Thanks Guys!
I thought there had to be another way....
BTW, it WAS a bug in my code that kept me from the timing sequence. I just tripped out all the code but the one conditional area - code worked like I thought it should.
Then with the entire code back, I systematically remarked all the other places in the code where I zeroed the TFLAG bit var which was in all the other conditionals until it passed the var the way it should.
Turns out you actually can not type using all thumbs! I had mistyped and it was staring me in the face.......

Now that it actually works, its now going to be a learning experience and a life lesson to try these other ways so I may help someone down the road.
Starting with arrays and trying the bit manipulation schemes.......

Thanks and Regards.
Steve