Damn, Terry! That sucks, big time!
Do you know any .NET at all or are you strictly VFP? We've got an office in Altrincham (near Manchester) and I *think* we're gonna be hiring 2 people for that office. I don't know what kind of background they'd be looking for (IOW, we've had to train a lot of developers in our company on .NET anyway, since very few knew it). They probably won't mind a telecommute either, because one of our developers lives in Cambridge and only goes to the office occasionally (couple times a month maybe) ... I don't know the geography so much over there, and I haven't looked up exactly where you live in relation to Manchester.
Shoot me an email if you're interested and in the meantime I'll find out more about the status of the job search over there.
~~Bonnie