I have another couple tough weeks ahead and your donations to the “tip-jar” are a huge help right now. I’m grateful for anything you can contribute this week. I do believe that this will be the last bleg I have to make — hopefully ever.

The good news is that I’m starting a new job in December. I’m leaving car sales but staying with the dealership, moving to the parts department where I’ll have a steady, weekly paycheck. While the potential of selling cars is greater, there are simply too many salesmen and too few customers these days.

Parts are always selling and I’ll be getting an hourly pay plus splitting the commission pool. The hours will be better, too. And, I won’t have to clean snow off of 200 cars and trucks! I won’t get rich but I’ll be making enough to pay my bills. In this economy, that’s saying something.