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Shadowseer_Kim wrote:I for one am looking forward to taking a wheelbarrow full of cash down to the market to pay for a single loaf of bread.

The thing with hyperinflation is you better buy that bread in the morning, because by noon it's two wheelbarrows worth.

Shadowseer_Kim wrote:I for one am looking forward to taking a wheelbarrow full of cash down to the market to pay for a single loaf of bread.

Why? Inflation in the US is at 2.3%. In the last 30 years the highest inflation rate was 5.4%. In an economy where not a whole hell of a lot has been under control, inflation has been very sound.

It's a good idea to have a fair sized stock of food to hand. I know of families that have two year supplies of food that came in handy when jobs were lost.
There was no worry about where the next meal was coming from and a lower paying job,combined with the food supply and frugal living, got them through some tight months until better jobs again came their way.


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mattyrm wrote: A small part of me would enjoy utter ruin, you know how we all like TV shows because they are exciting and full of suspense?

A total breakdown in society, lawlessness and looting, maybe something nuts would be kinda cool. I mean, once A game of Thrones finishes, I paint my last 8 Space Marines and I get my barbarian to level 60, I'm going to be at odds for stuff to do.

I had some SCA people try to tell me that the FBI had them(SCA) members on filebecause the were worried about any group where total strangers can come together and form a shield wall if society breaks down.

If the Society for Creative Anachronisms can still get together to form a shield wall, then apparently they will be the one society that hasn't broken down.

a shield wall is a threat? you mean like how the riot police do it...

They seemed to have the idea that they'd strap on their armor and go about winning battles from behind an inpenatrable shield wall.
I guess they thought fire arms were going to magically disappear.

Relapse wrote:They seemed to have the idea that they'd strap on their armor and go about winning battles from behind an inpenatrable shield wall.
I guess they thought fire arms were going to magically disappear.

Obviously you aren't a fan of S.M. Stirling.

Relapse wrote:I had some SCA people try to tell me that the FBI had them(SCA) members on filebecause the were worried about any group where total strangers can come together and form a shield wall if society breaks down.

This is why I love those historical recreation societies. They've got absolutely wonderful, friendly, level headed people who are really passionate about their hobby, and also some complete nutters, and absolutely nothing in between.

sebster wrote:

Relapse wrote:I had some SCA people try to tell me that the FBI had them(SCA) members on filebecause the were worried about any group where total strangers can come together and form a shield wall if society breaks down.

This is why I love those historical recreation societies. They've got absolutely wonderful, friendly, level headed people who are really passionate about their hobby, and also some complete nutters, and absolutely nothing in between.

I think you hit it right on the head with that statement. I knew some other people from the same group that were fairly incredible types in every day life. One was an extremely successful dentist, another was a dancer who had a Samurai persona that fought with two swords, yet one more was a former active duty SEAL.
One of those who told me about the FBI was also someone that went around telling people he had been in the coast guard, a gun runner and a couple of other things along that line.
The thing he forgot one time was not to tell those stories to 14 year olds while I was around because I knew he hadn't been more than a couple miles from his parents basement or the local game store playing Dungeons and Dragons. I happened by while he, a 38 year old was shoveling this crap to some kids at a local game store. I called him on it, reminding him that I'd known him since he was 19 and was witness to one of the brightest shades of red I've ever seen on anyone's face.
I guess he'd been forging quite the legend for himself and to have it deflated was quite the crippler for him.