Monday, September 4, 2006

Today I found $1.45 . . .. 1 nickel, 5 dimes, 2 quarters, and 40 pennies (the Labor Day Change Cycle).

At Randalls, a local grocery store, I found four cents. The first three pennies were sitting atop a change counting machine and the final penny was on the ground by a checkout line. At the post office this evening I found another four cents, all of which was sitting in a pile on a ledge by the automated postal machine.

On the way home I stopped at the always reliable Al Gator’s Car Wash, and found $1.37 (one nickel, five dimes, two quarters, and 32 pennies). Amazingly, most all of the change was sitting in a cup that had been left by a vacuum cleaner. The remaining change was scattered about on the ground.

Congratulations to Brian and the Philadelphia Phillies (my pick several weeks ago to win the NL Wildcard). They beat the Astros this afternoon for the first time in 12 games.

Totals for the day: $1.45
Race Totals: $361.10