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  • Tarpon65Tarpon65 Posts: 7,319 Admiral
    rock_fish wrote: »
    You can use your smart phone for parking now. I don't think they even accept change around here in some places

    I didn't think the slot was big enough to slip my smart phone into?
    Always Do Sober What You Said You'd Do Drunk. That Will Teach You To Keep Your Mouth Shut. - Ernest Hemingway
  • duckmanJRduckmanJR Posts: 21,265 AG
    Tarpon65 wrote: »
    I didn't think the slot was big enough to slip my smart phone into?

    Just leave your phone on top of the parking meter....someone will be along shortly to help...:grin
    There are many roads to travel
    Many things to do.
    Knots to be unraveled
    'fore the darkness falls on you
  • rock_fishrock_fish Posts: 12,224 AG
    Blue hairs
    Proud supporter of the anti fishing, terroristic (lol what?) movement known as Greenpeace.
  • Tarpon65Tarpon65 Posts: 7,319 Admiral
    duckmanJR wrote: »
    Just leave your phone on top of the parking meter....someone will be along shortly to help...:grin

    Thanks for the help buddy!
    Always Do Sober What You Said You'd Do Drunk. That Will Teach You To Keep Your Mouth Shut. - Ernest Hemingway
  • duckmanJRduckmanJR Posts: 21,265 AG
    Tarpon65 wrote: »
    Thanks for the help buddy!

    Anything for a forum member....:wink
    There are many roads to travel
    Many things to do.
    Knots to be unraveled
    'fore the darkness falls on you
  • bmoodybmoody Posts: 1,012 Officer
    I get the annual count the change and do something fun. But to leave it long term seems penny wise. Would you stash cash under the bed too? This doesn't even tend to keep up with inflation. You are "losing" money hording those coins and counting them much later. Sure it is "found"money, but it would have been worth much more plunked into an account of some kind or US savings bonds or applied to existing debts.

    Then look at what it costs the US govt -- we keep minting more coins to cover the ones you're taking out of circulation.

    "Cash is King" can continue to keep people out of trouble, but it does strike me as out of date thinking for those with any budgetary ability. A credit card offers consumer protections, and with little effort (shopping for the right card) provides a 1% (or greater) cash back on purchases, which adds up.

    I love "found" money, but long term and for "real" amounts of cash, this behavior doesn't make sense to me.
  • FibberMckeeFibberMckee Posts: 12,826 AG
    Donating "spare change" to charitable causes is ABOVE "your station I guess."
    fins4me wrote: »
    Beneath your station I guess.
  • fins4mefins4me Posts: 14,483 AG
    Donating "spare change" to charitable causes is ABOVE "your station I guess."

    Just as it was noble for the old lady to donate her pence,, it is noble for you to donate your pocket change. I donate via check.
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  • reel stamasreel stamas Posts: 6,153 Admiral
    Ever since they put a 24hr Coin Operated Ice Machine <100yds from my house I NEVER have any extra change...
    There should be NO Commercial Fishing for any fish species considered 'Over-fished' , 'Undergoing Overfishing' or Subject to Recreational Seasons, Limits, or Closures... Game Fish Status IS the Answer !!!
  • jimmy77jimmy77 Posts: 1,686 Captain
    It gets thrown in my catch all drawer or in the kids piggy banks. Every couple of months we cash it in and divide it between their 509k plan. I don't use a lot of cash, but it's usually about $50.
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
  • fishknutfishknut Posts: 3,921 Captain
    bmoody wrote: »
    I get the annual count the change and do something fun. But to leave it long term seems penny wise. Would you stash cash under the bed too? This doesn't even tend to keep up with inflation. You are "losing" money hording those coins and counting them much later. Sure it is "found"money, but it would have been worth much more plunked into an account of some kind or US savings bonds or applied to existing debts.

    Then look at what it costs the US govt -- we keep minting more coins to cover the ones you're taking out of circulation.

    "Cash is King" can continue to keep people out of trouble, but it does strike me as out of date thinking for those with any budgetary ability. A credit card offers consumer protections, and with little effort (shopping for the right card) provides a 1% (or greater) cash back on purchases, which adds up.

    I love "found" money, but long term and for "real" amounts of cash, this behavior doesn't make sense to me.

    100% on the money, I use Amex and 2% goes into my IRA. I use the Amex for everything from slurpees to monthly membership to TTTs home cam website.
    Fail to plan, plan to fail.......
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