Norman Starks:  

Life I started working in the Restaurant Mgt. Field right after H.S. I was Married for 23 years, but now Divorced. My Ex inherited an enormous sum of money, and our Personal Relationship was already on the rocks, so when She became Greedy about "Her Money", you might say I finally had enough. She even tried to file for Bankruptcy so She wouldn't have to pay her bills, or mine as well...what a joke!!! The Judge laughed at Her, and She still had to pay Her Lawyer, the Court, and the Bills. I now have a "New Family". My Marriage never saw any Kids of my own, but now I have 3. They are 9, 11, & 17. I have been living in Altoona, PA now, since September, 2003. Between 1999 and 2004, I was Self-Employed and delivered Campers, Boats, Trailers, Carnival Equipment, etc. around the Country. I drove over 600,000 miles and delivered well over 500 trailers. I have been in all 48 States, several times, but the price of fuel made me consider other options in making a living once again...Thank You Mr. George W. Bush!!! I now work for Coca-Cola Enterprises as a Merchandiser. I Service Local Grocery and Department Stores as well as neighboring Towns. It's not the easiest work but it does pay the bills. Whenever you go somewhere and see a large display of Coca-Cola Products...think of me. I build and tear down those displays, as well as keeping the shelves stocked. I beat the odds and survived a Major Medical Disaster. I had been suffering from severe back pain for nearly 8 years. The Doctors I had been seeing were unable to discover what was causing the Pain. The only thing they could do was to keep me doped up all the time. I was taking 23 pills a day to control the pain, but finally this wasn't working either. In December 1996, after being in the Hospital for over 3 weeks, 2 days before Christmas, I awoke in very severe pain, and bled dry after a Main Artery Aneurism had finally burst in my stomach. I actually died, but was brought back to life after being dead for nearly 7 minutes. They performed emergency surgery on me, but to keep me alive, they ...Expand for more