1.   At each end of the body of the hammock, the ropes run through hardwood bars that keep the bed of the hammock open.

2.   A climbing rope runs up through the anchor and back down to the ground.

3.   Ropes run through anchors near the top.

4.   What is different now is that Rubin says the rope will run out at the end of the month, when billions of dollars in obligations come due.