[mekrob]

After I get a job?!?

[Concerned]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mmasters', 'W')hen's it gonna happen?

[skeptic]

nobody knows.

blindfold yourself and try to stick the tail on the Donkey. Same sort of deal.

[mmasters]

Vote VOTE VOTE

[Eli]

It is hitting the fan right now.

[marko]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Eli', 'I')t is hitting the fan right now.

[rwwff]

July 2035

And it will be very, very ugly.

[PrairieMule]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('marko', '
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It's interesting that 2008 gets by far the most votes. Are others thinking along similar lines?

[Zardoz]

It will probably be a full four years before we're chronically short of oil and gas all the time. Until then we'll still be desperately trying to convince ourselves that it's only "temporary supply interruptions", "refinery maintenance bottlenecks", "political tensions", "free market restrictions", or "lack of investment" that is causing the problem.

By 2010 it should be undeniable that we're on the back side of the production curve, and the real panic will begin.

[Eli]

Well Marko

I think depends on your definition of TSHTF.

The way I see it the US economy is already showing lots and lots of signs that it is sinking fast. Most people want to ignore what they are seeing.

GM and Ford have seen their losses double one or both of them are going to go under. Energy prices are high and will stay high. Real estate is tanking and unemployment is up. Inflation is on the rise.

It is as if we are all riding on the Titanic this big huge unsinkable ship. But the high oil prices have jostled us out of our beds we are all still carrying along like nothing has happened. There is a little bit of nervous murmuring going on here and there and some people are quietly edging to the life boats.

No one is panicking yet, but the majority of us have yet to realize that the wound the ship has sustained is mortal. After all the Captain and the crew have said there is nothing to be worried about and the orchestra is playing in the salon.

However, all too soon it will become obvious to everyone that something has gone horribly wrong. Then the panic and the terror will rise along with the icy cold waters.

[Pops]

Why are you asking us?

It will be when you can't pay the rent and buy food, silly boy.

What are you doing about TSHingTF aside from typing on a discussion board?

Get your head out of your monitor and do something!

[rwwff]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Eli', 'R')eal estate is tanking and unemployment is up. Inflation is on the rise.

[Tyler_JC]

There is no such thing as TSHTF.

The reason being that there is no such thing as society or humanity or people or anything like that.

There is only you, me, and the rest of us individuals.

If we go into a depression but I have a job and can pay the bills for the next 30 years with a little extra money left over for entertainment, the sh*t never hit the fan.

If the economy grows at a 5% clip for the next 30 years but I can't find a job and end up on some kind of government relief program, I'll be miserable and for me, TSHTF.

I find it unsettling that someone can create a thread that is so vague and pointless as to be essentially devoid of content.

mmasters, I expected more out of someone that is working towards a law degree than:
"When's it gonna happen?"

Pops is right, what are you doing about it?

[mmasters]

I was curious for the poll aspect, to see where the persepectives lie. I think most all of us can agree it's coming relatively soon.

Far as what I've been doing, gaining supplies, knowledge, investing, helping others and psychologically preparing. I got myself out of debt as well. I've also been contemplating steering my career path to more stable waters. I currently work on a trading floor managing internal data for a commercial bank and I'm thinking about moving into the multimedia/entertainment industry. Something like HBO or Viacom seems a good lifeboat. And it's not a law degree (god forbid), I was thinking of an MBA to increase my credentials. However, instead of going down that path I figured my time would be best spent doing part time work on the side to save extra money. Manhattan is an expensive place and my current job doesn't allow me to save a lot.

Aside from that I'm enjoying life as best I can.

[Tyler_JC]

Please accept my apologies, mmasters. I confused you with another peakoiler.

Now I remember that thread you created a while back about getting an MBA.

Anyway, it sounds like you have a pretty decent plan...keep up the good work.

[Novus]

I think things could unravel rather quickly in the next few months. Everything would have to go perfectly for there not be a problem in the next few months. No Hurricanes, no war with Iran, no civil war in Iraq, no more troubles in Nigeria, no cold weather this winter. Also the federal reserve has to do a delicate dance of fighting oil inflation without bursting the housing bubble. To me that seems to have already failed which means we could be in for a very deep recession like the recession of 1981 which it what happened the last time oil got this high. The differnce is now people don't have any savings they could fall back on.

[Zardoz]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pops', '.')..do something!

[Zantarra]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Novus', 'n')o war with Iran

[Pops]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mmasters', 'F')ar as what I've been doing,...
Aside from that I'm enjoying life as best I can.

[mmasters]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Zardoz', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pops', '.')..do something!