Promises To Keep : Your New Post-SHFT Credit Card

by ST | Sep 27, 2011 | Barter, Guest Posts, Money, Survivalism

There is no hon­or among thieves. But, thank­ful­ly, most peo­ple aren’t thieves. Even in a SHTF sce­nario, with some excep­tion (e.g. Kat­ri­na), most peo­ple do behave well. For the most part. Liv­ing in or near a big city it can be hard to under­stand that a... Read more

The $5.00 Tipping Point?

by ST | Sep 13, 2011 | Bug Out, Civil Unrest, General, Guest Posts, Money, suburban survival, Urban Survival

As of writ­ing this crude oil is still flow­ing in the Mid­dle East and through the Suez Canal (as well as oth­er prod­ucts) in spite of the chaos in Egypt. Will that last is the ques­tion. And yet even with the con­tin­u­a­tion of oil world prices for crude are... Read more

The Price of Money To Come

by suburban | Apr 28, 2011 | Gold and Silver, Money, Precious Metals

I’m not sure if that is a good title, but I am using it any­way… Sev­er­al months ago, I priced sil­ver, on a per ounce basis.  It was $31.00 and change.  I thought, Hmmm. I should buy some sil­ver.  I dis­re­gard­ed… I few weeks lat­er I looked at the... Read more

Replenishing the Reserve Fund, and Silver

by suburban | Dec 7, 2010 | Barter, Money, Precious Metals, Preparedness, Psychology, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Well, as it turns out, I have been able to save a lit­tle bit of cash recent­ly.  A few dol­lars back in sav­ings, paid off a cred­it card (two to go), and can think about replen­ish­ing my reserve cash fund.  Recent­ly I wrote about hav­ing a reserve fund... Read more

Tight Budget? Get Prepared Anyway.

by suburban | Dec 3, 2010 | But Out Bag, Food, Money, Preparedness

Every­one has mon­ey on the brain these days.  I don’t care how much mon­ey you have.  A forum I am some­times active on had one young man in col­lege just sought the advice of the mem­bers on how he can get pre­pared, as well as help his fam­i­ly... Read more