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   Hi, Ardith Hinton! -> Alexander Koryagin   
   I read your message from 23.11.2020 20:42   
      
    AK>> But there can be situation with a high inflation and low deposit   
    AK>> interest. You lose your money slowly and perfectly lawfully.   
      
   A situation! I missed that damn thing again! ;-)   
      
    AH> Yes. But if you hide it under the mattress its original value will   
    AH> still be eaten up by inflation... that's what I was thinking of.   
      
   In Russia people can buy stable foreign currencies and store it under   
   mattresses. But it is probably more risky than storing in the bank. Especially   
   if you haven't a strong safe hidden behind several steel doors and alarm   
   system. ;)   
      
    AH> A backpack... with my purse in it... was stolen in Los Angeles. We   
    AH> didn't realize until after the fact that our rental car came with a   
    AH> sticker in one of the back windows which made it fairly obvious we   
    AH> were tourists. At the hotels there were signs advising us to lock   
    AH> valuables in the trunk, as we did. That's what I'd have done at   
    AH> home... where I had an old car with a lot of rust around the wheel   
    AH> wells etc. and coveted the bumper sticker saying "Don't laugh --   
    AH> it's paid for!" Nobody tried to steal anything from *that* car,   
      
   "to covet" is "to want very much". Why does the sticker is coveted?   
      
    AH> although I drove it to a few less than salubrious parts of   
    AH> Vancouver.   
      
   So, "salubrious" can be pertain not only to the person's health, but to the   
   criminal situation, too.   
      
    AH> I reckon it looked to passers-by as if the driver didn't   
    AH> own anything worth stealing. With these older vehicles it was also   
    AH> far more difficult to get into the trunk than it is with modern   
    AH> cars... which at the time I knew very little about.   
      
   Do the locks in the old vehicles are more sophisticated?   
      
    AH> Fortunately, I had my keys in my pocket & Dallas had my passport in   
    AH> his pocket. Nowadays I wear garments with several pockets if I can   
    AH> find them. It's not easy to find female garments like that. But   
    AH> apparently it is easy to steal handbags, shoulder bags, and   
    AH> backpacks if one is so inclined.... (sigh).   
      
   Do they pay now in cash, or people now pay with credit card only?   
      
   Bye, Ardith!   
   Alexander Koryagin   
      
   english_tutor 2020   
      
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