Hi BP Nurse. "Ladies of a cerrtain vintage" I love it. I'm a man that's "expirienced and softened". HaHa Work? Work s*cks. I had problems and just walked out when I was depressed with a "flu". I'm sure they knew. I could go from 90 miles an hour manic to staring at the floor barely moving. Nothing was said. I think they felt sorry for me or were being polite. So sometimes I didn't come out of it after a couple of days. Then I'd quit because they were getting ready to fire me and I knew it wasn't their fault. I didn't feel I should collect unemployment. Then I sometimes had my butt plastered to the couch for weeks. It was very hard on my wife, I could say a word or two all day, and that was a slow painful downward spiral to divorce. So I'm on SSDI now. It bothers me not working. But no employer in a small woodshop can put up with too many absenses. There's no one else to fill in. If I could work for myself or work where I could come and go, well that would probably be O.K.. I don't have the patience and self-esteem to start a buisiness. So I guess here I am. I live off much less than before. I see things I want. Cable and a T.V. without a tube for one. I worry about money for braces and college for my kids. I guess they're on their own. This wasn't quite the dream I had at sixteen. If you can work do it. Forgive your self for the bad days and remember even the celebrities F8ck up. hahahaha