[RaceBannon]

"Gee, I don't know why people throw their arms up and say 'I give up!' " she writes in an e-mail.

"Sorry, I'm not doing it, but I get doors slammed all the time," says Ms. Neff, who has four months left to finish her courses before she starts another training program to become a registered nurse.

Maybe because she is new to the unemployment thing.

I havehad 3 jobs this year alone.

I had to recount my jobs numbers, I was wrong to say it was about 15, I recounted, and it is:

Laid off 2001 in June
1 1 week temp job in July
1 4 week 1099 job in August
1 4 week job in Oct
1 8 day job in Dec
1 9 month job from Feb 2002 to Oct 2002
1 5 week job from Nov to Dec 2002
1 10 week or so part time job from Dec to Mar2003
2 temp job through the same agency from Jan to March 14, 2003
1 7 month job from Sep 2003 to April 2004
1 5 week job from April to May 2004
just started a job 2 full weeks ago, supposed to last until Oct, maybe until December at the longest, Company is Moving out of Connecticut to California.

That is 11 jobs since June 2001. 3 of them this year alone.

[A. Pole]

That is 11 jobs since June 2001. 3 of them this year alone.

Good job. Keep on doing it and you might land one job a month. I wonder if CEOs could keep such pace.

[Ciexyz]

That is 11 jobs since June 2001. Three this year alone.

You're quite a plugger, and therefore, an inspiration to us all.