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“Quanto?”
I had the same stamp experience. Kept with it a few years. An older guy, can’t remember how I met him, gave me some real uncanceled stamps, including some oddities Hitler heads issued from conquered countries during the war.
Your discussion of beef stroganoff reminds me of Terry Pratchett’s dwarf bread. You’re never hungry when you have dwarf bread, because the alternative involves actually eating the dwarf bread.
If society breaks down to the point where your airline bottles of hooch becomes a viable means of barter, then I’d figure that a collection of matches might also fill that role. If your electric stove ain’t working and you’ve got to boil some water whaddayagonnado? The ability to start a fire upon command is one of those things we take for granted but really oughtn’t.
I am never getting rid of a single match now
Better to just buy a bunch of the boxes of them at Dollar Tree or whatever. Fill a storage box with them, maybe a small room… They’re very cheap, NOW…
Another fine ramble, James.
I learned alot from my cousins in Cedar Rapids Ia who survived the August 2020 deracho. Once you start your generator, the world will know. A firearm on yourself in plain site on your hip or in the two hand grip makes for a polite world. Used a cable bicycle lock and connect a bike, ladder, or other item to your generator. “NO, you can use my freezer” will be said 100 times a day.