[Michael Barnes]

gold and silver are great for economies that *might* survive outside the U.S.; but when we go down, so does the world. Shiny metal won't mean a hell of a lot. I will get MUCH more worth out of a few antibiotics or even aspirin (maybe even a couple year old pressure canned filled meat jar) than I will with shiny stuff.

Bottom line, your family is hungry and one of yours has a 102 degree temp. Is gold and silver what you wish to trade with at that time?

[central_va]

You dance like a little circus poodle for a piece of my gold.....PS: All the food and supplies will be purchased by the ones who have gold.

[MCF]

Gold and silver , for thousands of years, have had value. why would that change? There maybe a brief time where food and medicine would have greater value but a means of exchange would eventually come about and I’m sure gold and silver would play a part.

[editor-surveyor]

Food is a good choice, but antibiotics will just disable you when you need your strength the most. Use Garlic, Dell Immune, and zappers to deal with your infections; they always work without raising hell with your immune system. Honey is the best for skin infections, but useless for anything internal.