Saturday, November 11, 2017

Antipennyites Will Be Turned Away at the Gate

No. There's not an actual gate. Antipennyites are free to browse here. But none of those protest signs, or chants like, "Two, four, six, eight. Reading about pennies is what we hate!"

I have one of my own for you, "On November 6 and 8, Val found pennies, mark the date!"

Monday was November 6. I've been scouring the countryside (more like blacktop parking lot-side) for pennies. They have not been forthcoming! I might as well be panning for gold, for all the luck I've had. Maybe I'm trying to hard. They tend to hit when you least expect it. Unless these are pity pennies. Like when Hick put a golf ball in the old broody hen's nest so she'd have something to sit on.

Monday, November 6, I stopped by Orb K. I parked way around at the end, in the next-to farthest parking spot. That's because the farthest one was occupied. I surveyed to empty space on my left as I got out. Checked the sidewalk, and grassy area, and even under the cars as far as I could see. No, I didn't bend over. What do you think I am, some kind of weirdo? I didn't want to attract attention to my quest.

I came out after trading winning scratchers for fresh ones, thinking, "I can't believe I haven't found a penny in so long!" October 26th, to be exact. I walked to the end of the sidewalk where it makes a 90-degree left turn. Turned. Walked past the three cars parked there, and SAW A PENNY on the sidewalk by the last car before T-Hoe!


I swear it wasn't there when I went in! I would have seen it. That penny was right at the beginning of my search.


At least I saw it on the way back. I scooped it up and dropped it in my shirt pocket, then went over to T-Hoe and pulled the door open. WAIT A MINUTE!




Was that...could it be...another penny? Yep! If I'd stood behind T-Hoe's door to open it as usual, I never would have seen this one. But since I pulled it open as if to allow somebody else to enter, my stance was open to glancing at this car beside me again.


I really don't know how I could have missed them on the way in. It's not like the sun was shining and the glint tipped me off. They were BOTH from 1975. In November 1975, I was a senior in high school.

I was careful not to look too creeperish as I moved in to take the closeup. People don't cotton to weirdos taking pictures of their cars, you know. Or bending over and reaching for something. Like a penny. That I put in my pants pocket, to distinguish it from the other penny, until I got a magnifying glass to check the dates. Maybe I need to update my glasses.

Let the record show that the trash under T-Hoe does not belong to Val! I often pick up trash and carry it to dispose of on the way in. I do draw the line at semi-crawling under a car to do so. To rescue a found penny, yes! But not to pick up trash that's not mine.

On Wednesday, November 8, I was back at Orb K. Of course my penny-senses were tingling. Orb K has been a good hunting ground (better yet, a good FINDING ground) for pennies. I parked in the very last space this time. I walked down that sidewalk, practically inspecting that field of penny dreams with a magnifying glass taped to a fine-tooth comb, but not yet to the point of a metal detector. NOTHING!

I was pleasantly surprised to find a Young Gen-Xer holding the door open for me! And even more pleasantly surprised to find...


This penny on the floor by the snack cake rack!


I took a picture and nabbed this little copper gem for my own. It was a 2002. No meaning in that year for me.
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These were pennies #54, 55, and 56 for my collection.
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18 comments:

  1. Of course you found a penny on November 8th. It was my birthday and I decided to share the joy and so I sent you a penny.

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    1. Thank you so much! I like that custom, giving a gift to someone else on your birthday! I hope you had a good one.

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  2. Do found pennies count as income? DO you need to declare them?

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    1. Pretty sure they have to be declared, but only to the extent of LOST pennies. I figure I've lost plenty of pennies in the casino, so the pennies, though declared, are not part of my income that is taxed. Are you moonlighting for the IRS now?

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  3. Val--I hope you're writing down each of these penny stories, so when people take a mansion tour, they can relive each finding with you...

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    1. I'm only writing them here. I figure that the way people are these day, I could drive them around on the Val Thevictorian Reality Tour, feeding them pizza bagels and bite size 3 Musketeers...and they would still be looking down at their phones to read about it, not out the window at the actual location.

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  4. How many times have you gone back over the pictures and found pennies that you had missed, seems I remember one that was hung up in the fold of a trash can liner...or was that something I did?, No I really think that was you, yes that had to be you. Isn't it strange how you can walk by and see nothing but on your return to the car find pennies.

    I just had an idea for you, at Hicks new place you could hang a curtain and like the old side shows charge a penny to look a Val's found pennies, but like the side shows have a picture of your jar of pennies rather than the actual pennies, can't have any ner-do-gooders sneaking from behind the curtain with Val's Jar-o-pennies.

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    1. Yes, that trash can liner penny was discovered in my picture, and I went back the next day, and found it on the ground by the trash can.

      That's a good idea, and of course I would not risk my REAL pennies! I could advertise it as "Take a look at Val's Pennyillionaire Fortune!" Then in tiny print, have the phrase "in progress."

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  5. you are becoming an expert at finding dough in camouflage.

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    1. Never too old to train for a new career...

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  6. If you keep finding pennies like that, pretty soon you'll be able to retire. Oh, wait--you ARE retired. Maybe Hick could retire. I forgot; he's already retired, too. Never mind!!

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    1. Maybe Hick can go back to work to buy me containers to keep the pennies in!

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  7. So glad to know you got your penny finding mojo back!

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    1. For now, anyway! A worrisome thing happened this evening concerning the finding of the pennies, but you may not hear about it until the end of the week.

      I'm planning a trip, and I can't be giving away my topics all willy-nilly in the comment section.

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  8. i have a theory re your pennies. someone, not necessarily that farmer you live with, is playing cruel games with you and following you around planting pennies when you are not looking. just a theory mind. nothing concrete. we don't have pennies anymore in australia since they phased them out in 1966 when we changed over to decimal currency.

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    1. You know, Sioux has mentioned before that she thinks Hick is gaslighting me. Subtly setting up scenarios to make me think I'm crazy. So far, only OTHER PEOPLE think I'm crazy.

      I guess that rules out the entire population of Australia as the possible perpetrator who is planting those pennies!

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  9. The penny on November 6th could be counted as a penny from Heaven, that's my brother's birthday and he died in 1983.

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    1. I always wonder if these pennies found on, or marked with, dates that aren't significant for ME might be a message for someone else.

      So this week I found pennies on your brother's birthday, and on blog buddy Stephen's birthday. I guess the odds are about 2 out of 365 of that happening!

      Or maybe it's 1 out of 365 for one birthday, TIMES 1 out of 365 for the other birthday. I was never very good at calculating probability.

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