Reply #4: Define "get by". There was a jaguar parked in the lot at this place.

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I'll bet it belonged to a doctor. I was on a committee to bring a doctor to my small town in Iowa. It was interesting to get to know the docs. What a bunch of spoiled children and prima donnas. With most of 'em, it was clear in the drive from the airport to town that they thought they were too good for us. If we didn't get the message that early, the shock on their faces when they learned they'd have to use a *gasp* public golf course did the trick. The DOs were better--by far--than the MDs, but few of them had a real sense of public service or vocation. It was deeply disappointing.

So, my sense of what doctors consider "getting by" and what I do is probably quite different. I doubt they'd have trouble paying their bills without the botox business. But they might have to forego the country club dues.

There's a recession on. We all have to tighten our belts.