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The volume of emails involved in closing a transaction never ceases to amaze me. In the past 24 hours on this one matter I've had north of 200 emails

Posted by pmb (aka pmb) Aug 28 '15, 08:11

and since Monday between 550 and 650. Trying to keep up with them is just ridiculous.

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groin trying to get Foo tickets? -- nm - Spawn Aug 28, 08:16
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- And what's interesting is it really wasn't that long ago. 15 or so years? - pmb Aug 28, 08:17 6
  - As late as 1997 our office was using a single AOL account and using up the last of our letterhead with a telex number on it. -- nm - Max Aug 28, 09:02
  - I still remember being the first year on the deal being in charge of distributing the latest drafts by fax and FedEx. nm - ralph wiggum Aug 28, 08:23 4
    - The great thing about the fedex deadline was that if you missed it you had a whole extra day to work on stuff. Now it doesn't matter how late it is, - pmb Aug 28, 08:26 3
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        People also tended to negotiate the documents a lot less back then. Actually focused on the points that mattered rather than negotiating for the sake - pmb Aug 28, 08:33
        
        Marker and a ruler. You couldn't show the deleted text. You just put a carat to reflect that it was deleted. I could actually bill for that time. - pmb Aug 28, 08:30
- *hands you the pink copy* -- nm - Strongbad Aug 28, 08:15
- I lived that life. It was better in some ways and worse in others. We all used to gather at one firm and the tough deals were all nighters. It was - pmb Aug 28, 08:14

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