Open thread: 29 ways to stash cash for the crash

Not everyone can afford to put their money into gold bars for the duration of the current financial crisis.

And not everyone is as lucky as the guy in Wisconsin who found $1,700 that someone had stashed in a shed during the last Depression. Although it’s true that if you live in the right parts of south Minneapolis, federal agents will dig up your yard for you. (They’re actually looking for grasshopper poison that blew all over the neighborhood from a pesticide factory starting in the 1930s, but presumably they’ll let you keep any Great Depression cash hordes they come across.)

So for the rest of us, the unwealthy and unlucky, where are some good places to stash cash for the duration of the Depression to come? Here are some MnIndy tips:

- One word: collectibles. Scour eBay for Depression glass or tramp art before you cancel your Internet service.

- Bottled water and canned goods (idea: SNL, circa 1987). Or, taking it in the other direction: booze.

- Darning needles. You can’t eat a six-pack of new socks, so spend a bit on some nice darning equipment so you can sock away money for food. Buy more darning needles and sell them to your pals at a penny profit.

- Second Life property. A pending federal bailout of the Goode Golle Bank bodes well for stability in the financial sector of the online virtual game world.

OK, that’s five. We need 24 more to live up to the billing in the headline, so please add to the list in the comments section.