They hoard cash and try to save for the rainy day that they are convinced will come.
Prudence is not always a virtue: the instinct to save for a rainy day seems only to harden when the rains set in.
Instead, Apple banks the cash for a rainy day.
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"To the extent that consumers end up either using the majority of (the refund) to pay down debt or simply to save for a rainy day, obviously the economic impact is going to be a lot less, " said Michael Gregory of Lehman Brothers.
Employers can easily help their employees save for a rainy day, leveraging the payroll system and direct deposit to automatically send a small percentage of their paychecks to a savings account.
Secondly, if unemployment insurance were abolished altogether, this would profoundly impact the willingness of the average American to save for a rainy day.
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This, in turn, pushes up the amount of capital the firms have to set aside for a rainy day.
And the big question that remains unanswered is the whereabouts of all the money the government claimed to have saved for a rainy day.
The record for the mile has been broken 18 times since that rainy day in Oxford.
Paulson said the remaining TARP funds would be reserved for a rainy day.
Unfortunately, their penchant for accumulating rainy-day funds was only reinforced by the tumult of the recession.
If you don't have a bank account, put it away for a rainy day and don't do what the president's telling you to do.
All that advice about backing up your files and saving for a rainy day and building a strong network is worth the effort to implement.
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Of course, I put aside some cash for a rainy day, but I also use some of the extra money to launch new marketing efforts or property upgrades.
An enormous lesson for both the individual grantor and the charity is that both need rainy day funds to cushion sharp, unexpected contractions similar to what we are passing through now.
For now, states can close the resulting budget gaps by raiding rainy-day funds.
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Instead of tying up precious cash in investment products that have risk and might not be there for that rainy day or college tuition, advisors should be teaching the value of saving, and showing them all the options, including participating whole life insurance.
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Every day in the rainy season Dr Formenty sets traps for animals suspected of hosting the virus.
That makes your property more competitive and provides for a rainy day in itself, and you want to be in the habit of doing that.
Unlike the federal government, America's states do not have the luxury of running up deficits, so they typically set aside money for a rainy day.
So we are alive and well in Zimbabwe, getting ready for the change that HAS to come, for the sake of those who don't have foreign currency stowed away for a rainy day.
Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.) proposed that legislators set up a "rainy day fund" to actually budget for disasters, rather than go through the current process of having the president have to request the funds.
The seven-song Meanwhile in the Park will be available on CD beginning Sept. 23, an appropriate fall date for a rainy-day album.
The fact that salaries do not meet your monthly expenses, let alone set aside any savings for a rainy day, can really get those creative juices flowing.
While I wondered if we should not be more focused on putting money aside for that inevitable rainy day, I could certainly understand a policy that would allow more dollars to stay in the pockets of Americans if the government did not actually need the cash.
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The 7-inch slate handles just about every task the two could care for, whether it's learning about (and exaggerating) the local fauna as well as keeping busy on a rainy day.
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In any case there are other, different, non- religious values which are part of our heritage-the concept of looking after those who cannot look after themselves, of hard work, perseverance and saving for a rainy day.
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