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brooklyn1

On Fri, 11 Sep 2015 12:05:49 -0300, wrote:

>On Fri, 11 Sep 2015 10:51:12 -0400, Brooklyn1
> wrote:
>
>>lucretiaborgia wrote:
>>>
>>>Being prepared is never a bad thing - against power cuts I keep a
>>>certain reserve of stuff that would help. The one I never get used to
>>>doing is keeping a few bills somewhere as the atm's will go down in a
>>>power cut.
>>
>>You don't wear a bra? I've never used an ATM, I don't see the
>>point. I don't even like to go anywhere with people who use ATMs,
>>they're always needing to find one and then only get $20 at a time,
>>and mostly there's no ATM nearby so they ask to borrow money, that
>>they never remember to pay back unless you bug them... they're a PIA.
>>I think ATMs are a sign of great immaturity, for people who are
>>incapable of managing their money. WTF is so difficult about keeping
>>at least a month's supply of cash at home and enough in ones wallet to
>>last a week. I've always kept a supply of cash on hand, ever since I
>>was six years old I've had a locked cash box.
>
>You must be a luddite - I rarely use cash, plastic is more convenient.
>I don't get regular mail, it's all online now and so very convenient.
>I also do not borrow money, grew up with neither a lender nor a
>borrower be, though I have broken the lender bit when I felt it was a
>good thing to do for the person.

You still don't answer your own question of where to keep cash...
plastic won't do you any good during power outages.