Small change

[xylohypha]

So, as of today, the number of pennies I've found on the ground while taking my usual morning walk is five. That's over the course of a couple of years, so it's not like people are strewing pennies around with abandon, but if the trend carries on, in a decade or two I'll have enough found change to buy something

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[lenine2]

Whew, your life!

I bet there is a very moving story behind each of those five pennies. Maybe someone was going to the pharmacy to get a life-saving drug for their ailing grandmother, but the penny fell through a hole in the pocket of the threadbare shirt the person had gotten out of the trash to keep from freezing to death, and when they got to the pharmacy they couldn't get the life-saving drug, because they were a penny short! And there it sits, innocently decorating your porch.

As far as the slug, good for you. Until they stop being slimy they are on their own.

[xylohypha]

Yep, life in the slow lane, that's me!

I'd happily return any of those pennies to someone who'd lost them, provided they could supply proof of ownership.

Today's slug was a smallish one, only a couple inches long. Last week I stepped over one which was easily twice that long.

I always have to grin when I see a slug, though, because it makes me remember Julian May's Pliocene Exile books, and the pickled slugs which featured as travelling rations for a group of people there. (Ewwww.)

[semyaza]

I found $2 today. *one ups you*

[xylohypha]

I only ever find pennies, so you could find a nickel and one up me!

Once upon a time, when I was in London with a couple of friends, one of them found so much money on the ground. She picked up two pound coins (at different times) and a handful of other coinage. Me? I found some foreign coin of exceedingly low value on the beach on the Isle of Wight.

[semyaza]

Since we no longer have pennies I never see them. Usually it's dimes since they're so easy to lose. I felt bad about the $2 but what can one do?

[xylohypha]

They keep making noises about discontinuing the penny here, but year after year, they keep minting them.

Perhaps some day, you'll lose $2, yourself, and someone else will find it. It's the cycle of er, lost-n-found?

[jx_walker]

Congratulations on your new wealth. I don't think you can even buy a gumball with .05. Best save it.

[xylohypha]

Yeah. Maybe I'll gather up my five (or maybe six, by then!) cents next time we get together for dim sum, and throw it in the tip pile!

[jx_walker]

Okay, you made me laugh.

[xylohypha]

Heh!