We moved across the city for boring, practical reasons, to be closer to my wife's new office.

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In my first month in the New York office, I lost many a chargeable hour bored witless by other associates boasting of so many nights lost, weekends worked and holiday allowance left unused.

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The Saudi princesses would go shopping, and then they'd come to my office to change into their new clothes.

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My office alone investigates approximately 200 to 300 new identity-theft cases each month.

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The day I began, I had a new title, loads of files in my office, phone calls stacking up and no idea what to do first.

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Sitting in my office I can easily conjure the acrid smell that took over downtown New York, came through my window, and lingered for months.

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Then neither Bank of America (the new mortgage holder), JPMorgan Chase (the old mortgage holder) or my local tax office was willing to give me my money back.

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From my office on the 17th floor I could see the South Tower and, beyond it, New Jersey, where I lived.

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