I was retired last year after several years as an Independent Rep for a man made decking material that is widely used in todays Home Construction and Remodeling markets. My company was a Full Service Sales Agency Located in Tulsa OK, Servicing the Building Materials Industry and Industrial Accounts throughout the South Central U.S.When Oldcastle APG bought AERT in Springdale Arkansas, they decided to save money and let some of the people that had helped build a company that the 2nd Largest Building Products Company on Earth would want to buy. So some like me had their contracts terminated without notice, and others just quit when they realized what was happening.And the new V.P. of Sales Todd Braun, was terminated on Friday the 13th last September.He took us down and only lasted 10-months before he was let go due to slow sales and customers that were not happy with him.I guess that was either his UNLUCKY Day, or Oldcastle's LUCKY Day since they got rid of the "Post Turtle" that Rich Lankester and Ken O'Neil had hired and put on top of a post in their production facility. And like a turtle on a post in the pasture, he could not move since he was on top of a post and might fall off and get hurt when he hit bottom.Or was Todd Braun born with a mental disorder called "The Peter Principle"?Where a body is put in a position beyond their ability to do the job they were hired for, and they fail at what is expected of them and the company goes broke or has to sell to make up for the lose he caused.Today I see a lot of building going on in my immediate area, and think "I'm not ready to Retire!"At 63, I don't have time to start over and work my way up like I did 40 years ago.I need a job that I can be happy doing for 10-15 more years before I really Retire,I still know how to build to build a nice home, or what it takes to do build one.And I can sell almost anything on Earth - except ice to an Eskimo.One Day Soon, Ill be back and I can't wait for that day to come.