Will:

Suffice to say I know how and have done what I had to protect my interests amidst world wide financial turmoil. This is beginning to express itself in the price at the gas pumps. It will ultimately move into other areas once the collapse occurs.

Gas prices will get much higher --- $4.00 a gallon before they are done. The world is running out of oil. Oil that takes tens of thousands of years to create was used in approximately 120 years.

This is not fantasy or theory --- it is a fact for those who care to do a little research. The standard of living in this country has taken a considerable hit --- there is the case of my favorite local restaurant. There was a new manager hired. This guy looked like white collar executive material. I spoke with him last night when eating dinner there with my wife. He was just downsized and took a more than 70% pay cut.

Everyone I know in my personal life are going through similar things. My best friend's wife was fired from a pretty pricey marketing position. She is working as a substitute schoolteacher. She lost more than $40,000 per year in her pay cut.

But who wants to hire a fifty year old person at high salary, when they can get a bargain for a kid just out of school?

When I say school, I mean to say PROGRAMMING CENTER.

KDB = Buffalo, NY USA