Topic: THE ARRIVAL OF MARCH (Read 13871 times)

John G. · « **Reply #30 on:** March 01, 2011, 06:37:42 AM »

Page two!

John G. · « **Reply #31 on:** March 01, 2011, 06:38:04 AM »

Great lyrics, FJL.

John G. · « **Reply #32 on:** March 01, 2011, 06:39:59 AM »

Sleep
vibes
to
those
in
need
--
at
the
appropriate
time.

Laura · « **Reply #33 on:** March 01, 2011, 06:54:38 AM »

I took two advil and a cup of coffee and went back to bed. Seems to have worked.

Ginny · « **Reply #34 on:** March 01, 2011, 07:02:01 AM »

Tuesday morning greetings!

I.
couldn't.
sleep.
because.
my.
shoulder.
hurts.
Waiting.
for.
a.
call
from.
the.
nurse.
at.
the.
cardiologist's.
office.

Laura · « **Reply #35 on:** March 01, 2011, 07:09:39 AM »

I hope the doctor's office calls soon, Ginny!

Ben · « **Reply #36 on:** March 01, 2011, 07:14:19 AM »

I.
slept.
through.
the.
night.

Sorry!

Ginny · « **Reply #37 on:** March 01, 2011, 07:22:32 AM »

Thanks, DR Laura! It's probably nothing, but I didn't want to take any chances...

FJL · « **Reply #38 on:** March 01, 2011, 07:37:25 AM »

Quote from: Dan (the Man) on March 01, 2011, 06:07:39 AM

I've had a dry hacky cough since January.

Hacky cough
Keep coughing hacky cough
Cough about things you'd like to -

oh, wait, bad taste! Or maybe a TV commercial idea?

Cillaliz · « **Reply #39 on:** March 01, 2011, 07:37:40 AM »

LOL Ben, at least someone did

FJL · « **Reply #40 on:** March 01, 2011, 07:37:50 AM »

Thanks, Kerry and John!

td · « **Reply #41 on:** March 01, 2011, 07:38:27 AM »

I
slept
like
a
baby
with
Miss Molly
at the
foot
of my
bed.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #42 on:** March 01, 2011, 07:40:57 AM »

Nice DR FJL.

Cillaliz · « **Reply #43 on:** March 01, 2011, 07:42:31 AM »

SO, I have discovered that my payment woes really are as bad, if not worse, than I thought they would be. The feds said that the funds to pay court appointed criminal lawyers ran out in February so they quit paying fee claims on Feb 23. If a new continuing resolution passes, they will start paying the claims in the order they have been approved until the funding runs out then they don't pay until more funding is passed. I found out this morning that my big fee claim made it to the first judge and is now on it's way to St Louis for approval by the second judge. Since it hasn't been approved yet, it's going to be at the back of the line when the fee claims start being paid.

And, they project that there is no way they will have enough funds to pay the entire fiscal year even if a continuing resolution passes, so this means that any outstanding claims that haven't been paid in August will not be paid until a new budget takes effect in October or whenever the &*#6 people in Washington can agree on one.

I am glad I will not be depending on the feds for my income in the future, but this really makes things difficult.

Cillaliz · « **Reply #44 on:** March 01, 2011, 07:43:44 AM »

I also found out that there are claims that were submitted in October that haven't been paid yet. Crap.

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #45 on:** March 01, 2011, 07:44:03 AM »

Quote from: FJL on March 01, 2011, 07:37:25 AM

Quote from: Dan (the Man) on March 01, 2011, 06:07:39 AM
I've had a dry hacky cough since January.

Hacky cough
Keep coughing hacky cough
Cough about things you'd like to -

oh, wait, bad taste! Or maybe a TV commercial idea?

Now I can't get Hacky Cough out of my head. It would make a catchy jingle, I think.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #46 on:** March 01, 2011, 07:44:24 AM »

Quote from: Cillaliz on March 01, 2011, 07:42:31 AM

SO, I have discovered that my payment woes really are as bad, if not worse, than I thought they would be. The feds said that the funds to pay court appointed criminal lawyers ran out in February so they quit paying fee claims on Feb 23. If a new continuing resolution passes, they will start paying the claims in the order they have been approved until the funding runs out then they don't pay until more funding is passed. I found out this morning that my big fee claim made it to the first judge and is now on it's way to St Louis for approval by the second judge. Since it hasn't been approved yet, it's going to be at the back of the line when the fee claims start being paid.

And, they project that there is no way they will have enough funds to pay the entire fiscal year even if a continuing resolution passes, so this means that any outstanding claims that haven't been paid in August will not be paid until a new budget takes effect in October or whenever the &*#6 people in Washington can agree on one.

I am glad I will not be depending on the feds for my income in the future, but this really makes things difficult.

As a former employee of the Dept of Labor who had to wait each year for approval for a couple of projects.....I hear you.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #47 on:** March 01, 2011, 07:44:59 AM »

March 1

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #48 on:** March 01, 2011, 07:45:36 AM »

I wonder if I should file for my tax refund before the Federal shuts down...

Cillaliz · « **Reply #49 on:** March 01, 2011, 07:46:51 AM »

JRand, the employees are being paid, it's just the contractors who are fulfilling a constitutional duty who aren't.

Cillaliz · « **Reply #50 on:** March 01, 2011, 07:47:22 AM »

I'm really glad I decided to quit taking new cases in fed court. They say it will be much worse next year

Jrand73 · « **Reply #51 on:** March 01, 2011, 07:55:24 AM »

They didn't pay my salary - they funded a couple of research projects that I headed - and brought Federal $$$ into the department.

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #52 on:** March 01, 2011, 07:59:20 AM »

TOD, BUDDY MOVIES:

All the Hope-Crosby Road Pictures
The Man Who Would Be King
Becket

Laura · « **Reply #53 on:** March 01, 2011, 07:59:30 AM »

Wow, Cillaliz. The government always paid us (the court reporters). It was the lawyers who didn't pay.

Laura · « **Reply #54 on:** March 01, 2011, 07:59:47 AM »

I'm glad you got out of there, too.

FJL · « **Reply #55 on:** March 01, 2011, 08:17:19 AM »

Dan, if Madison Ave calls looking to use "Hacky cough" you've got a percentage.

FJL · « **Reply #56 on:** March 01, 2011, 08:19:29 AM »

Payment resolution vibes to Cilla, how awful to not even know WHETHER, that it's not just a question of WHEN.

Thanks so much, Jrand.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #57 on:** March 01, 2011, 08:46:26 AM »

Every brat on the planet is a "cosset case".

elmore3003 · « **Reply #58 on:** March 01, 2011, 08:47:28 AM »

It's time to head to the NYPL. I need to look up info on John Jerome Rooney (1866-1934), Irish-American Catholic poet and judge, and Paul West, Broadway book writer and lyricist who wrote The Pearl and the Pumpkin with W.W. denslow, illustrator of The Wizard Of Oz. I have a few other names and dates to track down as well.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #59 on:** March 01, 2011, 08:48:02 AM »

I.
Won't.
Say.
How.
I.
Slept.
Don't.
Ask.
Me.

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