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08-28-2013, 11:26 AM
@YMG- I think theres new legislation coming up on foreign bank safety deposit boxes as well.
Not 100% sure about gold coins, but I think new legislation is being passed regarding gold bullion.
You can always do what the Indians do to bring gold through customs- make giant bracelets that you wear through customs (Say 10-12 of them on each arm+ giant necklace w/gold pieces attached to it). Easy way to bring in 100k+ of gold.
WIA- For most of men, our time being masters of our own fate, kings in our own castles is short. Even those of us in the game will eventually succumb to ease of servitude rather than deal with the malaise of solitude
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08-28-2013, 11:51 AM
Quote: (08-28-2013 11:23 AM)germanico Wrote:
Quote: (08-28-2013 12:05 AM)bacon Wrote:
take a bus/train or some form of transportation to the nearest border stop and just walk to the mexican side.
Use the Laredo Texas crossing.
The Border Patrol has been training for a mass exodus out of the U.S. I would literally bury $50k in dollars and gold down in the DR. If the borders close you still have a chance of getting down there by boat. I wouldn't put anything in foreign banks. The guvmint is too sneaky for that.
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08-28-2013, 12:43 PM
In Iraq and Afghanistan, people would have "Go Bags."
A bag would have a GPS, and an INMARSAT phone like Iridium or Thuraya. Plus paper maps, cash, water and food bars or MREs.
The idea was to get to a roof somewhere, call for help, and hang out until someone arrived.
There are also those Breitling Emergency watches that send a distress signal if you unwind a stem and stretch out an antenna. Make sure you get the new one that is broadcasting to the satellite, not VHF.
Then there is the survival kit from the B-52 in Dr. Strangelove
- One forty-five caliber automatic
- Two boxes of ammunition
- Four days' concentrated emergency rations
- One drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine,
vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills
- One miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible
- One hundred dollars in rubles
- One hundred dollars in gold
- Nine packs of chewing gum
- One issue of prophylactics
- Three lipsticks
- Three pair of nylon stockings.
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08-28-2013, 02:31 PM
Quote: (08-28-2013 02:14 PM)j r Wrote:
Why gold? Its heavy and it seems like anyplace you can walk in off the street and sell gold is going to give you a significantly lower price than what you paid for it. Gift cards would be better if you buy with cash and don't have to register.
With gift cards you have to waste time looking for a home depot or olive garden in order to redeem them. And if you're leaving the US, finding an olive garden may be harder.
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08-28-2013, 03:38 PM
Gold because gold is universal.
Great info gents.
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08-28-2013, 03:52 PM
Wow. That is Mission Impossible level realism.
Carrying a handful of 1 ounce American Gold Eagles is equivalent to walking around with tens of thousands of dollars. I wouldn't feel completely comfortable, even on the safe streets in the U.S. Silver is much more suitable to for bartering purposes and carrying out short-term transaction IMO. Of course, there are the 1/2 and 1/10 ounce denominations. n
Are there any dedicated sites, Youtube channels, other forums you guys frequent regarding extradition, travel intricacies, privacy, and related subjects?
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08-28-2013, 04:12 PM
http://www.funzug.com/index.html/unusual-...olate.html
Size of a credit card. Ingenious way of carrying hard currency. If shit hits the fan I'll pay Emech to smuggle me to the Caribbean on his boat. At that point the only bug out bag I need is
here