I have been called that.

I was standing inline at McDonalds today when 2 guys (older then me geezers) paid cash for their coffee. Out came that change purse...first the quarters then the dime then the nickle then the pennies...each guy did this. People please! do not become these guys when you get older. What is it with old people that hate loose change? Never the dollar bills...if it is $1.67..then it's 1 dollar then dig for the "exact" change..hold everyone up (rant) Old ladies do this too, usually loose change in the bottom of their purse..one by one by one. It is a old thing.

This is what these guys used.

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HEY!
If it costs a buck sixty-seven
then $1.67 is what yer' gonna' get!!

Oh, Was that you
Can't you just use $2 and get the change??

I think you meant to post this in the "you know you are young" thread, showing you have no patience waiting behind old people.

That is true. But there is someone that is always older and I try to remind myself not to do certain things as I age. But, I thank you for making me feel younger.

Doc, you need one of these.

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I'm like you. I'll just hand over two dollars and when I get home I toss my loose change in an old coal bucket. And tomorrow is another new day with folding money. After the coal bucket gets too heavy, I bag the change and trot it over to the bank. The banker pours all my coin into the coin counter. When the count is done, he hands me a money deposited slip. No muss. No fuss. And no charge. I give the bank $100.00 of coin and I make a $100.00 deposit.

Now, in Ft. Worth where my sister-in-law banks, there is no such thing as a free coin counting service for loyal bank clients. I'm not sure what the bank's rate is but it us enough that sister-in-law BITCHES about it a lot.

And then, if you do not have a banking account, you can use the Coin Star change machines at the grocery stores for the bargain rate of 11.90%. Give Coin Star $100.00 worth of pennies and your negative return is $88.00.

So, while you stew about some old dude counting pennies, you might think about cutting him a little slack so you don't force him to take the Coin Star bite.

I have not seen one of those plastic change purses for years.

How many were "Members" of the Columbia record and tape club, multiple times?

Once was enough for me...

I use dollar coins to really confuse em!

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Shoot, i joined that thing at least 3 or 4 times....12 cd's for a penny, buy one for $9.99, cancel membership.....rinse and repeat.....

Nah. I just get an Amazon gift card. No fee.
https://www.coinstar.com/giftcards

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You feind!

I occasionally get dollar coins from vending machines in change.

CD's? What a youngster.
I used to get 8-Tracks to use in the car.

What sucks is if they kept the change after the guys paid $1.67 for their coffee the last 2 days they still each would only have $.66. That would mean a penny short on the third day back for coffee. There will be extra digging and hunting for their penny which isn't there and then the look at the person at the counter of "you have an extra penny back there you can pitch in?"

Remember these? "If you need a penny take one"

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At risk of you all saying I am full of it I will tell you a story about these little penny trays that you used to see at cash registers around the country.

It was 1977. I like to do two things. I like to read and I like to hit the flea markets. I was at the local flea market and bought a box full of old Reader's Digest magazines/books. Some of them were from the 50s. Not long after, I left my home of Wichita Kansas and headed up to Hastings Nebraska to run a small self-service gas station and convenience store for my uncle. It was a sub-lease deal. He helped my out but I was on my own. It was my first experience in running a business, and other then previous jobs at a fast food joint, my first experience in retail. Retail is all about making change for a dollar. During some of my off-time I would dig into that box of old Reader's Digests.

Reader's Digest used to have (I have not read a RD for decades) these little lifestyle stories called "Humor in Uniform", Life in the United States", and some others lost to memory. I was reading one of these stories and the author wrote about how he/she was in a restaurant and at the register digging in his pocket for a penny. And the guy at the register said, "That's OK. Here is a penny" and he reached for a penny in a tray by the register. A sign on the tray said, "If you need a penny, take one. If you have a penny, leave one." The author noted that there were a lot of pennies in that tray.

Since I was in retail and making change all day long, I thought this sounded like a fantastic idea.

I made up a small tray and placed in by my register. It worked fairly well. My biggest problem was the neighborhood kids who kept trying to raid the tray so they could buy some candy.

It was not too long before I noticed that my competitors (competitors go into each others stores and buying something to check each other out) were putting out these penny trays at their registers. It was not too long and they were all over town.

One thing I learned about retail business is that it is a lot of long hours with no real days off and I was not making any money. So, after about 10 months I got out of the gas/convenience store business. I came home to Kansas. And I started seeing those penny trays everywhere in my neck of the woods. And then one day I saw one that was green in color and emblazoned with the Skoal tobacco logo. Not long after I started seeing others with commercials logos.

Eventually, they died out.

I never have told this story. Mainly because it sounds like bullshit. But also because it is not exactly something you can build a conversation around ---in any social setting. I mean, you might as well start out with "Once upon a time........."

But, there you have it.

These trays are still all over the place. At least in my area.

I still see those penny trays around Wisconsin. Especially Kwik Trip gas stations.

I never heard a story or heard talk about penny trays before. BION!

I am going to start to put a penny in a tray each time I see one. My way of giving back.

That's very generous of you

Have a pinball, leave a pinball?

Gotta go make me a BIG tray!

I swear gas station by me has a blue one advertising state Lotto on it! (Penny tray....not pinny tray. Lol).

I mean I would put a nickel in the trays as I see them, but you know - the economy and stuff.

... you signal as you approach your driveway...

You grunt when you bend over to tie your shoes......

You continue to buy the same title. Should be here Friday. Can’t wait!

Yeah but when you back out of your driveway in reverse using your blinker may be a little overkill

When you told yourself this morning not to bother checking the mail box today because it's a federal holiday. And then later you go ahead and check it anyway!
(Followed by a quick glance around the neighborhood to see if anyone saw you do it.)

Here ya go. Google Search to the rescue. And to think I have not seen one of these penny trays for years.

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Yeah in Wisconsin they’re at every store.

Know when you’re getting old? Two words..
Silver Foxes Yowzee!

Edit: actually I’ve always liked silver foxes, so never mind.

I knew my game was changing when I saw a sweet young thing and thought to myself, "If I were 30 years younger......."

Don't see these on checkout counters much these days.

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As a kid, I usually could get a matchbook out of the machine for free if the previous person didn’t bother.

My dad told me they used to do this in school, its a bomb drill. As if hiding under a desk could save you from a nuke.

Last week I was taking the dog back to my grandfathers house and they were having a bomb drill, they were taking a school full of elementary kids down the street into a neighborhood. I thought it was ridiculous, a few teachers responsible for keeping up with a school full of kids out in the open streets with cars everywhere.

Here is one for you. I treat my grand daughter like she is my own. I go to play places with her and run in and out of all the stuff. I take her to the Dr when I need to and do whatever needs to be done sometimes with my daughter sometimes without. We used to get the weirdest stares from people then I figured it out. The Dr thought that I was the babies father and that I was some creepy cradle robber who knocked up a 19 year old girl. My daughter told the Dr that the father wasn't in the picture and she carefully said " I thought the older gentleman was the father". She was relieved when my daughter told her that I was the grandfather. But why she thought I was a gentleman Ill never know.

A bomb drill? For what ??!!!!!!!. How do you know it was a bomb drill and not just a filed day?

no one files outside. that would be done in an office.

I asked. They were blocking traffic walking every kid in the school4-5 blocks down the street. I had to wait till every kid was across the street then creep down the road to avoid running over a kid because they were all over the place. I asked what was going on and was just amazed when she told me. I said: " So you are going to endanger every kid in this school by walking them down the road into a neighborhood for a bomb drill when all you had to do was walk them over to the vacant lot, which was huge, next door". She said yes sir and you have to wait till they are all across the street before you can go. I was pissed and I called the superintendents office and I was told it was a new policy because of the recent bombings and school shootings. Ok then, you cant beat that logic.

OK. Now I get it.

I'm sorry. I was confused ( I older I get the more I stay confused). When you said "bomb drill" I was thinking the 1950s civil defense stuff with kids ducking and covering that was mentioned earlier. I was not thinking in 21st Century mode where we have idiots shooting and bombing people and children about every two weeks.

The original pic of the kids under the desk was a bomb drill in the 50s. I’m referring to something I witnessed last year.