Saturday, January 16, 2021

Val Convenience-ly Finds Her PENNIES This Week

I'm liking the way 2021 rolls! On SUNDAY, January 10, I was off to fill up T-Hoe with gas, and stop by some Casey's convenience stores for scratchers. I hopped slithered out of T-Hoe at the Backroads Casey's, stepped up on the sidewalk, and saw a penny waiting for me! Also a used cigarette, but I don't smoke.

 
This tarnished penny might have been hidden from lesser eyes than Val's.
 
 
It was a face-down 2000 penny, with an odd patina for one so young. It was almost chameleon-like in its coloring against the sidewalk.
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From there I headed to the School-Turn Casey's. On my way in, an amazing surprise awaited.
 
 
Don't be distracted by their sign for delicious pizza! The business at hand is PENNY-FINDING! And there it is!


This was a face-down 1995 penny, poised for packing in my pants pocket.
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Of course I was practically skipping back to T-Hoe, being two-for-two in Casey's stops and penny-picking. On to the Sis-Town Casey's, which did NOT disappoint!

 
Perhaps you are not as observant as penny-seeking Val. Do not be distracted by men's rumpuses. There are TWO pennies in that picture! The first is a couple tiles behind the left heel of that blue-shoed guy. It was a 1997 heads-up penny.
 
 
The second penny is at the counter, under that bag of Bugles snacks, a heads-up 1994. You snooze, you lose when Val's around hoovering up floor cents! 
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But that's not all! On MONDAY, January 11, at the casino, another penny awaited. Sadly, it was almost the only money I left with!

 
There's really no reason for a penny to be cooling its tail under a slot machine. You can't put pennies in them! The place for a floor-penny would be across the casino, near the change machine. It DOES dispense quarters, nickels, and pennies when you cash in a ticket. No dimes, though. Never dimes in a casino change machine.
 
 
This was a heads-up 1998 penny, fishing me in like a catfish to stinkbait. I'm sure the person at the slot next to me thought I must be really broke, to stand on my head picking up that single cent. I guess if they thought that, they were a true psychic, because I really WAS that broke when I left a couple hours later.
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That makes 5 PENNIES for 5 CENTS towards Val's Future Pennyillionaire Fortune this week.
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2021 RUNNING TOTAL

Penny       # 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
Dime         still at 0.
Nickel       still at 0.
Quarter    still at 0.

2020 TOTALS
Penny     134
Dime        25
Nickel      10
Quarter      1
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6 comments:

  1. Five in one week! That's a good sign. I hope. Why do casino machines not dispense dimes?

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    1. I looked it up one time. As I recall, it's the same reason they don't give out $10 bills, only 100s, 20s, 5s and 1s. Because the machines only have so many selections available, and two 5s can make up for a 10, and two nickels can make up for a dime.

      It's been a while, but that's how I remember it. The slots will still TAKE tens, but I don't know if they (and dimes) are handed back if you go to the cashier to redeem your ticket.

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  2. I must not be hanging out in the right places.

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    1. It's either feast or famine, and this week I am fat and sassy!

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    1. I admit to being both funny ha-ha, AND funny peculiar. Mostly the latter.

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