Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Today I found 11 cents . . . . . all pennies.
On my way to a meeting this morning I was stopped at a red light and I spotted and retrieved three cents from a crack in the street. Someone next to me gave me the thumbs up sign when they saw me retrieving the change. Later in the day I stopped at a no name car wash in south Houston and found the remaining eight cents.
Tune in tomorrow for my official decision on the change streak. If you don’t know what I’m talking about you should probably read Tuesday’s post before tomorrow.
Totals for the day: 11 cents
Race Totals: $457.84
posted by Chris @ 10:21 PM
5 comments
5 Comments:
I am utterly amazed.
You guys rule.
Someone left a link to your blog in my comments, so I just had to see it for myself.
Again, you guys rule.
jagular.blogspot.com
Oh, and BTW, I also live in Spring. Near 45 and Rayford
Jagular:
Thanks for the kind words. You actually lived where Bailey (my race opponent) lived for many years until he recently moved to St. Louis. I've had some great change finds up your way, especially just north of Rayford by all the fast food places.
Leigh Ann:
Don't just limit yourself to change slots. Fast food places, grocery stores, Sonic (if you have them in your area), car washes, and change counting machines are also great places to find change. Hope you score big and keep me posted.
I've always scored big off of the sidewalk right outside of the convenient store. I would usually find six or eight coins a day there.
I found a dime today though. I'm thinking about getting a found money jar to start saving everything I find.
And what in the world is wrong with llamas?
Funny, I have been thinking about this a lot myself.... I think you need to go back to the original philosophical question which prompted the race... if I remember hearing the retelling of the story correctly, it started with a musing of how much change people drop in the US in a day. If that is indeed the case, it would stand to reason that you were considering the habits of the slothful American consumer who is too fat to stoop over to collect their dropped change. Therefore, the collection and counting of dropped change in foreign countries would not be in keeping with the original premise of the discussion. So, I think you should neither count the change toward the race, nor count the days in which you are in the foreign country as race days. :)
jagular:
There is a car wash right by you called JR's Car Wash (there is one right next to me also, but I don't think there is a relation). It's right off of Rayford and Bailey always had great luck there. As for the Llamas . . . well, maybe if they just dropped the extra L they would be happier.
Lindsay:
You have a very valid point about the original premise of the race. Nevertheless, the race, over time, has evolved. While it was once a ill planned social experiment now it has become much more. The streak, which came out of the race, must be viewed on its own now and not in the context of what the race was about years ago. As it was pointed out in baseball for a hitting streak to continue you have to hit on the road. As such, I'll have to find change in Europe.
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