Man I sure feel for you PJ, also for you other fellows that have fallen on hard times.

I'm not so sure I'd want to try communal living (again) but people do what they have to in order to survive, it's the real Prime Directive.

I too have a horrible tale I could relate to y'all but it's damn near a book with lotsa bullshit of getting fucked over by "the man" in different ways that culminated in me getting laid off from a career job I held for ten years (and I was fantastic at it BTW) by HR manipulation based on my age and health. Can't prove it.

I'm almost 60 now and no one will even give me an interview anymore. Age discrimination? You fucking bet it is. Pass any fucking law you want to about that but it isn't gonna make one goddamned bit of difference. Those assholes find ways around it. They've got it down to a routine now.