Hey Bunbun,
Did you ever consider working for Home Depot or Mark's Work Warehouse?

I worked at Marks WW back in the fall of 1983 for 2 months.

I was sixteen at the time.
Lets just say..., i didnt have to pay for new clothes for little while.

Shit, i even remember trading some nice new suede coats for some pork chops from outta the neighbors freezer one night. Times were tough.
I was living on my own. Shit was real.
I know the feeling love!