21.   He still watches almost every dive at a meet and talks shop between events.

22.   He talks shop with Bryan Steffen, of the Berthel Fisher Co.

23.   I had dining rights at lunch to sit with some of the finest minds in the world and talk shop.

24.   Jazz musicians are usually busy, traveling constantly, and they rarely have a chance to talk shop with one another.

25.   Mel said Monday that he never talks shop with Todd during the season because he has too much respect for other managers and coaches.

26.   One of the gravest is the likelihood that hardened old afterlife habitues may not want to be badgered by newcomers eager to talk shop.

27.   On a slow afternoon, one dancer went through the motions looking a little like a deer caught in the headlights, as the film makers talked shop.

28.   Smith, who is loathe to talk shop on the golf course, cringed at the suggestion.

29.   Some watchers move forward and talk shop with Rosenwinkel while the drummer, Tim Pleasant, meticulously takes apart his drum set.

30.   Still, the New York conference resembles nothing so much as a dingy saloon filled with journalists talking shop.