One wonders why then the blitz to purchase gold as we have witnessed the past few years. :hmmm:

People see it as a store of value. Unfortunately, gold is just a hunk of metal that has value because we say it does. If the fit hits the shan, all of your gold coins and bars (if you even have them...most gold investors don't even have physical gold) aren't going to mean anything when food, water and ammunition becomes the currency of the day.

We return to the days of barter! A pair of shoes for a wagon of watermellon!

That's just it. A lot of these gold sellers prey upon the survivalist community. And, as you said, in the event of a total societal breakdown precious metals will be utterly worthless. My belief is that water would become the new currency standard.

Either that, or bottle caps.

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you plonker.
Heres some for ya bubba. Why have you had long running problems over currency values with china.
How does a trade balance work.
Why is the Americn consumer to blame for allowing China to screw the dollar

errrrr what is the purpose of de-valueing currencies:doh:

Sensible money is off loading the gold since idiots have panic bought it to record prices

That's the problem with a barter system. I have a cow. I want to buy a watermelon. I need to first find A) someone with watermelons and hope that B) that someone has need for a cow. And then I hope my cow is as good of a cow as the other guy's cow, or I don't get any watermelons.

Much easier to use a fungible medium of exchange like currency.

And there's my tangent for the day.

Screw it...take it by force! And there we have it...a species constantly at war! The cycle will never stop!

A whole cow for a watermelon? Someone got Rooked...

Wagon load August! Wagon load! :D

Meh, it's a decent trade. The stupid cow does nothing but sit around, eat and drink. The bovine, I mean. But I want the wagon too.

It will when someone takes the wheels to trade for some chickens to swap for some melons to trade for a cow so they can have milk in the coffee.

I have some magic beans...

And intriguing offer. I'm already one-third of the way to a Three Bean Salad, so if you have two, I might trade them for a bridge I just bought recently. :hmmm:

Do these beans produce magic flatulence? :hmmm:

Yes, it smells like Froot Loops. :yep:

Do these beans cure this Progressive Liberalism Disease? (PLD) I been spreading it around, a plague bearer, I am! Just call me typhoid Mary.

And when can we expect FDA Approval?:D

Besides a fruit loop fart would be much more easy on my wife when I "dutch oven" her.

Though not as amusing to me. :03:

No, these beans grow dingle berries.

Same thing :O:

Yub-bro is rite tottally: Me on same site with him.
We need to diss de damn order - skrew da new world order! Or r we we talkin which is da order 2 diss? Shall we diss bama first or tha otha clownz?