[jeffc]

I did the same thing in '01, except no unemployment (couldn't bring myself to go down to that rathole to sign up [been there before]), just savings, severance and wife working. Son was 4 months old. It was cool to stay home with him.

I figured I'd get a job very quickly, as I was one of small band of elite WAN managers who could handle over 100 networks and keep them separate. Nowadays, my type isn't needed anymore. So after years of contract work here and there, I'm back at school for a degree in cardiovascular technology. Healthcare is where it's at, what with the baby-boomers hitting their senior years.

[Halfmanhalfamazing]

Yeah, but the liberal media didn’t come find you because Bush was in office.

Even now, I doubt they’d come and find you being as you’re posting here on FR. Your comments won’t fit the agenda.

[originalbuckeye]

Be prepared for disappointment.I worked in the British NHS. They are not big on preventative maintenance. Pap smears only every 6 years, mammograms not provided until age 50, etc. No teeth cleaning at the Dentist’s office. Hope you have a job that is in acute care cause that’s pretty much all they do in a nationalized situation.