I got laid off back in '02 and tried to find work for several months without success. I had been in sales/production work, but our local economy slumped hard for a while. I took a job roofing for two years because I needed to work and wanted to work. Unemployment was a stop-gap measure that worked for me because I was trying to get off the dole the whole time it kept me afloat. I am glad it was there for me.

I also had time to catch a lot of fish