Another sparse harvest from the penny fields this week.
WEDNESDAY, November 11, I came out of the Sis-Town Casey's and found THIS in my path:
It wasn't there when I went in. That yellow stripe goes along the edge of the sidewalk, toward the gently sloping concrete ramp where I stepped up, head down, looking for pennies. Same thing on the way out, but THERE IT WAS!
It was a heads-up 2004 penny. Appearing out of nowhere, or more likely out of the pocket of a thirsty working man, or more more likely out of the hand of a little lass who had been standing in my way as her mom paid at the next register.
I noticed that family because I saw a penny at their feet. But that darn Casey's worker had to call me over. "I can help you at THIS register." Sure you can. But that won't get me a penny for my Future Pennyillionaire collection.
I grudgingly moved to pay, keeping a side-eye on that penny. The lady and her two girls left, and I saw that my surveilled penny was in three sections, crumbly, and more of a flattened clod of mud than a sweet, sweet metallic penny. I had no expectations as I went out the door, but a few steps later this penny found me!
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As we left the casino on Thursday, Hick took a different route to the highway. We went through downtown casino town, not the mini-mall and Goodwill plaza rush hour stoplights.
"Oh, NO! Look at that guy!"
A man had stepped off the sidewalk curb in front of a small shop. He held a bag in one hand, and was bent over, using the other hand to pick up something from the road, amongst the fallen leaves.
"He's picking up PENNIES that should be MINE!"
"Um. Mom. He's picking up cigarette butts."
"Nevermind..."
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That's ONE PENNY this week, for ONE CENT.
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2020 RUNNING TOTAL
Penny # 122.
Dime still at 23.
Nickel still at 10.
Quarter still at 1.
2019 TOTALS
Penny 134
Dime 20
Nickel 8
Quarter 5
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Penny # 122.
Dime still at 23.
Nickel still at 10.
Quarter still at 1.
2019 TOTALS
Penny 134
Dime 20
Nickel 8
Quarter 5
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I did find a quarter last week in a tin of my grandmothers buttons.
ReplyDeleteThat's a good find! I'm low on quarters this year. I could have had two, but caught a guy bending down to pick one up that rightfully belonged to me. If I was half a step faster, I could have claimed it!
DeleteI guess Even Steven figured that guy needed it more. Like the dollar I forgot in the lottery machine last week, when I mistakenly pressed the button for a $1 ticket instead of a $2 ticket. Those machines don't give change, and I was already home when I realized my mistake.
We have people here who pick up cigarette butts too. They'll choose any that haven't been smoked right down to the filter and when they have a pocketful, they sit somewhere out of the wind and rip them apart getting all the bits of tobacco into a tin or plastic bag, then they use it to roll their own and they make their rollies so thin, like a matchstick, to make the baccy last longer.
ReplyDeleteWell, aren't they enterprising recyclers! Can't let Hick hear about this, or he might try it, to make a profit off of his own brand of cigarettes.
DeletePerhaps you should use some of your winnings to purchase peepers.
ReplyDeleteIt is as if the world is tossing pennies. I find them all over. Maybe people don't want them anymore.
I have the peepers, but the bifocals keep me from walking around in them.
DeleteFind pennies all over? Even Steven must have ME confused with YOU!