Kids are tossing dimes now.

topstuf

For years, the little darlings have been throwing pennies into the gutter as being too small to demean themselves to keep.

NOW....(from evidence on my daily walks).....they have moved up to DIMES. You know, those pesky things that take ten to make a dollar. Ooooh ooooh....toss it. Ha ha, ain't dat ....COOL?

Mom......Moooommmmmmm....... I need some money for the arcade, Mom. Willya give me some, or shall I take it outta yer purse when you're stoned with your "boyfriend?"




Dunno what ever happened to ..... nickels. Maybe the IQ of the lil money tossers can't distinguish it from a quarter.

airplanenut

Put a screen below that gutter... make yourself a nice little profit

Shamika

I make a good income, enough to support a family of five. And yet I will still stoop to pick up a penny.

coinguy89

<< <i>I make a good income, enough to support a family of five. And yet I will still stoop to pick up a penny. >>



As do I, I'll pick up any amount of money I can get my hands on, it all adds up. Those kids are dumb, they probably do it though, cause parents these days buy there kids everything, which is quite sad.

topstuf

Shamika.......From what I see, about 40% of kids CAN'T bend far enough to pick up a penny.


But those "Nintendo thumbs".....woooooieee. Strong and agile there, boss.

KlectorKid

I pick up dimes. Not so much pennies. Either way I dont throw them into the gutters.

Shamika

I remember when I was a teenager, I worked at a very large public swimming pool (>1,200 people/day). My buddies and I would mow the grass, pick-up garbage, clean the bathrooms (NASTY!), kill the rats, and do just about everything it took to keep the pool running other than life guarding. It was hard, sweaty work.

Anyway, one summer (I worked there for 5 summers) I decided to put all the change that I found during those three months in a jar. Everyday, I'd find a few pennies, nickels, or dimes (a quarter was BIG TIME) and to my amazement I collected nearly $50.00 which was a HAUL!

I'll never forget the difference a few cents can make here and there.

GoYankees

From pennies to dimes - that's inflation for ya.

topstuf

I didn't used to pick up pennies. But due to a diabetes diagnosis and the regimen I follow now, I pick up pennies. At least it's PAID exercise. And ....fun....again. Havin lost 5 inches in past 3 1/2 months and having ENERGY again.
Get checked. FOLLOW directions. It's worth it.
I feel 25 years younger.

But.....what I posted for was to relate a story about a guy who used to come into my dad's auto parts store in the early mornings. He covered the "bar area" in Stockton, CA ......every.....night. Drunks lookin for keys spill LOTS of change. I don't think he EVER had less than 20 bucks (back in late 50's). Occasionally a couple hundred. He started at about 3 AM and just ambled along with his flashlight.

Hey! I never....DID....ask what line on the IRS form he used to report all dat.

ddbird

Someone gave me a quarter for a tip yesterday! I was much happier throwing it at her then if I had kept it!

coinguy89

Im thinking about taking my guitar over to the park and playing, see if someone will throw some of there excess change in my case.

ziggy29

<< <i>Someone gave me a quarter for a tip yesterday! >>

Did the service suck?

flaminio

<< <i>I make a good income, enough to support a family of five. And yet I will still stoop to pick up a penny. >>

San Antonio, Texas, 1983. I stooped to pick up a penny and had a carpet nail jab me right under a fingernail. I decided right then that the pain I was experiencing was not worth all the pennies I would pick up for my entire life.

I haven't picked up a penny in over twenty years.

MassFullStepper

......when you're stoned with your boyfriend ......Topstuf, my ex wife moved to your neighborhood in the last three hours? I just saw my kids earlier today and she made no mention of moving.....the barfly/tramp!!! Do I sense anger because of a similar situation, or do you live in a neighborhood with them? Sounds to me like you are as close to the situation as I am

cladking

A dime represents less than one millionth of the annual income of the average upper middle class
wage earner now. It's not overly surprising that even if the earner values them that their children
don't.

In very high income areas there is lots of change littering the area. Even errant quarters will not
be recovered. In some areas I've heard of store clerks who pull large amounts of change out of
the garbage everyday. This has been increasing for years but has primarily affected the cents.

pocketpiececommems

High School kids will throw their change down the hall to see far they can make it go. It's always nice to walk through the parking lot after school is out. Just walk slightly into the sun and the ground glitters.

cdwegner

I know a person that won't pick up a coin if it tails side up... bad luck or something... have you heard that one?

ddbird

Did the service suck?

Well I hefted the quarter at her back...and she recieved her clubs the next day...a bit dirtier than before! I will let your imagination work on that one!

coppercoins

I make it a point to pick up coins anywhere I go. One thing I have noticed through the years is that you will find the largest majority of abandoned money in lower income neighborhoods. Go to a convenience store where the half million dollar houses stand nearby and you won't find even a penny laying around. Go to the $100 thousand or less areas (especially around apartments and HUD housing) and you'll find a pocketful. What does that tell ya?

Tells me that the more affluent people learned a long time ago that it takes pennies to make dollars. The poorer, less educated people assume if its not already a dollar it never will be.

By the way, I have never lived in the more affluent neighborhoods. It's the convenience stores in my neighborhood where you find the change.

FullHorn

<< <i>Well I hefted the quarter at her back...and she recieved her clubs the next day...a bit dirtier than before! I will let your imagination work on that one! >>


Thats the kind of thing that will keep you in the poor house. Grow up and you will make more money. Trying to make a point with some doofis
will only hurt you. Just smile and thank them.

Edit to add wasnt this from the movie caddy shack?

coinguy89

<< <i>I know a person that won't pick up a coin if it tails side up... bad luck or something... have you heard that one? >>



I have, and used to do it every once and awhile, but now i'll take anything.

topstuf

Massfullstepper......My reference is based on ...experience. I am a retired......PAWNBROKER.

Ain't NO human misery I ain't seen.

Lemme tellya there isn't ONE neighborhood without dregs. I pawned some awful high ticket items. Also did CARS and you would be surprised at the Mercedeses I took in for some awful dandy "reasons."

GLAD to be out of it. Only did it to get enuff to reee-TIRE.

Don't miss a day of it. Welllll a day or TWO maybe.

heh

topstuf

I .....can..... tellya one thing. If I caught MY brat throwin his money away, his .....allowance.....would STOP and not resume until he (or she.....ooops fergot) ....FOUND the amount he used to get.
Set up a jar and keep the allowance at whatever is in it until it was back up to the right level.

THAT might give some pause to the foolishness.

ddbird

My job is caddy shack...and at the moment it is good pay. I will grow up after school. I know you penny pinchers wont agree but I refuse to accept a quarter from a women who made me place her clubs in her Lexus SUV. In the past, I have gratefully accepted any amount of money from guests or members I know that are not as well off..but I will not be treated like an old fashioned farm hand!

khayse

ddbird,
Don't blame you. I would have thrown it at her too.

I don't pick up pennies anymore. I used to but I guess around the time I decided the penny was useless and shouldn't be made anymore
I stopped picking them up. If they come out of one of those automatic change makers I take all the silver and leave the pennies. I would have
to save every one I came across for years for it to make a difference to me.

-KHayse

FullHorn

ddbird, thats funny because my job is old fashioned farm hand, anyway its not about the money or the job but self respect

topstuf

I think a quarter is DAMN GOOD PAY for a caddy who only misses the Lexus trunk and puts the clubs through the window.

oreville

One of the two cents I picked up a few years ago were from the World Trade Center Site.

They clearly met the fate the wrong way. I will never forget.

By the way, one of the cent rejects I have found in the last two years was a 2000 cent with the wide AM on the reverse. A cool find indeed.

smprfi

I worked at McDonalds for 8 years as the maintenance man.I would pick up all the money off the ground when I was cleaning up outside and put the money in a jar for the whole year.In those 8 years I picked up $1042.68.
Even now when I'm out and about I walk around looking at the ground trying to find money.

epicrecipe

Most days, I cross a parking lot near one of the bar districts here in Austin and find change with astonishing regularity. A couple years ago, I wouldn't stop to pick up a penny. After a severe financial hardship, I picked it up out of necessity! Today, I pick up change and smile thinking how grateful I am for what I have.

People should respect their money more. Money tends to gravitate to you when you respect it

Shamika

<< <i> I worked at McDonalds for 8 years as the maintenance man.I would pick up all the money off the ground when I was cleaning up outside and put the money in a jar for the whole year.In those 8 years I picked up $1042.68. >>



WOW! That's amazing!

Agflyer

Walking around the Las Vegas strip will yield lots of Lincolns. I quess if they don't fit into a slot machine they're just not worth keeping for a lot of people. I pick up every one that I come across. It hasn't made up for my own gaming losses, but it does help take the sting away.

DanArgent

what my family has done since I was a little kid is pic up all the change we see and put it in a jar and at christmas give it to some charity. The philosophy is that we could probobly care less about the change because it will not significatly impact our life. But a couple of dollars means a lot to someone in a third world country.

About inflation and throwing away dimes instead of penneys, has any one herd the joke about JC pennies changing its name it JC nickles? Its hard to tell in Type oh well.

A couple years back I thought about the fact that I could drop a dime out of my pocket and I would probobly never know the differance. Then I calculated how much of my net worth a dime was then calculated what that percentage would be for Bill Gates. Back then he could have droped a couple thousand out of his pocket and it would be the same as me dropping a dime. Lol that was back then.

ziggy29

<< <i>About inflation and throwing away dimes instead of penneys, has any one herd the joke about JC pennies changing its name it JC nickles? Its hard to tell in Type oh well. >>

Plus, J. C. Penney's middle name was... Cash. You can look it up.

drthunder

I'll pick up change with the exception of pennies that aren't heads up, lol. I was actually walking to my car the other day after work and found a $5 bill in the parking lot!