> > Rob
> > There have been times in history when gold or silver would buy someone a
> > way through problems.
>
> Absolutely, think 1979 or 1980 when gold climbed to $800. If you were in
> on that spike early on, it would have bought you early retirement and the
> farm, literally.
"...bought ... the farm", "figuratively" -
when there are desperate to fatal
shortages (or people *think* there
are) one thing leads to another ...