Saturday, October 5, 2019

Skunked CENTSless

There. You don't even have to read it. The title says it all. Not a single penny was found by Val this week. That's a travesty!

Even Steven must have been ashamed of himself, though, because on Friday, he gave me something better than a penny.


Funny thing about this $100 winner. I had a dream Thursday night that I was in a casino, playing poker. I never play poker. I even remember part of the hand I had showing: Ace, Ace, Queen. When I woke up, I tried to think which of my scratcher tickets would fit in with such a dream. This Casino Royale was it. Not many places have these tickets any more. The Gas Station Chicken Store has it.

When I made my weekly stop for gas on Friday at the Sis-Town Casey's, I saw it in the scratcher case. While I was waiting for my turn, the lady ahead of me bought FOUR of this very ticket! That threw a monkey wrench into my plan. I don't like to buy the same ticket right after somebody else buys one. I figure they got the best one, the one meant for me when I walked in. I knew I could get this ticket at The Gas Station Chicken Store. But still, I asked for it at the Sis-Town Casey's.

It was the first ticket I scratched when I got home. BAM! $100 winner! There's my matching number, right on the aces. I'm sure it was purely coincidence...

Let the record show that the Casino Royale ticket I bought at The Gas Station Chicken Store was a loser. Oh, well. Good thing I defied my instincts, and got this one first. Sorry, random lady who bought the four tickets ahead of it. You were just Even Steven's accomplice.
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2019 Running Total
Penny     still at 103.
Dime      still at 17.
Nickel    still at 8.
Quarter   still at 4.

2018 TOTALS
Penny  131
Dime  17
Nickel  6
Quarter  1

2017 TOTALS (Started in March, 2017)
Penny  78
Dime   6
Nickel  0
Quarter  0
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4 comments:

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    1. Found one after this breaking news went to press! It will have to go on next week's count.

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  2. That win makes up a lot for all the recent missing pennies. Well done Even Steven.

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    1. I gladly accept Even Steven's consolation gift, but it's not quite the same as finding my pennies.

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