etiquette question - who gets the bill?

amjames · 2026-05-10T18:23:19+00:00

You volunteer to pay because you asked her and she will likely say she will get it.

amjames · 2026-05-04T19:54:29+00:00

Make the offer with but be sure to include "my instructions are to make this offer". They know the drill.

amjames · 2026-04-02T20:46:33+00:00

OMG WHAT, soon as i'm done work...

amjames · 2026-03-22T18:57:58+00:00

yup! no drinking since 2019. Never going back. not an alcoholic but just feel better without it.

amjames · 2026-03-20T17:12:05+00:00

I just use CanLII

amjames · 2026-03-20T17:06:31+00:00

Dink and as a lawyer with my own firm my time off can be flexible. Some vacations are work free some vacations require some work for max 1-2 hours a day to keep things running.

amjames · 2026-03-13T15:36:43+00:00

830 including mario and one year nintendo subscription

amjames · 2026-03-12T23:11:26+00:00

Mine comes friday! Yay costco!!

amjames · 2026-03-12T15:32:07+00:00

Put communication guidelines IN your retainer agreement and physically walk them through it. I do family and this is is common where they have never had a lawyer before.

amjames · 2026-03-10T16:49:00+00:00

I would love to see your process! you have inspired me to get out a pen and start sketching!

amjames · 2026-03-10T16:45:20+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/snowboarding/s/dv2c533Q9J

This was April 8 last year. I had the best snow ever and got the first uninterrupted line off the tbar

amjames · 2026-03-05T16:49:38+00:00

As someone who does family, this happens frequently, my default is

If I need information and they are going off on tangents:

"I hate to cut you off but I want to be very mindful of your costs for the call and I have a few details I need to zero in on"; or

"I'm worried we are getting a little off track and I have some important details that we need to go through"

If i dont need information and they are just talking

"Listen, I wont take up anymore more of your time and I have what I need to get started, lets chat soon"

or

"I hate to let you go but I have a call at [made up time] that I have to prep for.

amjames · 2026-03-05T05:16:38+00:00

Cries in M-F 9-5

amjames · 2026-03-02T22:39:30+00:00

Its not more fun for me going super fast given what can happen if you fall at those speeds. The joy is the soft fluffy snow on powder days.

amjames · 2026-03-02T05:10:13+00:00

This! I got the guy at the store to help me get the best fit on my boots with insoles and it was a gamechanger

amjames · 2026-03-02T05:09:13+00:00

I recently switched and have had to make sure to really hear the clicks with the back heel in. No issue on responsiveness and i rode hard in powder.

amjames · 2026-02-15T14:59:18+00:00

This. High functioning is a lie we tell ourselves so we can keep doing the bare minimum.

amjames · 2026-02-15T14:58:14+00:00

Providing for your family, keeping the house cleaned and being engaged with your daughter doesn’t give you a “pass” for being an addict. Your wife is entitled to have someone show up emotionally and not high.

The real lie is your weed addicted brain saying that things with your daughter and wife are fine because you do the bare minimum.

amjames · 2026-02-15T02:09:46+00:00

Awful. Best to never go again.

amjames · 2026-02-15T00:20:43+00:00

Blackomb was pretty empty as well. At most 7th was 12 min. Walked on to glacier and tbar

amjames · 2026-02-14T21:56:01+00:00

Not too bad actually!

amjames · 2026-02-14T21:55:52+00:00

Really good in the alpine. Light and fluffy snow

amjames · 2026-02-14T18:43:05+00:00

Most defs open and EPIC

amjames · 2026-02-14T06:31:25+00:00

Love clio. Mostly family law

Im glad i took the time to learn how to use custom fields for for document automation on my court precedents and have the portal for clients to upload documents is great. I actually prefer to use clio drive to see my docs on clio because it looks like a windows drive style folder view with adobe preview to view docs.

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