People are pawning anything and everything according to local news report...

[Blackhatjack]

According to the tv report pawn shops are reporting that people are bringing in anything and everything to pawn(even weedeaters!).

THis is a sign that people are financially stressed.

We may be further down the road to financial ruin than the pundits are reporting.

[Fed_Up_Grammy]

1. We all have too much "stuff" anyway. Pulling weeds is good exercise.

[Skittles]

3. as a night-shift worker

I would not mourn the loss of every f***ing weedeater on earth

[Fed_Up_Grammy]

4. Leaf blowers are my pet peeve. God,people are lazy.

[Skittles]

5. don't get me started, Fed_Up

I want to go to their residence at 0200 in the morning and fire up those weedeaters and leafblowers - yes INDEED

[SpiralHawk]

6. Down with the weedeaters and leaf blowers

[BlueJazz]

7. Used to have the problem..(when I worked until 2 AM and went to sleep at 6 AM

I bought some fairly expensive earplugs (20 bucks) and wore them. I even started to "Dig" them...when I woke up and took them out it seemed my hearing was better...maybe from not being bombarded with sound 24 hours a day ???? :)

[Skittles]

8. hey

where did you get those hi-grade earplugs?

[burythehatchet]

9. here you go

http://www.slate.com/id/2118800/

[Speck Tater]

2. The reason pundits aren't reporting this is

the pundits are living in a big city with 6-figure salaries, and have never had to pawn a weedeater in their entire life. They simply don't have a clue what's happening in the real world outside the couple of square miles of aberrant culture that is Manhattan.

[cliffordu]

10. GOODY!! I need a set of Viking cookware!!!

[dweller]

11. check out the 'yardsale' classifieds

dp

[lpbk2713]

12. I've been watching the yard/garage sales.

It's plain to see a lot of people are in a difficult situation.

All victims of the BushCo war on the middle class.