North West Oil Group, Inc. (NWOL)

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For out-of-towners, Skid Row was the name of a New York City neighborhood also known as The Bowery, part of Manhattan's Lower East Side. About a century ago, and during the depression of the 1930's, it was populated primarily by homeless drunks and prostitutes. The liquor was so cheap that it could cause blindness or death. During the worst of times, hundreds of skid row residents would line up for hours just for free a bowl of soup.

Flophouses: For two to five cents a night, men could rent a space on the floor of a large room. Newspaper or coats provided bedding. Men usually slept in rows. As many as 500
people could reside in a flophouse.

Barrel Houses: Saloons might allow steady customers to sleep for a penny or so on a bar stool, in a back hallway, or even draped over a rope strung across the bar.

So, if NWOG succeeds, we will meet at the Ritz. If not, we will be passing the anti-freeze on Skid Row.