Amish Heart
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I think that producing items to barter is the way to go, not just buying stuff to trade. That'll end quick.
Lord help us...we are so screwed...
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Heck I grow crap I don't even like because ik ow people that like it just to give it away.
Jayson
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If it’s a SHTF situation, I’ll have my grip on my pistol whether it’s trade or barter.
I'll have a buddy and a scoped rifle with line of site.
PatsyJo
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Oh lordy that really scares the pants off a lot of people! Any body, raise myIf for any reason the government declares a National Emergency for any reason and closes all banks we won't be able to get at our money, so what'll we do then?
Below: an example-
and check what my bank is doing and my annuities!
PatsyJo
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Great posting! Printed every thing you posted? Thanks!
Jayson
A True Doomsday Prepper
Oh lordy that really scares the pants off a lot of people! Any body, raise my
Don’t worry. We can trust the government with our life savings.
**waits for uncontrollable laughter to subside**
NOT!!
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Jayson
A True Doomsday Prepper
Oh lordy that really scares the pants off a lot of people! Any body, raise my
The federal KGB has been busy....
FBI Robs 800 Safe Deposit Boxes, Steal People’s Life Savings, Claiming Cash Smelled Like Drugs - Activist Post
Our plan (for the community) is to set up a daily farmers market in a centrally located place (the church parking lot in our case).
Open carry, even rifles (normalize the condition) so if anyone gets any dumb ideas, they are surrounded.
Seeing as how most of us know each other (wife just made friends with another set of neighbors) form informal MOUs to come to each other aid if needed.
backandbeyond
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You keep an eye on the markets Hippo, did you catch this from a a few days ago?
" Buffett also announced a new donation of more than $4.1 billion, comprising nearly 15.2 million Berkshire Class "B" shares, to the Gates Foundation and four family charities, part of his pledge to give away 99% of his net worth"
Buffett's donations also go to the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, the Sherwood Foundation.
In other words he and his descendants still control the wealth. He and Gates did a similar thing in 2006~7, just before the markets collapsed. They sold a fortune in shares at the very top and rolled the profits tax free into their bogus charity foundation. The current market is totally overvalued and ripe for a big collapse. I don't believe in coincidences when it come to massive insider selling. The BS story about helping the world is just fodder for the masses so they don't panic the market with such large sales. Who will buy them? Pension funds as usual. Mom and pop get to lose their life savings in the collapse.
backandbeyond
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former Merrill Lynch CEO Don Regan tells Ronald Reagan to speed it up
That right there.
Long enough timeline in a SHTF situation, everyone's preps/stockpiles run out, be it MREs, ammo, medical supplies etc.
Being able to produce things people want, things that people depend on for life and the occasional luxurary items (alcohol, tobacco, etc.) will get one further along than someone whom does not.
There are some skill sets like medical (Dr. Jenner, ERNurse, comes to mind) that would have high value.
But then there are other skill sets we do not consider, like a cobbler (aka footware), tanner (making cloths from animal hides), cooper (barrel maker), or a proper butcher who can preserve meats and sausages and not make anyone die from food poisoning to name just a few.
Imagine a post-SHTF world 20 years hence, where all the MREs are gone, the boots have all worn out to the point of being taters, same to go for jeans, tee-shirts. Only a few rounds of modern ammo still left, where traditional percussion black powder or bow and arrow is more common and practicable.
tmttactical
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WROL situation and timelines. Slow economic collapse will provide time to start a transition to past skills and tools. A fast event (national grid down) and things will get out of hand very quickly. With the fast event, people will not have the time or resources to acquire the (new) past skills. While I am considered very skilled by modern standards, I would be considered a babe in the woods by our ancestors. Yes I have the book knowledge needed to make black powder, flint lock muzzle loaders would be impossible for me to create. I will have to store enough modern supplies / equipment to carry me over to a time that I would be an asset to the community.
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SHTF is going to roll out differently to each of us, depending on location.
Some will see it right away.
I being with 40 miles of 3 major cities may see it in a week or 2. The hoodrats have been coming out my way to do their side shows because of crackdowns. But they won’t be used to someone who shoots back.
Someone like Articdude may not see anything for months.
Planning is going to be a little different for each of us. I am lucky enough to allocate the medical planning to the one with 9 letters after her name. She may do terrible uneven stitches, but it will do in the situation. I take care of the food, power, ammo, protection.
Some will see it right away.
I being with 40 miles of 3 major cities may see it in a week or 2. The hoodrats have been coming out my way to do their side shows because of crackdowns. But they won’t be used to someone who shoots back.
Someone like Articdude may not see anything for months.
Planning is going to be a little different for each of us. I am lucky enough to allocate the medical planning to the one with 9 letters after her name. She may do terrible uneven stitches, but it will do in the situation. I take care of the food, power, ammo, protection.
Speaking of the banks collapsing...has anyone else noticed branches closing lately? I live on the outskirts city of about 45,000 (last census) - with many more in outskirts and it has 2 Chase branches on opposite sides of town. One is closing in Nov.
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BoA in the plaza where I get my Mail has been open intermittently after being closed for 6 months. But the ATMs were available.
Bank employees (at least tellers) are typically not well paid. Extra Covid relief funds may have something to do with that.
Jayson
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In my neck of the woods, a huge bank building was demolished. Nothing left except the foundation. In other parts of town, whenever a bank or business fails a church always seems to take over the vacant building. 
Arcticdude
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Its whatever the two people decide on. For example, I traded an old barn to a young rancher in return for him drilling a couple hundred holes in solid rock to install fence posts. He dismantled the barn and hauled it off. I recently traded a beef for this years firewood.
We trade all the time. Some times we give things to people in need for future items that they may aquire.
