My niece married a Danish guy...

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Her husband came to the United States to be a Pilot, and he did... a helicopter pilot. He flies emergency patients from the accident scene to the hospital. He is very good at it.

When he came to the United States he immediately started the process of becoming a citizen. Now, he has two children with his American wife (my niece) and has lived here for 15 years. last year he became a citizen. He was a Trump supporter when I met him seven years ago. He had come to the United States to make a life, on his merit and to build something for himself and his family. He was impressed with the salary he made and enjoyed his job. One week on, one week off, but he had to live at the job site during the week on, and always be ready to take off with 5 minutes notice (weather report, safety check, mechanical check, flight path filed).

They are leaving, going to live in Denmark. He told me, he came to the United States a single man, to make a life, now that he has children he says his view has changed. He got a job in Denmark as a safety officer at an emergency helicopter transportation center. Thirty-Five hours a week, full benefits for his children and American wife. HE says he wants to live in Denmark because if he stays late at work in Denmark, they ask him what is wrong? Is there trouble at home? Do you not want to be with your children? Nobody pushes him to work late, in fact doing so would be illegal.

I am very happy there is a place like Denmark for this family and his life. Healthcare, Education, all part of the deal. He protects the pilots and ensures safety procedures and maintains a healthy family who will be educated, cared for, and have opportunities to prosper using whatever skill and intellect they bring to the table. I am envious.

For him as a single man, The USA was a dream, he could pursue his passion and make good money, but when now that his oldest is 5 years old he wants to be there for her, he wants a culture that will support him and his family as they prosper in life.
 
Her husband came to the United States to be a Pilot, and he did... a helicopter pilot. He flies emergency patients from the accident scene to the hospital. He is very good at it.

When he came to the United States he immediately started the process of becoming a citizen. Now, he has two children with his American wife (my niece) and has lived here for 15 years. last year he became a citizen. He was a Trump supporter when I met him seven years ago. He had come to the United States to make a life, on his merit and to build something for himself and his family. He was impressed with the salary he made and enjoyed his job. One week on, one week off, but he had to live at the job site during the week on, and always be ready to take off with 5 minutes notice (weather report, safety check, mechanical check, flight path filed).

They are leaving, going to live in Denmark. He told me, he came to the United States a single man, to make a life, now that he has children he says his view has changed. He got a job in Denmark as a safety officer at an emergency helicopter transportation center. Thirty-Five hours a week, full benefits for his children and American wife. HE says he wants to live in Denmark because if he stays late at work in Denmark, they ask him what is wrong? Is there trouble at home? Do you not want to be with your children? Nobody pushes him to work late, in fact doing so would be illegal.

I am very happy there is a place like Denmark for this family and his life. Healthcare, Education, all part of the deal. He protects the pilots and ensures safety procedures and maintains a healthy family who will be educated, cared for, and have opportunities to prosper using whatever skill and intellect they bring to the table. I am envious.

For him as a single man, The USA was a dream, he could pursue his passion and make good money, but when now that his oldest is 5 years old he wants to be there for her, he wants a culture that will support him and his family as they prosper in life.
It's interesting. We have these threads here celebrating California being a leader in innovation globally. And living and working where I do, I'm right in the heart of it.

And many in these VC, AI, tech firms regularly work 70, 80 to 90+ hour weeks. And people do this who have kids and families, not just single people in their 20's.

One of my best friends is a big time attorney in SF and he works on deals with these large AI firms. He does very well, but I barely see him. It so dominates his life.

So this is one of those to each his own things, I totally understand the choice your niece's family made. But the greatness we see comes with a sacrifice.
 
Her husband came to the United States to be a Pilot, and he did... a helicopter pilot. He flies emergency patients from the accident scene to the hospital. He is very good at it.

When he came to the United States he immediately started the process of becoming a citizen. Now, he has two children with his American wife (my niece) and has lived here for 15 years. last year he became a citizen. He was a Trump supporter when I met him seven years ago. He had come to the United States to make a life, on his merit and to build something for himself and his family. He was impressed with the salary he made and enjoyed his job. One week on, one week off, but he had to live at the job site during the week on, and always be ready to take off with 5 minutes notice (weather report, safety check, mechanical check, flight path filed).

They are leaving, going to live in Denmark. He told me, he came to the United States a single man, to make a life, now that he has children he says his view has changed. He got a job in Denmark as a safety officer at an emergency helicopter transportation center. Thirty-Five hours a week, full benefits for his children and American wife. HE says he wants to live in Denmark because if he stays late at work in Denmark, they ask him what is wrong? Is there trouble at home? Do you not want to be with your children? Nobody pushes him to work late, in fact doing so would be illegal.

I am very happy there is a place like Denmark for this family and his life. Healthcare, Education, all part of the deal. He protects the pilots and ensures safety procedures and maintains a healthy family who will be educated, cared for, and have opportunities to prosper using whatever skill and intellect they bring to the table. I am envious.

For him as a single man, The USA was a dream, he could pursue his passion and make good money, but when now that his oldest is 5 years old he wants to be there for her, he wants a culture that will support him and his family as they prosper in life.
To each his own.
My wife’s German and she has no desire to go back and live there. I even said I’d be ok with it.
Her son (my stepson) became an FAA certified aircraft mechanic here, worked his way up from small aircraft and now works with FedEx. Married, bought a house in his thirties, and is quite happy with his life .
 
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It's interesting. We have these threads here celebrating California being a leader in innovation globally. And living and working where I do, I'm right in the heart of it.

And many in these VC, AI, tech firms regularly work 70, 80 to 90+ hour weeks. And people do this who have kids and families, not just single people in their 20's.

One of my best friends is a big time attorney in SF and he works on deals with these large AI firms. He does very well, but I barely see him. It so dominates his life.

So this is one of those to each his own things, I totally understand the choice your niece's family made. But the greatness we see comes with a sacrifice.
Good point, we have options and choices. I am not making a lot of money, but I chose this lifestyle over your friends lifestyle, does that make me less elite?
 
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Good point, we have options and choices. I am not making a lot of money, but I chose this lifestyle over your friends lifestyle, does that make me less elite?
I’ve always been the type to choose location and lifestyle over money.
I have a friend from school living in B.R. that doesn’t know what to do with himself if he’s not earning at least $1M / year. Anything less than an increase from one year to the next and he panics. I’m sure I’m happier than he is.
He calls occasionally and seems somewhat fascinated how I keep myself almost constantly busy in retirement.
 
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Good point, we have options and choices. I am not making a lot of money, but I chose this lifestyle over your friends lifestyle, does that make me less elite?
I don't want to misquote him, I thought he said his billing rate was in the $3K/hr range.

I don't know how that compares to other attorneys. I suppose if that is on the high end that could put him in an elite class but again I'm not an attorney, I don't know.
 
I don't want to misquote him, I thought he said his billing rate was in the $3K/hr range.

I don't know how that compares to other attorneys. I suppose if that is on the high end that could put him in an elite class but again I'm not an attorney, I don't know.
That is very high, but its ambiguous. What does he do during that hour? How many $3,000.00 hours can he complete in a day?

I hate hourly billing, but when I do it I charge 500.00 but even then its hard for me to value it, what hour do you get, when I am groggy from just waking up, or after my coffee....
 
That is very high, but its ambiguous. What does he do during that hour? How many $3,000.00 hours can he complete in a day?

I hate hourly billing, but when I do it I charge 500.00 but even then its hard for me to value it, what hour do you get, when I am groggy from just waking up, or after my coffee....
My sister married a Polack.
 
That is very high, but its ambiguous. What does he do during that hour? How many $3,000.00 hours can he complete in a day?

I hate hourly billing, but when I do it I charge 500.00 but even then its hard for me to value it, what hour do you get, when I am groggy from just waking up, or after my coffee....
All I know is he works on really large, often multi-national, transactions and he works 12 - 14 hour days. I can't speak to his actual billable hours.
 

My niece married a Danish guy...​


Whenever I see the word Danish I get a good feeling. First the idea of something I love with coffee and them the time I visited there in the early 1980s. Copenhagen. The wonderful hotel. Tivoli Gardens. The people. The trains to move around on. Even the food, We saw a very old burial site and some of the Viking boats restored.......seemed like a paradise......
 
My sister married a Polack.
My grandmother's last husband (out of 7) was named Domenosky.....She called him the dumb Pollock. He was a decorated WW2 pilot and taught ROTC at UF in the early 1950s. My middle name was in his honor. I was a little boy and remember very little of him except he was tall and thin. My grandmother (we always called her Chris) took the big fancy Buick he bought her and sold it to buy and open a bar on the main drag in Gaineville. Said she was the first female bar owner in town. My parents met in that bar, dropped out of college and the rest was history.......
 
My grandmother's last husband (out of 7) was named Domenosky.....She called him the dumb Pollock. He was a decorated WW2 pilot and taught ROTC at UF in the early 1950s. My middle name was in his honor. I was a little boy and remember very little of him except he was tall and thin. My grandmother (we always called her Chris) took the big fancy Buick he bought her and sold it to buy and open a bar on the main drag in Gaineville. Said she was the first female bar owner in town. My parents met in that bar, dropped out of college and the rest was history.......
I call my brother-in-law Mike.
 
Her husband came to the United States to be a Pilot, and he did... a helicopter pilot. He flies emergency patients from the accident scene to the hospital. He is very good at it.

When he came to the United States he immediately started the process of becoming a citizen. Now, he has two children with his American wife (my niece) and has lived here for 15 years. last year he became a citizen. He was a Trump supporter when I met him seven years ago. He had come to the United States to make a life, on his merit and to build something for himself and his family. He was impressed with the salary he made and enjoyed his job. One week on, one week off, but he had to live at the job site during the week on, and always be ready to take off with 5 minutes notice (weather report, safety check, mechanical check, flight path filed).

They are leaving, going to live in Denmark. He told me, he came to the United States a single man, to make a life, now that he has children he says his view has changed. He got a job in Denmark as a safety officer at an emergency helicopter transportation center. Thirty-Five hours a week, full benefits for his children and American wife. HE says he wants to live in Denmark because if he stays late at work in Denmark, they ask him what is wrong? Is there trouble at home? Do you not want to be with your children? Nobody pushes him to work late, in fact doing so would be illegal.

I am very happy there is a place like Denmark for this family and his life. Healthcare, Education, all part of the deal. He protects the pilots and ensures safety procedures and maintains a healthy family who will be educated, cared for, and have opportunities to prosper using whatever skill and intellect they bring to the table. I am envious.

For him as a single man, The USA was a dream, he could pursue his passion and make good money, but when now that his oldest is 5 years old he wants to be there for her, he wants a culture that will support him and his family as they prosper in life.
Deport him! He's from Demark and Denmark won't give my daddy trump Greenland! Boo Denmark :)
 
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