It is estimated that less than 5% of the population live entirely by cash alone. We have beome dependent on using plastic banking cards and online purchasing in the last 20-30 years, since the first ATM machines appeared in the early 1980s. There are obvious upsides such as primarily convenience, but there are downsides too. […]
Continuing the ongoing topic of, the idea of hiding it in plain sight – right in a bank comes to mind. You can easily hide money from an abusive husband bit by bit with the help of a third party. I recently had a discussion with a woman I knew who recently fled a violent […]
With the rising rate of home forclosures in the USA now and another tent city springing up somewhere around the nation every week, there are many ideas for alternative homes out there so that one can live “off of the grid”. One of the easiest DIY home plans I came across recently is details to […]
Its becoming more and more common nowadays to see police brutality involving the use of Taser guns. It seems like everyday there is another media report of law enforcement or security using a Taser as a compliance tool, often with lethal results. In the point-and-click culture of ours its hardly surprising – who wants to […]
Surviving an assault on your person, or “winning a fight”, aren’t your only worries, because it is highly probable that you will be dealing with the police and/or legal system. You could win a physical battle, but loose the legal war – if you do not play your cards right! When a street fight or […]
Whenever there are large scale public demonstrations, one of which can turn into a riot at any time – all it takes is a trigger set off by either a small group of agitators, police, or infiltrators. I got to thinking, what if you were caught in such a situation, or got caught someplace where […]
For most purposes some of the best places to hide money, cash or valuables is in a home security safe. There are many affordable fireproof home safes out there as well. But for those to whom hiding their money in a home safe isn’t an option for one reason or another, hiding money underground is […]
Most of us think that one of the safest places to store our valuables is in a safe deposit box in a bank. Who can blame anyone for thinking this – banks after all, have the best 24 hour security and alarm systems. However, recent tragedies such as the natural disaster of Hurricane Katrina and […]
There are times when you might be in a real mess, living in a horrible rat’s nest of an apartment with a slum lord in the same building, and you’ve fallen behind on the rent, or even worse, you are in an abusive domestic situation and you need to move. But, you don’t dare and […]
These economic times for more and more people are without precedent in their lives. Many of the middle class are loosing their homes due to mortgage foreclosures, layoffs and jobs moving overseas. As far fetched as it might sound, for a single person without dependents, it is not impossible to live a reasonably good life […]