# Okay, so how long do you survive when the whole financial system goes blooey? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 10, 2026, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-how-long-do-you-survive-when-the-whole-financial-system-goes-blooey/1026536 "2026-01-10T16:28:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-how-long-do-you-survive-when-the-whole-financial-system-goes-blooey/1026536/3 "2026-01-10T17:35:47Z")
We’ve done the “How much cash do you stash” a few times. Usually as an offshoot of “How much cash do you carry or spend in a week / month.” Here’s a recent example: > [@How much cash do you typically carry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-cash-do-you-typically-carry/1022656): > > I’m comfortable with about $200.00 on me. Below $100.00 and I get nervous. If its more than $300, I hide most of it in a pocket of my hip pouch. Hate using the cc for everything. I try hard NOT to uae a cc at mom 'n pop stores. I’m 63. I usually have a small stash on my person, a larger one in the car, and a larger yet one at home. Setting aside the unreality of the overall set-up I could buy basic groceries (and only basic groceries) for much of a year. OTOH if I also had to pay rent & car payments and … then I’d be broke before the month ended. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-how-long-do-you-survive-when-the-whole-financial-system-goes-blooey/1026536)._