Jill in Washington wrote: "I'd be interested to have the Armstrong listers weigh in regarding their chosen occupations.Any takers?" I think that sounds interesting Jill. I worked for Hewlett-Packard for 24 years. Started as a clerk in the Corporate mailroom. I later worked as a secretary (called Adminsitrative Assistant). Then HP paid for me to go to college and after I got my degree I worked as internal technical support. HP offered me early retirement last October and I took it. (Glad I did, my entire department has since been laid off). My husband worked as a tax assessor for Sacramento County (California) and hated it. He quit and we bought a Take and Bake pizza store (no delivery, no cooking, we make pizzas to order and customer cooks it at home). I cashed out my pension and we are using that $ as down payment on a second business, a sandwich shop. So I am not really retired, more like a career change and I am now my own boss. The chickens are more of a hobby. The birds pay for themselves. I make a little money but it mostly goes to finance my hobby. Linda Hamid