A New Trend For Val's New Year?

It's been 12 days, and I know the question on everybody's fingertips is: "Have you found any pennies lately, Val?"

Well. Except for maybe the antipennyites, that's the question. The antipennyites are probably thinking, "At last! That ignoramus Val has given up on foisting her loose change upon us!" Not so fast, antipennyites.

Since we last convened the Almost Weekly Meeting of the Backroads Pennyphile Association, Val has discovered two pennies. AND THREE DIMES!

Here's a summary, before we get to the pictures. I'm going to keep a running tally throughout 2018.
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PENNY #5 - January 12, 2018 (Friday) Backroads Casey's parking lot, 1985

PENNY #6 - January 14, 2018 (Sunday) Gas Station Chicken Store parking lot, 1969
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[DIME] #1 - January 17, 2018 (Wednesday) Gas-Buying Casey's parking lot, 2008

[DIME] #2 - January 20, 2018 (Saturday) Orb K parking lot, 2014

[DIME] #3 - January 20, 2018 (Saturday) Orb K by counter, 2010
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Yes, I need to ask Hick to find me another receptacle to store my Dimes from Heaven. I didn't think there would be a need for such a thing, since during the entire year of 2017, I found a total of six dimes. But today, I found TWO! And another one three days ago. So in 2018, I've already found half the number of pennies I found all last year.

We'll start with the dimes. Because I say so, and you don't really have a choice. Uh huh. I DO have a way of endearing myself to the antipennyites. Surely they can't be antidimeites as well. That would almost seem like they were actually antiValites.

Dime #1 - I didn't get a picture of this one in its natural habitat. You'll have to accept it posing on T-Hoe's console. I'd just pumped gas, and went inside to pay and get a couple of scratchers. My gas amount was $24.99. I never let T-Hoe's tank go below half full. I wasn't taking a chance on running it a few cents over. I WANT pennies, I don't want to PAY pennies. Those I save for my 44 oz Diet Coke correct change.

As I entered the store and got in line, I saw this dime (2008) on the rug in front of the counter. You can bet I was antsy that somebody else would snag it! I waited until the person ahead of me paid and left, then bent over to pick it up. Val doesn't put her face down by people's butts. You can also bet that I was planning to take my 1 cent change after my transaction. But I felt guilty about taking that dime, so I magnanimously said, "You can keep the penny." I still came out 9 cents ahead.
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Dime #2 - I parked way around at the end, by the drive-thru line at Orb K. Got out looking for a penny, and immediately saw a dime (2014)! It's there. You just have to look for it.

It was a little scratched up, but you would be, too, if people had been driving over you while you laid on the blacktop.
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Dime #3 - Inside the store, I was trading in a scratcher when I glanced left, and saw this dime (2010) over by the front wall.

I didn't want the clerk to think I was a secret shopper, or going to disparage their cleanliness on social media, so I said, while she was scanning my ticket, "Oh, I found a coin." I took two pictures, picked up the dime, and turned back to the counter. She said, "You say you found a coin?" Like she thought I was going to turn it in to her! Find your own dang dime, sister! I dropped it in my pocket and replied, "Well...I was going to keep it, because I consider it good luck." Lucky indeed, that she didn't jump over that counter and try to wrest it out of my shirt pocket.
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Penny #5 - This penny (2014), the fifth one found in 2018, was on the Backroads Casey's parking lot as I was going in to trade in a scratcher. I was parked closer to the door than usual, because the three lower spaces I prefer were taken. Otherwise, I wouldn't have found my penny.

Finally, a penny that was heads UP! Lately they've been tails. Not that I believe I'm going to get a goocher from my Pennies from Heaven.
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Penny #6 - This penny (1969) might not have been meant for me. Or it was especially meant for me. I had not planned on going to town on Sunday, January 14. Hick took me to the casino, and on those days, I usually go without my 44 oz Diet Coke. But he wanted to come back early for a new auction, so I told him I'd drive myself to town, that he could get his car and go ahead to the afternoon auction. This one is really hard to see. But once you get your landmarks, you can find it.

You might have to zoom in. It's pretty much camouflaged, but look at the end of the big pavement crack on the left. If it was a snake, it could have bit me! Laying right there where I was walking around the back-end of T-Hoe.

There you have it. Val has accrued unearned income of 32 cents over the past two weeks! Pennyillionaire, here I come!
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For 2018: Pennies #5 and 6.
For 2018: Dimes #1, 2, 3.

Since 2017 (the beginning), these were Pennies # 83 and 84.
Since 2017 (the beginning), these were Dimes #7, 8, 9.
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