[talmand]

I see this as more of how local banks were before government guarantees started being implemented. If someone robbed the bank it was your money they were taking and not the bank's. Heck, if the bank burned to the ground your money was gone. Made for a tighter community in some cases; you rob the bank the whole town hunts you down.

What was a bank? Any person off the street with a safe in a building who claimed they could keep your money safe for you until you needed it. Sound familiar?

Personally, I would have put about as much trust into these exchanges as I would have of those old banks.

[eropple]

> Sound familiar?

Yes, and equally stupid, which was my point in the first place. Why did you post?