Thursday, while working at the coffee shop, a fellow patron after asking what I did, said
"I'm surprised you don't have a lucky charm."
I thought about this, and thought (I'm surprised too) and dug out my silver dollar to put in my jeans pocket for Friday.
(I don't really know what to have for a lucky charm - I guess it will do?)
This morning, Saturday, I hefted the coin -solid safe re-assuring.
The weight in my hand seemed to summarize the change in the world.
When that coin was distributed a silver dollar coin was a dollar - you could ask for it at the bank - your grandfathers and grandmothers would give them as birthday gifts.
Beautiful, with a lustrous shine it was something worth having.
-felt wonderful in the hand of a child.
In 1967 Canada stopped making silver coins (the dollar, 50 cent piece, the quarter and dime -- all silver). Hunt brothers had pushed the price up and Americans were buying and melting the coins. Sadly and irritreviably the world enter inflation and the govt never went back to silver even when inflation ended.
(A silver $5 piece weighing a troy ounce can be purchased at the post office for about $30)
I imagine a one dollar silver coin would have to be about 1/30 of an ounce - very embarrassing for the govt to issue - a graphic reminder of their epic mismanagement of the economy.
Times gone by
lost era of solidness, professionalism and pride in a doing your job well.
A great crash is coming- say my bones and the weight of the silver dollar in my palm.
As the great bankster's thief - bad Ben strolls chuckling into the sunset rubbing his hands with glee at the horrendous damage he has done - robbing the nation's treasury to enrich his cronies at Goldman Sucks and JP money..
17 trillion
$17,000,000,000,000.00 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
of debt.
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I'm the first to admit the chart attached is green - but Noah didn't wait for rain before building his ark (buying puts).