It helps put in perspective why previous generations stuffed money in mattresses and buried it in coffee cans. My brother says my granddad buried money. He's often said he wished he knew where.
On that subject my family has known a family in my area all my life. One of the grandsons got mixed up with a local drug dealer and eventually went to jail. Got caught in FL, he was one of the guys running the boats to pick up drugs. They had two, one was decoy and other got drugs. Basically they were living the drug portion life of Miami Vice. He told my husband every time he came home he and his dad would bury money. He had so much he couldn't put in bank with out suspicion. In 1999 my area had a bad flood. My granddad always told them to fix their drainage ditch in the yard. It has always been very bad and runs through the entire property. Well they never listened and lost all the drug money. I don't feel sorry for them, but it's a good life lesson on storing your money.
Ha ha glad I could help. My husband worked with the guy several years ago. He's several years older than me & I don't know him like I do his siblings. They are really nice, their grandparents and mine were friends and neighbors. When I found out he was working with hubby I figured he wouldn't like the former drug dealer. They actually got along good and he told hubby about his adventures.
I read a book about several generations of women slaves in Louisiana written by a lady that did her family tree and learned about each woman. I can't remember the name. It was about four inches thick but I got sucked in. Her parents or grandparents had reached a point in their lives they could save money. She tells about all the money they found in her grandmother's mattress after she died. For many decades black people didn't trust banks. (Probably every race but I understand why Black's wouldn't trust). That was such a vivid picture, stuffing money in the mattress.
It helps put in perspective why previous generations stuffed money in mattresses and buried it in coffee cans. My brother says my granddad buried money. He's often said he wished he knew where. On that subject my family has known a family in my area all my life. One of the grandsons got mixed up with a local drug dealer and eventually went to jail. Got caught in FL, he was one of the guys running the boats to pick up drugs. They had two, one was decoy and other got drugs. Basically they were living the drug portion life of Miami Vice. He told my husband every time he came home he and his dad would bury money. He had so much he couldn't put in bank with out suspicion. In 1999 my area had a bad flood. My granddad always told them to fix their drainage ditch in the yard. It has always been very bad and runs through the entire property. Well they never listened and lost all the drug money. I don't feel sorry for them, but it's a good life lesson on storing your money.
This was like some sort of condensed movie in my head. Thanks for the anecdote, Fren.
Ha ha glad I could help. My husband worked with the guy several years ago. He's several years older than me & I don't know him like I do his siblings. They are really nice, their grandparents and mine were friends and neighbors. When I found out he was working with hubby I figured he wouldn't like the former drug dealer. They actually got along good and he told hubby about his adventures. I read a book about several generations of women slaves in Louisiana written by a lady that did her family tree and learned about each woman. I can't remember the name. It was about four inches thick but I got sucked in. Her parents or grandparents had reached a point in their lives they could save money. She tells about all the money they found in her grandmother's mattress after she died. For many decades black people didn't trust banks. (Probably every race but I understand why Black's wouldn't trust). That was such a vivid picture, stuffing money in the mattress.