[asphaltgambler]

Thanks all! - The struggle in recent years, at times has been............................. almost too much too bare. I come from a tough (love) background and I do believe that a lot of people would have given up or succumbed to status quo given the same circumstances. Especially people in my age/demo bracket. For me the car business will never evolve into anything more than *****y at best. That business; no one EVER pays you to just show up.

The consultant I hired gave me @legal page worth of tasks and notes to go by. Every freakin word has come to be the absolute truth in this economy. Best move I ever made was hire a credible guy to advise me and then take that to heart and work on it.

His first words were "govt job" - city, county, state, feds - full or part time - take any position open to get your foot in the door for the security and benefits to stabilize your income and future. DO NOT persue anything retail related in this economic climate.