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The brooks brothers "slim" (lol) fit shirts work well for me. Suits are mostly suit supply right now.
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I like the fit of Charles Tyrwhitt shirts but the fabric quality is hit or miss. Some are wafer thin and quick to wrinkle, others are firm and feel substantial. BB shirts are consistently good. My suits are mostly basic bitch BB and Jos A Bank stuff but my firm is very casual (nobody wears suits in the office) and suits suck to wear in the 8 months of summer in the deep south. I have a few linen and poplin suits and jackets from various OTR brands.
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May 3, 2021 02:19
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All my wardrobe was from MWH before they got bought out and turned into a shot pile. I’ve got no idea where to go now.
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May 3, 2021 06:54
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Discendo Vox posted:All my wardrobe was from MWH before they got bought out and turned into a shot pile. I’ve got no idea where to go now. If you know your size I’ve had good luck finding nice suits on eBay at reasonable prices. Look for known good suit makers. Assume you’re going to get it tailored but then, you should anyway.
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May 3, 2021 08:07
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Yeah, I've gotten clothes various places over the years but these days I just go to jos.a bank, it's good enough and anything better is more money than I can afford, especially since I don't particularly want to look too flashy in the courtroom anyway. One thing I don't regret at all was spending $500 fifteen years ago on a pair of brooks brothers / Allen edmonds Cordovan leather loafers. Just had them resoled, worn them constantly for fifteen years now and they've held up, and they're at a nice balance point where they're suitable for any environment, courtroom, office, etc. If you're in the South, despite the stereotype, it's worthwhile to buy a seersucker suit also. Get tan stripes not blue and don't wear a bow tie with it, you don't want to look like a cartoon character. Only costs around $100 and it's the most comfortable thing you can wear in the summer, cheaper and easier to maintain than linen. Hieronymous Alloy fucked around with this message at 13:07 on May 3, 2021 |
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May 3, 2021 13:04
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I use a local suit store with wood paneling where the inside smells exactly the way it should. I pay a bit more but everything I buy can be brought back in for future alterations. The owner also drove 3 hours the day before my wedding to get a replacement tux jacket for my brother who was flying in so I'll pay whatever premium they quote me.
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May 3, 2021 14:18
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Pook Good Mook posted:I use a local suit store with wood paneling where the inside smells exactly the way it should. I pay a bit more but everything I buy can be brought back in for future alterations. Yeah I used to go to a place like that. They closed =(
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May 3, 2021 14:42
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Dress shirts: Jos. A Bank Suits: Dillards or Neiman Non-Suit Pants for polo shirt day: Belk has stretchy-waist dress pants for my big ole butt that fit nice and look good Ties: whatever Shoes: I have monster EEEE wide feet so I still haven't found good, comfortable dress shoes that aren't like $400 custom bullshit after 10 years of looking.
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May 3, 2021 21:27
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:
I need to do this
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May 3, 2021 21:29
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I bought a couple packs of mixed pattern ties off amazon a few years ago, so I have a over a dozen ties of various styles/colors to mix and match with all my shirts of various color/patterns.
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May 3, 2021 21:40
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:
What if I want to look like a cartoon character? Red stripes? ties: I need long ties generally (I can make a short tie work, but I need to spend a lot longer to get the length right because it has almost no tail). Tie bar is pretty good for my "everyday" ties. I have a ton of fancy ties I never wear as well, plus on fancy tie with pigs on it I wear anytime I know I will deal with a cop.
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May 4, 2021 00:39
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Reminds me of this except funny
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May 4, 2021 02:24
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And now one of those assholes is a Judge!
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May 4, 2021 02:26
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:If you're in the South, despite the stereotype, it's worthwhile to buy a seersucker suit also. Get tan stripes not blue and don't wear a bow tie with it, you don't want to look like a cartoon character. Only costs around $100 and it's the most comfortable thing you can wear in the summer, cheaper and easier to maintain than linen. Every few seasons J Crew has a navy on navy seersucker suit and so it doesn't even register as seersucker rather than just a cotton navy suit. Love mine.
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May 4, 2021 18:37
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JohnCompany posted:Every few seasons J Crew has a navy on navy seersucker suit and so it doesn't even register as seersucker rather than just a cotton navy suit. Love mine. Oooooh
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May 4, 2021 18:52
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Holy poo poo being a business person is the worst part of this whole thing. What is a PBX why won't my old fashioned phones work with old fashioned phone lines do I need to pay for 4 phone lines in 2021 that seems absurd. Quite frankly even having one phone line seems silly. They installed a phone modem at my office so I can get phone service over the internet then back into old fashioned phones but they told me my nortel meridian phones with warranty expiry 1989 stickers on the back are the wrong types of phones unless I buy a phone computer. What even is this Also I bought a boat and I've been so busy loving around with phones I haven't sailed it yet gently caress law
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May 6, 2021 07:39
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At least you've learned to spell "Warszawa". Remember, the S comes before the Z.
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May 6, 2021 07:55
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Got a question, please tell me if this is the right thread or where I should move it to if there's a better thread. I fell into becoming the president of my condo's HOA because everyone else either quits or can't be trusted with it. I know absolutely nothing about running an HOA but I'm here because I'm the person the least amount of people have a problem with I guess We are in Los Angeles We have a gardener who is the father in law of one of the residents. We get a great rate from him, $180/month when most others quote us $250 My treasurer is refusing to pay him several months of invoices because he won't provide a W9. Maybe the gardener is undocumented, maybe he's avoiding taxes, I dunno and I kinda won't want to know. Is not providing a W9 a dealbreaker? Are paycheck stubs enough evidence that we paid him? Can we just fill out a 1099-NEC and say "REFUSED" where it asks for a tax ID or something? I want to settle this amicably for everyone. The treasurer refused to pay him for several months and let him keep cutting our grass which feels like acting in bad faith. What do you guys think?
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May 6, 2021 10:02
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You should go to law school.
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May 6, 2021 10:11
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Steve Yun posted:Got a question, please tell me if this is the right thread or where I should move it to if there's a better thread. The thread you're looking for is this one: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3266659 But the answer there will be, "We're not legally allowed to give you tax advice, or legal advice on how to handle your specific situation."
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May 6, 2021 14:41
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Steve Yun posted:Got a question, please tell me if this is the right thread or where I should move it to if there's a better thread. Actually I think the better thread for you is the tax thread: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3394641 You're more likely to get an answer to that specific question (whether a W9 is required to pay someone in this situation) from some CPAs. If the answer ends up being that you can't pay him, then maybe reach out to a lawyer and figure out your options.
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May 6, 2021 14:56
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Steve Yun posted:Got a question, please tell me if this is the right thread or where I should move it to if there's a better thread. Nobody is going to be able to give you a legal answer. this could be anything from "treasurer doesn't like paying bills" to "gardener is undocumented" to "gardener is giving you the cheap rate because he doesnt' want to deal with forms, and now you're asking for a form" to "gardener is going to haul you into small claims court a year from now and charge interest on the unpaid invoices." The practical non-legal answer is talk to everybody and figure out what the treasurer's real problem is and what the gardener's real problem is and see if they're reconcilable. Is the treasurer a stickler for rules or are they a secret racist or do they just not like the gardener or what? Regardless the HOA should probably talk to a lawyer. I quit as president of my HOA several years ago in part because they perennially kept cheaping out on necessary expenses, like not wanting to pay lawyers legal fees to answer questions where that was appropriate. As it is here.
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May 6, 2021 14:59
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Nobody is going to be able to give you a legal answer. Ya my first thought was, "The HOA should probably already have a lawyer that they use/trust." My second thought was, "Oh wait, HOA."
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May 6, 2021 15:53
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Steve Yun posted:Got a question, please tell me if this is the right thread or where I should move it to if there's a better thread. Totally unrelated but make sure your HOA business entity is active status with your state corporation commission, I've never not seen someone in your position inadvertently let that lapse
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Steve Yun posted:Got a question, please tell me if this is the right thread or where I should move it to if there's a better thread. all HOAs are inherently evil and should be disbanded
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blarzgh posted:"We're not legally allowed to give you tax advice, or legal advice on how to handle your specific situation." No, you don't need to pay taxes. Let me introduce you to your berth certificate and gold fringes.
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Thanks everyone!
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nm posted:No, you don't need to pay taxes. Let me introduce you to your berth certificate and gold fringes. Ha, you fool, you quoted my CORPORATE PERSON, and have created joinder
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gently caress insurance adjusters. Why is that rear end in a top hat even watching? Just wait until your lawyer tells you what happened.
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May 7, 2021 19:17
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Nichol posted:...gently caress law Please tell me more about this branch of study. Should I encourage a soon-to-graduate cousin to look for openings in the field of gently caress law?
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May 7, 2021 19:19
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Ratatozsk posted:Please tell me more about this branch of study. Should I encourage a soon-to-graduate cousin to look for openings in the field of gently caress law? Cousins are soo last decade's thing. All the openings now are for step-relatives. How is your cousin at getting stuck in household objects?
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May 7, 2021 20:29
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Phil Moscowitz posted:gently caress insurance adjusters. Why is that rear end in a top hat even watching? Just wait until your lawyer tells you what happened. This "your seat number is not your juror number" thing is a standard spiel for any 6 pack jury selection in CA, at least.
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Phil Moscowitz posted:gently caress insurance adjusters. Why is that rear end in a top hat even watching? Just wait until your lawyer tells you what happened. You're just mad it wasn't an actual lawyer loving up and wrecking their career. And so am I.
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How did they identify the culprit? Did this moron fess up in a room full of attorneys? Whenever someone says something on Webex there are always at least 2 or 3 other attendees who are transmitting some kind of background noise garbage at the same time. Plenty of plausible deniability. Edit: Doh, I cracked the case. He said it infront of a bunch of defense attorney's who narced on him immediately.
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Grip it and rip it posted:Edit: Doh, I cracked the case. He said it infront of a bunch of defense attorney's who narced on him immediately. And you thought it was only Australian ones who did that.
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Just wrapped a remote trial, and although it was not near as good, a buffoon on the other side delivered a two hour expert direct with a very bad expert, and it was punctuated with whispers to the associate next to him that were picked up by the mic like "I have no idea what he [the expert] is talking about," "is this in the outline," and "why am I asking these questions?" I did like half the witnesses in the trial, all experts. I'm not sure how you real trial lawyers do this, I'm destroyed.
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gvibes posted:Just wrapped a remote trial, and although it was not near as good, a buffoon on the other side delivered a two hour expert direct with a very bad expert, and it was punctuated with whispers to the associate next to him that were picked up by the mic like "I have no idea what he [the expert] is talking about," "is this in the outline," and "why am I asking these questions?" It is a rare expert indeed that does what they're there to do and actually help the fact finder understand things better
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May 10, 2021 05:47
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Pook Good Mook posted:It is a rare expert indeed that does what they're there to do and actually help the fact finder understand things better Yeah I hope to see it someday
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Nice piece of fish posted:Yeah I hope to see it someday In criminal cases at least, experts tend to be fairly straightforward and understandable, they're usually the actual "fact" witness on something like DNA or certification for a breath machine. That only applies to state witnesses, definitely not to the guns for hire with their University of Phoenix doctorates who did their PhD on a 50-state survey of field sobriety tests and why they're actually eugenics and let me tell you about them for 50 minutes.
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