Recent content by Gadgett

I appreciate the responses. I can understand what you mean by missing opportunities. The problem for me however is that my body is only going to last so long before my knees and hips give out. Doing manual labor seems to be only a ticking time-bomb for me until I am completely unemployable. I...

Hostilely? If my responses have come across that way I truly apologies. I was just trying to understand what he meant by a "trade". Usually, when I hear that, I hear things like truck driver, mechanic, or repairmen. (Never claimed to be the smartest person in the world.) As for my work history...

Like what? Welding?

I really need some help. I've spent the past 20 years shooting for my dreams. I got an associates in Electronics and a BA in Graphic Design. Needless to say the past 20 years have yielded no fruit. It's been 10 years since I've gotten my BA and I've never been able to use it. So basically it's...

Thanks for the reply. I kind of figured but thought it could hurt to ask. Yes we are working on the rest of the debt, funds, and our credit, but at 40 were focusing on trying to have some sort of retirement since my wife is 56 and her legs are getting bad. Just wondered.

Thank you.

Oh, i have read them, and it did make me wonder for a moment. But I understand completely what you mean nor is it my intention. I nearly quoted those stories to show where my interest spawned from. (example: a child reading Treasure Island and wanting to become a sailor.) Stories such as the...

I have to admit i am inspired by the number of people posting about changing careers but my question is how does one change careers when the first one has destroyed them financially? In short I would like to pursue something like this but the idea is impossible. My credit is destroyed, I took...

Good evening, afternoon or morning. I guess I need to say something more that huh? Well let's see, my friends call me Gadgett (Gadg for short) and I am an OIF veteran with a bachelors level education in the world most useless major, Graphic Design but despite my short comings I've always had a...