Can we have a thread about what the hell to do right now?
🗣️ DISCUSSION 💬
First of all, I'm an idiot when it comes to anything financial. I know many of you aren't. What is the safest thing to do with the money (fiat) that we do have right now? Leave it in our local bank? Credit union? Keep it as cash in my sock drawer? Also, the money in my 401k? Switch it over to bonds or something else I don't fully understand? Any thoughts from someone who's been paying better attention to these things than I?
Very true. Alcohol especially, since it is functionally useful in the fuel and medical category, as well. Vices are always valuable.
My grandfather found ways to run vehicles on alcohol and charcoal during WWII. I think they were called gasifiers in English.
I don't have alcohol, but I have the supplies necessary to construct a small still. I learned how in 10th grade biology. We fermented raisins and distilled almost pure alcohol. The teacher put some in a watch glass and lit it. You couldn't see the flame, but you could feel the heat with your hand.
That’s pretty dope……
I'm glad I went to school in the 60s when there were teachers who really knew their subjects. My electronics teacher used to run a TV repair shop. My physics teacher had a lifetime collection of cool things to prove physical things, such as the classic bicycle tire with handles that he could spin up with an electric drill and demonstrate gyroscopes and precession.
I'm not sure how many lifetime teachers there are now. I think the turnover is higher now than it used to be.