RobBob

Extreme but not weird...Dad's a doc!

Hey, I never said that there weren't other contributing factors, matt. But I would say that one big change had to occur during the past forty years in order to expand the personal injury 'market' (plaintiff-client base), and that has been the acceptance of pursuit of $ because one has been a victim. It's a cultural change. For instance, my parents are 80, and if I were killed tomorrow by a millionaire drunk behind the wheel of an Explorer that ran over me in the Paradise parking lot as rolled over, my parents still would not sue. Why, because they both grew up in a time when that wasn't acceptable...and they still have the same standards. Younger people, having grown up in a time where everyone's a 'victim' if injured or killed (particularly if they have little and the potential defendent is perceived to have a lot to lose or good liability insurance), would sue the shit out of the driver and the automaker. Different moral standards, and there's an awful lot of Robin Hood levened into it, I'm afraid.

Whatever happened to Lambone...or who is he now?

mattp, I think JayB nailed it (symbiosis between culture change to 'victim mentality' and trial lawyers' unrestrained expansion of their 'markets') But I'm not sure it's partisan at all...aren't most politicians degreed in law, and not in a mood to restrict awards for 'victims?'

As a civil engineer (who admittedly hasn't done shit in that field in years) I would venture to guess that the answer, matt, is that every civilian building in the world would collapse if hit by a fully-fueled B767. I think sisu's question might be: What has changed since, say, the 1960s in our culture that makes people believe that a monetary payout is justified for enduring disaster?

after the dishes are dry, the kids are in bed, and Honey's nails are dry...if I'm lucky

...hmmm...errr...Friday night is HSN night...

Nobody expects Masterpiece Theatre

I've never seen such a pitiful dearth of expression in all my life. Nobody cares.

Of all the misanthropic crap, the part that hurts the most is veggyB's STFU---my gun's longer than yours!

Jeezus Tits, What have I found here!? Do I get a big on my own hate thread??

woe is me, for listening to you fuckers advising to download mp3s luckily I didn't do it

I agree with sisu, mattp, and dwayner. It looks like you guys decided to pummel somebody and yesterday it was Beck.

there's something in that photo for everyone...Greg, trask...

Sisu, she's your kinda gun-totin' gal!

also 'vogeln'

sisu's gay E-rock's a hardrock trask and necro bivvied together this weekend...

be sure to splice the prefix scheiss- onto any word to make it a negative: scheisswetter scheisseschifahren

gemutlich means something like 'cozy,' and gemutlicheit means a cozy ambiance...

Ich bin ein bergsteiger.

Words can't express how goofy this picture is.

Here's a question for those of us who enjoy guns: What's the best gun you've owned? I'll go first: My pet shotgun is a Browning 2-shot auto that loads from the left, which is nice since I'm lefthanded/eyed. My pet rifle is a Browning 243 varmit gun, perfect for picking off snaffles at medium distances.

Led Hed = Greg W Were the Freemen a well-regulated militia?

...no, that would be Jim.

Sprayin like it was 2001...cruel, insensitive...and I haven't laughed this hard in weeks. Good Job