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Politics : Rat's Nest - Chronicles of Collapse

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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (10284)4/16/2010 2:29:35 PM
From: Wharf Rat  Read Replies (3) of 24213
 
The first signs of the Apocalypse of '08...

Oil (C&C) peaked in '05. Peak 2 in 12/05



By April, '06, we find

Apr 20, 2006 11:16 pm
Texans Going To Pawn Shops To Get Extra Gas $$

"Some of the construction people tell us they are having to pawn their tools to buy gas, but when they pawn their tools they can't go out and work in the construction business 'cause their tools are in pawn. So it kind of a catch-22," Costner said.
cbs11tv.com

Quest For Gas Money Leads To Pawnshops (Orlando)
As Fuel Prices Climb, Drivers Hock What They Can To Fill Up.
May 03, 2006|

"This morning there was a contractor who pawned his tool set to go out to a job," said Jack Mulvihill of Action Pawnbrokers, in the 3700 block of N. Andrews Avenue in Oakland Park.

"Many of the roofers in town are pawning roofing tools for gas for their trucks. We had a teacher pawn a television set."
articles.sun-sentinel.com
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