@ aliasfox; I'm a very racy person. Not.
Found a couple LBS that I haven't tried before.
Hopefully one of them will be a bit more helpful.
I realize I should get a more age appropriate bike, but right now, since this is a quality bike though it's worth nada, I'd like to make it work.
And I don't want to end up on a sit upright bike nuther.
If I can find a less acute shorter stem, then perhaps I can get a little more drive time.