Coastal Event Memories by A. G. Kimbrough Read Free Book Online Page A
Authors: A. G. Kimbrough
waterways, schools, hospitals, or other property with significant potential for public good.
5. Property may be sold or given to another by having both parties’ record the transaction on the Property Database.
6. The Best Buy Trading Post will maintain the Property Database on a separate computer with backup. There will be no charge for an individual’s initial claim entry. Any additional entries or changes will incur a pre 64 dime, or mutually agreeable equivalent payment to Best Buy Trading Post.
7. A jury of citizens in a trial shall settle any disputes, where both parties directly present their case.
Chapter 13
Zeke was ecstatic, his family was healthy, secure, and happy. Their farm, Casa Jacoby, was providing most of their needs, and the first batch of apricot brandy was ready for barter.
The Wild Goose had appeared one late summer day, and Zeke learned about the other settlements North of them. They traded some junk silver for some empty bottles, six hens and a rooster. He also found out about the Best Buy Trading Post Thanksgiving Fair in El Dorado, and resolved to be there that fall. While the range was too great for CB radio communications, both vessels had 10-meter systems on board. Because of power limitations on both vessels (the sun was never more than a dull glow), they agreed to communicate briefly, every Saturday night at 9:00 PM.
It was great, being able to communicate with the rest of their limited world, and all their excitement grew as Fall season approached. Finally, they departed, four days before Thanksgiving, with the harvest surplus, apricot brandy filling every available container, fuel tanks full of bio-diesel, and everyone but Hector, who insisted on looking after the homestead.
They arrived two days before the start date, and tied up to a dock opposite the Wild Goose. There were lots of small craft tied up along the shore, but the Flush and the Goose were the only larger vessels. Several vehicle, including trucks, cars, and wagons were parked in the Best Buy lot.
Everyone had something to trade or sell. Inside the building was where all the trading action occurred. About half of the people had focused on salvaging what was usable from before the Event. The balance of the people had homemade or grown goods or services to sell or trade. Some folks spent the days trading and re trading in a successions of transactions.
The first day Zeke met with Doc Hanson and David Russell and Tiny Landon, who were staging the event. They discussed the need for something more than barter, to facilitate the trading. The old money except maybe coins was useless. A few people had a little pre-64 (junk silver) coins, but there was not enough available to meet the developing needs.
Both Doc and Zeke had a lot of junk silver, as ballast in their vessels. By the first morning, the First Bank of Inland Sea was established, with a three-way partnership between Best Buy Trading Post, Zeke, and Doc. The Bank provided small, interest free junk silver loans, to be repaid by the end of the Fair Week. The exchange rate was set at:
1 Oz. Gold = 20 Silver Dollars; 1 Silver Dollar = 10 Dimes or 5 Nickels or 10 Pennies or 4 Quarters or 2 Halves; 1 Dollar on Post 64 Coins = 1 Dime, except for Pennies and Nickels.
The process worked, and significantly increased the level of trading during the remainder of the fair. The default level was limited to one individual who had purchased a calf. The man offered to leave his son as security until the next month’s fair. He was told that the Bank would trust him for that limited period.
Every night, groups would gather around bonfires to tell stories and sing songs. Zeke traded a jug of brandy for a battered guitar when he found out that Maria could play. On another night, he fired up the small generator, and used his digital projector and music system to show a John Wayne DVD on a bed
5. Property may be sold or given to another by having both parties’ record the transaction on the Property Database.
6. The Best Buy Trading Post will maintain the Property Database on a separate computer with backup. There will be no charge for an individual’s initial claim entry. Any additional entries or changes will incur a pre 64 dime, or mutually agreeable equivalent payment to Best Buy Trading Post.
7. A jury of citizens in a trial shall settle any disputes, where both parties directly present their case.
Chapter 13
Zeke was ecstatic, his family was healthy, secure, and happy. Their farm, Casa Jacoby, was providing most of their needs, and the first batch of apricot brandy was ready for barter.
The Wild Goose had appeared one late summer day, and Zeke learned about the other settlements North of them. They traded some junk silver for some empty bottles, six hens and a rooster. He also found out about the Best Buy Trading Post Thanksgiving Fair in El Dorado, and resolved to be there that fall. While the range was too great for CB radio communications, both vessels had 10-meter systems on board. Because of power limitations on both vessels (the sun was never more than a dull glow), they agreed to communicate briefly, every Saturday night at 9:00 PM.
It was great, being able to communicate with the rest of their limited world, and all their excitement grew as Fall season approached. Finally, they departed, four days before Thanksgiving, with the harvest surplus, apricot brandy filling every available container, fuel tanks full of bio-diesel, and everyone but Hector, who insisted on looking after the homestead.
They arrived two days before the start date, and tied up to a dock opposite the Wild Goose. There were lots of small craft tied up along the shore, but the Flush and the Goose were the only larger vessels. Several vehicle, including trucks, cars, and wagons were parked in the Best Buy lot.
Everyone had something to trade or sell. Inside the building was where all the trading action occurred. About half of the people had focused on salvaging what was usable from before the Event. The balance of the people had homemade or grown goods or services to sell or trade. Some folks spent the days trading and re trading in a successions of transactions.
The first day Zeke met with Doc Hanson and David Russell and Tiny Landon, who were staging the event. They discussed the need for something more than barter, to facilitate the trading. The old money except maybe coins was useless. A few people had a little pre-64 (junk silver) coins, but there was not enough available to meet the developing needs.
Both Doc and Zeke had a lot of junk silver, as ballast in their vessels. By the first morning, the First Bank of Inland Sea was established, with a three-way partnership between Best Buy Trading Post, Zeke, and Doc. The Bank provided small, interest free junk silver loans, to be repaid by the end of the Fair Week. The exchange rate was set at:
1 Oz. Gold = 20 Silver Dollars; 1 Silver Dollar = 10 Dimes or 5 Nickels or 10 Pennies or 4 Quarters or 2 Halves; 1 Dollar on Post 64 Coins = 1 Dime, except for Pennies and Nickels.
The process worked, and significantly increased the level of trading during the remainder of the fair. The default level was limited to one individual who had purchased a calf. The man offered to leave his son as security until the next month’s fair. He was told that the Bank would trust him for that limited period.
Every night, groups would gather around bonfires to tell stories and sing songs. Zeke traded a jug of brandy for a battered guitar when he found out that Maria could play. On another night, he fired up the small generator, and used his digital projector and music system to show a John Wayne DVD on a bed
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