For Two CENTS, I'd Ample-Rumpus an Old Lady, and Tackle a Young Man

Okay, no I wouldn't. That would be too much physical activity. Almost like work. It's enough that I actually BEND OVER to pick up a penny that is not contested. I can't believe TWO CENTS slipped from my very-near distant grasp this week. So close, but yet so far...

 

After the debacle on MONDAY, March 8, when the little old lady beat me to the penny, I was, as you might imagine, quite disappointed. Not depressed enough to throw myself off the top of the 13 basement rail-less stairs, but in a funk. 

 

I left the scene of the whine, and headed for Orb K. The cashier there was quite unpleasant, which did not improve my mood. However... as she was doing a headstand to rip off their lowly-stocked lottery tickets, I glanced down at my feet, and saw

 

 A penny peeping out from the Muddy Buddies!

It was a shiny 2015 penny, heads up. I snatched old Abe off the floor before a random predatory old lady in line could think twice about making him her own! Maybe that Tuesday jeans and t-shirt guy from Save A Lot had been at Orb K ahead of me, and this surly cashier had not notified him that he dropped a penny! Take THAT, Contrary French Cousin Unfair Robert! Even Steven will always provide for Val.

Only 1 PENNY this week, for 1 CENT. But at least it wasn't a shut-out.

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2021 RUNNING TOTAL

Penny       # 21.
Dime         still at 1.
Nickel       still at 1.
Quarter    still at 2.

2020 TOTALS
Penny     134
Dime        25
Nickel      10
Quarter      1
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