Anyway, the shifter knob started acting up, can't get the shifter to move no matter how hard I pressed on the brake (break), try a lot of things, brake lights worked, took the cover off the shifter area and looked inside. Checked the fuses. Couldn't figure out if the starter switch had gone bad or if the shifter interlock was kaput. Finally took off the shifter knob with the frozen button and bingo. Pressing on the plastic straw was able to move the car into neutral and am on the road again.
Thanks to all who posted on this topic before.