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By CATHY KEIM
© St. Petersburg Times, published August 5, 2001
A LEG UP FOR TABLES: No need to slip a matchbook or folded napkin under one leg of a wobbly table; several companies market low-tech alternatives. On the Level of Elgin, Ill., sells the Superlevel, a package of four screw-in, spring-loaded gadgets, for $13. Another company devised a tiny plastic ramp called the SHUV-IT. A third gadget is called the Wobble Stopper.
PARTING WITH PLYMOUTH: The final Plymouth rolled off a Chrysler assembly line a few weeks ago, a silver Neon LX with a manual transmission. It was fitting that the last Plymouth made was an economy car because Walter P. Chrysler created the brand in 1928 to attract entry-level customers.
ON THE MOVE: The average worker stays in a job just four years, according to New York career counseling network the Five O'Clock Club. Furthermore, the group says Americans typically change careers, not just jobs, five times in their lives.
OCCUPATIONAL OPTIMISM: About 89 percent of 1,000 workers surveyed by Philadelphia consulting company Right Management Consultants Inc. expect to land a similar job with similar salary and benefits if laid off.
NO TALKING REQUIRED: Forty-nine percent of 300 consumers surveyed by market research company InsightExpress say they use instant messaging as a substitute for a telephone call.