How are we going to survive?

[Cycling Naturalist]

With the property market in the doldrums there are a whole lot of professionals feeling the pinch. Only the other day I saw an estate agent in a five year old car, and architects are rumoured to be cutting back on their grouse shooting. Has anyone any practical advice for solicitors to save money? How does one make potato peeling soup if the electricity has been cut off?

 

[Rhythm Thief]

Just chuck another stack of fifties on the fire and heat your soup over that.

 

[ChrisKH]

Well you could always "borrow" a small amount from client account if push comes to shove.

 

[Cycling Naturalist]

Well you could always "borrow" a small amount from client account if push comes to shove.

I suppose the up side is that you get regular meals in prison.

 

[Horace Goes Skiing]

Convince your neighbours that you are wealthy enough to own a miniature racehorse by draping a tea towel over the cat's back and leading it around your front garden.

With apologies to Viz.

 

[domtyler]

Ah, your a solicitor? Easy.

Save money on expensive gambling, drugs and lurid all night sex parties with top class prostitutes by staying at home and tapping inane drivel into internet chat rooms to anyone who will listen (there'll always be someone out there, this is the internet!) instead.

 

[Cycling Naturalist]

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Save money on expensive gambling, drugs and lurid all night sex parties with top class prostitutes by staying at home :

Steady on, we're talking about economy - not destitution.

 

[Riding in Circles]

I suppose the up side is that you get regular meals in prison.

Plus you will be able to consort with like minded people.

 

[Night Train]

Sell bikes through your client database to your clients then jack in the desk job and set up as a bike sales man. Direct all your clients to CycleChat. Recruit those who post here and are looking for work and set them up selling bikes that you supply for a small commission. They can then find other friends and contacts to sell bikes to, encouraging them to find more customers for more bikes....

 

[GrahamG]

There will still be the usual market 'churn' - the professionals who will really feel the pinch are the planners/engineers/builders/architects etc. who rely far too heavily on the large developers. Those with a more diverse client base will do fine once they swallow their pride and realise that they can no longer charge sky high fees.

 

[Cycling Naturalist]

Sell bikes through your client database to your clients then jack in the desk job and set up as a bike sales man. Direct all your clients to CycleChat. Recruit those who post here and are looking for work and set them up selling bikes that you supply for a small commission. They can then find other friends and contacts to sell bikes to, encouraging them to find more customers for more bikes....

Better still, charge people for the right to sell bikes. They get paid by charging other people to be agents as well, and they in turn charge others, who..................I suspect that you've got the idea now.

 

[simon l& and a half]

There will still be the usual market 'churn' - the professionals who will really feel the pinch are the planners/engineers/builders/architects etc. who rely far too heavily on the large developers. Those with a more diverse client base will do fine once they swallow their pride and realise that they can no longer charge sky high fees.

Planners working for local authorities are unlikely to feel any kind of pinch. And Architects (I am happy to report) are bottom feeders. There's more than enough work around.

The building trade is in meltdown. For the first time in my working life I no longer envy electricians.

 

[Keith Oates]

<The building trade is in meltdown. For the first time in my working life I no longer envy electricians>
Can you expand on that Simon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Cycling Naturalist]

The building trade is in meltdown. For the first time in my working life I no longer envy electricians.

Seconded. For the last five years, electricians have been in short supply and been able to name their own prices for working on new builds which have come to an abrupt halt.