but by the owner before him. Even the seller didn't know it was there.
2. There had been an attic fire. It was completely repaired , but not disclosed. The case was thrown out, but not before we spent thousands of dollars responding to the suit.
3. Buyers moved it, and after a couple months, got into a feud with the neighbors. They sued for rescission, but lost. More thousands to defend.


Wanna' hear more? I have dozens of such stories to tell. In every example, there was a plaintiff's attorney. In most cases, if you offered them enough money to pay their attorney's bill, they would be advised they had no case and drop the suit. In every case, their lawyer got paid,most often by us.

BTW, we were never successfully sued in 40 years of business. The one and only time we should have been sued, we weren't. One of our agents sold a house to a couple that should never have owned property. The husband was blind, confined to a wheelchair, and living on disability. The wife was mentally challenged. They just walked away from the property even though we offered to buy it from them. I never understood why.

puddlepirate44 wrote in post #12580649
That's fantastic stuff! I remember when Neil went there and I was thinking the same thing I was thinking now.... Do those guys get thirsty working in that place?

Well, the guide told us that a group of guys from New Zealand came well prepared into the mine. They came with their bottle of Tequila. They just had to lick the walls for the salt

We could probably have a good time telling each other stories about lawsuits and lawyers. (I sit on the Claims committee for a very large self insurance JPA)

This comment rings particularly true in my experience.

Timphoto wrote in post #12580759
We could probably have a good time telling each other stories about lawsuits and lawyers. (I sit on the Claims committee for a very large self insurance JPA)


This comment rings particularly true in my experience.

-----and some people wonder why I come here and want a little loving.


I've earned the right to be a just a bit insecure.

I'd join in on this conversation, but I'd only get banned in about 10 seconds... The legal system in this country is a joke...

Enjoy the POTN love and security.

It's time for me to go play outside on the tractor, otherwise this garden never get done.