When you finally consolidate all your pennies into paper money at a change machine, what'll you buy?

[Sugar Smack]

I'm going to buy a car. :woohoo:

[GOPisEvil]

1. Lunch is on me!!

At the fast food restaurant of your choice. :D

Seriously, though, last time I took some coinage into the bank it was about 40 bucks.

[Sugar Smack]

3. Mine was twenty, but it was a trial run.

They're saved in a very lax way over the last ten years, I think. I love those machines! Let's you & I paint Burger King red, shall we?

:pals:

[GOPisEvil]

4. Yeah, baby! We can have it our way!

:pals:

[Sugar Smack]

9. Hey, maybe we're thousandaires and we don't even know it.

That would be a swell thing to find out, right? :P Another trip to DC? Suddenly I feel very lofty. I just have to find out if I have the wherewithal of actually getting to all the change, transferring it to a laundry bag & hauling ass down to the bank.

[GOPisEvil]

10. Goodness! Wouldn't that be great!

I think I need to go looking for more spare change! :think:

[Sugar Smack]

12. I have a ton of pennies in all the drawers in the house.

Let's not get started on my car!! :bounce:

[GOPisEvil]

16. My car's ashtray holds coins, not ashes!

:D

[Sugar Smack]

19. Can't say the same about mine, sweetheart.

I just realized I'm a bit of a slob. :o

[GOPisEvil]

21. Although my vehicle is fairly clean...

...I do have some slobbish ways of my own. :hangs head:

[Sugar Smack]

22. Heh. You hid them well in DC, as I recall, roomie.

Those were fantastic days. I'll never ever forget them. I think we all got lucky with the living situation.

:hug: :hug: :hug:

[GOPisEvil]

24. Definitely!

That was a very wonderful situation. Aside from Lynne having the plague, it was great. :D

I enjoyed that trip so very much. Some of my very favorite people were there. :hug:

[Sugar Smack]

29. Lynne: "I have the plague."

Joani:"I'm sorry."
Lynne:"Why? Did YOU give me the plague?"
Joani: (calm turning a bit seething) "No. I didn't. I consider you my friend. I like you and as a liberal Democrat and friend I'm concerned about your welfare. "I'm sorry" was an expression of sympathy, not of guilt, and my friends appreciate my sympathy, and if you as a friend don't appreciate my sympathy, then you can fuck off."

:rofl: Best comeback ever. How's Lynne, anyway? Do you know?

[GOPisEvil]

33. !!!

:spray:

That was AWESOME!

Lynne is good, I think. She just bought a house.

[Sugar Smack]

36. Joani delivered it all in a rather mild voice, which

made it even funnier. I'm so glad Lynne's good. I read something about her new house being infested with kittens. I'll take them!:bounce:

[GOPisEvil]

38. That's part of Joani's charm!

Her old apartment was overrun with a couple of kitties, too.

[Sugar Smack]

42. It was classic. Even Lynne's jaw dropped a little.

And the march we went on? That was such a classic, too. Over 600 thousand of us. We're hijacking my thread, right? LOL! It's been a while since I've done that.

:rofl: Thread-jacked my own thread. :patriot:

[GOPisEvil]

43. I've been on a couple DC marches. That one was GREAT!

I've got you hijacking your own thread. I rule. :D

Not to mention all the fun at the bar the night before, and the fun on the weekend after. What a damn good trip.

[Sugar Smack]

44. Yes, it was a damned good trip. Have you heard from Zuni?

He's special. Really special.

[GOPisEvil]

45. Not in a month of Sundays.

Yeah, he was "special" alright. :D I kid - he seemed like a good guy to me.

[Sugar Smack]

48. He did to me too. He was a gentle soul with a piercing &

outrageous sense of humor. When I met him, like when I met you, I thought, "solid type". Very solid. I think he got into trouble of some kind. I miss him so much. He was a fast-draw kind of guy.

x( Wish he'd come back.

[GOPisEvil]

49. Sigh...lots of people I miss...

Lots of troubles not soon after that trip...anyway...don't want to be a killjoy. I'll prefer to remember the really good trip and the great time I had.

Hasta la vista! I'm signing off for the night. Good threadjacking with you. :hi::hug:

[Sugar Smack]

50. Same here, baby.

Night! :hug:

[Shell Beau]

2. I did just cash some in at Coin Star because our coin jar was full!

I thought it was about $50, but it was $330! I was so happy!


:P :hi:

[Sugar Smack]

6. My god, woman! How big was your coin jar?

That's a wonderful surprise. Did you blow it like I probably would have or tuck it away?

:D :yourock:

[Shell Beau]

8. Oh I blew it! Big time! It was like free money!

:P

[Sugar Smack]

11. The inventors of Coin Star must have it made.

Imagine the thought process: People think of pennies as pennies, not money. I'll bet the original idea was conceived over a pitcher of beer and actually followed through! It is, just like you said, sort of an "out of nowhere" experience.

:toast:

[Deja Q]

5. A couple copper pipe fittings

[Sugar Smack]

7. In "Moonstruck", I learned that copper is the way to go.

:P It'll save you thousands on plumbing in the future.

[Capn Sunshine]

15. That will make the best bong EVER

except for the green lips part

[Sugar Smack]

17. OMG!!!!!!!!!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Lethe]

18. haha!

Thats actually what i was thinking too. Back when I was a kid, there were no stores around were you could actually buy decent weed pipes (no internet back then either), so we would go to Ace Hardware and buy a bunch of copper piping and fittings and pry a screen from underneath a sink faucet. Then we'd put it all together and wrap it in tape. (or tennis grip tape, even better!)

It's funny how the average stoner suddenly turns into McGuyver when the necessity arrives. :D

[Sugar Smack]

20. Did you hear what Denis Leary had to say about that?

LOLOLOL! :loveya:

[Lethe]

23. nope

was it funny? (or did i subconciously rip him off? hehehe) :D

[Sugar Smack]

25. No, it was great, and you didn't rip him off.

He was talking about the kids' resourcefulness at getting stoned, using oranges and apples. Then saying stuff like "Look, I made a bong out of my HEAD!" followed by desperate hit-taking noises.

:spray: :patriot:

[Lethe]

13. a 6 pack

i do this about once a month

:D

[Sugar Smack]

14. Well, no wonder, dear.

See, I've had that penny-accumulation thing going on for years. It could take several hours at the machine, but it would be SO worth it.

:toast: Cheers to ya!

[Bucky]

26. A back brace to heal myself after lugging all those pennies up to the store.

[Sugar Smack]

27. That's my thinking, Bucky.

D'you keep them in a big jar, or in copious amounts loose around the house?

[Bucky]

61. I harvest them every time I wash my jeans

[LeftyMom]

28. I cashed in my change for the 'Zillas wedding present.

It covered that and a bit left over, which I spent at MooShoes.

[Sugar Smack]

32. Ah, practical, well thought-out. The sublime feeling of being

paid for a day of work when what you did was a little scrounging around, sucking it up and posting those coins to the machine. I think this weekend I'll actually have the gumption to do it.

Good on ya! :toast:

[hunter]

30. I'm still hoarding.

When a paper dollar is worth less than a few sheets of toilet paper, and you are using the dollars to wipe your ass because the toilet paper is worth something in trade, then these pennies are going to be what passes for a "hard currency."

And maybe you can trade them for a car, because what's a car worth if you can't get any gasoline?

Actually, I plan to get rich hammering the leaf springs of cars into swords which I'll sell to people who fancy themselves Mad Max Road warriors.

:woohoo:

The future's so bright I gotta wear shades!

[Sugar Smack]

34. *Sniff* Some people live in Reality, but I don't depend on it.

That must have been what I've been doing all these years, because I have moved from one place to another with those pennies in tow. You have a very bright future ahead of you. Also, good luck with the Mad Max people! There will be a demand for those swords, eh?

:D

[Generic Brad]

31. Time

Because time is money.

[Sugar Smack]

35. Well, tell me where to shop for it, Brad, and sign me up.

Maybe a credit card with a discount? That would be AWESOME.

[Deja Q]

37. An escort

:evilgrin:

[Sugar Smack]

40. You mean an "escort", don't you?

Heh, heh. You know, a few dollars off if he/ she chomps gum all night and isn't very witty or urbane? You don't want any embarrasment at the emmys, am I right? You daaaawg.

:loveya:

[bridgit]

39. "a car"!?!??! i'm lucky if i get enough for a mexican dinner and a couple pitchers o'beer...

later that night @ Rosy's :9 = 40-45 bucks, that's Big Time!! for me :thumbsup: cause i'm just small potatoes :cry:

[Sugar Smack]

41. Oooh, I've been lugging these heehaws around for years, mine grandmaster.

My dad takes change from his "coin purse" at every turn. He's a gentleman, and he wants to pay exact change. I'm too lazy. Have been for years. Life's a shit sandwich. Hold me! :cry: :hug:

[bridgit]

46. Consider yourself held dearly, Mine Czarina, now step inside for cryptic message...

and early film review of a movie i just put on; it's Bug, with Ashley Judd, and she's in a motel a scary one, maybe not really scary cept it's in a scary movie!!, etc, still one of those ones that are small, a tweeky car here & there outside some 8 units where you bid lean on the chipped posts outside your room by inside voices in the early eve cause it's just too hot & sweaty in there, too boring all day all night with tattered sheets and some...stained bed spread and such...but so far she's being this regular girl all flat no makeup if a little edgy as yet unknown, opening wine bottles with her teeth and smoking butts that might only seem appealing to a hobo on a toothpick wait a minute; she's in a store of some kind, now' she at a honky tonk, all loose & boozy, with some blond chick with tattoos on her upper arms, both of them, whelp that's about it for the film review for now but NOW...for the cryptic message...

ergo, much like Sir Aurthur alluded to previous: The Game Is Afoot, you may well hear from parts seemingly disparate but you may well hear from them nonetheless, be yourself: be the beauty that is you, the beauty that you are, your mind so ply-able, so 3-D it it's application, so nuanced, Czarina, for the game...is afoot; that is of course all i can say for now :hug:

[Sugar Smack]

47. You are really one of a kind.

What we do is fight. We go home to our cats and warm companions. I thought of Thelma & Louise, Psycho, and Monster when I read that 1st bit. When I read the second, I thought, "oh, us. Yes".

I wish I could speak my thoughts as well as you. You are the sublime slice of humanity, darling, that I will never take for granted. I don't envy, but appreciate you, very much. You know that, I think.

:pals: :yourock: :hug:

[ileus]

51. 1921 Peace Dollars.

[Sugar Smack]

52. D'you think that would be the most practical thing ever?

Although, practical was never my middle name. I majored in English, minored in history and have a super-duper job in a dress shop. Me, I think I'd buy books.

:pals:

[BlooInBloo]

53. Last time I did it, I got $65 worth of groceries.

[Sugar Smack]

54. Holy shit, BlooInBloo. That is NICE.

Weren't you really happy about that? I would be; I know you were. That lot and getting those pennies off your mind, having groceries for a month! I'm feeling really inspired now.

Thank you for that.

[BlooInBloo]

55. Yup - it's like a violation of the 2nd law of thermodynamics - AWESOME! lol!

[In_The_Wind]

56. A 6 pack of Corona if I'm lucky.

Most of my change hangs out in the car to tip the great folks who make my coffee blast or coolatad at the local D & D drive through.

I've missed you soooo much! Girl nobody can make me laugh like you can. :loveya:

[Sugar Smack]

57. That looks like Florida ocean! On the Atlantic side.

I missed you too, Joani. I may have been sleeping when you answered my post about being in Florida. Are you? Did ya live the dream? I hope so. That was the most beautiful place in the world, Islamorada. More so than Paris or San Fran or anywhere. I'm so glad to see you again.

:hug: :loveya:

[In_The_Wind]

76. Alas, some dreams were not meant to be.

I rented an apartment in Lighthouse Point about 10 miles north of Fort Lauderdale x( too far for a day drive to Islamorada or Daytona Beach. :shrug: I bought new furniture because mr.a told me we were selling the house and moving south when will I ever learn to get all of the facts before making expensive decisions. Now he wants to keep the house!
Over the summer I pushed through several unfinished contractor related jobs but there will always be rotted boards to replace, driveways to reseal, grout-work to be pointed-up and mr.a is either clueless or too tired to do the work. If I walk away for the entire winter (again) I'm afraid of what I'll find when I return so I'm packing up the apartment and shipping three beautiful rooms-to-go north sometime in December.
Never fear ~ ~ I'm not grounded here. Before I made the decision to move, I purchased a very small travel trailer (now I'm going to try living in it around mid to northern Florida for a few months this winter) and ordered (still waiting for it) a new Jeep 4 door Unlimited to tow everything. My trike is still down there somewhere in Jupiter, my upstairs neighbor moved it into his garage (in June when I couldn't get back down there to move it myself ~ there are nice guys left in this world) when his lease was up. I'll find a you-store-it type of spot to keep it out of the weather near me till next spring when I'll try to ride it north or buy a utility trailer to tow it home ~ I need my stuff to be where I am.

My new ride ~
Home away from home ~
Do you still have a big parking lot or did you move? You never got to meet Miss Frodo.


The temporary end to having a place in the south came when I decided to spend a small fortune correcting the damage a horrible dentist left me looking at for the past 5 years. I've seen one too many photos where I look like I've just walked away from a bar-fight. I want my old face back! I know I'll still be sportin' a lopsided smile but without the fat lip it will be easier to accept.

BTW
Beautiful women should avoid homely female dentist who want to correct your cute little overbite.


I'm so very glad you got to see The Keys! :loveya: :pals:

[Sugar Smack]

82. OH, The Keys. God, if it weren't for you I never would have

seen them. That's the most beautiful place I've ever been. EVER. If you hadn't dragged my sorry ass out of my crummy apt. that day, if you hadn't made me laugh so hard the entire ride there. I'm trying to organize another trip there in the future. That little room we stayed in is truly my home. The tattoo on my calf is the only one I'll ever get.

Thank you, Joani. :loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

[Sugar Smack]

85. PS- You'll get your former face back.

You will. :toast:

Remember the Clamdigger?

[In_The_Wind]

91. I'll never forget the happy times we've shared.

:loveya:
:thumbsup: It's almost time for us to create more memories together!

[Sugar Smack]

93. I completely and totally agree.

"Everyone should have their own personal helicopter" :rofl: :applause: The conversations we had! The shopping carts! The beautiful, beautiful drive. "Kissed by a Rose".

:loveya:

[DarkTirade]

58. Less than a gallon of gas with current prices...

[Sugar Smack]

59. Heh.

No shit. I'm lucky to be someone who can walk to work every day. Maybe this car I wind up buying can be used as a planter or lawn ornament.

[DarkTirade]

66. Yeah, I used to walk to work and school every day... unfortunately

that job went under, and due to lack of income, I had to drop out of that school. :\

[HughBeaumont]

60. With all my spare change, I bought an mp3 player last year.

20gb. $191 dollars. Half of it pennies.

[Sugar Smack]

63. WOW.

That's super. On the one hand, it's kind of reassuring to have all that change lying around. On the other, I think I'd rather have something like an mp3 player. :toast:

[HughBeaumont]

65. It took six years to save all the pennies.

I have two water cooler jugs. One for pennies and one for silver change and dollars.

[Sugar Smack]

67. That's inspiring to me because my change is scattered.

I was wondering what the proper receptacle should be. I think you've come up with it. Thank you!

[Phentex]

62. I had more than $100 in change

and it weighed a ton! The kids helped me carry it all. When the kids saw how it could all add up, they started their own jars. They always look for pennies and dimes that have been dropped. :)

[Sugar Smack]

64. How cool is that? I love it.

It's so funny the way those machines have redefined the penny's importance.

[NewJeffCT]

68. I did this not too long ago & bought this:

(warning - geek alert)





and a few other similar items. They are scaled miniature buildings (25mm of building, or about 1", equaling about 6 feet in real life) that I use for table-top wargaming and role-playing games.

[Sugar Smack]

69. Can I still laugh?

:loveya: I'm sorry, but I can't think of it as being anything but super-cute. I missed ya when I was gone.

[NewJeffCT]

71. I had an odd way of saving change

so, I accumulated it fairly quickly... but, I normally carry around a bunch of pennies, so if I buy my coffee for $2.32, I would give the cashier $3.02 and get 70 cents back. Do that 5 days a week, and you get $3.50 per week just from coffee.

I rolled it myself, though, and brought it into a bank so I didn't have to pay the service charge for using one of those change machines.

[meegbear]

70. Nothing - becuase I won't use those 'change machines' ...

they charge 9 cents for every dollar. I'll roll my own, thank you very bloody much.

[spinbaby]

72. Our bank used to count change for free

We used to be able to drop off our change to our bank. They'd count it, deposit it into our savings account, and mail us a receipt. That service went away at about the same time the 9% change machines at the stores appeared:mad: We haven't taken our change in since. Eventually, I suppose, our floors will give way.

[Sugar Smack]

73. There's one at my bank that does it free.

Why don't you hop on a plane and come visit and use the change machine here? :rofl:

[meegbear]

75. Great! Let me get my change changed and ...

D'oht!

[LibDemAlways]

94. I was going to post the same thing. Coinstar is a rip off.

[asthmaticeog]

74. My freedom.

:cry:

[Sugar Smack]

79. Your freedom? Sweet Christ, I

know exactly what you're talking about. :pals: :toast:

[nickgutierrez]

77. The entire world.

Because I can.

[Sugar Smack]

80. See there? There's something to be said for being practical.

Well done, my friend. :toast:

[SalmonChantedEvening]

78. Something like this...

[Sugar Smack]

81. You need that drum set, boyo,

to go with your brilliant lyrics. :loveya: I loves ya!

[billyskank]

83. A tropical paradise island where we can live together.

:hi:

[Sugar Smack]

87. Y'see? You're totally like me.

We're too rich for our blood. We just need the gumption to collect the change.

Let's go to Florida, Okay? :hi: :yourock:

[jpgray]

84. Penny candy.

[Sugar Smack]

88. Is there such a thing where you live, love?

Our state hasn't seen penny candy in 20 years.
:*

[ileus]

86. Morgan Dollars...n/t

[Sugar Smack]

89. What's that? n/t

:o

[Jamastiene]

90. A Pay As You Go Card, so I can keep playing Runescape

and that mythical woman of my dreams can call me and talk to me, :eyes: Okay, well...so I can keep playing Runescape.

[Sugar Smack]

92. Hey, what's your number again, kitten?

It's DU phone day for me.:hug: :pals:

[DS1]

95. Every bag of M&Ms in the world

:evilgrin:

[Sugar Smack]

96. Freeper.

:rofl: :loveya: