Walt,
I think I can safely say this is one that is going to be on Court TV. I
never watch the stuff, but have browswed through this laughable stuff
before.
I think I would be with you on this one. End on a good laugh.
John
Walt Wayman wrote:
>
> Actually, I'm probably going to wait a couple of months
> before "putting in my papers." We have a trial coming up soon
> that I don't want to miss and that I think will be a good note to
> end on. To make a very long story short, it involves a couple,
> now divorced, who together founded a company manufacturing a hair
> growth product and cosmetics. She got control of the company in
> the divorce and now pays him a cool $1,000,000 per year, while he
> lives in what looks like an oceanfront castle in Cabo San Lucas,
> Mexico.
>
> He claims she paid a former Mexican police chief to have him
> kidnapped and killed, although he managed to escape and wandered
> in the desert for two days with his hands tied behind his back
> before -- surprise -- ending up at the home of a friend. She
> claims he hired a different former Mexican police chief (there are
> apparently lots of corrupt former police chiefs in Mexico) to have
> her and her girlfriend (yes, girlfriend) dragged nude out of the
> swimming pool at her even more palatial condo in Cancun and
> arrested and charged with drug possession. There are tapes of her
> apparently attempting to hire a hit man in Paris.
>
> There is more, much, MUCH more. Both sets of lawyers are
> bombastic, flamboyant and take no prisoners. It goes to trial in
> May. Poor people fight with sticks, knives, or maybe even guns.
> Only the rich can fight with mean lawyers. The trial is expected
> to take two to three weeks, and they're going to be paying me $55
> per hour to listen to something I might actually pay them to
> hear. Then I'll retire and put all the OMs to good use!
>
> Walt
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: John and Julie Ockman <jrockman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 12:39:51 -0500
>
> >Walt,
> > I am not sure if you would want to "chuccle", but I think we are
> >all wondering if you are going to quit neglecting your Zuikos,
> >and retire. By coincidence, I have a friend by the name of Walt
> >at work who is thinking about backing out of retirement at 62(in
> >April). I am doing my damdest to make sure he retires. I went to
> >work with the idea that someday I will retire and do things I
> >really like to do. No matter how much I like my job, it is just
> >that, and my wife is quite good at giving me those :).
> >
> >John
>
>
>
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