Let's just say "It was an eventful week."
SATURDAY, April 16, I found my favorite parking space available at Country Mart, and on the way in, a little friend was waiting in my path.
There it is, beside the middle of the three penny-sized spots on the sidewalk.
It was a heads-up 1996 penny, which was rewarded with a ride home in my shirt pocket.
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TUESDAY, April 19, we took off for Oklahoma on a CasinoPalooza. After The Pony and I checked in and got our room keycards, Hick joined us after parking A-Cad. As we wheeled our suitcases toward the elevator, I had to call a halt.
"WAIT! Look what I found!"
Don't be distracted by Hick's lower half in his dad-jeans, nor the tip of The Pony's new mail-delivering shoe he was breaking in. That's a QUARTER, baby! In the light blue section of tile.
It was a face-down 1974 quarter, out of focus on the mosaic tile of Downstream Casino.
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WEDNESDAY, April 20, we took a jaunt to a new casino 30 miles away, in Kansas. As I stood up from the second slot I played, I looked down to see:
A DIME on the carpet at my feet! So strange, because this casino, Kansas Crossing, had signs posted that due to a coin shortage, they would pay OVER the face value if you brought in your coins to trade in. Too bad Hick didn't haul his chamber pot full of silver out to Kansas!
So very special, this face-down 1999 dime, waiting for me in a casino with a coin shortage that does not give back coins from the ticket-cashing machines, but only if you wait in line for a cashier to redeem your ticket.
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That's 3 COINS this week, for 36 CENTS towards Val's Future Pennyillionaire Fortune.
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2022 RUNNING TOTAL
Penny # 32.
Dime # 4.
Nickel still at 1.
Quarter # 1.
Penny # 32.
Dime # 4.
Nickel still at 1.
Quarter # 1.
Penny 124
Dime 14
Nickel 7
Quarter 6
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So, is that Veteran's Firewood made from real veterans? It does have that wrinkled look to it.
ReplyDeleteDid you mention the coin thing to Hick? He could save up another chamber pot full.
Heh, heh! I always wondered what made it VETERAN'S Firewood.
DeleteHick has already started saving again. I think he saw the sign. One of the local banks was paying more, several months ago. I told Hick with two days left on their offer, but he said he was sure they'd do it again sometime. Too late for Hick!
Veteran's wood, indeed. How much more was the casino willing to pay?
ReplyDeleteI don't remember! Sis is the one who told me about the sign. I just glanced at it. Sis always saves her casino change for Babe, her granddaughter. She will not donate even one cent at those ticket-casher machines that won't give change, but donate it to a charity. Sis will go to the cashier for that one cent!
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