Posted on 07/13/2009 7:44:49 AM PDT by sdw2009
It’s a good idea to keep a little cash in your home for emergencies. How much you decide to keep is up to you, but I would suggest keeping enough cash on hand to pay...
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You folks must be nuts to reply to a post like this from a noobie.......
I guess we all have to have something to do to pass the time of day.....
However you are correct in that his poster is only promoting its blog and using FR as an outlet point. It never responds to a reply and only post articles coming from its blog site. FR has become an outlet point for many of these bloggers to spread their assimilation of words.
In bullet form? That is what makes it precious.
Keep it next to a Rotweiller. Then everyone will leave it alone.
Your link leads to another excerpt, and another link???? What is wrong with you??
Here is my good deed for the day. Here is the entire post, sans ads. Not on excerpt-only list. Now you can all decide for yourselves if this was worth clicking on. (At least I didn’t have to wade through popups and flash ads, thank goodness).
http://frugaldad.com/2009/07/08/places-to-hide-cash/
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It’s a good idea to keep a little cash in your home for emergencies. How much you decide to keep is up to you, but I would suggest keeping enough cash on hand to pay for a week of groceries, and maybe a night or two in a hotel. Because this money will not be earning interest, and is subject to being stolen by a burglar, I don’t suggest keeping a huge stash in your home.
When you’ve settled on an amount you should think about secret hiding places to stash the cash. We’ve all seen those spy movies where the guy removes the tile from the back splash behind his stove and pulls out a cache of bills, passports and ammo. Well, the following ideas may not be worthy of James Bond, but they will improve the chances of your money surviving a break in.
Seven Secret Hiding Places for Your Cash
1. In the freezer wrapped in aluminum foil. Save a little styrofoam from the next pack of meat you buy and cut it down to the size of a couple large steaks. Put your cash in a Ziploc bag, stick it between two pieces of the used meat tray and wrap it in aluminum foil. Take a piece of masking tape and write “Scraps - 05/22/2005.” Robbers are not likely to look through the pack, and if they pull back the foil they’ll only see the familiar styrofoam tray and stop.
2. Sandwiched between the cardboard backing of a hard-to-reach picture frame. Most thieves pull back pictures from the wall to see if money is taped to the back, but they aren’t likely to take the time to look behind the glass, the cardboard backing and the picture itself. Use a pen knife to split the cardboard backing into two halves and sandwich the cash in between.
3. Under a piano, entertainment center or anything weighing a couple hundred pounds or more. If you have a hand truck around the house it’s pretty easy to just lift up the corner of a piano and slide an envelope under it. However, a burglar probably won’t be able to lift something this heavy, and would spend his time digging through the drawers or inside of the furniture rather than trying to lift it.
4. Inside a used can of soup. The next time you have soup, open the bottom of the can to empty the contents and the leave the top in tact. Rinse the can thoroughly, then use it to cover your stash of cash hidden inside your pantry. Stack a few cans of soup on top just to make it less convenient for someone to pick it up out of curiosity.
5. Buried in the “soil” of a fake plant. If you have a fake plant, or small tree, in your home, wrap your cash in a Ziploc bag and nest it inside the “soil” of the plant.
6. In hollowed out pages of a book on your book shelf. Using a pen knife or box cutter, carve out a few pages of your least favorite title. Hide your cash inside the book and return it to the book shelf.
7. Inside a kid’s toy hidden in their closet. Kid’s rooms are notoriously messy, and kids are not known for having large sums of money. Take apart an old plastic toy they no longer play with and hide your stash of cash in there. Return the toy to the bottom of the pile of toys in your kids closet, or toy chest, and it should be safe.
It’s important to remember that any cash saved at home could be lost in a fire or natural disaster. The ultimate hiding place is a fireproof safe bolted to the floor, and even that isn’t fool-proof.
Also, remember to tell a spouse or close friend about the money in case you are not able to get to it (you die, or become injured or ill and cannot communicate). Keep enough cash on hand to cover you a few days in a major emergency, but not so much that you’d be completely wiped out if it all disappeared.
I know where to hide it.
Inside a transparent, flexible plastic tube inside a motorcycle gas tank.
LOL!
Skip cash..it could quickly become worthless with hyperinflation. I would be hoarding and hiding gold coins and stockpiling canned food, tools and especially firearms and ammunition. These are what will be needed when Obama pushes the US into economic destruction. It would also be wise to learn some skills like electrical repair, plumbing, shoe repair, auto mechanics etc. as these could be bartered for goods when the dollar collapses. I would also look to relocate away from large cities where it would be easier to live off the land and be far from urban riots and lawlessness. Look at what happened in New Orleans during hurricane Katrina...total collapse of local government of local government and widespread looting. The same could occur with an economic collapse.
Here's a calculation for you. It was disclosed last year that the Clintons had made $109m since leaving office (mostly speaking fees, consutlting fees, and book royalties). How much would that weigh?
Well, $109m is 10,900 standard bank bundles (100 $100 bills). A $100 bill weighs slightly less than a gram. So, throw in the bundle wrapper and say each bundle is 100 grams (paper wrapper, not the foil Congressman Jefferson used). That means the Clintons' fortune weighs 1,090,000 grams, or about 2403 pounds. A long ton of money!
This is commitment. No one, repeat, no one is going to look at the bottom of a septic tank. What you are talking about would be for 10s of thousands of $$s. Real commitment
When my apt was burgled in Nashville in ‘86, they moved a $1200 selectric typewriter off of a stereo that didn’t work and took the stereo.
And they took the TV that didn’t work. Had to have been one of the least productive roberies ever.
Melt it down and turn it into a suit of armor. No one will be able to walk away with it, without being pretty conspicuous.
Yes, to an extent I agree, however, revealing personal information online is dangerous. Where you hide your money, and the threads about show me your guns, etc. should be avoided by cautious folks. Perhaps I err, but if so, I err to the side of caution.
You're assuming that during this recession I still have money to hide!
“hoarding and hiding gold coins and stockpiling canned food, tools and especially firearms and ammunition.”
The jokers at work often lighten up serious economic-crash-survival conversations with, “Well, if I keep enough lead and steel on hand, I guess I can turn some of it into gold.”
LOL
You can buy lead in pre-packaged amounts complete with a means of delivery... um... exchange that’s accepted by all.
But seriously...
If the fecal matter truly intersected the oscillating atmosphere recirculation device one day, some common calibers, .22 rimfire in particular, would be good items for barter. Reloading components, especially primers, would also be good.
Yes, to an extent I agree, however, revealing personal information online is dangerous.
On that I agree completely. I take this kind of thread as one to have fun with not one to be serious with. I guess in a way I’m helping this author scatter his musings around the net as he seems to think FR is a good location even though he most likely doesn’t even give FR a plug on his blog.
Without casting aspersions on my wife, she is really quite frugal, I do know a number of people for whom this would be the quickest to ensure the money wasn't there when they needed it.
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