Given that I never wanted to go into the law and had decided, long before I even started my TC, that it would be a hateful disaster, I can at least say that it has not undershot my expectations. There really aren't many things I could have pursued with such a mesmeric lack of commitment and still paid off my mortgage by my early 40s. I got to be fairly senior as a practitioner although I never held a stake in a firm. Who knows what the second act will bring.
Laz - not bad. I worked in a wood yard for 5 years. Can use the scary bench electric saw and the scarier big bench plainer without loss of digits. Also chiselling and jigsawing and shyz. Never made a newel post or anything, but I understand things like dovetail joints and wooden plugs.
Oh ayuh. I worked on an insolvency once of a seafloor scavenging operation. That would be cool.*
*they were after pre 1930s iron which apparently is no longer available and has some special chemical properties I have forgotten and is worth a fortune (split at salvage rates with the relevant insurer).**
Oh maybe it was steel then. Iron would probably have rusted a bit by now.
As I recall the offering docs talked about this super sophisticated tech whereby they had found 50/60 target sites for wrecks. When the administrators went in they found an old filing cabinet with lots of "x marks the spot" "here be dragons" style paper charts.
As I recall the most valuable estate asset was some 2000 plus year old etruscan vase they had pulled up by accident.
I wish I knew how to distill moonshine, make cannabis oil (the latter is legal in some juridictions) or had the funds to establish and run a brothel (it's legal in some countries).
If I could turn back the clock to when I was eighteen, I'd f*** university and go into stockbroking (I'm too old for 5 a.m. starts now) as, in my time, brokerage firms were independent and not owned by banks (James Capel, Cazenove, Phillips and Drew and many others). I would have turned out to be real c***, but a rich one, and could have afforded to be a functioning alcoholic.
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I do think that I could have done more, yet I also feel that I SHOULD have done a lot less.
If that makes sense.
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as long ago as I can remember I wanted to be a gangster
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No and no
it was bad luck
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Of course I could have done more, but all in all the career is going pretty well. Just need to sort out my personal life now.
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I'm generally pretty happy with my lot but in part that's because my views about my career have changed over the years.
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I never really had a career plan so it's hard to judge
I could undoubtedly have done more but that would probably have involved more effort and less fun
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https://youtu.be/UPw-3e_pzqU
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Heh @ belter
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Given that I never wanted to go into the law and had decided, long before I even started my TC, that it would be a hateful disaster, I can at least say that it has not undershot my expectations. There really aren't many things I could have pursued with such a mesmeric lack of commitment and still paid off my mortgage by my early 40s. I got to be fairly senior as a practitioner although I never held a stake in a firm. Who knows what the second act will bring.
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Never wanted to go into the law so much that you did it 3 times.
And just this week were asking dux about jobs in West End firms.
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Oh, I've gone into it more times than I care to remember m88. We both know that.
I've just never wanted to.
Not even you want to be a lawyer. You just don't want to do anything else more (which is fair enough).
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I seem to not be an artisan craftsman making bespoke furniture out of driftwood down in Dorset. Not sure how that happened tbh.
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r u good @ woodwork m88?
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Actually I really rather enjoy it.
I do however have a second thing very much in mind for when I give the lawyering a rest.
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Me too. Starting now.
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He’s made plenty of wooden spoons over the years fo sho.
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Laz - not bad. I worked in a wood yard for 5 years. Can use the scary bench electric saw and the scarier big bench plainer without loss of digits. Also chiselling and jigsawing and shyz. Never made a newel post or anything, but I understand things like dovetail joints and wooden plugs.
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Hmm. not bad. Tell you what would be cool, being a bespoke boat builder.
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Oh ayuh. I worked on an insolvency once of a seafloor scavenging operation. That would be cool.*
*they were after pre 1930s iron which apparently is no longer available and has some special chemical properties I have forgotten and is worth a fortune (split at salvage rates with the relevant insurer).**
** they didn't find any
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Iron - is it like pre-WW2 steel, it has low background radiation as made before above ground testing? The final use for the High Seas Fleet I think.
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an ex-in-laws best man had a mid life crisis and stopped lawyering to make oak furniture somewhere near hay on wye. there's still time wang.
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I am one of the youngest people at my level both in my main job and my side hustle, which makes me very happy
But I always thought my work would have more societal impact.
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Wot piggy said about low radioactivity steel.
Bit of a problem in the south china seas where people are bringing up ww2 ships that are designated war graves for their steel
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Interested in shipbuilding, eh, Laz? Might be able to tell you a bit about that some time...
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Oh maybe it was steel then. Iron would probably have rusted a bit by now.
As I recall the offering docs talked about this super sophisticated tech whereby they had found 50/60 target sites for wrecks. When the administrators went in they found an old filing cabinet with lots of "x marks the spot" "here be dragons" style paper charts.
As I recall the most valuable estate asset was some 2000 plus year old etruscan vase they had pulled up by accident.
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I’m interested in everything, Mugen m99
Actually learning some python at the mo
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Oh no you’re not.
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Hello, I wish to register a complaint.....
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heh
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I do think that I could have done more, yet I also feel that I SHOULD have done a lot less.
If that makes sense.
so much sense
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Laz I’ll have to give you the initiation.
you’re in shipbuilding now, sun
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[email protected]
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I’m gonna be a mother fookin hustler
You better aks somebody
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Oh look this new poster who isn't laz has got his email addy
how about that
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are u actually serious
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No obvs not, doofus
christ
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I’ve emailed you m8
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I wish I knew how to distill moonshine, make cannabis oil (the latter is legal in some juridictions) or had the funds to establish and run a brothel (it's legal in some countries).
If I could turn back the clock to when I was eighteen, I'd f*** university and go into stockbroking (I'm too old for 5 a.m. starts now) as, in my time, brokerage firms were independent and not owned by banks (James Capel, Cazenove, Phillips and Drew and many others). I would have turned out to be real c***, but a rich one, and could have afforded to be a functioning alcoholic.
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