Val has found her 4th penny in 5 consecutive days!
I suppose I wasn't on track Wednesday. But after skipping that one day, I found another pavement cent today. That makes Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday. I'm on a roll!
Today I stopped by the cemetery, then to the farthest-away Casey's for a couple of lottery tickets, then went to my bank. I normally choose the drive-thru, but this time I went into the lobby, because I was trading smaller bills for larger bills to take to the casino tomorrow. Hick and I are meeting my sister the ex-mayor's wife, and of course the ex-mayor, and heading up to our closest casino.
I don't like to put big bills in the slot machines, but when I cash out before leaving, the ticket-changer gives me big bills. Oh, don't think that means I'm always winning! It means that I always come home with a good portion of the money I started with. Unlike Hick, I don't play my credits down to nothing. I cash them out as I go along, getting substantial paybacks.
Anyhoo...there was only one car in the bank lot. I parked way down at the end, because it's near their sidewalk ramp. Have I mentioned that my knees are not fond of steps and curbs? I clicked T-Hoe's door-locker, and started across the driving portion of the lot to the sidewalk.
There it was, right in the middle of the driving lane! A penny! Just for me! In a direct line from T-Hoe to that sidewalk ramp. I didn't stop there to take a picture, because it was the driving lane, by cracky! I took enough risk stopping there to bend over and pick it up.
This penny was easy enough to see, because it had some shine to it. Had some shine, because it was scraped to Not-Heaven and back! Here's a picture I took later, laying on top of my 44 oz Diet Coke at the gas station chicken store. When I got home, I checked his date with a magnifying glass, and it's 2012. No personal significance for me.
Looks like ol' Abe has been run over several times. His backside was barely recognizable as a penny.
I picked up ol' Abe, though, and dropped him in my shirt pocket. That had to be a good sign, right? Finding money on the way to change casino winnings into smaller bills, on the day before going to the casino? And hearing Mary Chapin Carpenter on the radio, singing "I Feel Lucky." Sure. It has to be.
Never mind that I also heard, one directly after the other, while switching stations, Taylor Swift's "I Don't Wanna Live Forever," and Blue Oyster Cult's "Don't Fear the Reaper." Those were total coincidences, I'm sure...
Yeah, I feel pretty lucky, snagging my 4th penny in 5 consecutive days. Seriously, who leaves home expecting to find money on the bank parking lot?
That's four pulls on a penny slot machine!
ReplyDeleteIf only they worked that way!
DeleteYes definitely on a roll now...Don't Fear The Reaper had to be a coincidence though, unless Blue Oyster Cult happens to be playing at the casino.
ReplyDeleteNot that I know of!
DeleteThat's one chewed up penny!
ReplyDeleteYeah, it looks like it had been waiting there for me a while.
DeleteDoes Hick know about all those pennies? Maybe he'll build a shack for them!!
ReplyDeleteHick knows, but he keeps his hands off my pennies. He has a huge collection in a plastic Coke bottle about two feet high. Every now and then he weighs it, and estimates its worth.
DeleteHick puts his own change in his Coke bottle every night. They are not FOUND pennies. I don't dare suggest a new shed, which might cost more than the penny value.
I say put all these lucky pennies in a jar and when there's enough use them all at once (change them at the bank maybe) to buy a scratch ticket or put into a slot at the casino. So much penny luck in one hit might just get you a big win.
ReplyDeleteI DO need to get a nice little jar to keep them in. Maybe Hick can find me one at the auction!
DeleteYou are one lucky penny picker upper.
ReplyDeleteLuckier than Ol' Abe this time! He really should have picked a safer area of the parking lot to wait for me.
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