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Late Night Airport Runs, Teenage Drivers, and the “It’s Not My Dog” Defense

My 16 year-old son is only in 10th grade, but I’m pretty sure he’s (eventually) headed to law school. That’s based on the following exchange the other day, just before I got to back to town after a recent trip: Me: “Gabriel, my plane gets in at 11 p.m. tonight; can you pick me up?”...
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Famous Excuses (or, The Many Guises of CYA)

Lender-Speak, Translated What they said:  ‘the check’s in the mail.’ Translation:  ‘I’m late paying the bills.’ What they said:  ‘The dog ate my homework.’ Translation:  ‘I didn’t do the assignment.’ What they said:  ‘I have been holding off on submitting the file until we are within 60 days of closing (for both the rate lock and because the...
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