20 Common Places Where People Safely Hide Their Cash.

      We all live at a time when strangers will walk right into our houses and will steal your money or any valuables that may be sitting around your house. There are even relatives who will steal from you when they think you are not looking. Most of our money belongs in a bank and most of us do trust those who are watching over our money. But we all need some spending money to be near by or we might end up with a bunch of cash that will come from another on a Holiday or a weekend when the bank is closed. So where can we safely put that money that could end up in a strangers pocket. Below are 20 places that you could safely hide your money. Good Luck!!!!

 1.  Under The Mattress.   Many people will hide their money or valuables under the mattress, but in the moves the mattress is always one of the first places that is checked. Some people will hide a gun under the mattress that they can easily get to just in case someone breaks into their house in the middle of the night. A person who is very quiet can come into your house and check under your mattress with their hand or under the pillow and steal your money while you are sleeping. If you are wise and you still are thinking about using the mattress for a hiding place, cut a hole at the top of the mattress with a knife where your head is laying on a pillow and put your money and or valuables into a sock and stuff it into the hole. Only you will know that it is there.

 2.  Under A Loose Floor Board.   In the attic of the house that I grew up in, a water pipe with a sealed cap on the end came out of the floor about 4 inches. It came through a hole in the floor board. My brother had worked the board loose around the pipe and he would pull it up and turn it to a 90 degree angle and then hide his money in the rafters. He did this for many years and none of us knew about it. When Bill moved out of the house he showed me his hiding place and I began using it for several years.
      A neighbor down the street about two blocks away was removing the floor boards in the house that he was renting so that he could grow Drug Mushrooms under his house. For five years he grew and sold those mushrooms. Then he got caught and had to go to jail for several years.
      Yes. hiding money and other valuables under the floor boards of your house makes a great hiding place. Most people would have to tear your house apart in order to find it..

 3.  Behind A Loose Brick In The Wall.   A friend of mine was a boot repair man, and he was raised up in an old sand stone house on the other side of town. He said when he was a boy he would use his pocket knife to loosen a stone in the wall of his bedroom and behind the stone he would hide his valuables. I asked him if any of his valuables were still in the wall and he said that he had a bunch of marbles, some old coins maybe 20 or 30 of them and a bunch of old baseball cards. Those were put into the wall back in the 1930's. He has passed on and his old house was sold to another who has completely sheet rocked the whole inside of that old house. So that hiding place with all of those valuables will continue to remain hidden for years to come.
      In many cowboy shows on the TV it will show people hiding their money in the walls of their homes and they would remove several bricks to pull the money box out of the wall. If you remember in the musical called " Oliver " the old man would hide all of his valuables in a wall and he had to remove several bricks in order to get his chest out. You too could hide all your valuables and money in side the walls of your home that only you know about.

4.  Put Your Money Into A Metal Box And Bury It In The Ground.   This idea has been around for over a thousand years. Back in the good old days bandits would rob the stagecoach or the bank and then bury the money. If they got caught they would serve their time in prison and then go back and enjoy the money that they had stolen and only they knew where it was hidden.
      You could do this also if you had a large some of money on hand and you wanted to put it into a safe place so that you could spend it at a future time. Most people will bury a metal box full of money in their flower beds next to the house. Others will bury it somewhere in the backyard and put a painted rock over it to mark the spot. Then they will add a row of other painted rocks to make others think that it is a landscape idea in your backyard but only you will know where your money is hidden. Others will take a box of money and bury it at a favorite picnic spot or at your favorite fishing hole. It does not matter where you bury it as long as you will not forget about it. But that one day will come along when you will need a bunch of money right then and there and only you will know where it is hidden in the ground,

 5.  Inside A Hollow Object.   Both Drugs and Diamonds have been secretly transported from one place to another in toys and other hollow objects and no one ever knew about it. One day when I took a load of trash to the dump, I found an old orange Shredded Wheat Lionel box car sitting on the ground with rusty wheels. I took it home and I cleaned it up and sanded most of the rust off of the wheels..There was a slit in the top of the box car so that it could be used as a coin bank. The top could also be easily removed from the wheels by using a screwdriver. For several years I would stuff paper money into that box car and only I knew about it. I even bought an old Lionel electric train set at a yard sale and I would add that orange box car full of money to my train set when I played with it but only I knew that there was paper money in it. Then one day I needed a bunch a money and I opened up that box car and there was over 300 dollars in there. You too could hide money inside a toy and no one would know about it.

 6.  Inside A Pocket Of An Old Pants Or Shirt.   Do this only to clean clothes and put it into the bottom of your drawer that is full of pants or shirts. Or you could put it into a sock. I have also put paper money into my socks and then put the socks inside my shoes. This is also a good hiding place when you visit the swimming pool or the Gym and you use a locker to park your clothes. Your clothes with the money could also be hidden in a suitcase or a trunk or you could hang them in a closet. No one ever bothers your clothes and only you know where the money is hidden.

7.  Inside An Old Birdhouse.   Birdhouses are not only found in trees but the new ones are used to help decorate the insides of our homes. Generally a birdhouse is a hollow small box with a round hole for the bird to get in and out. Most of these houses are hung in trees to attract more birds to our yards. Money could be put through the round hole of a birdhouse that was sitting inside your house or your garage. Or you could use an old birdhouse that hangs in your tree and the birds do not use it anymore. The only thing bad about using a birdhouse is that you can not get your money out unless you break it open with a hammer. But it is a great place to hide your money for a long time like I did in using a toy box car and I have used birdhouses also to hide my money.

 8.  Under The Carpet.   Most homes have carpet in every room. If you were to loosen an area to where you could slide an envelope under the carpet with a few hundred dollars bills in it, no one would ever notice that it was there except for the one who hid it. You could hide money in several places under the carpet and it will be easy to get to when you need some cash.

 9.  In Your Attic Or In Your Garage.   Both of these places are used to store our junk or stuff that we do not want to throw away. There are hundreds of places that you could hide your money and no one would ever find it. Besides this no one ever goes to the attic unless you really need something that was stored there.

10.  In A Rotted Out Tree Hole.   These holes can be found in any place where trees grow even in your own backyard. But make sure that it is not a tree that kids like to climb or you will find that your money will be gone and some lucky kid will be enjoying a lot of treats for a long time. I have hidden money in tree holes many times for as long as two years and so far none of it was ever found and the money was still there waiting for me to come and pick it up. Sometimes birds will make a nest in the hole but they are not interested in your money.

11.  In Your Own Wallet.   Some people would say that your wallet is a crazy place to hide your money. But your wallet goes everywhere that you go unless you lay it down and walk off without it. When I moved to California I was told by others to always put my wallet into my front pocket. All of your other pockets can be picked even your suit coat pockets. But they always have a hard time picking your front pockets because your hand is always sitting on your front pocket. So I made this a habit early in life. In fact the back pockets have been picketed so often that they began to make wallets with a chain on it and it is attached to your belt. My one dollar bills will be in the regular money slot but all of the larger bills are hidden inside the other pockets of my wallet and that wallet does sit in my front pocket.

12.  Put All Your Larger Money Bills Into A Money Belt.   A money belt will be on your waist all day long and no one will know about it except you. Your money will always be safe and you can even go to bed with it. Just make sure you are in a safe place so that no one will see you pulling the money out of the money belt.

13.  Inside An Old Appliance That Is No Longer Used.   Most appliances can come apart by using a screwdriver. There is plenty of room in most appliances to stash some money and being that it no longer works some of the motor could be removed to make more room. These old appliances could be placed in the kitchen, the attic, the basement, into a closet or in the garage.

14.  Hide Your Money In An Old Empty Paint Can.   Most people store their left over paint cans on a shelf on the back porch or in the garage or it could be stored in the basement. When you have emptied the paint can of it's paint and have allowed it to dry, money could be put on the inside and then pound the lid back in place. To take off the lid when you need some money you just pry off the lid with a flat screwdriver. The can is placed back on the shelf with the other paint cans.

15.  Hide Your Money Under The Back Or Front Steps Of Your House.   I have successfully left money for a short time under the steps in a metal box and no one ever touched it. When my mother use to gather magazines and newspapers and put them on the back porch to make money for the Boy Scouts, we kids would go through it all looking for comic books and we also found a bunch of Playboy Magazines. To hide them from our mother we hid them under the back steps of our next door neighbor who was an old lady. They sat under those steps for ten years and only we knew that they were there. After ten years, those old wooden back steps were replaced with steps that were made out of cement. The men who replace those steps were happy to find all of those Playboys and they put them all into their trucks and that was the end of that.

16.  Put Your Money In A Small Metal Box.   They make both mints and breath fresheners in several different flavors that are packed in metal cans. I have also seen Band-Aids that were in metal cans. These empty cans are great for storing small parts. My wife uses them for her sewing supplies and I use them for my fishing lures. These small metal boxes are great for your large money bills. In the basement you could put a flat magnet on the back side of your furnace or water heater or put a magnet on the top of any water pipe except copper, and put that can of money on the magnet. The possibility of hiding a small metal box on a magnet anywhere in your house is almost endless and I am sure that you will know the perfect place to hide it.

17.  Put The Money Into Your Sock Or Your Shoe As You Move About.   This means that as you go places your large money bills are very safe if you put them into your sock or into the bottom of your shoe. Only you will know it is there but don't forget to remove the money when you take your shoes off. You could put all the money into your sock and stuff this into the bottom of your shoe or you could hide that money into another safe place.

18.  Put Your Money And Other Valuables Into The Truck Of Your Car.   People who live in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, have told me that if you lock your car with valuables sitting inside, they will break your windows and steal the goodies. But if you locked all of those valuables in the trunk of the car and left your car unlocked, no one will bother your car. The same goes if you are at home. Your money and valuables will be very safe inside the trunk of your car.

19.  Inside The Pages Of An Old Book.   I have put large money bills in between the pages of an old book and no one ever found them. First of all you put it into a book that no one reads. Then you put it with other books that are not read or you could put it into a suitcase or a trunk with other books. An attic or a garage is a good place to hide the book. I have left money in the pages of an old book for several years and it was still there when I needed it.

20.  Inside A Locked Room, A Locked Closet Or In A Home Safe.   All of these places are great in hiding your money but a burglar will think that you must have something valuable sitting in that locked room and they will want to break the door down to find out why it is locked. A lot of people will have a home safe custom built behind a picture or in a book case behind the books. Some people will buy a large safe for their guns and they will also put their money and valuable papers in there also. Small safes can also be bought that will easily sit on your floor and one safe is so small that it can sit between your hands. Most all of these safes are fire proof and any thing you have stored in it will be safe. As for myself I have never bought a safe but I have hidden my money in most of the places listed up above with very good results. Just make sure no one is watching as you hide the money or you will find the money all gone the next time you go looking for it.


      Good Luck in putting your money into a safe place, but remember your money will also be very safe inside a bank. I have hidden my cash at home all of my life and only I knew where the money was hidden, None of my money has ever been stolen but my wife has had her money stolen and it was our relatives who stole it. So make sure that no one is watching when you are hiding your money or you will find it gone just as soon as you turn your back.

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Pioneer Wisdom And Medicine.

      What is a Pioneer?  These are people who came from all over the world to America in the 1800's seeking a new life and free land in the unexplored North America. This was an opportunity to many farmers and businessmen. Many of them started at the big cities on the east coast and if this did not meet their needs they bought covered wagons and moved towards the west to where the American Government was giving free land to homesteaders. Thousands of farmers and ranchers made good use of this free land and began to build houses, plant their crops and raise a lot of cattle and sheep. These Pioneers were an independent group of people. They could make their own tools. They could fix almost anything and they would Doctor themselves.  Most of these words of wisdom came from the old country or it came from friendly Indians. Below is a list of Ideas and Words of Wisdom that came from the Pioneers and these Ideas can still be used in today's world.

 1.  To remove Bunions, apply fresh radish juice everyday for several days.

 2.  To soften the Bunions or Corns, make a salve of equal parts of Baking Soda and Lard and apply this salve to the Bunions and Corns at night just before going to bed.

 3.  To relieve a cold, do any of the following:

      A.  Slice open a fresh onion and allow it to sit overnight near the sick bed.

      B.  Boil a quart of water and then add each of the following: a tablespoon of Sage, Thyme and Chamomile Flowers, fresh or dried. Allow the steam to arise and breath in the vapors.  The left over tea can be taken to help stop a cold.

      C.  Steam one tablespoon of  freshly graded Ginger Root in 2 cups of boiling water for 15 minutes then strain and add  one teaspoon of honey and the juice from a lemon or a teaspoon of Apple Cider Vinegar. Drink this tea very slowly. Drink this 2 or 3 times a day.

 4.  To relieve Congestion, steep one teaspoon of crushed Anise or Fennel Seed in 2 cups of boiling water for 15 minutes. Strain and add one teaspoon each of Honey and Apple Cider Vinegar. Another Remedy that will relieve an upset stomach is to put a teaspoon of Baking Soda into a glass of water. Stir this well and then drink it.

 5.  To remove Corns, soak Ground Ivy Leaves in Vinegar overnight then wrap these treated Ivy Leaves around each Corn and tie this down with a clean cloth. Wrap a fresh treated leaf everyday around the Corn.

 6.  To stop a cough, do any of the following:

      A.  Squeeze out the juice of a large onion and add one tablespoon of Honey, and the juice of a half of lemon. Take one teaspoon 3 or 4 times each day. Apply the onion to the chest mashing it in well.

      B.  Take a quart sized jar and dice up a medium sized onion and then add 2 cups of Honey. Then add the juice of one lemon and fill the rest of the bottle with Blackberry Brandy. Stir this well and store it in your refrigerator. When a cough comes on take one or two teaspoons of this homemade cough medicine.

      C.  Mix 2 teaspoons of Apple Cider Vinegar into a cup of hot water or wine and add the juice of a half of lemon and a teaspoon of Honey. Stir this well and sip on it. Do this 3 or 4 times a day to control a cough or get rid of a cold.

      D.  Steam a tablespoon of grated Horseradish Root into a quart of water for 15 minutes. To each cup of this tea add one tablespoon of Honey and drink to sooth a cough.

      E.  Make a tea of one teaspoon of grated Nutmeg into a cup of Apple Cider and drink this 3 times a day. This will also help to cure a cold..

 7.  To clean out the Digestion Track drink a cup of Chamomile Tea.

 8.  To stop Diarrhea add some Cinnamon to warm water and drink.

 9.  To relieve a Headache make a tea from fresh Mint, Lavender or Rosemary leaves. Steep 2 Teaspoons of leaves per cup of boiling water for 15 minutes. Then strain and drink or apply the tea as a compress to the head and the temples.

10.  To relieve Gas, Heartburn and Indigestion, drink fresh Celery Juice. Or to a glass of water add a teaspoon of Baking Soda and drink. Pioneers will also tell you that a cup of Peppermint Tea will help to settle an upset tummy.

11.  To reduce inflamed skin or a Sunburn, apply thin slices of cucumbers or potatoes to the affected areas and bind these on with a clean cloth. You could also boil some lettuce leaves in a few tablespoons of water and apply the juice to the Sunburn when the water had cooled.

12.  To stop itching and insect bites, apply apple cider vinegar and then rinse with salt water.

13.  To clean the teeth and to remove the tartar, rub fresh strawberry juice onto the teeth.

14.  If you want juicier strawberries in your garden then add a lot of pine needles to your strawberry beds. You will have the most juiciest strawberries around.

15.  Homemade bread that was soaked in raw milk was tied onto most wounds. This would prevent infections if it was changed everyday. Also a piece of salt pork with lots of black pepper on it was applied to wounds to help them to heal.

16.  When garden vegetables were not available in the winter the pioneers would drink Molasses and Milk. Molasses and Milk has 9 minerals and Vitamin B-6. It was a natural Vitamin Pill. Molasses and Milk is a natural Cancer fighter so therefore it is a good beverage to drink everyday.

17.  Both Yarrow and Elderberry Flowers were gathered by the Pioneers to be used for Fevers, the Common Cold and the Flu. These flowers were gathered and then dried so that they could be used throughout the whole year. Both of these are common all over North America but both of these flowers are more common in the mountain States of the United States. The Elderberries were also gathered to be made into Jams, Pancake Syrup, Wines and Pies. Do not eat the berries raw. they will make you sick, but after they have been cooked and are sweetened, the cooked berries are really yummy. These Elderberries are blue when they are ripe and the flowers are white and they grow in clusters on a large bush. These Elderberries are common up almost any canyon in the inter mountain west. Elderberries can be bought from any nursery and they grow easily in any backyard.

18.  There were other berries that were also popular and these were picked by the Pioneers during the summer and the fall. All of these were rich in Vitamin C and they would eat them fresh or they would make Jams, Pancake Syrup or Pies out of them. The most popular berries were as follows:  1.  Wild Strawberries.  2.  Black, Red or Orange Currants.  3.  Service Berries.  4.  Huckleberries.  5.  Wild Raspberries.  6.  Wild Grapes.  7.  Thimble Berries.  8.  Black and Red Mulberries.  9.  Haw Berries.    10.  Buffalo Berries.  11.  Blackberries. and  12.  Goose Berries. I am sure there were other berries that were gathered but the ones up above, these were the most popular that were picked by the Pioneers. Where I live, everyone likes to pick Chokecherries. This wild fruit grows everywhere and it is picked and made into Pancake Syrup and Jam.


      Where ever the Pioneers settled they would plant a Weeping Willow Tree. This is also called a White Willow. It is well known as the Headache Tree or the Aspirin Tree. The Bark is shredded and boiled into a tea that will cure headaches and body pains. Even though many swear that this tea will cure the common headache it is suggested that you do not drink more then 3 cups a week. Too much of this tea used for a long time can do you more harm then good. If this advice troubles you then use something else for your headaches or talk to your Doctor.



   

     

The Art Of Keeping Warm During The Winter.

      I have had an outside job almost all of my life and I had to learn on my own on how to keep warm. I just finished a winter and spring is on the way. But many of you around the world are just starting your winter. I an going to give you a few tips on how I have learned to keep warm and then pass it onto you. I hope these Words of Wisdom will do you all some good.
      Rule number one is to cover your head with a warm hat. Then tie a bandanna around your neck and put a pair of cotton gloves on your hands. A lot of body heat is lost when a person does not wear a warm hat and a bandanna. The Bandanna not only covers your neck but it also will keep the cold air off of your chest, and this really does the job when the wind is blowing. I have worn a bandanna all of my life maybe 80% of the time. I even wear one in the summer time. It is either on my neck or my eyebrows to collect the sweat, and it does the job very well. But in the winter time when it is cold outside if your head and neck is covered this will greatly help you not to catch a Cold or the Flu. A good diet of fresh fruits and vegetables and whole grains will also prevent the common Cold.
      When the weather outside is cold but not cold enough for a heavy winter coat, I will wear a tee shirt, a long sleeve cotton shirt, a long sleeve flannel shirt, a pair of pants and two pair of socks in side my shoes. I will also wear a warm hat and a bandanna. Even if I am outside only a few minutes it is best to wear a warm jacket or a long sleeve shirt, a hat and bandanna. You will see people outside all the time with a warm jacket or a coat but they have nothing on the head or the neck. They will get sick if they do not start taking care of themselves.
      At my place of employment, the outside doors go up and down all day long in the winter time and there are several of these doors. It is quite cold and drafty inside the building and when I first started working there I was the only one wearing a warm hat and a bandanna. People would ask me why I would wear a bandanna that is chocking me all day. I told them that they too would be wise to wear a bandanna in that cold building that it would keep them a lot more warmer and they would not get sick very often. I worked at this company for 20 years before I got laid off and just about everyone in that cold building was now wearing a bandanna around their necks.
      When it gets really cold outside lets say from 0 degrees to 30 or 40 degrees below zero I will wear one or two warm hats, two bandannas, one for the neck and one for your face, two long sleeve cotton shirts, a long sleeve flannel shirt, a double extra large wind breaker if the wind is blowing, a good winter coat, a pair of pajamas under my pants or two pajamas for very cold weather, two pair of gloves or some heavy duty welding gloves and two pair of cotton socks followed by a pair of wool boot socks. Then wear insulated work boots or winter boots. I have worked all day long in some very cold weather outside and I did not get cold. Always remember to wear too much rather then too little in very cold weather. You can always remove clothes if it was warmer outside then what you thought it to be. After I had worked for several years outside my company felt sorry for me and they bought me some insulated coveralls and a heavy duty winter coat. But the clothes I have listed up above do keep you warm when the winters become bitter cold. The only drawback I had for getting cold, my company made everyone wear steel toed shoes and no matter what kind of socks you wore the steel toed boots kept your feet cold all day long in cold weather and there was nothing that I could do about it. So when it comes to wearing steel toed shoes in the winter time, I do not have a Remedy on how to keep your feet warm during the cold winter months. I did get laid off in the winter time and I was thank full for not to having cold feet for the rest of the winter.