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re: Do you pick coins up off the ground?
Posted on 5/19/25 at 9:58 pm to Topisawtiger
Posted on 5/19/25 at 9:58 pm to Topisawtiger
Picked up a nickel in a parking lot just this morning.
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Posted on 5/19/25 at 10:14 pm to SPAGHETTI PLATE
Always, and think about my grandfather who loved finding coins. Especially dimes, still hope to find old silver ones like back in the day.
Posted on 5/19/25 at 10:34 pm to rusty547
Yep, everyone. Last year I decided to keep up with how much I picked up. $38 in twelve months.
Now that I know I'm not gonna get richer picking up coins....................I still pick them up.
Now that I know I'm not gonna get richer picking up coins....................I still pick them up.
Posted on 5/19/25 at 10:38 pm to SPAGHETTI PLATE
I remember my junior high history teacher (around 2000), lambasting us for being a generation that probably wouldn't even pick up a spare ground quarter.
I pick up anything more than a penny as long as I'm not busy.
I pick up anything more than a penny as long as I'm not busy.
Posted on 5/19/25 at 10:42 pm to SPAGHETTI PLATE
No i throw some more down for you poors.
Posted on 5/19/25 at 10:46 pm to SPAGHETTI PLATE
No I’m not poor
Posted on 5/19/25 at 10:55 pm to AlonsoWDC
I remember my algebra teacher* telling the class, in the late 90s, Bill Gates would lose money if he took the time out of his day to stop and pick up a $100 bill off the ground.
Assuming it takes 5 seconds to pick up one coin and put it in your pocket or coin purse, continuously picking up nickels would work out to $36/hr, dimes $72/hr, and quarters $180/hr. The humble penny would give you $7.20/hr, just below the federal minimum wage.
I still pick up any coins I see on the ground or floor in a public place, so long as they aren't visibly touching something vile.
*Edited for grammar.
Assuming it takes 5 seconds to pick up one coin and put it in your pocket or coin purse, continuously picking up nickels would work out to $36/hr, dimes $72/hr, and quarters $180/hr. The humble penny would give you $7.20/hr, just below the federal minimum wage.
I still pick up any coins I see on the ground or floor in a public place, so long as they aren't visibly touching something vile.
*Edited for grammar.
This post was edited on 5/19/25 at 10:56 pm
Posted on 5/19/25 at 11:28 pm to SPAGHETTI PLATE
All the time. Something I learned to do growing up from family. I've found a new level of appreciation for finding change on the ground as a dad now.
My 4 year old loves any chance he gets to put change into his piggy bank. If we find something as simple as a penny in a parking lot, he'll keep it clutched tight in his hand until we are home and then run inside and dump it into his piggy bank. Pure joy.
Everything is still a treasure to him. He brings home pockets full of rocks and pea gravel any chance he gets and has a pile he's making in the garden. Brings me back to my childhood when I would spend hours looking for fossils in the rocks used for gravel roads and parking lots.
My 4 year old loves any chance he gets to put change into his piggy bank. If we find something as simple as a penny in a parking lot, he'll keep it clutched tight in his hand until we are home and then run inside and dump it into his piggy bank. Pure joy.
Everything is still a treasure to him. He brings home pockets full of rocks and pea gravel any chance he gets and has a pile he's making in the garden. Brings me back to my childhood when I would spend hours looking for fossils in the rocks used for gravel roads and parking lots.
Posted on 5/20/25 at 12:08 am to RickAstley
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All the time. Something I learned to do growing up from family. I've found a new level of appreciation for finding change on the ground as a dad now. My 4 year old loves any chance he gets to put change into his piggy bank. If we find something as simple as a penny in a parking lot, he'll keep it clutched tight in his hand until we are home and then run inside and dump it into his piggy bank. Pure joy. Everything is still a treasure to him. He brings home pockets full of rocks and pea gravel any chance he gets and has a pile he's making in the garden. Brings me back to my childhood when I would spend hours looking for fossils in the rocks used for gravel roads and parking lots.
Great post man. If only we could keep this mindset into adulthood more.
Posted on 5/20/25 at 12:09 am to LSUA 75
Posted on 5/20/25 at 5:28 am to Warfox
Tax free income
Posted on 5/20/25 at 5:33 am to SPAGHETTI PLATE
Not at truck stops because that's usually been coated in piss.
Posted on 5/20/25 at 5:36 am to Kafka
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Years ago I tried to pick up a quarter & I swear, some a-hole had glued it to the floor
That may have been me..
Posted on 5/20/25 at 6:02 am to SPAGHETTI PLATE
I don't frick around with pennies. I'll pick the others up.
Posted on 5/20/25 at 6:05 am to SPAGHETTI PLATE
My ex used to always say if you saw a coin on the ground and didn’t pick it up you were effectively telling God you didn’t want more money in your life. She is bat shite crazy, but that kind of stuck.
Posted on 5/20/25 at 6:28 am to BillyOceans11
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My ex used to always say if you saw a coin on the ground and didn’t pick it up you were effectively telling God you didn’t want more money in your life. She is bat shite crazy, but that kind of stuck.
How many coins you figure she picked up before she took you to the cleaners?
Posted on 5/20/25 at 6:30 am to SPAGHETTI PLATE
Yes, now.
She sends me dimes, b/c she thought it was cute that I called her a "dime" . I had to explain it to her...
She loved my southern sayings, and my tan. She refilled my heart and healed my soul. I'll always love her, my "10".
She sends me dimes, b/c she thought it was cute that I called her a "dime" . I had to explain it to her...
She loved my southern sayings, and my tan. She refilled my heart and healed my soul. I'll always love her, my "10".
Posted on 5/20/25 at 6:31 am to BillyOceans11
Did your ex tell God she didn’t want more men in her life by dumping you?
Posted on 5/20/25 at 6:33 am to SPAGHETTI PLATE
Only when I see them. Though I will let pennies on tails lie where they lay.
Posted on 5/20/25 at 6:46 am to SPAGHETTI PLATE
I used to but now I leave them for other people that might need it.
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