Just melt it and pour it in. That oughta work!

Sure Kieth, as long as the debt is at a fixed rate, FRN$'s are fine. The problem is that FRN$'s are subject to unlimited creation, so saving in them and expecting them to hold value through time, which is one of the three major functions of money, is a fools hope at best, and financial suicide at worst. Precious metals have proven that they hold value through time and are thus the best form of savings available, especially in these times of unlimited "Quantitative Easing" by the monetary authorities.

At this point, and no matters what happens, my mortgage is fixed at xxx FRN's per month. I am spending them as fast as I can on that mortgage

Very true, unless the banks decide to approach .gov to make them whole for inflation.

IOW, if your fixed rate at 4% for 15 is a bargain when actual inflation is 10-20% because of unlimited FRN$ creation, and the banks, who essentially own .gov, approach them and convince them that the contract that you signed at 4% is unfair and needs renegotiation to reflect current inflation rates, then I would expect .gov to force a renegotiation regardless of contract law, especially as it seems to be rather "flexible" of late.

Crazy? Maybe; but after GM, Chrysler, MF Global et al, I wouldn't count any contract as solid.

Yeah but I will have it paid off in 3 years at triple payments.

My friend has 17 bars like that.
His father-in-law had them in his safe when he died,as well as 4 gold $20 pieces that him and his brothers had back when they had all of those coins melted.
I put one in my back pocket just to see how it felt trying to carry one.Needless to say the belt did no good.

OH,silver bullets are only good for werewolves.

Good on ya. I hope to pay mine off in six.

Wow, that's pretty impressive. Hard to do.

Not feeding kids anymore and no other debt....makes it easier. We live comfortable but conservatively.