tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post9134052006648251718..comments2024-03-28T20:39:15.991+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-39633667311469014362008-10-09T02:23:00.000+01:002008-10-09T02:23:00.000+01:00Stored money was the thing to have when the very f...Stored money was the thing to have when the very first Bank Holiday was declared, precisely to stop runs on the banks. People ran out of change, ran out of bills, used scrip and barter for daily transactions. They needed a medium of exchange.<BR/><BR/>I believe some people are stashing cash now, but it may or may not be helpful this time around. So much is done online and with credit cards, one could almost do without cash, as long as the bank keeps passing the transactions along.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-67964861917568701652008-10-08T21:58:00.000+01:002008-10-08T21:58:00.000+01:00It was this piece on National Public Radio that ha...It was this piece on National Public Radio that had me put Waugh's book on the short list: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91699752Mary Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05588244535423212079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-53253683158826331962008-10-08T19:03:00.000+01:002008-10-08T19:03:00.000+01:00So, Jean, is it because you have lived through ban...So, Jean, is it because you have lived through bank crises before that you see this one in terms of basic survival? Is it because you rely on returns on investments for your income? I am genuinely intrigued, because you describe the future in such stark terms. I proposed a version of your husband's plan to a friend, more politically savvy than I, and she explained that stored money would be devalued anyway, even if you had it under the bed.shandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17372329387935318023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-89918757489514056242008-10-08T13:58:00.000+01:002008-10-08T13:58:00.000+01:00you did not miss much in the debate,McCain did cal...you did not miss much in the debate,McCain did call Obama "that one" and talked to a Af/Am Voter as if he were a child. Unless something profound happens I think Mc Cain has lost. I hope I am right.Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15632777234664583020noreply@blogger.com