Replying to Doc, I'm glad your first job provided a path to college for you, but there's a big difference between the purchasing power of a minimum-wage worker 35 years ago than there is today. At the same time, the cost of an education today is at least an order of magnitude higher than it was in your day. As to your support for Wal-Mart teaching the work ethic in areas where the unemployment rate is 50%, I guess irony really is dead. Freddy D. is rolling in his grave.