With the economy in its depressed state, are you still able to maintain your lifestyle?

Yes. Luckily I don't have much of one so I'm okay;)

That's a laugh. We are truly walking the line here. I have several family members and friends in the same boat. Some are close to losing everything, and I'm not that far off either, but hope to hang on. It is shocking to me to hear how anyone is virtually unscathed by this economy. It ain't getting better in my neck of the woods, its getting worse.

If you know how to manage your funds then economic slowdown or no slowdown...its doesn't matter.

Economy means nothing to people who plan ahead. I know people who have got richer in the depressed state and will get richer when it recovers. You've just got to be in it to win it and don't feel sorry for yourself no one else will either so battle on.

Well my pay hasn't changed but my fiance and I combined our incomes so in the end we ended up having more because we're paying for only one set of bills.
We are very lucky.

yes i'm doing ok .. i just don't go shopping as much but i'm ok with that.

Yea, a dollar just doesn't go as far as it used to, mabye i should tape a dollar onto a space shuttle, that would make it go alot farther:)

yes I am suffering very badly, I have to fire 2 of my 3 drivers. And stop the fresh flower deliveries to my house. Cut bonuses to my employees, fire couple of them and could not go fishing for some time.