Yes, I see you subscribe to the Paul Powell method of financial management.
Paul Powell was the Illinois Secretary of State who when he died had shoeboxes filled with money in his closet.
Yes, I remember many of the tales my parents told about living through the depression. We try to be self sufficient.
You could do worse! We once lived next door to an old man who collected just about everything. He even had a collection of $100's in shoe boxes just in case. That was in addition to his collection of oil leases.
Semper Fi