Monday, August 20, 2007
Today I found 52 cent . . . 2 nickels, 2 dimes, and 22 pennies.
I wasn’t feeling well today, but I did manage to get out for lunch. Along the way I stopped by Kroger, a local grocery store, to recycle some plastic bags. I hit big when I recovered 38 cents (two nickels, one dime, and 18 pennies) from the coin return slot of a change counting machine. The remaining change was found at the car wash next to the post office. I went there in the evening, after picking up some dinner, to mail some packages.
Totals for the day: 52 cent
Race Totals: $593.51
posted by Chris @ 11:36 PM
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Is this true? A colleague sent it to me, so I'm not certain the source yet.
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The Astros fan whose marriage proposal was rebuffed in front of 30,000 fans actually struck out twice Monday night.
He didn't get the girl.
And now he's stuck with the $300 bill from the Astros, which is the tab for two tickets, the proposal shown on the centerfield scoreboard and a souvenir video of the proceedings.
"We did what we said we were going to do," said Pam Gardner, president of business operations. "We hope these proposals will be serious and special, so people have to think before they do it."
Gardner said she wasn't sure what to do with the video of the first rejected marriage proposal in the history of Minute Maid Park. Certainly it belongs to the gentleman if he wants it, she said. Otherwise, the staff will dispose of it discreetly.
Although a number of reporters have been trying to reach the apparently spurned lover — assuming the whole scene was not a carefully orchestrated stunt — the Astros staunchly refused to release his name or the video.
Give him a break, find something else to do — that was the tune from the marketing department.
Unfortunately, part of the reason there was so much buzz about the suitor's bad luck was that he provided more fireworks than the hometown team. As fans suffered through the 7-0 defeat, it's small wonder they got caught up in the melodrama in the stands.
To recap: The Kiss Cam, which encourages couples to smooch on camera, zoomed in on the gentleman with highest hopes for the evening.
As happens often — usually once a series when the 'Stros are at home — the schmaltzy music started to play and the man scrambled to his knees and reached for the engagement ring.
Usually the guy slides the ring on his intended's finger, they kiss enthusiastically, then everybody settles back into their seats to watch more baseball.
This night, however, the woman looked surprised, then mad at the sight of the ring, either spilled her popcorn or dumped it on the gentleman's head and left amid a chorus of boos.
"Who knows," said one marketing staff member who wouldn't be named, "maybe she went to get a drink."
The woman didn't return to her seat. The man left amid sympathetic cheers after the top of the sixth.
Gardner felt sympathetic pangs, too.
"But we're not counselors," she said. "We're here to play baseball and do in-game entertainment."
On Tuesday, the proposal was a hot topic on the Astros' online fan forum, with most sympathy going to the suitor.
Perhaps Jason Jennings, the beleaguered Astros pitcher, should send him flowers.
Oh, how true it was! And just FYI, the popcorn was not dropped, it was thrown!
One of the great moments in MM Park history.
Chris, were you there?
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