I keep Buying Gold and Silver

I bought more gold and silver this morning.
I bought a gold ring with a 1/10 ounce Krugerrand in it. I paid $350. I felt that it was a bargain and it looked like it might fit my finger.
I've been looking for gold jewelry. I feel that wearing gold will bring more of it into my life by the "Law of Attraction". I also like the idea of always having something I could use to buy my way out of troubles; such as bribing a border guard to escape to Costa Rica. In the future that might be a priorty.
I also bought 5 ounces of silver coins. I put in what I felt was a low bid and I got them. In the future they will prove to be worth the money.
I feel that silver will move up more than gold; but only time will tell.
The trouble is that I'm spending more money than I can really afford to. I have several things I need my money for:

1. Pay the gunsmith for the modifications on the Mosin.
2. Pay the 2 repair places for working on my old MacBook Pros.
3. I need 2 new tires on the van.
4. Pay off the motor home.
5. Buy some clothes.
6. I like to go to church in LaCrosse.

I might be buying things because I'm bored. Without the snow shoveling, I really don't have much to do outside of working at the Peace Center. I need to start walking or riding my bicycle to keep occupied. Without something to do I gravitate towards buying things on EBay.
It's getting to be too expensive. What I really need to do is to have an income-producing side line (such as mowing grass) to help me prepare for my adventure next year.
Blogging doesn't really cut the mustard. In the last 3 or 4 years I've made a little more than $4.00. I have noticed that the more content I put out there the more income I get; so maybe I should just write more often.
I did sell one of my etchings on EBay. I have a collection of etchings by Malcolm Childers. I'm trying to sell them off one at a time. I won't have room for them in my motor home.
I'll try to show the one that I'm trying to sell now here. If you have Bitcoins or Litecoins I would rather sell them here; just leave a comment and we could work something out. I have a lot of Malcolm's etchings.

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Yesterday I made the Downpayment on the Motor Home

I swung by Prosper, MN yesterday and paid $500 towards my dream motor home. It's a 1978 on a Ford chassis. It looks good to me.
I'll be paying on it for the next 5 months. I think it will be worth it. I'm looking forward to taking off on my own and living the nomadic life.
After paying it off I'll have to fix it up for my journeys. I need solar panels on it because I don't want to use a generator. I'll also have to get a refrigerator since the old one is broken. I want one that will run on propane as well as AC or DC electricity. That way all of my options are covered. I'll have to replace the rubber (as in belts and hoses) as well as overhaul the brakes.
My goal is to be out of here by next summer not this summer. By then I should have plenty of money saved up and I'll be able to afford unexpected emergencies.
I'll be moving into an new apartment soon. I found a cheaper place in the building that I work at. It will save me $50/month for the rent alone. I might be able to save on Internet access and heat as well.
I found some good YouTube sites that talk about living in an RV. They call it urban camping. They talk about living in your motor home in cities.
I think I'll be living in the mountains on mining claims that I will have the right to be on. I won't have to worry about police chasing me away but I will have to be more self-contained (as in having my own water and propane). I think I'll be just fine.
I only hope that I find plenty of gold. I can justify a lot of discomfort for a little gold. It will be worth it.
Yesterday the stock market tanked and gold went up. I don't know why the disconnect. They tend to move together. Today the market went down and gold went down.
I do think precious metals will take off any time now. I've got a lot of gold and silver, so I'm ready.
Crypto currencies went up today. That was after a major drop the last couple of days. They made back most of their losses and now they might be showing gains from last week. That is another market that is being manipulated by the 1%. I'm only going to use bitcoins and litecoins for buying and selling things. I might use the exchanges to get into Russian and Chinese currencies.
Well that will do for now, maybe I'll get back to this tomorrow morning.
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Hernando says that a Homestead won't help.

Hernando the "Modern Survivalist" on YouTube said that retreating to a homestead won't do much good in a real (Without Rule Of Law) situation. He had friends from Argentina and South Africa who were murdered in spite of going to a homestead. He said that there is no way to make yourself secure when things really break down.
The only thing to do is to leave. I guess I'll have to find a country that remains peaceful in a worldwide economic collapse. I think I'll try Costa Rica. I just wonder how I'll provide for myself if the dollar collapses. I'll wind up in Costa Rica with no income. Maybe I can find some gold before I go.
Maybe I can save some money by getting rid of all the firearms I bought for the collapse. My money would be better spent getting out of the U.S. I don't think I can drive to Costa Rica so Canada might be a better choice. Mexico is out since it's already a failed state. Maybe I should go to Canada. Maybe I could prospect for gold there.
I keep stopping at the place where the motor home I want to buy, is. Nobody is ever at home. The lady who owns the motor home is practically deaf so maybe she doesn't hear me knocking at her door.
I'm going to give Danny the money that I can afford for the motor home and see if he has better luck at tracking her down. Then I could get Danny to do the repairs that are needed on it as well.
I have to find out if I got the money from my income tax return sent to my bank account. If not maybe I could give her more for her old RV.
I sold all of my crypto currency to help pay for the motor home. I'm bored with not trading. I need to find something else to do with my time. I get on EBay and spend too much on silver and coins. I think I buy junk drawers on EBay from shear boredom.  Maybe I should take up alcoholism or drug abuse. It would be cheaper. I seem to be drawn towards expensive obsessions like option trading and commodity trading. If I had been a drunk it would have been a lot cheaper. I hope that buying gold and silver aren't just a continuation of my gambling problem.
This gives me a good chance to complain about how expensive being a survivalist is. I went to Gander Mountain in LaCrosse, today. That's a sporting goods store. They had practically everything I want for my survivalist goals. Here's a list of things I looked at. I was too broke to actually buy anything:

1. A bottle and straw water filter. I'll be able to filter almost any water.
2. An adapter to transfer propane from a large tank to a 1 lb. bottle.
3. A hammock
4. An inflatable canoe
5. A nice backpack (I'm still thinking an Alice pack would be best)
6. A large knife/machete.
7. All sorts of ammo for the Mosin
8. A personal solar panel
9. A two burner, propane stove

I don't have to look anywhere else. Between Sportsman's Guide (on the internet) and Gander Mountain I should be able to get completely outfitted for my trip to California and being a survivalist in general.
Well that's all that I've got for now.
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Wasn't able to Borrow

I couldn't borrow for the move because I have a representative payee. That means that I don't have control over my own money. My checks go to the bank and they give me an allowance.
 A VA social worker thought that I should do that. I think it's been a major mistake. Never give up control of your money to anyone.
This whole being on disability and welfare has been dumb. I should go to North Dakota and get a real job; something that really pays. Instead I'm trying to get to California and pan for gold.
 I sold the last of my crypto currency to get money for buying the RV. Last week I lost about $50 on that. It never seems to go up any more. I guess that the ban in China is making a difference.
 One of the reasons that I got into crypto currencies was that the gold market is obviously manipulated. It's obvious to me that every market is manipulated including the crypto currencies. I just can't make money with my money.
I've got quite a bit of gold and silver and I'm just going to sit on that until after the currency collapse.
 All of my money now has to go towards the RV. It will not only cost $1000 to buy but I'll have to fix it up for another $500 to $600. Then I need to get the money together to go to California.
 I just have to be patient. It's hard when I'm working at the Peace Center.
 I tried to sell another one of my etchings. It's not moving. I dropped to price down to $75 and I still don't have any nibbles. I would like to sell them for Bit coins but PayPal won't do that yet. Maybe I could find another way, other than EBay, to move them.
I was thinking that I could take them with me as they won't really take up much room.
I also have to sell the coffee maker that Faye bought me for Christmas. It's to big for me and when I'm in the RV I won't be able to use electricity.
I've go to get serious about selling things. I have to get rid of my desktop computer and monitor. Maybe I'll donate that to the Peace Center. It would be an improvement on a couple of their computers.
 I need to get some boxes and start packing things up.
I should probably either sell or give my books away. I can get books on the Nook and the E-reader and not take up any room.
 I got my silver coins the other day. I bought $100 of face value 90% silver coins from a dealer a couple of weeks ago. They finally arrived. I didn't open up the bag but it looked like they are all dimes. I also bought a couple of 5 ounce, Chinese coins.
They look good to me but Mark says that they are probably fake. He's going to check them by weight. I can still send them back if they are fake.
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Borrowing for the Move

I'm hoping to borrow more money for the move to California, tomorrow. A company called "One Main Financial" keeps sending me something that says I am pre-approved for a loan for $6,000. I think I'll take them up on it. It would give me plenty of money to buy the motor home and fix it up. I should be out in California by this summer.
I'm waiting for my computers to be fixed. I sent two old Mac Book Pros to be fixed, I hope I get at least one of them working.
I need to sell the etchings but they aren't moving. I guess I'll just keep them. I would like to get bitcoins for them. I would use the bitcoins to buy silver. I have faith in silver; bitcoins, not so much.
The snow is melting but we are supposed to get more, this week,
The motor home is still stuck in a snow bank. I'll try to buy it, next week.
I need to sell the Mosin Nagant. It's a Russian rifle. I bought it when I was totally paranoid about the currency collapse.
I still think the currency will collapse but I doubt that society will go down with it. According to Hernando the (Modern Survivalist) on YouTube, a currency collapse will not bring down society. There may be a few riots but the cities won't burn and you won't have hordes descending on the countryside. That is just fear-mongering that a few people are profiting from.
Well, I'm trying to get one or more of my old Mac G4 laptops working. I'm trying to re solder the memory chips and restore them. So far, I've failed. I think I just have a bunch of useless parts to throw away.
I need to make more postings. I notice that my viewer numbers go up the more that I post. My excuse is that I've been relatively busy, this week. That still doesn't stop me from eating too many chips and dip. I always find time for that.
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Haven't Posted in a Week

I haven't posted anything in the last week so I guess it's time.
I'm still waiting for the snowbank that is enclosing the motor home that I want to buy to melt. I went to buy it last Thursday but nobody was at home. I'll run by there today as well. Everybody I've told about the motor home says that I should drive it before I buy it. I'm afraid that they will sell it to somebody else before it comes out of the snowbank. I'm going to offer them $800 and see if they will take it.
I've also been trying to find a gunsmith to work on my Mosin Nagant. It needs a muzzle brake installed and it needs to be sighted in. I've called a man named Fern of "Fern's Fire arms" three times. I always get an answering machine. Maybe I have to find a different gunsmith.
I bought 15 ounces of silver yesterday. Two five ounce coins were from China and I'm concerned about possible forgeries. That seems to be common in China. I'll weigh them and measure the diameter and height. I don't want to damage them in the process of determining their value.
I have to send a couple of my old MacIntosh laptops off for repair. I prefer laptops to Nooks anyway. It will cost a couple of hundred dollars but it will be worth it. I have to get one together enough to send it off.
I think I'll send off for a membership in the Gold Prospector's Association of America. It only costs $38 and will be good for a year. I can afford it; although I keep spending money on silver.
I'm taking Loula to church tomorrow. I think she is trying to get away from religion but she wants to go to get out of Decorah for a while. I would rather take an atheist to church than a "born again" Christian. At least I won't have to deal with their brainwashing.
Well, I think I'll run by the motor home and see if anyone is there.
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The motor home is still in a snowbank.

The motor home that I'm hoping to buy for my trip to California is still stuck in a snowbank. I'll go back next week and see if I can drive it. I would like to drive it before I pay for it. I want to make sure that it works.
Everything else is falling into place. I borrowed $2500 from the bank for the motor home. I'm sending $1700 to a metal sales place in Colorado for silver coins. I'll spend $800 for the motor home and some for solar panels. I'll have to fix it up some as well. I should be ready to go in a couple of months.
I'm trying to get my Mosin Nagant ready as well. I'm trying to get it to a gunsmith to put on the muzzle brake. I would also like to get it sighted in. I don't want to spend much on that old POS but if I encounter a bear in California it would be good to have a high powered rifle. A Mosin will take down any animal that you are likely to encounter in North America.
The next thing I need to take care of is to send my MacBook laptops off to be repaired. They have monitor problems as well as USB port problems. There are some places that will repair them. It will cost some money but I would like to have 1 or 2 working. I don't really like the Nook.
Monday I'm taking a hard drive to work to see if I can get the Bitcoins that might be on it, off. I remember doing something involving Bitcoins back in 2010. I hope that I stored some Bitcoins on that drive. If I did I might be rich and not even know it. I remember doing something that the Internet told me about. I don't know if I went thru the whole procedure. I can't remember if I transferred money from my bank account. All I can do is to search the hard drive. I'm not really very hopeful but it's worth my time to try to find Bitcoins.
I need to sell some of my etchings. Someone is trying to sell an obvious forgery on EBay. The numbers on the signed, numbered etching is wrong. I told EBay but they ignored me.
I started watching something on YouTube called the Do it Yourself homestead project. It's about a guy in upper New York homesteading in the mountains. He has an old motor home and a few trailers. He's going thru all sorts of difficulties. I really relate to him. He's an ordinary man who is making homesteading work. I feel that I'll be doing a similar thing with living in a motor home and prospecting. I'm just grateful that I have Social Security that makes it possible.
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