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With the economy in a shambles and banks failing I'm sure everyone has considered moving some cash to the ol' homestead. Current savings account interest rates are a sick joke anyhow. Keeping a wad of bills stuffed into a basement or closet hidey-hole, however, may not be the smartest move. And who's to say you'll be at home when the baloon goes up? This brings into question the use of a leather money belt. Most of us wear belts anyway right? And it's usually the same belt day-to-day. The belt is actually on the person for up to 18 hrs per day and very close by the rest of the time. Within line-of-sight distance anyways.
Who else has considered keeping a few photos of Ben Franklin in a money belt? Seems like a good idea, even if the economy was still solid. A guy can use a few hundred bucks in instant cash sometimes. I've been in situations where I had to take a pass on a screaming deal because I didn't have hard cold cash in hand. And in the event of a large scale power outage where ATMs are inop, or a bank "holiday" SHTF scenario, a few hundred bucks in cash could mean the diff between eating boiled tree bark or canned spagetti. Any input on this?
Who else has considered keeping a few photos of Ben Franklin in a money belt? Seems like a good idea, even if the economy was still solid. A guy can use a few hundred bucks in instant cash sometimes. I've been in situations where I had to take a pass on a screaming deal because I didn't have hard cold cash in hand. And in the event of a large scale power outage where ATMs are inop, or a bank "holiday" SHTF scenario, a few hundred bucks in cash could mean the diff between eating boiled tree bark or canned spagetti. Any input on this?
