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I agree Fredd 100%, an much with Ed an Barry's thoughts as well....

The Pascal theory interesting as I have always told people if I am wrong about God, so what it will be black like before existence. I have been wrong before, and after death I would no longer exist in any facet to acknowledge I was even wrong. But, if the non believers are wrong their actions/beliefs could indeed be much costly....

Like Ed said, I try an live my life as nice an friendly to people as I know how, respect the golden rule, and pretty much feel more then fine to stand up an answer for it all one day, the good, the bad, and the ugly. And if that is NOT good enough, then so be it, maybe I am not Heaven material. God's loss in my eyes as I am LOYAL as a human can be, an can you really put a price tag on loyalty in a world where people/spirits/souls/demons or whatever are far from it....

My point the loyal are far an few between an I would think God would want as many loyal servants at his disposal as possible come the end of days....

Yes, that has always gotten to me a little too. All I can think is that fallible humans are still trying to get this right in about 1 million pages of verbosity, while God did it in one try and on a couple of stone tablets.

Following the golden rule is a great way to run our lives. It works very well and there is a lot to be had from having a reputation as an honest and decent person. Unfortunately, on this Earth, we are in the company of some people who have no more concept of the Golden Rule than a hog does of Mozart.

Reviving this great thread...

I've been looking at diversifying our tiny IRA holdings into PMs, and APMEX seemed liked a natural. I've heard about Goldline, too, but APMEX seems more reputable.

The idea of a gold Roth makes me warm and fuzzy inside!

Yes, I have a safe bolted to both a concrete floor and a wall. It is reasonably secure. Home invasion, however, IS on the rise. If 3-4 guys bust in with guns and demand that I open the $!%@#@# safe, then I am going to have to open it on the chance that they are only thieves and not murderers.



Something to consider here is that one need not put ALL of their wealth in any single location or investment. Just as diversification of asset classes is the small investors' best friend, so too is diversification of location for PMs. As an example of this, I have my silver stash split 3 ways between my safe, my son's safe, and a SDB at our local CU. No one calamity short of a local nuke strike can destroy ALL of these. Of course, if that happens, everyone around here will be dead and no longer needing any PMs, money, or investments.

Also, as a stock investor for many years, I already have a good chunk of money invested with 3 different custodians. Individually, they are unknown to me and my assets are also unseen. These companies are of good reputation, however, and have far more to lose via messing with my money than it is worth in their business plans. They simply cannot afford the loss of client trust that would occur if they started fooling around inappropriately, not to mention any government investigation that would occur.

Is my plan perfect? No, but it is about as good as I can manage. There is no way to eliminate all risk. All we can do is accept whatever level of risk seems reasonable to us and then manage it as best we can. No plan is perfect but 1 or 2 of them will be the best we can do.