tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015262877435941272024-03-12T21:03:42.069-07:00Penny TalesThis site was created to spread the Penny Finding Fever and SHARE JOY.PennyFindershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08242742936173726925noreply@blogger.comBlogger1351125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701526287743594127.post-35572293680627147312023-06-14T23:45:00.003-07:002023-10-17T16:12:34.333-07:00Miracle Mile<p> </p><h1 style="break-after: avoid; color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 8pt 0in 3pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Each day there are so many things to be grateful for.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">We just need to recognize “The Miracles”.</span></h1><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;">This evening around 5:30, I looked out the window and noticed what a gorgeous day it was. (I had been working indoors all day). I said to Doc “Sure wish you liked to walk. I have not walked around the neighborhood since April. It would be so nice to go out together right now”. Doc replied: “I’ll go with you!” <span style="color: red;">Miracle #1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;">Once on the walk, I was enjoying the weather, the birds, the flowers... Suddenly Doc stopped me saying “Shiny thing in the gutter!” No way! In all the years, I have only ever found two coins in this neighborhood. Today’s coin was a 25¢ piece. WOW! (25 is my favorite number). <span style="color: red;">Miracle #2.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;">I teased the Penny Angels, “That was impressive! Since Doc found a penny and a nickel earlier today when he went shopping, you just need to produce a dime for a ‘Hit-for-the-Cycle’”. Within a few more houses Doc quipped, “Look what is in front of us”. It was a dime!!! <span style="color: red;">Miracle #3.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;">Three Little Miracles in One Short Mile.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #00b050;">If you are open to it, in every mile of your day, there is something good to be discovered.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #00b050;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #00b050;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #00b050;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIis7qoHcfgihuDwDCkvms32-Yi4b7x_ga6vvT_fRdgXFGgR_BHpfwKXOFnOZ0xrZQrGdlHF8vFj4HjI36YgTRaM5yF68pDfO2IRKXh5900HV0wETCnm-TxGc8Q1oXWBMX42LOo0ewcayEALTE1rdMSsUpxHy58xdtqhrXYC8uMpNMvT1164DA1gDCu6w8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="162" data-original-width="162" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIis7qoHcfgihuDwDCkvms32-Yi4b7x_ga6vvT_fRdgXFGgR_BHpfwKXOFnOZ0xrZQrGdlHF8vFj4HjI36YgTRaM5yF68pDfO2IRKXh5900HV0wETCnm-TxGc8Q1oXWBMX42LOo0ewcayEALTE1rdMSsUpxHy58xdtqhrXYC8uMpNMvT1164DA1gDCu6w8" width="240" /></a></b></div><b><br /><br /></b><p></p>PennyFindershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08242742936173726925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701526287743594127.post-21213519494818023972023-06-02T23:45:00.007-07:002023-10-17T15:08:00.329-07:00Back in the USA<p> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">As Doc and I have travelled around the world we’ve come to agree with the old saying “</span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">There’s No Place Like Home</b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">” – especially when it comes to coin finding.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Tanzania, Canada, Australia and other places just do not provide the same opportunities as the USA does.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><br /><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;">Doc and I spent the month of May in Australia. We were told it would be practically IMPOSSIBLE to find coins since essentially no one uses cash any longer and pennies were withdrawn from circulation in 1992. For the first week Down Under Doc and I did not find a single coin. I then asked for Angel assistance in a few circumstances (such as at airports) and came home with 18 coins. Not bad, but not very much for an entire month. We saw many more kangaroos than wayward coins.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjeqDxblLshzBSgsjn82bOPkuHyuW9bjC6o2_ZkDfPT0nnkvLWlgRdvxGxjunPcOD-jEljFKVBWBgK0zMRrneM-7KgRxBZZMpbHRjLNizO-mP9Zx54sza2Uf8bQUppVRFYk6Q0AdW11NdqxencmpTzv_pCV7h36MJtN3l9F9r3aMEemG_SzrOZmcfjkJp7j" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="123" data-original-width="123" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjeqDxblLshzBSgsjn82bOPkuHyuW9bjC6o2_ZkDfPT0nnkvLWlgRdvxGxjunPcOD-jEljFKVBWBgK0zMRrneM-7KgRxBZZMpbHRjLNizO-mP9Zx54sza2Uf8bQUppVRFYk6Q0AdW11NdqxencmpTzv_pCV7h36MJtN3l9F9r3aMEemG_SzrOZmcfjkJp7j=w161-h161" width="161" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;">Once Doc and I returned home, we spent the first two days around the house just unpacking, doing laundry, working in the yard, paying bills, etc. Finally, on Day #3 we ventured out to do work at our rental house and run some errands. We found 14 pennies, a nickel, and a dime.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><br /><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;">On Day #4 Doc went grocery shopping. He came home with 3(P), 3(N), 2(D), 2(Q). That’s TWO complete Hits for the Cycle! That’s pretty rare now-a-days. (A Hit for the Cycle is one each the four basic coins – P, N, D, Q)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;">So in just two days we found 26 coins.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;">It’s good to be Back in the USA.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxOwTcqPYlsxt0PpSNHUQwEZqJmmV8TljZFI76u3zWo1u6fusMumwYyOBiz4ncTml9Xd3a5TJLPRaE4SrVCzZFSyU24mSIJyWmmYraIvHbrQMYL4paakAlQCmQqV8pg6mIfNBhIIrmXdeHDNIodqfXWsxd0S4nhIfpwtwM___LJH-RTXLrY8MC-yxS2gn4" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="199" data-original-width="199" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxOwTcqPYlsxt0PpSNHUQwEZqJmmV8TljZFI76u3zWo1u6fusMumwYyOBiz4ncTml9Xd3a5TJLPRaE4SrVCzZFSyU24mSIJyWmmYraIvHbrQMYL4paakAlQCmQqV8pg6mIfNBhIIrmXdeHDNIodqfXWsxd0S4nhIfpwtwM___LJH-RTXLrY8MC-yxS2gn4" width="240" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>PennyFindershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08242742936173726925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701526287743594127.post-30979610367546758952023-01-23T23:50:00.017-08:002023-01-25T20:19:51.181-08:00Biggest Find Ever<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Today Doc collected our biggest one-day find ever! That would be in <b>Quantity versus Value</b> of coins. 124 coins. They were in a coin counting machine. We are wondering if the machine belched or something? This was a better payout than the slots in a casino! And not one single token, foreign coin or metal washer in the batch!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOg8rp4pV8AIHObuVoIvlzxUSdkJAkzyKAqi65qoYbOf5sOfOQYqFZTbTaI5zRIReRpDx8ES1cyY1tCE5TpvTMUqTLKcn0nyjCA827Yd7nHU095XsDnaSk-mcmhsy1A43yvvbjR-A_cybl3e0t92aoy3dqOKCXuP5BIE9E1ryyhaPQjCFmoBJ_bXux6w/s2992/Big%20Find.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2992" data-original-width="2992" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOg8rp4pV8AIHObuVoIvlzxUSdkJAkzyKAqi65qoYbOf5sOfOQYqFZTbTaI5zRIReRpDx8ES1cyY1tCE5TpvTMUqTLKcn0nyjCA827Yd7nHU095XsDnaSk-mcmhsy1A43yvvbjR-A_cybl3e0t92aoy3dqOKCXuP5BIE9E1ryyhaPQjCFmoBJ_bXux6w/w171-h171/Big%20Find.jpg" width="171" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Almost all the coins were silvers (versus copper pennies). We were guessing there would be at least a dozen “Hits for the Cycle”, but that was not the case. There were only TWO quarters in all that. Nickels are the rarest coins to find, yet there were 57 of those! That’s more nickels than we found in all of 2022.<o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Last year we found 555 U.S. coins so that averages 1.52 coins/day.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">So far this year our total is 139 coins. That would be an average of 6.04 /day!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Now if the rest of the year could just continue at that rate…..</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>PennyFindershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08242742936173726925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701526287743594127.post-403810293437306772023-01-22T23:50:00.002-08:002023-01-24T17:26:48.560-08:002022 Data<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">WOW!</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">We are already 3/4 the way into January and I have not yet logged in the coin finds for this month.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Procrastination here.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtjv-7KjnB7RBE_7ygXlU-bQPkBR1MW-bQv3YHa4H0gY2fpnjTaBUNDYf-mfCxFVJsWcsEpJqxn0mjhpBOXN3DhLEfHdwm4ZKmwV-VtO6zaolTn08kB3g99UmNb3stQVwdExQqqQm0SLG2dqtx7zaey6MnNfct2JgfH7iQbZ9bWvPA2mEgQBM3mZN3hA/s2887/Jan%20Finds.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1550" data-original-width="2887" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtjv-7KjnB7RBE_7ygXlU-bQPkBR1MW-bQv3YHa4H0gY2fpnjTaBUNDYf-mfCxFVJsWcsEpJqxn0mjhpBOXN3DhLEfHdwm4ZKmwV-VtO6zaolTn08kB3g99UmNb3stQVwdExQqqQm0SLG2dqtx7zaey6MnNfct2JgfH7iQbZ9bWvPA2mEgQBM3mZN3hA/s320/Jan%20Finds.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><o:p><br /></o:p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">***************<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">A number of you are “Data Nerds” (like Doc). OK. Here are the coin finding numbers for 2022.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #a7542b;">A total of 555 U.S. Coins. 390 Pennies, 29 Nickels, 97 Dimes and 38 Quarters. There were only six Hits for the Cycle.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #a7542b;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #a7542b;">There were a few foreign coins as well. The value of the U.S. currency totaled $46.55. (The $20 bill I found sure helped that total).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #a7542b;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #a7542b;">Being in Tanzania for 18 days did not help the numbers at all. Not one single coin of any sort was found on that trip.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #a7542b;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #a7542b;">Remember in “the old days” when we would find thousands of coins in a year? I think 2009 when things first began, I found 3,674 coins that year! Online shopping, “no cash” payments, and COVID restrictions have sure <b>changed</b> the sport of Penny Hunting. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #a7542b;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: red;">Ahhh well. “Its’ NOT the Money, it’s the message which is important.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #a7542b;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #a7542b;">May the Angels richly bless you in the coming year.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p>PennyFindershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08242742936173726925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701526287743594127.post-58616412692439053332022-12-02T22:37:00.001-08:002022-12-02T22:37:38.978-08:00November Coin Finds<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">It’s Friday night and Doc is watching TV Football, so I’m totaling our November coin finds.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">It’s pretty quick.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Only $2.01 for the entire month!</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">People are using cards instead of cash!</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Remember the Good Old Days of Penny Finding?</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">In 2017- $13.20,</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">in 2018 - $6.62, in 2019 - $10.66.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">There are a few of you Penny Pals who REALLY enjoy reading the Penny Tales. So I will share two of the November finds with you.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br /><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOBxcAG12Uwf03ktzsVLInnCE0_triyHojWv9B0vnDixyGYiZ6I-dl10oDmednvhr2vDdDF0tmTZTirOSslEiajdstVtSoUErxsbZv9z9elRCmF0ZQQJHpzArmW9T1WKbM0MbUmyFSCl0eLPuaDFezRe7kRVdlg-34D_EZc_pb0qxTSdxLRu9dkbJSlQ/s2479/Dining%20Room.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2479" data-original-width="2272" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOBxcAG12Uwf03ktzsVLInnCE0_triyHojWv9B0vnDixyGYiZ6I-dl10oDmednvhr2vDdDF0tmTZTirOSslEiajdstVtSoUErxsbZv9z9elRCmF0ZQQJHpzArmW9T1WKbM0MbUmyFSCl0eLPuaDFezRe7kRVdlg-34D_EZc_pb0qxTSdxLRu9dkbJSlQ/w127-h138/Dining%20Room.jpg" width="127" /></a></div><b><span style="color: #b03b3d;">Friday, 25 November. </span></b> Doc’s <b>first</b> radiation treatment (of 28) for his Prostate Cancer. After the treatment, since it was my birthday, Doc offered to “treat” me to dinner at the hospital dining room. (Un)Fortunately they were closed at that hour, so we had to go elsewhere. But we found 3 pennies and a quarter near the chained gate. Total of that find: 28 cents! COINcidence or were the Angels letting us know they would be with us through each of the 28 Treatment sessions?<o:p></o:p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br /><o:p></o:p></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOAiF209evWhVDl5QXvxsuW4Rh8FqIaEPpXb4CVa1b-tIAzSG4oxR7AT803VhaNGclUIjiwVbJaDlEn4-Xst4VbTBeHRpy2o2EhuiRMjqdctSag5O-EY4ZeW8virpLA56hnYiUTMJaK4CN5TheiiCp1pT3Sx7KsErBCE7Ti-oceyenHZEYEZcWZ2Ba7A/s2992/Sitting%20Penny.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2992" data-original-width="2992" height="120" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOAiF209evWhVDl5QXvxsuW4Rh8FqIaEPpXb4CVa1b-tIAzSG4oxR7AT803VhaNGclUIjiwVbJaDlEn4-Xst4VbTBeHRpy2o2EhuiRMjqdctSag5O-EY4ZeW8virpLA56hnYiUTMJaK4CN5TheiiCp1pT3Sx7KsErBCE7Ti-oceyenHZEYEZcWZ2Ba7A/w120-h120/Sitting%20Penny.jpg" width="120" /></a></div><b><span style="color: #b03b3d;">Tuesday, 29 November. </span></b> Doc’s Radiation Treatments are in the basement of the Ontario Kaiser hospital. We emerged from the elevator to a <b>totally empty</b>waiting room! WOW! I could choose to sit in any chair in the room! This one with a shiny penny on the cushion seemed to beckon me. LOL. COINcidence? or were the Penny Angels trying to reassure me that they were there in the waiting room with me?<o:p></o:p><p></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: red;">ENJOY</span></b> Your December. Every time you see a wayward penny, know that Angels are with you.<o:p></o:p></p>PennyFindershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08242742936173726925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701526287743594127.post-88546681343675078852022-10-31T15:00:00.000-07:002022-10-31T15:00:08.624-07:00Coins in Tanzania<p> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">WOW!</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">It’s been nearly 3 months since I sent out the last Penny Tale.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">It is GREAT to be back in the U.S.A.!</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Tanzania was NOT coin friendly.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Several people have asked how many coins Doc and I found in Tanzania during our recent 18 days there. Easy answer: ZERO, None, Nought, Zilch, Zip, Nada! Doc was looking, I was looking, our son and his wife were looking, my brother and his wife were looking. The only time I saw any coins whatsoever was the next to the last day as my change when buying a few last postage stamps.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdYPSdqajaPneWk1Xmd3MJksq4eNC_zC6ebHutKpqTRQZ6ObPRbFxfbptcTYXMGZ8qWNsVc_D4GmDYGkj6HnwBZtkOvCxSfzFZhZM8Jy395hP47S1P_EfEfcC23UMW5jtISV5s-wAjx0sQqfaXlCPVlQcY7J-eeVwbjAHhFBwpPGxsLGRWVkN-kksR-g/s432/TNZ%20Coins%20copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="432" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdYPSdqajaPneWk1Xmd3MJksq4eNC_zC6ebHutKpqTRQZ6ObPRbFxfbptcTYXMGZ8qWNsVc_D4GmDYGkj6HnwBZtkOvCxSfzFZhZM8Jy395hP47S1P_EfEfcC23UMW5jtISV5s-wAjx0sQqfaXlCPVlQcY7J-eeVwbjAHhFBwpPGxsLGRWVkN-kksR-g/w200-h200/TNZ%20Coins%20copy.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Of course we would not find pennies since they use Schillings as their unit of currency. To give you an idea about the exchange rate …A $3 bottle of water at the hotel would cost approximately 6,990 TNZ Schillings. ($1 US = 2330 TNZ). A postcard stamp was 2300 TNZ. In the Capital of Dar es Saalam we took our local guide and driver out to lunch at a nice café. Four delicious lunches on the rooftop of a downtown building were 50,000 TNZ. (That’s about $21).<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjox4vPlX8zWrsGU3LbZ4-8InvO7uHX6a2dgZcCVwRa2SWrhXwJh2mGvEFVd1X290TNdG47ed4aw75qc2iffVeWA-PmPEnSr9iVo7ho2BqecYUi0W-3DkpnFsoY8Kda60vWjpCnL-nkz8esYjaBnadJe3CWbCTxL6Pl4N7USr2Jsi-YxW-7ijW2UI_fgg/s720/TNZ%20Currency%20copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="720" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjox4vPlX8zWrsGU3LbZ4-8InvO7uHX6a2dgZcCVwRa2SWrhXwJh2mGvEFVd1X290TNdG47ed4aw75qc2iffVeWA-PmPEnSr9iVo7ho2BqecYUi0W-3DkpnFsoY8Kda60vWjpCnL-nkz8esYjaBnadJe3CWbCTxL6Pl4N7USr2Jsi-YxW-7ijW2UI_fgg/w251-h167/TNZ%20Currency%20copy.jpg" width="251" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">There were thousand of zebras, wildebeest, elephants, giraffes, Cape buffalos, antelope, baboons and such, but not a single wayward coin!</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br /><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXRJrgBROBiNLEdifMLxI2u5IT92oR_soZFB-uqetkW_62NCg-QU8YbQ6_59-aZW1PpnoRk-iECkr_Qm2gLgg6ShWJeooFqK_CYLIldOwc4MizajlyhFiPDQIGxQc9PuaYriAaADaPPiE3KiAHqc4Q1Gew04XavcPRwbTiqVeczr53x8vPAb7AvaBh5g/s720/Wildabeest.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="720" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXRJrgBROBiNLEdifMLxI2u5IT92oR_soZFB-uqetkW_62NCg-QU8YbQ6_59-aZW1PpnoRk-iECkr_Qm2gLgg6ShWJeooFqK_CYLIldOwc4MizajlyhFiPDQIGxQc9PuaYriAaADaPPiE3KiAHqc4Q1Gew04XavcPRwbTiqVeczr53x8vPAb7AvaBh5g/w200-h200/Wildabeest.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">In comparison:</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">I found coins each of the three days immediately upon our return, then yesterday when filling my fuel tank at the gas station, I found a penny, dime and two quarters in just moments.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">It’s Good to be BACK IN THE U.S.A.<b><o:p></o:p></b></p>PennyFindershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08242742936173726925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701526287743594127.post-674740986227834132022-08-06T23:55:00.003-07:002022-10-31T15:15:59.434-07:00Blowing in the Wind<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">It’s been nearly 5 months since I sent out the last Penny Tale.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Doc and I have continued to find coins, but not EVERY day as it once was.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Today I was talking to the angels on the way out to check my mailbox at the street. “Hi Angels. What’s up with you? I’m not planning to leave the house today, so I guess no coin finds today”.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">There was some paper gently scootching along the street by my driveway. It looked like it could be U.S. Currency? Sure enough it was! And not just a $1, $5, or $10 bill, but a $20!!!!<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><i>I could almost hear the angels giggling: “You thought you would not get a Penny today? You are correct! How’s this instead?” LOL<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlI9G2QQChk9O_fQzoujXoxwD8pZxWJm7b6wIZxs6H_XNihNFsaXMYPY3hd1-a9DkNpBTKfuNLmY0q7vAcfBCBNnXuRrZyf8YSq3kkoD3VvmZnGbOerNAQ6oDnjvLnF1DgtqGpNqwdAVQrqO6ECjTJEydVpvs70uDozAUXMwRSyaqb6SN0xtsV5RPjGw/s641/Blwing%20Bucks.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="371" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlI9G2QQChk9O_fQzoujXoxwD8pZxWJm7b6wIZxs6H_XNihNFsaXMYPY3hd1-a9DkNpBTKfuNLmY0q7vAcfBCBNnXuRrZyf8YSq3kkoD3VvmZnGbOerNAQ6oDnjvLnF1DgtqGpNqwdAVQrqO6ECjTJEydVpvs70uDozAUXMwRSyaqb6SN0xtsV5RPjGw/s320/Blwing%20Bucks.png" width="185" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br /></p>PennyFindershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08242742936173726925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701526287743594127.post-88186988443814588522022-03-14T21:54:00.000-07:002022-03-14T21:54:39.696-07:00Coins from Ukraine<p><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Today Doc and I had lunch with Kevin – one of our former solar race car students from 26 years ago!!!!<span> </span>Kevin has been working abroad.<span> </span>For the past 15 years he has lived in Odessa, Ukraine.<span> </span>Needless to say the conversation over lunch was fascinating!</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; 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color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Kevin has friends and contacts throughout Ukraine from whom he is getting updated information.<span> </span>Kevin said the news we are seeing in the U.S. is highly exaggerated.<span> </span>Most of Ukraine is still operating fairly normally.<span> </span>He said the country has been at war for the past eight years.<span> </span>Citizens were aware of the presence of Russian military, but no one expected the attack going on now.<span> </span>His sources say only 500 or so innocent Ukrainian Citizens have been killed.<span> </span>Most fatalities are military on both sides.<span> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Kevin said another casualty of this siege are the pets.<span> </span>People who are fleeing must abandon their pets.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; 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</style>PennyFindershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08242742936173726925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701526287743594127.post-36171676183516076442022-01-31T20:28:00.000-08:002022-01-31T20:28:06.940-08:00Surgery Recovery<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">This morning I had neck surgery.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Now in Recovery Mode.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7iePWrC2qdPneoM3ewaGwuCsDuioeAixF5OPiMW7wRpeJSKztFER27vV6JiahMaGim8E4gTLTaBk67LHso-XIO5JpvhLYD9prTr8NXEZhYWFpiFIKhzCfBDuGKUa446_o3rdZZWFEqca_v0PewToIDiMyiJnuH03W2WskRHss7yy9pJeJ0gG315zcFg=s864" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="389" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7iePWrC2qdPneoM3ewaGwuCsDuioeAixF5OPiMW7wRpeJSKztFER27vV6JiahMaGim8E4gTLTaBk67LHso-XIO5JpvhLYD9prTr8NXEZhYWFpiFIKhzCfBDuGKUa446_o3rdZZWFEqca_v0PewToIDiMyiJnuH03W2WskRHss7yy9pJeJ0gG315zcFg=s320" width="144" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6l5Q4DbqVenGukqOERzw4AdfuQxApu5ouQesFbgK3Om9B1NLqXmHT5edcstEVQEtm4xOZiNDDPIXDqAJm5NDoX4D48fBfzbN8hmSsf7v-JZhhKnrVLoReiXA7_2AIdKfU50PwAsMZ95RF6NxDmq944Em5u39vq6JZhuZxD1gqKGMW36e09LVT-JbERQ=s864" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="389" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6l5Q4DbqVenGukqOERzw4AdfuQxApu5ouQesFbgK3Om9B1NLqXmHT5edcstEVQEtm4xOZiNDDPIXDqAJm5NDoX4D48fBfzbN8hmSsf7v-JZhhKnrVLoReiXA7_2AIdKfU50PwAsMZ95RF6NxDmq944Em5u39vq6JZhuZxD1gqKGMW36e09LVT-JbERQ=s320" width="144" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhUrxtMvaIB2oMV5VmWT2cTebc5vBJwd-8pGO88gL342B4UMxbTGQwNq_nFDq0SE_E3aFpoy8qFGyANELboSldmhjxjoImVGQQUaxzuX0MfDhVMMVmDQev6bcKhrCkA-XEK14hFeFQu4dULe1F-2kxMF-2u2Tsld6OP5vGriuaCdJ-PtWagHjs0dmzq-g=s864" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="462" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhUrxtMvaIB2oMV5VmWT2cTebc5vBJwd-8pGO88gL342B4UMxbTGQwNq_nFDq0SE_E3aFpoy8qFGyANELboSldmhjxjoImVGQQUaxzuX0MfDhVMMVmDQev6bcKhrCkA-XEK14hFeFQu4dULe1F-2kxMF-2u2Tsld6OP5vGriuaCdJ-PtWagHjs0dmzq-g=s320" width="171" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">One of you Penny Pals had the audacity this evening to email, “So how many coins did you find today?” Grrrrr….. I was kinda busy in a hospital bed and operating room!!! This morning the alarm went off at 3:30 a.m. in order to be at the hospital for a 5:30 check in. So when I got home around noon, the first thing I did was to have some soup and bread for lunch, then four hours of sleep.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Back to the Penny Finding. Around 6 p.m. Doc and I headed out for some Penny Finding Therapy, his 10,000 steps for today, and a take home dinner (no dishes tonight!)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">I was chatting with the Angels: “Just 5-6 coins tonight would be okay with me. That should satisfy those pushy Penny Pals!” LOL<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">We found 14 pennies and a dime at the car wash. That is more than a Coin Mine! (12 coins in one location). That is more than I asked for. (Who says you can’t find coins in the dark? (That is what flashlights are for.) <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Then while I was ordering our dinner, Doc walked to get his steps. Coins at the grocery store: 2P, 2N, 2D, 1Q. That is almost TWO Hits for the Cycle! (A H.F.C. = one coin each of penny, nickel, dime, quarter).<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Doc found one more penny on his walk. So a total of 23 coins for today: 17P, 2N, 3D, Q. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXnfdKuO97CwXhqXlboTWQR5hW3F4AW04u6IRTuexKCn9LNBJQVQ2adLmXXZZyg_V5Facqy1OkA9cIQBB2fbU4emI5CwQ1MJVabSca5z2wcbZTf3fAG7yob9Nkqqpyd80ojMquGQq5KKrItLougWmnuW6ZZCmeEEwo29Q4zQNewxX4XBDjGi3uwEbrww=s864" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="471" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXnfdKuO97CwXhqXlboTWQR5hW3F4AW04u6IRTuexKCn9LNBJQVQ2adLmXXZZyg_V5Facqy1OkA9cIQBB2fbU4emI5CwQ1MJVabSca5z2wcbZTf3fAG7yob9Nkqqpyd80ojMquGQq5KKrItLougWmnuW6ZZCmeEEwo29Q4zQNewxX4XBDjGi3uwEbrww=w106-h195" width="106" /></a></div><br /><o:p></o:p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b>That is some pretty awesome Coin Finding Therapy</b>!!!! Divine forces are always out there ready to assist. Perhaps next I should ask for assistance on the actual healing of the wounds? LOL <b><o:p></o:p></b></p>PennyFindershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08242742936173726925noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701526287743594127.post-25870454261277279682022-01-29T20:52:00.000-08:002022-01-29T20:52:33.064-08:00Amid the Chaos<p><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt;">People often share how a Coin Find at just the right time can “adjust their attitude” and serve as a reminder of a Divine Presence.</span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt;">Today was one such day for me.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">*********<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">In the Spring and Summer of 2016 Doc and I were part of a community beautification project. It was called “The Garden of Hope”. The house is on the corner of a very busy intersection. Last weekend a plumbing service truck did a rollover and landed in the front yard. We were notified that the traffic signal was sheared off, the split rail fence was damaged, plants were uprooted, irrigation lines severed, there was glass and debris strewn about, and yet the driver was okay. No other vehicles involved. Definitely some repair work is needed.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Doc and I received this urgent call while we were waiting for the Emergency Room veterinarian. Doc’s “Baby” Sheila had injured her leg and was not able to put any weight on it. Never a dull day.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Today I went to obtain the Police Report of the traffic incident so I could begin the restoration effort. When I approached the service window at the Police Station, <b>there was a penny on the counter right in front of me</b>! Certainly the many other visitors would have had to reach across it to conduct their business? How could they jut leave it there? To me it was a good sign that Angels were there to help get through this crash project.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">The clerk behind the plexiglass handed me a form to fill out and pay the fees. I thanked her and took a step away. For some reason I was “nudged” to turn and tell her that “the craziest thing happened this weekend. A service van turned over in my front yard! I am not sure HOW to proceed with this, so I am obtaining the Police Report as the first step. <b>I need to figure out who to contact on this.</b>”<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b>There was only one other person in the lobby and waiting area.</b> A gentleman who was on his phone trying to get information from his office. He was probably 20 ft. away from me. He looked up at me and said “Would that be Sunday evening with a white plumbing service van on the corner of xxx?” “YES!” He was the Operations Manager for the plumbing company and was there to obtain tools and such from the towed van. We exchanged information and spoke of the next actions. <b>What are the odds that the exact person I needed to speak with was in that Police Department lobby for the same few minutes I was in that lobby? </b><span style="color: red;">COINcidence?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnq2gWUWaRV3sivGvbSRG8wzxzEmFmUtIMd3rYiKlU_jJmhXlDCWgOU1wn1ThWNqEqR8iBE16PBQzsFqErP_L77tzUx0ibSXr4luXfMWsx4BYl5rMp0-KhshzJNmKnMwxsL7OiaEhOYwQ5yrn6RWbxY3_8r4i3H3VnB6ewZ1rOeTNzw_63iOwnadvb3A=s167" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="165" data-original-width="167" height="135" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnq2gWUWaRV3sivGvbSRG8wzxzEmFmUtIMd3rYiKlU_jJmhXlDCWgOU1wn1ThWNqEqR8iBE16PBQzsFqErP_L77tzUx0ibSXr4luXfMWsx4BYl5rMp0-KhshzJNmKnMwxsL7OiaEhOYwQ5yrn6RWbxY3_8r4i3H3VnB6ewZ1rOeTNzw_63iOwnadvb3A=w137-h135" width="137" /></a></div><o:p> </o:p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Doc and I then proceeded to the accident site. Took lots of photos. As Doc was kicking around in the debris he spotted a Nickel! Nickels are the rarest coins to find. A simple thing, but <b><span style="color: red;">a reminder that amid all the chaos of our lives, there is a Shining Presence.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh02AztNysK0AQfZwwW68PEybPFpWx10LenKobwuXomPJZ5XXDNWSMxvH-qvVkBprib11R1nLXVgLaPGr0UQyyeqQLjg-xi2AJBCZGzz_CYVerpk46TEXslxKCAtVecH86WGOk-wv2gYGPcfAbgI2Mmr6FkOV3BFg8MjhUDPOkAr7Rr73XMNIpx-R-wvA=s4000" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh02AztNysK0AQfZwwW68PEybPFpWx10LenKobwuXomPJZ5XXDNWSMxvH-qvVkBprib11R1nLXVgLaPGr0UQyyeqQLjg-xi2AJBCZGzz_CYVerpk46TEXslxKCAtVecH86WGOk-wv2gYGPcfAbgI2Mmr6FkOV3BFg8MjhUDPOkAr7Rr73XMNIpx-R-wvA=s320" width="320" /></a></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><br /></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6Khf2ef3JbGEjjbNd9USchrwjEQbhTtQLe_UNx_yJj36VUvI1QyWpCpKW1HIiT8G5lCFGiQLny2ljIBkeraLaeNxjpy_fMNFg8nix7lpET2yuvYeHV0Ytusx2zVEb3OF1iA5lM-5RU9vAU5y31Cwhk7bLV2cul4iXY5lCSpfVs7gvBjfUi2TXtOQv_Q=s4000" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6Khf2ef3JbGEjjbNd9USchrwjEQbhTtQLe_UNx_yJj36VUvI1QyWpCpKW1HIiT8G5lCFGiQLny2ljIBkeraLaeNxjpy_fMNFg8nix7lpET2yuvYeHV0Ytusx2zVEb3OF1iA5lM-5RU9vAU5y31Cwhk7bLV2cul4iXY5lCSpfVs7gvBjfUi2TXtOQv_Q=s320" width="320" /></a></b></div><b><br /><br /><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b><p></p>PennyFindershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08242742936173726925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701526287743594127.post-70835247244300857172022-01-03T23:08:00.001-08:002022-01-12T23:13:02.350-08:002021 Data<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">People frequently ask: “How’s the Penny Finding Going?”</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">My answer: “Not as good as it used to go”.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">The COVID-19 Pandemic has sure decreased the number of wayward coins.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b>Here is a summary of the 2021 data. Doc and I found: <o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #a7542b;">A total of 922 U.S. Coins. 665 Pennies, 42 Nickels, 160 Dimes and 55 Quarters. There were 10 Hits for the Cycle.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #a7542b;">There were a few foreign coins as well. The value of the U.S. currency totaled only $38.50<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Since I first threw out the Penny Challenge to the Universe in December of 2008, I have found more than 34,000 coins and currency worth over $1,500.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: red;">That goes back to my slogan “It’s NOT the Money, It’s the Message”. </span>The “stories” associated with many of the coin finds continue to inspire and touch the people who hear the messages. <span style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Looking forward to another year of COINcidences <i>and hopefully some travel as well!<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><i> </i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><i> </i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXrWzdhpTDPNklr929rPVLpI3grtqLijTr14jkKTCkuGegi1mvKOwC9CO86WLPDvP0RSWKf2W6cs5pMdEY1Phd2MT9pmyvTcK4ESvWyr17z9qkIjg30lEtWhq1p0UCFPbAz_hQpeCMC2IEIULELjR4HX3GjeU3qyhZAb5OkZRlUWVBSRBUW3Fxt9kApw=s1078" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1078" data-original-width="576" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXrWzdhpTDPNklr929rPVLpI3grtqLijTr14jkKTCkuGegi1mvKOwC9CO86WLPDvP0RSWKf2W6cs5pMdEY1Phd2MT9pmyvTcK4ESvWyr17z9qkIjg30lEtWhq1p0UCFPbAz_hQpeCMC2IEIULELjR4HX3GjeU3qyhZAb5OkZRlUWVBSRBUW3Fxt9kApw=s320" width="171" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><i><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><i><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">HAPPY NEW YEAR!<o:p></o:p></p>PennyFindershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08242742936173726925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701526287743594127.post-24409961833758942992021-12-24T18:10:00.000-08:002021-12-24T18:10:35.205-08:00Christmas Eve Coins<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">WOW!</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Has it really been EIGHT months since I wrote the last Penny Tale?</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">It’s not that we haven’t found coins, I just haven’t made writing a priority.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">It takes hours to post each Tale.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0in;">Back to today’s story….<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0in;">It’s Christmas Eve, so I wondered what fun thing Doc and I could do. In October, November, and December, Doc and I were somewhat busy. We travelled to Idaho for two weeks to attend two funerals, then we both suffered through a case of COVID, then we dealt with my mom in the hospital, then I was down and out for a few weeks with oral surgery. So it was time to do something FUN!!!!<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0in;"><span style="color: #cc6633;">I suggested to Doc that we go Penny Finding! It has rained 6 inches here in the past 36 hours, so that seemed like somewhat of a ludicrous idea. But heck, the local car wash would be closed today, so a great opportunity to search there.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0in;"><span style="color: blue;">At the car wash Doc and I both scoured the prep/vacuum area. Not a single coin was found there. How very disappointing. Thus the dialogue began with the Penny Angels: “Hi Angels. Wanna play today? How about at least God’s 2¢ Worth as a minimum?” Instantly I was shown a penny, then another, then another… Doc pointed out a few coins as well. In a matter of minutes we collected 27 Pennies, 2 Nickels and a Quarter as well as a little heart with gems in it! Perhaps a reminder that God delivers the desires of our Heart?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0in;"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiq2PnhrjfTgzH61Q862rrac9H2sdfzFzVDRtyRKAPDywPu7cpFw8YXGhpsRcIKGMkJCr29g84vI4HUHPUsOgwNydz1QqeVtCtqcDUT_DU177La1MKWnG2a54R9ZvBlF4chQmuL5xv1Tcrcw1LJct6riIb5OKoy18i3MYYp1qL2x6Q4FxIOTJX6MjqmPQ=s864" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="864" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiq2PnhrjfTgzH61Q862rrac9H2sdfzFzVDRtyRKAPDywPu7cpFw8YXGhpsRcIKGMkJCr29g84vI4HUHPUsOgwNydz1QqeVtCtqcDUT_DU177La1MKWnG2a54R9ZvBlF4chQmuL5xv1Tcrcw1LJct6riIb5OKoy18i3MYYp1qL2x6Q4FxIOTJX6MjqmPQ=w249-h187" width="249" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Of course after laughing a bunch, I gave Thanks for the gifts and the playtime together.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">But then I could not resist being a bit sassy.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">“So Angels, you delivered far more than I was expecting.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Do you want another challenge?</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">In order to have a Hit For the Cycle you would need to deliver a dime.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Are you up for it?”</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0in;">Next Doc and I went to the UPS store to mail a package. Upon leaving Doc said “Let’s go next door to the grocery store to GET that Dime”. Note that he did not say to “SEARCH FOR a dime.” He said to “GET THAT DIME”. We walked into the store and within a few seconds I spotted a bright shiny dime in the aisle right in front of me! That was the ONLY coin we found in that store.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0in;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCsOJfYjmM8zYqh_f-7I_MycgeJyiNXhBJVFImkWwndEE2HCvt2_X625WSXxexw1M7wGK_X4mT2vpoXypp0WglevY0Su9-1k2Z4LP2exU8C8B8LEuDd7YGYyvjFFPc8jLvs6YgCnsESLuLcwU4jpbaKuNmVlwjfKd8fAhsW1-CnHVLydKTT_JyTKGJOQ=s864" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="487" data-original-width="864" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCsOJfYjmM8zYqh_f-7I_MycgeJyiNXhBJVFImkWwndEE2HCvt2_X625WSXxexw1M7wGK_X4mT2vpoXypp0WglevY0Su9-1k2Z4LP2exU8C8B8LEuDd7YGYyvjFFPc8jLvs6YgCnsESLuLcwU4jpbaKuNmVlwjfKd8fAhsW1-CnHVLydKTT_JyTKGJOQ=w242-h136" width="242" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0in;">Answer to Prayer? <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0in;">Does the Universe hear even our smallest requests?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0in;">Principle of Manifesting? <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0in;">COINcidence?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0in;"><span style="color: red;">How do <b>YOU</b> explain it?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0in;"><span style="color: red;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in -0.5in 0.0001pt 0in;"><b><span style="color: red;">MERRY CHRISTMAS!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>PennyFindershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08242742936173726925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701526287743594127.post-42759664960538160432021-04-27T20:20:00.003-07:002021-04-27T20:20:22.613-07:00Quick Response<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in -1in 0.0001pt 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><br />WOW! It has been THREE months since I wrote the last Penny Tale. So it's time to share one with you.<br /><br />Today Doc and I went to the grocery store. We found ZERO coins in the store. Disappointing. As we were exiting the building I said to Doc, “Sure glad I am not currently trying to find coins EVERY day as I did for so many years. Wayward coins have become much more difficult to find with this pandemic crap! People are using plastic to pay, there is a coin shortage in the U.S., people are staying home more, etc. All-in-all pennies are become scarce!” <br /><br />Doc and I walked only a few feet before Doc exclaimed, “You mean like that one?” Sure enough, there was a beautiful penny shining as the Sun illuminated it’s beauty. What a Quick Response. Probably less than 10 seconds. I proceeded to fetch the coin and noticed a second one nearby!. The Penny Angels were providing God’s 2¢ Worth for today in no uncertain terms!<br /><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK1ote_ZZxdfAPnApnbF2AT6vQ4V80xY_6bcCMHuy8_ADPPzB3TPEkWLaIl6nd5RjGKrxeXQ_bc8owwvETYgGa9Xptf-3PodbMzTwzfRRbFFbcqMnSPqP3JYpdVpZjmZqIK36gzGJ6okLX/s2048/Sprouts+Finds.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1283" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK1ote_ZZxdfAPnApnbF2AT6vQ4V80xY_6bcCMHuy8_ADPPzB3TPEkWLaIl6nd5RjGKrxeXQ_bc8owwvETYgGa9Xptf-3PodbMzTwzfRRbFFbcqMnSPqP3JYpdVpZjmZqIK36gzGJ6okLX/w126-h201/Sprouts+Finds.jpg" width="126" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><o:p></o:p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in -1in 0.0001pt 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in -1in 0.0001pt 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in -1in 0.0001pt 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in -1in 0.0001pt 0in;"><br /></p>PennyFindershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08242742936173726925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701526287743594127.post-13821666969209987462021-01-17T19:32:00.000-08:002021-01-17T19:32:30.917-08:00Sharing Some Non-CENTS<p> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Last week I wrote to you about two Mag-ni-fi-</span><b style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: red;">CENT</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">coin finds.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">One Aussie Penny Pal had such a clever response; I just have to share it with you.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0.25in 0.0001pt;"><i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt;">Great to hear from you and that your </span></i><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 10pt;">CENT</span></i><i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt;">s of humour is not reti</span></i><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 10pt;">CENT</span></i><i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt;"> nor ab</span></i><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 10pt;">CENT</span></i><i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt;">, your optimism un</span></i><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 10pt;">CENT</span></i><i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt;">sured and as you as</span></i><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 10pt;">CENT</span></i><i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt;"> inno</span></i><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 10pt;">CENT</span></i><i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt;">ly and omnifi</span></i><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 10pt;">CENT</span></i><i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt;">ly further into this </span></i><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 10pt;">CENT</span></i><i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt;">ury without compla</span></i><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 10pt;">CENT</span></i><i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt;">cy your re</span></i><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 10pt;">CENT</span></i><i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt;"> inde</span></i><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 10pt;">CENT</span></i><i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt;"> ab</span></i><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 10pt;">CENT</span></i><i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt;">ce of </span></i><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 10pt;">CENT</span></i><i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt;">S changes to more adja</span></i><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 10pt;">CENT</span></i><i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt;">, munifi</span></i><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 10pt;">CENT</span></i><i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt;"> and even incandes</span></i><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 10pt;">CENT</span></i><i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt;"> per</span></i><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 10pt;">CENT</span></i><i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt;">ages of success.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0.25in 0.0001pt;"><i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0.25in 0.0001pt;"><i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt;">Yours re</span></i><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 10pt;">CENT</span></i><i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt;">ly, Bob<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0.25in 0.0001pt;"><i> </i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: green; font-size: 10pt;">NOTE: Robert is a retired accountant from Australia whom Doc and I met on a bus tour in Canada a few years ago. He was travelling alone. Doc and Robert got along well and Robert had fun Penny Finding with me so we hung out together. We have kept in touch over the years. April 2020 Doc and I had plane tickets to visit and stay with Robert and his wife in Victoria, AUS. I had started packing our suitcases, but COVID-19 shut down our plans. Instead of visiting in person, I mailed them a postcard which they <b>finally</b> received last week! (That would mean it was in transit for NINE months!) This pandemic has sure created chaos in all aspects of life as we knew it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #a500a3; font-size: 10pt;">Doc has just added HIS 2 CENTS worth here: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #a500a3; font-size: 10pt;">Thanks to Bob for his reCENT and deCENT prose celebrating the mighty CENT.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpcYj6Rof5wTwJwVYIqLvzSzwBahDmDLBOxzFn3DVdKeQFo7SjQ_0dHvJR2UH9cAErABIKMHhpgUaJEJWFeBt0veRx6DvQ0Bsxk2D9G9qDlzlXAPWdJ3farYtLtA6kV-JkYR1oCbtVpdNK/s986/Penny.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="555" data-original-width="986" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpcYj6Rof5wTwJwVYIqLvzSzwBahDmDLBOxzFn3DVdKeQFo7SjQ_0dHvJR2UH9cAErABIKMHhpgUaJEJWFeBt0veRx6DvQ0Bsxk2D9G9qDlzlXAPWdJ3farYtLtA6kV-JkYR1oCbtVpdNK/w200-h113/Penny.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><o:p></o:p><p></p>PennyFindershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08242742936173726925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701526287743594127.post-22673834529264533762021-01-11T16:21:00.000-08:002021-01-11T16:21:46.848-08:002020 Data and Magnifi-CENT<p> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Hi Penny Pals –</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">2020 was definitely a challenging year for Penny Finding. As you’ll recall, at Consecutive Day #1000 (April 8) Doc and I decided it was safer to follow the Stay at Home edict than to go out Penny Finding. Our son (the medical doctor) kept scolding us about leaving the house. Currently the evening news is reporting that in Los Angeles County a person is dying of COVID-19 every 5 minutes. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">**********<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b>Here is a summary of the 2020 data. Doc and I found: <o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">967 Pennies, 64 Nickels, 229 Dimes and 72 Quarters plus some other currency. There were 1333 basic U.S. coins. (That’s about half of our previous year findings). The value of the U.S. currency totaled $56.75<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">There were only 15 Hits for the Cycle.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Since I first threw out the Penny Challenge to the Universe in December of 2008, I have found more than 33,000 coins and currency worth over $1,500.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">**********<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">The number of coins found in 2020 was much lower than in previous years. I was lamenting that fact to the Penny Angels. <span style="color: #2b00fe;">Condensed Discussion:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0.5in 0.0001pt;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">“Hi Penny Angels. 2020 year was kind of a bummer as far as Penny Finding. And it doesn’t appear that 2021 is going to be much better. People are sheltering at home, using their plastic cards to purchase things, and there is a national coin shortage. This Penny Finding is becoming more and more difficult.”</span><o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">It seems that Penny Angels (Divine Beings) have a “Cents” of Humour and are with us despite COVID-19 and other factors. They proved that in the two days after I had that discussion with them.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Saturday Doc and I stopped for a hamburger. As we approached the drive up window, I spotted a penny, then another and another … In those few minutes, Doc acquired his burger and I had acquired 19 coins (15 Pennies, 4 Dimes).<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">That was pretty reassuring that the Angels were still out there.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Then the next day Doc and I stopped to admire a block planter which was being built at a local residence. Keep in mind this was a residential neighborhood – to find ONE penny in that environment would have been amazing. Doc said “Hey is that a coin in the street?” I went to pick it up. I spotted another penny, then another, then another … There were 65 pennies scattered about!!!<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">The Penny Angels made quite a <span style="color: red;">Magnifi-CENT</span> statement with THAT find.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Yes, there are Forces around us to help us deal with this pandemic and other challenges were are facing… plus even a little bit of fun here and there.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijeaDcWoyRmGcWh9gOw_-6r6IGI0CYD8EHVWBH47_ryd7fXlCsFqOMpurIOQWZNVBDEHQCDr8SONCbziGqnuTxSggyDmggGqvWGZ9E7SUjywi6K8MDIh0outJYv3Okab3d0RSTxse0lPfH/s864/Coin+Finds.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="485" data-original-width="864" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijeaDcWoyRmGcWh9gOw_-6r6IGI0CYD8EHVWBH47_ryd7fXlCsFqOMpurIOQWZNVBDEHQCDr8SONCbziGqnuTxSggyDmggGqvWGZ9E7SUjywi6K8MDIh0outJYv3Okab3d0RSTxse0lPfH/s320/Coin+Finds.jpg" width="320" /></a></b></div><b><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b><p></p>PennyFindershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08242742936173726925noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701526287743594127.post-79941039699535766302021-01-01T01:00:00.003-08:002021-01-04T14:34:53.929-08:002020 Last Hurrah<p> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">To say that Penny Finding has been affected by the pandemic is an understatement.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p><style class="WebKit-mso-list-quirks-style">
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June:<span> </span>108 P; 5 N; 23 D; 11Q<span> </span>Total<span> </span>147 Coins <o:p></o:p></div>
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Doc and I had not left our property for four days!!!! After dinner I suggested we put on some music (his choice), light the fireplace and then he could work on a jigsaw puzzle or something while I worked on the Memory Album of our Virtual Aussie trip. Just a nice positive evening.<o:p></o:p></div>
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After dinner Doc plopped in his recliner with TV remote in hand and proceeded to watch news with all the Coronavirus jabber. The dirty dishes were sitting on the countertop, some bills and other letters were laying out (for several days now) calling for our attention and a few other yucky situations were on my brain. I lost it. That was NOT my idea of a pleasant evening together. Around 8:45 p.m. I changed clothes (from my work grubbies), grabbed my car keys, moved Doc’s van out of my way, and took off in Pippy. She and I were going Coin Finding! <o:p></o:p></div>
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Pippy and I found a dime and two pennies at the first stop, then just went driving. I already had a quarter from earlier in the day, so a Nickel would complete the Hit for the Cycle.<o:p></o:p></div>
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After a while I wondered how I would know it was time to go home. So I said to the Penny Angels, “When I find a nickel, it will be time to go home”. Keep in mind that nickels are the rarest coins to find. I could go weeks without finding one. My logical brain kicked in saying, “Don’t be silly. That is NOT reasonable. Back Off and retract that statement!” At the next stop (within 15 minutes of issuing that challenge), there was the nickel. COINcidence? <b>It was Time to go Home.</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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Our world has been turned totally upside down with this COVID-19 virus. Many of us had a multitude of plans which have now been drastically altered.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Doc and I had planned to be on a 24-Day Walkabout in Australia at this time. Instead, due to COVID-19, we are Walking About our local area!<o:p></o:p></div>
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We (I) made a list of 24 Action Items to do instead of being in Australia. (There are now over 80 items on that list). We are working daily on those items and sure getting a lot done around the house and yard. Thank goodness the home improvement stores are still open. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Of course we are disappointed that we are not Down Under having fun with our friends. Rather than lamenting our situation, every day we are having fun with some “INSTEAD Ofs.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">1) Instead of</span></b> enjoying a glass of wine on “The Rocks” ** overlooking Sydney Harbour, we enjoyed a glass of wine on the rocks overlooking our back yard!<b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">2) Instead of</span></b><b> </b>lounging near a pool at a hotel, we enjoyed lounging on the sofa at home.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">5) Instead of</span></b><b> </b>the Mighty Murray River flowing past our hotel room, we have the Shelton Stream flowing past our patio. After several years of intermittent-operation, we finally conducted the repairs and have it flowing again. Such joy!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">6) Instead of</span></b><b> </b>trying out new Aussie eateries or pubs, we tried out new frozen meals from the grocery store. This frozen Wonton Soup is pretty tasty. Plus it is cheaper than going out to dinner, there is no preparation work, it only takes five minutes to heat, and there are zero dinner dishes to wash (except for the spoons).<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">7) Instead of</span></b><b> </b>viewing brush in the Outback, we were viewing local snow capped mountains.</div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">8) Instead of</span></b> rotating around the Eye in Melbourne, we rotated the hose reel we helped install for a friend.</div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">9) Instead of</span></b><b> </b>enjoying fabulous Australian botanical gardens and parks, we spent days “flat out”. We cleared rocks, prepared the soil, and planted flowers in this HUGE area of our back yard! LOL<b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<o:p></o:p>PennyFindershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08242742936173726925noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701526287743594127.post-87006005445423868302020-04-09T17:14:00.000-07:002020-04-09T17:14:07.276-07:00On Pause?<br />
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I HATE the thought of starting over at Day #0 of Penny Finding, but it’s getting too risky to be going out each day for a coin. Doc at his age, and with other health conditions, should be following the “Shelter at Home” edict.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I might still post <a href="http://pennypalacetales.blogspot.com/" style="color: purple;">Tales from the Penny Pa<span id="goog_1112601538"></span><span id="goog_1112601539"></span>lace</a> if interesting things happen, but it’s not wise (or lawful) to be out hunting coins right now and writing <a href="http://pennytale.blogspot.com/" style="color: purple;">Penny Tales</a> (Try explaining to the police: “But it was NECESSARY for me to be to be out of the house in order to Find today’s coin!”)</div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">Would it be Ethical to put Penny Finding on “Pause” (like a video) and then continue with Day #1,001 when things are safe (and lawful) to venture out again?</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Or do I need to start all over at Zero? </span></div>
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PennyFindershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08242742936173726925noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701526287743594127.post-55319327856855920342020-04-08T17:06:00.001-07:002020-04-08T17:06:11.290-07:00CELEBRATE Day #1,000<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
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<b><span style="color: red; font-size: 14pt;">Let’s Celebrate 1,000 Days of Penny Finding! </span></b> Hopefully a number of you will take on the 1,000 Penny Challenge which I posted yesterday. Surely sometime in the next few days YOU could meet that challenge and Gift One Person (or organization) the equivalent 1,000 pennies ($10). Doc and I plan to do Ten for $10.<o:p></o:p></div>
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PennyFindershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08242742936173726925noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701526287743594127.post-34005803896311551202020-04-07T13:36:00.002-07:002020-04-07T13:36:58.070-07:00Day #999<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Let’s Celebrate! </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> Despite COVID-19, surgeries, travel trips over the past 2.7 years and numerous other hurdles, the Penny Angels have provided a coin EVERY DAY for the past 999 days!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>Will you join in Celebration of Day #1,000?</b> We did this back in <a href="https://pennytale.blogspot.com/2011/09/day-1000-celebration.html">September 2011 for Day #1,000 </a>and it was heart warming. We also held a “Sunset Champagne Tour” of the Penny Palace that evening as the house was in framing mode.<o:p></o:p></div>
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You can do this while keeping a safe “Social Distance”. Gift your mail carrier or delivery driver. Gift a grocery store worker or other customer at a store. Tape a note on a neighbor’s door. Go on line and gift to a charity or a Go Fund Me project. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p>There are so many ways YOU can SHARE JOY!</o:p></div>
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<o:p>BEE Creative.</o:p></div>
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<o:p> </o:p><i style="font-size: 11pt;">P.S. Today’s 6 coins (4P, N, Q) were found outdoors (safe social distance from anyone else) at two locations on the way to Doc’s medical appointment (allowable reason to leave the house).</i></div>
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This Coronavirus has sure affected everyone’s former ways of thinking. It seems we are all learning new ways of dealing with typical activities. EVERY aspect of our lives are affected. Our incomes, our education, our travel, our retirement funds, our health, our ‘cents’ of security.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Today Doc and I finished painting our wood fence out front. Happy moment! There was only a 10% chance of rain in the forecast for the next 48 hours. As I am writing this Tale, it is <u>hailing </u>outside!!! I forgot to check the HAIL forecast! LOL<o:p></o:p></div>
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I have been asked: “How is it that Penny Finding is EVEN something important to do in a time such as this?” Because each coin states, “In God We Trust!” I, for one, need that reminder. </div>
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Today instead of Doc and I going to grocery stores, Target, Home Depot, etc. for my coins and his 10,000 steps, we went for a walk. I asked the Penny Angels to provide a coin or two, yet keep us safely away from other people and germs. Doc and I walked the neighborhood and a deserted parking lot. We looked with fresh eyes in places and planters we had never looked before.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Look what we found! Pennies: 19 and Dimes: 3<o:p></o:p></div>
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Those Penny Angels are sure eager to please!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Tonight my on-line ACIM (A Course in Miracles) study lesson was titled: <b>I Could See Peace Instead of This.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<i>“Peace of mind is clearly an internal matter. It must begin with your own thoughts, and then extend outward. It is from your peace of mind that a peaceful perception of the world arises”.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<b>I want to be able to extend peace and joy to other people right now. Hope YOU do as well.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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This morning Doc had a quick medical appointment. On the way home we stopped at a grocery store for two things: Today’s coin (I found 3) and toilet paper for a friend. In checking out, I was joking with the cashier: “This is better than Christmas! We are giving gifts which people actually appreciate and NEED!” LOL<o:p></o:p></div>
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