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I have a client who is 59 days late paying a writing services invoice of approximately $4,000 and has not responded to my emails requesting payment. Here in California I believe I could do a small-claims case, but I'm busy with other work. Has anyone here used a collection agency? I believe they take about 1/3rd of the client's eventual payment, which is acceptable to me. I looked online and found freelancecollection.com and indepayment.com.

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I rowed with a different group than normal today, with a different coach. I was in the bow seat of a bow-coxed four. The coach started us off rowing with our feet untied-in. I checked with two to make sure I had heard correctly. I had, and, being otherwise ready to row, we started. As expected, at the end of the very first stroke, I was idiotically stuck with my seat all the way back toward the bow, oar lamely perpendicular-ish to the shell as I struggled to get arms away and body over with my feet loose, and with no way to return to the catch. So on the next stroke I cheated by hooking my heels into the stretcher shoes and squirming my way back to the catch. I continued that way through the