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Lynell(VA by way of MD&DC)'s avatar

Nice to "see" you here, Mike. It's been a while. As always, your posts are so informative. Many thanks!

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Mike Wicklein's avatar

It's nice to be missed and good to be back. We recently sold our over 100 year old house, bought a condo, downsized and moved. It's been VERY consuming. I'm just getting time to write again.

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Lynell(VA by way of MD&DC)'s avatar

All the best in your new home. BTW, where I live in VA is about 40 minutes from Hagerstown and had jobs there during my working days. I keep forgetting I don't live in Maryland anymore...even though it's been over 20 years ЁЯШХ

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Mike Wicklein's avatar

You should go check out the new Ballpark and the Aviation Museum. Both are very cool. Where did you work in Hagerstown ?

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Lynell(VA by way of MD&DC)'s avatar

I was an independent contractor for a few court reporting agencies. We covered several depositions of witnesses who were employed at the hospital off of Route 40 in Hagerstown. I also went to a few law firms in the area. Mostly, I enjoyed the journey, passing by Burkittsville where the Blair Witch Project movie was made, the surrounding areas of Antietam/Sharpsburg, Boonsboro, Funkstown, and other notable places like Williamsport and seeing what the Potomac River looked like compared to what it looks like nearer to where I live. Funny thing about that river, I have always lived near it, starting back when I was born in Washington, D.C.!

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Mike Wicklein's avatar

I used to do video depositions before 1999 as a part of our services. I'm sure we know a lot of the same people. Shirley Nigh, Art Schneider and a bunch of other lawyers. I always loved it when attorneys from Balt or DC would come up and think they had some real hayseed hick lawyers on their hands. Some of the Hagerstown lawyers could give them a very good run for their money.

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Lynell(VA by way of MD&DC)'s avatar

Alas, I can hardly remember the names of any of those lawyers anymore! But I do remember the lawyers I knew didn't act like a-holes and didn't underestimate their host adversaries.

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Mike Wicklein's avatar

yea, I can't remember names, but I can see the faces. One of the few people who never paid me his bill was an attorney from Pittsburgh. After that I made all of the out of towners pay before we sent them the product.

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Ally House (Oregon)'s avatar

Morning, Lynell. I second your "nice to see you" to Mike.

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Mike Wicklein's avatar

Ally, good to see you here also. After months of downsizing, selling our house, buying a condo and moving I have time to write again.

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Lynell(VA by way of MD&DC)'s avatar

Always nice "seeing" you, too, Ally; morning!

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