[mom-from-missouri]

I keep $500 in the house. This goes back to about 25 years ago, before all the ATM machines and no where in this town was a business that was open 24 hours. I had an emergency phone call, that my grandmother was ill, not expected to make it through the next 24 hours, and had to leave town, and no place to get cash. After driving for 4 hours, I reached St. Louis, where a grocery store let me cash a check. since that time, I have kept it in the house, in the deepfreeze.