How do you feel about pennies?

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 1:34 am

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politi ... ennies.cnn

Are you someone who walks by a tossed penny? Or do you pocket them all? Or just pocket the ones that landed heads up? I'm not too proud to pick up a penny and almost got run over once as I was trying to peel one off the street. I pick them up heads or tails. I do have standards though. If it's in an ashtray or on a public bathroom floor, it stays there.

Chezzie · Post by **Chezzie** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 1:42 am

Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves:D

Imladris · Post by **Imladris** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 1:59 am

Note to self - read titles properly then you won't think that this thread is about male apendages!!

If I see a penny then I may pick it up but then it'd probably go into a charity pot somewhere, I don't like to benefit from someone else's loss no matter how small.

Chezzie · Post by **Chezzie** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 2:09 am

Imladris;909489 wrote: Note to self - read titles properly then you won't think that this thread is about male apendages!!

If I see a penny then I may pick it up but then it'd probably go into a charity pot somewhere, I don't like to benefit from someone else's loss no matter how small.

Roadsweepers down your way must be loaded:wah::wah::wah:

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 2:15 am

For some reason, i'm always finding pennies, it seems like a lot of times all i have to do is get out the car, look down at the ground, and there's a penny. it's almost as bad as the 4-leaf clovers a couple of years ago!

i do pick them all up, just because of that old saying, "see a penny pick it up all day long have good luck, but let it lay and have bad luck all the day! :wah:

Helen · Post by **Helen** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 2:31 am

according to an article in a newspaper the other day there is 27 MILLION POUNDS worth of lost pennies in great britain !!!

im just going to polish up my metal detector...................... see ya later...........

:D

Chezzie · Post by **Chezzie** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 2:32 am

Hope6;909496 wrote: For some reason, i'm always finding pennies, it seems like a lot of times all i have to do is get out the car, look down at the ground, and there's a penny. it's almost as bad as the 4-leaf clovers a couple of years ago!

i do pick them all up, just because of that old saying, "see a penny pick it up all day long have good luck, but let it lay and have bad luck all the day! :wah:

great saying Hope, will have to try and remember it:-6

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 2:45 am

Helen;909507 wrote: according to an article in a newspaper the other day there is 27 MILLION POUNDS worth of lost pennies in great britain !!!

im just going to polish up my metal detector...................... see ya later...........

:D

Wow! let me get out my metal detector too, i'll be right over! :driving: :wah:

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 2:46 am

Chezzie;909508 wrote: great saying Hope, will have to try and remember it:-6

yeah it's cute, it's a really old saying around here i think!

Imladris · Post by **Imladris** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 3:32 am

27 million pounds worth:-3

well I'm not counting them

but I'd like to see the cashier's face when you take them to be banked!!

Helen · Post by **Helen** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 4:18 am

Imladris;909567 wrote: 27 million pounds worth:-3

well I'm not counting them

but I'd like to see the cashier's face when you take them to be banked!!

:wah::wah: i wish !!

mind you, ive got a jar i save change in for christmas and carrying that to the bank is bad enough !!

Peg · Post by **Peg** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 5:15 am

I'll pick up pennies off the ground as long as they are heads up. I see a lot of people walk out of a store and toss their pennies on the ground, in the trash, or in an ashtray. If they took them home and tossed them in a jar they'd be suprised how fast they add up.

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 5:49 am

Helen;909611 wrote: :wah::wah: i wish !!

mind you, ive got a jar i save change in for christmas and carrying that to the bank is bad enough !!

we've got machines here now in the grocery stores, where you carry you're jar of money you pour it in and it counts it, prints a voucher and you cash it in at the cash register, it's much easier than going to the bank, but they do charge a fee for doing it.

Trunk Monkey · Post by **Trunk Monkey** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 6:55 am

I pick them up. As another old saying goes: A penny saved is a penny earned.

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 7:08 am

I always pick up pennies for good luck.

My 4 year old is really good at finding money.

Helen · Post by **Helen** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 7:20 am

Hope6;909675 wrote: we've got machines here now in the grocery stores, where you carry you're jar of money you pour it in and it counts it, prints a voucher and you cash it in at the cash register, it's much easier than going to the bank, but they do charge a fee for doing it.

we used one of those in florida, we kept a pot to put loose change in, cashed it up before we left so we could tip the baggage handlers at the airport.

hoppy · Post by **hoppy** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 7:48 am

Had a gal pal once, that used to scatter 50 pennies about her living room floor. Then, she would pick one up, walk over to a shelf, drop the penny into her penny jar, go back and pick up another---50 times. Said it helped keep her belly flatter.

Trunk Monkey · Post by **Trunk Monkey** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 8:05 am

hoppy;909769 wrote: Had a gal pal once, that used to scatter 50 pennies about her living room floor. Then, she would pick one up, walk over to a shelf, drop the penny into her penny jar, go back and pick up another---50 times. Said it helped keep her belly flatter.

:yh_rotfl Did it work?

hoppy · Post by **hoppy** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 8:07 am

Trunk Monkey;909783 wrote: :yh_rotfl Did it work?

Until she got pregnant.

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 8:11 am

sunny104;909744 wrote: I always pick up pennies for good luck.

My 4 year old is really good at finding money.

I'm sure your 4 yr old would find lots of money in my sofa:wah:

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 8:16 am

qsducks;909791 wrote: I'm sure your 4 yr old would find lots of money in my sofa:wah:

we can't tell him that!

I'd never get him away from people's furniture! :wah:

Patsy Warnick · Post by **Patsy Warnick** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 9:20 am

I'll pick up a penny

I now have a few jars of pennies. I suppose I should roll them??

Scrat

you say you walk & part is the highway - it's not Meridian Ave. by chance?

That Avenue has expanded & is still expanding. I remember Meridian Ave. being one lane.. Growth - unbelievable amount of growth..

Patsy

Patsy Warnick · Post by **Patsy Warnick** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 9:44 am

What or much do those change machines charge?

I've never used them

I'm now sure they're accurate?

I suppose I'll roll our pennies & take them in a bank - they love me.!!

Our Air Conditioner in the car just went out:-5

quotes $ 700.00 to $1200.00 Compressor .. Our great Bush Money will also apply to the car..

Patsy

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 11:21 am

Before Sunset;909968 wrote: My credit union has one of those. No fee though.

yeah when the machine is counting, it takes 8 cents out of every dollar when it prints your voucher it's already taken out!

Post by **spot** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 12:04 pm

I picked up a £2 coin in the street on Saturday, does that count?

Chookie · Post by **Chookie** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 1:23 pm

A few* years ago I superglued a pound coin to the pavement outside a student union.

It was still there last week........

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 2:54 pm

I hate pennies !

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 4:53 pm

RedGlitter;909467 wrote: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politi ... ennies.cnn

Are you someone who walks by a tossed penny? Or do you pocket them all? Or just pocket the ones that landed heads up? I'm not too proud to pick up a penny and almost got run over once as I was trying to peel one off the street. I pick them up heads or tails. I do have standards though. If it's in an ashtray or on a public bathroom floor, it stays there.

Pennies just don't make any cents to me.

Peg · Post by **Peg** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 4:53 pm

Before Sunset;909966 wrote: Why only as long as they are heads up? I've never heard of that until reading this thread.

I've always heard heads up is lucky, heads down is bad luck. I always say I'm not superstitious, but I don't believe in pushing my luck either. :wah:

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 4:01 am

Before Sunset;910500 wrote: I think they should post that near or on the machine then. Not that I care because it beats counting all that change. But shouldn't they post the charge if there is one? I'll have to look more closely next time. It's always been my kids that go in with a large amount of change.

oh it comes up on the screen that they take 8 cents out of every dollar and you have to push OK and accept that before it will continue!

but like you say, it beats counting all that change! :-6

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 4:03 am

JAB;910410 wrote: That's what I do with my change. My local bank has the machines too and won't charge a fee if you have an account with them. Last time I took all my change, I had close to $80.

for some reason, none of our banks have them yet, only grocery stores!

Helen · Post by **Helen** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 12:20 pm

i have to walk the dog through one of our main car parks to get to where i can let him off his lead for a run. i had a count up of the change i've found while doing this. its nearly £10 !!!

so pennies and 2p's etc certainly soon add up.

Post by **spot** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 12:34 pm

Is it attached to a supermarket, Helen? Either that's a lot of coins or you've been collecting them since before decimalization!

Post by **spot** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 1:36 pm

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/EXECUTIVE-AUOTMAT ... .m14.l1318 is a "Throw Your Coins On The Top Of The Machine And Will Automatically Sort The Coins Out In The Right Denomination" battery-operated machine. It costs £15 delivered. At an 8% service charge in the supermarkets, this machine would be cheaper than the supermarket service if you were sorting £200 in coins. The last time I sorted a pile of coins in a pot it came to £16.

Helen · Post by **Helen** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 2:03 pm

spot;911132 wrote: Is it attached to a supermarket, Helen? Either that's a lot of coins or you've been collecting them since before decimalization!

no it isnt spot, its on the outskirts of town and mainly used by holiday makers. very careless ones at that !!;)