10-03-2003, 01:44 AM
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OT-Pennies, how do I redeem 'em?
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c (TOM KAN PA) wrote:
Take 'em to a bank? Doesn't work, at least in the Pittsburgh, PA area.
I have around $100 worth, rolled and wrapped. A few years ago there was
a penny
shortage. One local bank offered a $5 gift certificate at a local restaurant
for $50 worth of pennies. Being a DA, I didn't turn mine in. Now I wish
I had.
So, any suggestions
Leave multiple rolls as tips in restaurants. Make sure it's a full 20% tip
to make up for it being in pennies, but tidily rolled won't annoy 'em.
You could also glue them all over a motorcycle helmet & wear them as a
fancy headdress at mardi gra, or at your local square-dance club.
Or make home-made garden concrete stepping stones & "tile" the whole
surface of the stepping stones with pennies.
Last but not least, invite over all the littlest cousins & nieces &
nephews, unwrap the pennies, toss them all over the carport, & have a
contest to see which kid can pick up the most pennies. Each kid gets to
keep the pennies they gather, but whoever has the most also wins the
penny-laminated motorcycle helmet you made.
-paghat the ratgirl
--
"Of what are you afraid, my child?" inquired the kindly teacher.
"Oh, sir! The flowers, they are wild," replied the timid creature.
-from Peter Newell's "Wild Flowers"
See the Garden of Paghat the Ratgirl: http://www.paghat.com/
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