They had blown through their savings and were pretty much doing the credit card shuffle for a few years." "The credit card shuffle?" "They'd run up charges on a card until they hit their limit. Then they'd transfer the balance to a new, higher-limit card under a zero percent interest offer and start all over again." He winced. "That had to catch up with them after a while." "It sure did. That's when Fred took out a home equity line of credit, which I'm not sure Marilee even knows about."

