7.11.08

Change

(This is my first go at Sunday Scribblings. It’s only Thursday but Keith at Keith’s Ramblings say it will be alright. He’ll probably try to be clever and write a poem or something, but I’m doing it my way. I'm writing about CHANGE)

I save my loose change, all those little coins that hide away in the corner of my purse. Little bronze pennies and tiny silver fives. Actually I don’t always save them. Now and again someone rattles a collecting tin under my nose and I pop some in there.
But the ones I save really add up. I had fifteen pounds worth the other day. I saved them in a tin which I took to the bank. The woman behind the counter was a little grumpy with me. She told me I had to add them up for her and put them in little plastic packets. When I think how much money my Dad gives the bank, you’d think they’d do it for me.


Anyway, I took my tin home again, and a handful of packets, and set about sorting them out. It took me hours. Trouble was the piles were quite high, especially the ones with a hundred pennies, and a couple of times my cats knocked them over! But in the end I managed it and off I went to the bank again.

I hoped I’d see someone different. There were six of them peering out from behind their glass screens. But wouldn’t you know it. ‘Cashier number five’ a voice said, and once again I found myself facing Miss Starched Knickers. One by one she put them on some scales like the man on the fruit barrow in the market only she was weighing a different type of pounds. Sadly several didn’t weigh the right amount. I said they were old coins and they were a bit worn but she was having none of it. She even pulled out a few Euro type coins. I said that they should be ok, because we are part of Europe but she was having none of it. But in the end we got there, and I had fifteen pounds which I spent on two bottles of chardonnay and something we girls need which I’m not discussing here.

I can’t believe I written a whole piece. Keith said I’d never manage it. Well that showed you mate didn’t it.
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21 comments:

  1. Welcome Rosy, I’m new also. This made me smile because I save my coins too. I’ve almost gotten an old gallon milk jug full—second go around. A few years back I did just as you did…I thought I’d never be done. I went through the same process…bank, back home, rolls and rolls and back to the bank. The next day I went to work and was telling a coworker of my adventure. She looked at me like I was crazy and asked me why I didn’t take the coins to one of the automatic coin sorting machines that do all that work for you. I hadn’t known they existed. Now I see them everywhere. Great post. Hope to see more of them…it’s fun!

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  2. This reminds me that I have a full basket of pennies that I'll have to sort some day. I hear the treasury is thinking of stopping their coinage because at present they are worth so little. Maybe I should keep them as souvenirs!

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  3. this made me smile...I collect coins too...

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  4. Anonymous8.11.08

    Welcome to Sunday Scribblings, Rosie!! I wrote about coins too along with a couple of other tangents about change. And here I thought I was being so original!!

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  5. 'Look after the pennies and the pounds (or dollars) will look after themselves'. I always save my loose change in a jar.

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  6. When I was young we had farthings! A farthing was worth 1/4 of a penny! Needless to say they're long gone. I wish I'd saved some.

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  7. Saving the small things that so easily get overlooked can often build be the key to priceless wonder!

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  8. I like this amusing story. It's well written and I especially approve of what you spent your money on!

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  9. Rosey, you did not do too badly. You keep writing. We will take care of Keith. If only he was half as good..

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  10. Write and write and write some more. I'm proud of you. Change is sometimes collecting little extras and having enough to buy special stuff.

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  11. I save all my old coins too. Our banks get uppity about Canadian coins. But now they have machines which you dump everything into and it sorts everything out. Then I go buy a treat. (Never anything mundane, even if it's a necessity.)

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  12. you are oh so right about how quickly they add up... i save all of my change for a year every year,, and then i pay my car insurance with them... a whole year of 'free' car insurance just for saving,, and rolling ( i do hate that part ) change....

    love having you here rosey!!!

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  13. I save my coins, too. I have a pocket in the side of my car door, which is full from drive fast food restaurants. I also have a jug full in my room. I don't have the patience for counting each coin, so I take mine to the store where there is a machine you pour the coins in and it does the counting for you. For a small fee, of course. I use the money for frivolities while on vacation. Maybe next time I'll try that bottle of Chardonnay. BJ

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  14. Dear Rosy,

    Here's the "thingy" my dear...I think you will give Keith a run for his money. This was well done and lot of fun.

    b

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  15. Hi Rosy,
    Your post is really good. Nice job! I save my change too. I take it to the bank and they count it in a machine for me. It's amazing how much money you can collect and don't even realize it. Thanks for stopping by my place. Take Care!!

    Sherrie

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  16. Excellent SS, especially considering it is your first! I love your use of an alternative change, just perfect.

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  17. A delightful piece. Well done Keith for sharing Rosey with us.

    I remember being broke back in high school and paying for gas once with five dimes and 210 pennies. I thought they were going to have my head!

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  18. Sounds like you need those change-sorting machines. They are noisy, but very cool.

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  19. rosey you always crack me up. Mrs. Starched Knickers. LOL Well cheers to you for having enough to purchase two bottles save a drink for me.

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  20. Anonymous12.11.08

    Let's make it an even twenty. The truth is Rosie, Keith gets a lot of mileage out of being atattle-tale about your faux pas's. You should get royalties and don't settle for small change.

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  21. I tend to have coins at the bottom of my purse that add up quickly now that we have toonies. You did a fabulous job for a first scribble. Love you humor Rosey!

    Peace Giggles

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