next ten years. I am continually shocked by the lack of intelligence and the sheer ignorance in this country. Put right down to it, when speaking about where I live, I get comments asking if people should apply for a passport to be able to visit me and my family. They are from America. Sometimes neighboring states. I am a craftsman by trade (and don't hold with the politically correct bullshit, I'm female, but I refuse to re write the language just because I have breasts) and work in stained glass and candles. It still shocks many many people when I mention that I get all of my supplies locally, from local suppliers. The concept of "Made in America" is very much as dead as romance, chivalry, and common sense I'm afraid. And as for work ethic? There is very little, and that is everywhere, not just in my age group. I see people in their 40s and 50s who have learned how to exploit the system and get by on government aid instead of trying to go out and bust their very large asses for the money to support the 30 heathen children they popped out. There are days, no, decades that I wish I had been born in a much earlier century. At least then it was legal to smack the morons up side of their very thick skulls. Gods know it wouldn't hurt them much, but it would damn sure make me feel better. Oh Janet ,