Another good week for Val's Future Pennyillionaire Fortune!
SATURDAY, July 3, I was at my old hangout, the Liquor Store, wondering if I needed a series of shots before entering the less-than-pristine interior.
While inspecting the rug for evidence of Give-A-Darn (none found!), I saw a PENNY waiting just for me. Since the tattooed lady ahead of me showed no interest.
It was a heads-up 2002 penny. Funny how my phone camera changes the color while it's busy not-focusing. Such a versatile accessory.
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SUNDAY, July 4, was casino day. I am embarrassed to admit that I sat down at Wild Wild Nugget, and played a $20 bill through it before I noticed a special WIN right beside the PLAY button!
Why in the NOT-HEAVEN somebody would have coins out at a slot machine is beyoooond me! They only take bills or cash-out tickets. If somebody ordered a drink, and was so miserly to ask for their 12 CENTS in change back... they have no business in a casino. And no, Missouri casinos are not allowed to offer free alcoholic drinks. The server sometimes brings around soda and water on a tray, and it's considered polite to give them a dollar or two, even though you can get up off your ample rumpus and fill your own from the free soda fountains.
All four coins were heads-up! The two nickels are stacked, and hard to tell. The pennies were 2004 and 1980, and the nickels were 1964 and 1996. OF COURSE I took them!
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TUESDAY, July 6, saw me standing at the second register in Orb K. I was squinting at the feet of the lady to my left at register 1. I could have sworn there was a dime by her toes, but it may have just been a foil circle off the top of an energy drink. So I wasn't going to ample-rumpus her out of the way to get a look. THEN I looked down by my own feet, and saw:
There it is, by the corner of the rack holding hand sanitizer and disposable lighters. I certainly hope nobody consciously planned that combo! Fireworks were abundant around here for the two-week selling period. No need to do the old "coat my arm in alcohol and burn off the hairs with a lighter" trick. Looks like somebody's ankle-biter took a chomp out of the wood on the front of the counter.
It was a heads-up 2002 penny, just like the Liquor Store Lincoln, and just as blurry.
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FRIDAY, July 9, I went in the Liquor Store again for scratchers. My intended purchase was at the Backroads Casey's, but a nincompoop had just parked in the middle of two (unlined) spaces, thus no room for T-Hoe. So I went back to the Liquor Store, even though my feet were demanding combat pay for walking on that rug. For those of you only checking in to see if it's been cleaned: NO! NOT-HEAVEN, NO! It's gotten WORSE!
SHEESH! It looks like people have been buying those assorted clean pee products in the case, and trying them out right there on the rug! And let me tell you, if that's the situation, their pee ain't so clean! Maybe that mess is what attracts the pennies I keep finding there...
It was a face-down 2015 penny, disguising itself in a blur from the embarrassment of being "falled" on the carpet! Yes. I washed my hands after picking up that one.
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That's 7 COINS, for 15 CENTS, clinking into Val's Future Pennyillionaire Fortune ice cream dish goblet this week!
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2021 RUNNING TOTAL
Penny # 66, 67, 68, 69, 70.
Dime still at 5.
Nickel # 3, 4.
Quarter still at 3.
2020 TOTALS
Penny 134
Dime 25
Nickel 10
Quarter 1
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Penny # 66, 67, 68, 69, 70.
Dime still at 5.
Nickel # 3, 4.
Quarter still at 3.
2020 TOTALS
Penny 134
Dime 25
Nickel 10
Quarter 1
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You did yourself proud. Good on you, girl.
ReplyDeleteYes. I am polishing my fingernails on my lapel with pride. As if I used my mad skills to reap this random harvest.
Deletemaybe you should bring some Lysol for your penny picking.
ReplyDeleteMaybe I should bring some Lysol for a quick shower before I get back in T-Hoe!
DeleteA high-rolling week for you this time. I wish someone would clean that rug, or at least flip it over.
ReplyDeleteI didn't think that rug could get worse! Whatever that liquor store might be a front for, they sure can't pretend to be a carpet cleaner rental store!
DeleteWow. I am as baffled as you as to why someone would have coins in the casino. Oh, wait, I take that back. Must be the same people who try to use pennies in the soda machine here.
ReplyDeleteThey better not shove coins in the slots! They malfunction enough when used as intended. In fact, that very machine would not give me a cash-out ticket. It was like the buttons were locked up. Not even the CALL ATTENDANT button worked. I had to send a text to The Pony to come sit with it until I found a tech.
DeleteThe tech was on his way to help someone else, and as I waited, I kept pushing the cash-out button. Then it worked!