Bridgman, Here is some food for thought ... I graduated high school in 1978, and Penn State in 1982. The unemployment rate was 8.9% when I finished college, Inflation was 11%, the prime Rate was 16% and a car loan was 18%.

One of the major hit songs of the year was Billy Joel's "Allentown".

My first job application was for a sales job at a ball bearing plant. It paid $14,500 per year, and there were 76 applicants.

In 1982, I was terrified. Today, I look back at this with nostalgia.