I'll log out and back in and keep my fingers crossed.....
/home/cis90/tumajan $ PATH=/home/roddyduk/bin
/home/cis90/tumajan $ echo $PATH
/home/roddyduk/bin
/home/cis90/tumajan $ PATH=$PATH:/home/roddyduk/bin
/home/cis90/tumajan $ echo $PATH
/home/roddyduk/bin:/home/roddyduk/bin
/home/cis90/tumajan $ PATH
-bash: PATH: command not found
/home/cis90/tumajan $ $PATH
-bash: /home/roddyduk/bin:/home/roddyduk/bin: No such file or directory
/home/cis90/tumajan $ ls -l
-bash: ls: command not found