Anonymous
“Use of pm to balance out trades of tangibles is reasonable.” I have a tendency to think of trade with PMs and trade with goods as mutually exclusive. Like paying cash vs cc. We Americans and other advanced nations are used to of only paying in money. Nothing says you couldn’t trade 5 lbs of tomatoes AND a few silver coins to balance out the trade.
If you don’t already have these kinds of tools and you want to turn some money into goods as an inflation hedge, think about yard tools, mechanic tools and wood working tools. Axes, shovels, pick, mattock, hoe, sledgehammer, wood splitting wedges, rakes, gardening hand tools, hammers, wrenches, saws (I bought a new 2 person cross-cut saw for cutting up logs back in 1990 for $100, no idea what it costs now). I picked up a bunch of these at garage sales and local auctions between 2010 and 2017, when garage sales dried up around here. Be sure to buy files so that you can keep these tools sharp. Who knows,garage sales might pick back up after this is over.
“be hyper vigilant a big change is coming adapt or perish” Big change is certainly very, very possible. I agree, adapt or perish.