well, I'm working on the assumption of a disruption to the 'norm'
- which might cause the local currency, (where ever I am) to
disintegrate in some way or another.
Whether its a global market meltdown, and its ripple effects,
or some other scenario - when it comes down to it,
to ensure personal survival - then its useful to just have
a guaranteed means of 'survival' regardless of the form of 'disruption'
thats caused you to need to have a handful of itty bitty gold coins
for barter/trade.
It may not be a 'good investment' or whatever, in the general scheme
of things - but - like a parachute, you only need the thing to work
one time - and when you DO need it, it has to be there, or you're dead.
So its just a longterm, quiet parachute, regardless of what kind of plane
(if any) one finds oneself falling out of
And as folks have noticed, I tend to be keeping an eye out for worst case
scenario's generally - so it follows that I'd take a couple of steps to ensure
that I and my significant others, would be able to keep on going, if
something disrupted what people regard as 'normal day to day living'.
To me its sensible preventative thinking - to others, it might seem nuts.
But it does mean I have
all bases nicely covered, and that to me,
is real security
