Originally Posted by EdM
Living without family for months at a time for years in [bleep] holes given there was no work that allowed me in the US. You?

Oh [bleep].....somebody wants to be thanked for their "service".... Nobody was lined up to give me condolences when the housing market [bleep] the bed in '08. We all live in a system that operates on boom/bust cycles. Enjoy the good times and make sure you save enough to drink your way through the down turns. If you don't have the stones to deal with that, get a job in the public sector. They're always hiring building inspectors and DMV clerks.