On Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:21:34 -0600, cavelamb
wrote:

Ed Huntress wrote:
"azotic" wrote in message
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"Ed Huntress" wrote in message
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And the thing that worries me about gold is the possibility that some
day, when things are really rough, people are going hungry and reality
sets in, they may start looking at their piles of gold and realize that
not only can't they eat them, but that it's really a crummy, soft, and
heavy metal that isn't good for anything except bullets and sash weights,
unless the economy is perking along. A little reality would really knock
the hell out of the market.

A lot of people who are buying gold are in for a sleighride, as always
happens. Like any speculative commodity, it only looks good when you get
in on the way up and get out before it goes down.

Now, corn or soy beans...at least you could eat them in a pinch. d8-)

--
Ed Huntress
But when the **** hits the fan gold maybe the one of the few commodities
that will get you some corn or soy beans and you get to cook them using
all your script for the heat source.G

Best Regards
Tom.

Maybe. But there's always a chance that the human race will wise up and
realize it's just about useless for almost anything that matters at that
point. d8-)


Ding!

We have a winner - and it's Ed (again).

If we let the lights go out, NOTHING is going to matter.

Game it out, Ed.

How far back would er fall?

National anarchy?
Return to sovereign states?
Return to rural subsistence?
Nomadic hunter gatherers?

Or would rampant diseases knock us back to the stone age?

Return to soverign states at first..then a Red nation...the Blue states
having starved out and then are taken in as enlarged versions of the
closest Red states

Gunner

"Aren't cats Libertarian? They just want to be left alone.
I think our dog is a Democrat, as he is always looking for a handout"
Unknown Usnet Poster

Heh, heh, I'm pretty sure my dog is a liberal - he has no balls.
Keyton