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To: Corin Stormhands

Our eccentric neighbor has been stockpiling silver coins for decades. He believes the whole banking system will go bust in the not-too-distant future and the government will cease to exist, and figures precious metals will be the only useful currency.


2,642 posted on 02/10/2005 7:27:28 AM PST by RosieCotton (A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it. - GK Chesterton)
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To: RosieCotton

Izzat the same guy whose daughter wanted to look at your house?


2,645 posted on 02/10/2005 7:32:47 AM PST by JenB
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To: RosieCotton
Our eccentric neighbor has been stockpiling silver coins for decades. He believes the whole banking system will go bust in the not-too-distant future and the government will cease to exist, and figures precious metals will be the only useful currency.

If things got that bad, I figure brass casings and jacketed lead would be even more valuable.

2,724 posted on 02/10/2005 10:47:50 AM PST by 300winmag (FR's Hobbit Hole supports America's troops)
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