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Author: MyalMyal Date: May 7, 2008 09:02
Retief wrote:
> On Tue, 06 May 2008 00:35:48 GMT, Myal hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> NO post Katrina , superdome , people trying to trade jewelry for nappies
>> and feminine hygene products , no go , even if it was gold ...
>>
>> OK , it wasnt logterm , but when you got problems here n now , who gives
>> a shit about long term ? its got to be dealt with here n now ...
>>
>> gold is good for backstop , when civilisation hasnt crashed or is
>> restored again , but when things are primitive and people are relying on
>
> Yes, you now understand.
Its been my philosophy since before I found the boards ... its not a new
concept to me , its just that I do not preach that gold is the must have
be all and end all as others seem to do ...
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Author: MyalMyal Date: May 7, 2008 09:55
Tim May wrote:
> In article <7kf224h9gi494fb6degdgi24i1u9utt537@ 4ax.com>, Retief
> wrote:
> >> On Tue, 06 May 2008 00:48:07 GMT, Myal hotmail.com> wrote:>
>>> in a perfect world TS wouldnt HTF , but if it did , yeah , survivalists
>>> would all have scales and weights and trade in raw metals I spose ...
>>> but in reality , survivors of whatever it is are not going to trust
>>> yellow metal ...
>> That's why you stick to recognizable coinage (e.g. junk silver,
>> commercially stamped and graded coin, etc).
>
> Even tribal societies know how to weigh gold. Afghanistan, as one
> current example.
>
> Oh, and inner city ghetto kids know about grams and kilos and suchlike.
> (Funny how the metric system is easily learned when the street has a
> use for it....)
> ...
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Author: Non SequiturNon Sequitur Date: May 7, 2008 14:50
Retief wrote in
news:80h2249f57jbqp2r6lo6pr5mrbgoukhge4@4ax.com:
> Ah yes, Francis the Talking Mule, AKA "The Omega Mule" to the rescue.
>
The Omega Mule? You are sure he is not the more dominant Alpha Mule?
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Author: halhal Date: May 7, 2008 14:50
On Tue, 06 May 2008 17:36:37 -0700, Frank Gilliland
cehouse.net> wrote:
>On Wed, 07 May 2008 08:31:21 +1000, terryc
> woa.com.au> wrote in
>woa.com.au>:
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>>>> knowledge is key.
>>
>>But, Knowledge is the start and only...
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Author: Robert SturgeonRobert Sturgeon Date: May 7, 2008 16:11
On Wed, 07 May 2008 01:02:39 -0500, Retief
wrote:
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>That's why you stick to recognizable coinage (e.g. junk silver,
>commercially stamped and graded coin, etc).
As I understand it, the U.S. military puts British
sovereigns in their combat pilots' emergency packs.
>>to deal in raw metals ... try paying for groceries with a gold bar and
>>getting change for it .... how is it going to suddenly change just
>>because things got uglier and people likely got more distrusting than
>>they are now ?
>
>They are likely to distrust fiat paper currency. Where does that
>leave you? Recognizable, graded coinage.
Correct.
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Author: Robert SturgeonRobert Sturgeon Date: May 7, 2008 16:54
On Wed, 07 May 2008 01:02:39 -0500, Retief
wrote:
>On Tue, 06 May 2008 00:35:48 GMT, Myal hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>NO post Katrina , superdome , people trying to trade jewelry for nappies
>>and feminine hygene products , no go , even if it was...
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Author: CanopyCoCanopyCo Date: May 7, 2008 17:30
On May 5, 4:31 pm, Robert Sturgeon inreach.com> wrote:> On Mon, 5 May 2008 13:21:49 -0700 (PDT), CanopyCo
>
> aol.com> wrote:
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> (snips)
>>>I know that I would like Tim and Roberts address, just for
>>entertainment purposes.
>
> Neither would be particularly difficult to find. I don't
> know what entertainment value you'd find in it. Perhaps
> you're rather easily amused.
>
Pretty easy sometimes.
My sense of humor is part of that amusement.
Jacking with people sometimes is also included.
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Author: Bob BrockBob Brock Date: May 7, 2008 17:40
On Wed, 7 May 2008 08:30:44 -0700 (PDT), CanopyCo aol.com>
wrote:
>On May 5, 4:31 pm, Robert Sturgeon inreach.com> wrote:>> On Mon, 5 May 2008 13:21:49 -0700 (PDT), CanopyCo
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>> aol.com> wrote:
>>
>> (snips)
>>>>>I know that I would like Tim...
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Author: Robert SturgeonRobert Sturgeon Date: May 7, 2008 17:41
On Wed, 07 May 2008 08:31:21 +1000, terryc
woa.com.au> wrote:
(snips)
>> knowledge is key.
>
>But, Knowledge is the start and only just a bare beginning.
>E.g. it is all very fine having a library of gardening books, but if you
>have never gardened before, then you can expect very little produce from
>your first few years attempts.
Not so. If you understand what you've read and apply it
diligently, your first time out of the gate is just as
likely to be successful as your tenth. It ain't rocket
science.
>I'd even go so far to claim that unless you understand energy flows,
For gardening??? Energy flows??? Really???
Jeesh...
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Author: CanopyCoCanopyCo Date: May 7, 2008 17:52
On May 5, 7:00 pm, Non Sequiter wrote:
> terryc woa.com.au> wrote innews:pan.2008.05.05.23.06.49.948356@woa.com.au:
>>> And your third and major problem is getting the value back that you
>> have invested in gold. Gold and gems may be a wonderful thing to ship
>> around to pay for long distance and/or bulk trade, but exactly how do
>> you pay for a meal?
>
> How does anyone pay for a meal? By exchange of valued items whatever they
> may be. The demand will dictate the price in a free market. For gold and
> silver a scale is used for even minute weights such as a dram of gold dust.
>
> Where there is a will there is a way.
Ever notice how short of time that was put up with?
Even the "pieces of eight" were not all that successful and they were
expected to be cut up into pieces to make change.
After a point all those pieces of that coin is not going to be worth
nearly as much to people as the original coin would have been.
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