Athanatos
Favorite team: | Vanderbilt |
Location: | Baton Rouge |
Biography: | Parthenogeneically brought into the world fully grown and fully armed. |
Interests: | Football, debates, food |
Occupation: | Student |
Number of Posts: | 8140 |
Registered on: | 9/2/2010 |
Online Status: | Not Online |
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re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Posted by Athanatos on 4/8/24 at 10:58 am
[quote]90 F-16s could grant them air supremacy.[/quote]
I doubt it, but if they can freeze the lines and extract sufficient toll Russia would probably seriously engage in peace talks. ...
re: Life as a Lawyer Advice Needed
Posted by Athanatos on 4/2/24 at 9:06 am
The last full rate sheet I saw for an insurance defense firm was from 2021 and it started at $195 and went up to $255 for attorneys. The paralegal was billed out at $145.
Since then I have more often seen legal bills for experienced New Orleans litigation attorneys billing high $200s and low $300...
re: Life as a Lawyer Advice Needed
Posted by Athanatos on 4/1/24 at 3:40 pm
[quote]works. Assume a non-BR or New Orleans defense firm. [/quote]
I would assume an insurance defense firm would be billing more than $150. I used that number for a rural law office.
$150 is a shite rate for a lawyer in Louisiana when diesel mechanics charge almost as much.
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re: Life as a Lawyer Advice Needed
Posted by Athanatos on 4/1/24 at 1:11 pm
I don’t think that looking at people who simply have law degrees is enough. You need to evaluate positions that require the use of a law degree. I would be shocked to find a significant number of practicing Louisiana attorneys working in the private sector for less than $100k a year after ten years ...
re: Life as a Lawyer Advice Needed
Posted by Athanatos on 3/31/24 at 6:43 pm
Average is obviously not a good metric. The question is better presented as what’s a reasonable salary range for law school graduates in the top third of their class with between one and ten years experience working for a firm with more than 10 attorneys. Those attorneys are generally all making mor...
re: Delta vs AirFrance vs KLM question/opinions
Posted by Athanatos on 3/31/24 at 3:30 pm
I’ve never flown Delta long haul business but I prefer KLM to Air France. ...
re: AirBNB dude won't bring a key to my wife and daughter... they're in Belgium at 11pm
Posted by Athanatos on 3/1/24 at 6:39 pm
Two women and six bags? Were they planning on coming back?...
re: Explain this thinking: NO plastic straws but serves food with plastic utinsils.
Posted by Athanatos on 3/1/24 at 12:06 pm
Plastics in the ocean are a problem worthy of addressing. Stop being a fat slob and eating takeout all the time and you won’t use so much plastic. ...
re: Boating question - What does it mean to 'let it eat'?
Posted by Athanatos on 2/29/24 at 11:34 am
Yeah, that’s definitely an expression. Heard it all my life. ...
re: American Airlines is raising bag fees again
Posted by Athanatos on 2/20/24 at 7:21 pm
Ppl pack too much shite....
re: Asbestos siding removal
Posted by Athanatos on 2/12/24 at 6:35 pm
After the next hurricane, rip that stuff with with day laborers and be done with it. ...
re: AP: Parisians vote to hit SUVs with eye-popping parking costs in latest green drive before
Posted by Athanatos on 2/6/24 at 8:26 am
Then you take the train to the periphery and pick up your car for the days you want to drive somewhere. Parking your car at a hotel probably costs €50-100 anyway. ...
re: Yellowstone/Grant Teton best places to stay
Posted by Athanatos on 1/21/24 at 5:03 pm
Rent and RV and stay in the parks.
[link=(https://www.blacksford.com/yellowstone-rv-rentals)]Blacksford RV[/link]...
re: Louisiana shrimper missing for 6 days survived severe weather, found alive
Posted by Athanatos on 1/10/24 at 3:59 pm
When I saw who was missing, I said to myself, there is no way that guy goes down like this. His prior resourcefulness is too well documented. ...
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Posted by Athanatos on 12/26/23 at 2:13 pm
I’ve seen it. It works, and you don’t need a huge crane to try to lift the whole thing. ...
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Posted by Athanatos on 12/26/23 at 8:52 am
[quote]It’s going to take them a long time to get that sunken ship out of the way so they can reuse that docking spot to load/offload materials[/quote]
I think they could use those same cranes with drop knives (thick steel plates pointed like a knife and dropped from a height) to cut that into p...
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Posted by Athanatos on 12/21/23 at 8:05 am
[quote]But here's the cold reality: In 2010, when Yanukovych was elected, Ukrainian trade looked like this: Exports: Russian Federation $13,432M (26%), Turkey $3,027M (6%), Italy $2,412M (5%), Belarus $1,899M (4%), Poland $1,787M (3%). Imports: Russian Federation $22,198M (37%), China $4,700M (8%), ...
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Posted by Athanatos on 12/20/23 at 10:39 am
People complain about the Lake City armory because their bullets are used by civilians, but it’s exactly this dual market that enables them to stay tooled up and ready to meet government demands. This should be the standard to follow as much as possible. Obviously it wont work for 155mm shells, but ...
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Posted by Athanatos on 12/19/23 at 4:38 am
Isn’t the purpose of the defense production act to spur production? It’s almost inconceivable to me that the US (and Europe) can’t send more shells than Ukraine can shoot after two years of war.
As the Arsenal of Democracy, our production ability is shameful. How technically difficult is it to m...
re: Nippon Steel acquires US Steel
Posted by Athanatos on 12/18/23 at 9:21 am
Hopefully they make some additional investments in US steel production. The US is overpaying on steel since the trump tarriffs. ...
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