Tuesday, August 21, 2012

What price?



Never in our lives has there been so much uncertainty about so many things
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Think about it.
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The climate.
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The world economy.
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Job security.
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Relationships between men and women.
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Super-bugs.
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Political ineptitude.
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And the list goes on.
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What is not on the list is the almost certain appearance of the unexpected.
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Throughout history major changes have kicked off when some unexpected event lit the fuse.
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Personally we expect no different this time.
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Somewhere sometime soon some unexpected event is going to be the catalyst for greater changes.
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It is argued that you cannot plan for the unexpected.
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It can be argued that way but not very convincingly.
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The unexpected has always played a major role in human affairs.
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Not just for the planet but for us as individuals as well.
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Think about your own life.
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How many times has the unexpected altered your life?
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We would guess that many of the major changes in your life came about from unexpected events.
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So what will the price be for doing nothing now?
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Maybe greater than you think.
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Just one small example where a little thought can save you pain and maybe more.
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Recently the cash machines where I was visiting froze.
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That is to say none worked.
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That is to say all over the country the ATM's did not work.
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And of course this happened over the weekend.
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No banks, no ATM's where I was.
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I got bye however as I had sufficient cash.
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What if you could not get to your money?
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What if your money is worthless over night?
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In Europe we are doing a pretty good job of making life for ourselves more and more difficult.
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Will the Euro survive?
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Just a thought have some cash or other negotiable means of exchange hidden somewhere where you can get at it.
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Our world is so dependent on electricity, electronics and systems.
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If one or more go down life as we know it goes down too.
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And maybe this is the real point life as we know it is changing.
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How and in what ways is not clear yet.
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The pace of change is accelerating.
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In such times it makes sense to be able to function if your usual sources of money are frozen or do not work, for whatever reason.
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Plan to be able to function without recourse to your usual supply sources.
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Be they money, food or whatever.
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The unexpected will happen.
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It just need not knock you out.
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Be prepared.

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