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Offline Matthew

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Surprises every day
« on: October 27, 2023, 11:48:28 AM »
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    • Today I learned that a Trad Catholic (SSPX) man just gave up his law practice. He was a bankruptcy lawyer in California.

    What's he going to do now, work retail? "Learn 2 code"? work the land? That's not just something you can start up from zero in your early 40's.

    Maybe his primary motive was to get out of California, and maybe he figured it would be too hard to start from scratch in another state. But what's the alternative? I plan to ask him.

    Just when you think you've seen everything. In all my years I never met a licensed professional (lawyer, doctor, engineer) who invested years of their life, plus 10's of thousands of dollars (whether free grants or loans) to get degrees/certified, and then just gave it up. Except MAYBE in the case of becoming a priest. But that's it. And even then, we're talking EXTREMELY rare.
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    Offline Giovanni Berto

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    Re: Surprises every day
    « Reply #1 on: October 27, 2023, 12:04:52 PM »
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    • We need more context to understand this.

    Is he single? Married? Does he have children?
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    Offline Quo vadis Domine

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    Re: Surprises every day
    « Reply #2 on: October 27, 2023, 01:36:04 PM »
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    • Maybe has enough money to retire on.
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    For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his own soul? Or what exchange shall a man give for his soul?

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    Re: Surprises every day
    « Reply #3 on: October 27, 2023, 02:13:02 PM »
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    • Quote from: Matthew on October 27, 2023, 11:48:28 AM
    Today I learned that a Trad Catholic (SSPX) man just gave up his law practice. He was a bankruptcy lawyer in California.

    What's he going to do now, work retail? "Learn 2 code"? work the land? That's not just something you can start up from zero in your early 40's.

    Maybe his primary motive was to get out of California, and maybe he figured it would be too hard to start from scratch in another state. But what's the alternative? I plan to ask him.

    Just when you think you've seen everything. In all my years I never met a licensed professional (lawyer, doctor, engineer) who invested years of their life, plus 10's of thousands of dollars (whether free grants or loans) to get degrees/certified, and then just gave it up. Except MAYBE in the case of becoming a priest. But that's it. And even then, we're talking EXTREMELY rare.

    I've actually heard of doctors, general practitioners or family doctors, doing it, where they were practically losing money, where their salaries were so badly impacted by the malpractice insurance that they would have been better off doing something else.
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    Re: Surprises every day
    « Reply #4 on: October 27, 2023, 02:36:07 PM »
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    • Quote from: Quo vadis Domine on October 27, 2023, 01:36:04 PM
    Maybe has enough money to retire on.
    This is likely especially if he was very cheap in his spending habits. 
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    Re: Surprises every day
    « Reply #5 on: October 27, 2023, 06:54:17 PM »
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    • A former CI member gave up a law practice and became a teacher. 
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