Six Word Memoirs on Life Stories

Sagacious says,

We dispensed with 1c and 2c pieces years ago, and there's talk of the 5c piece going the way of the dinosaur some time soon, too. I won't be unhappy to see it go.

canadafreeze says,

The Canadian government has officially given up the penny. Prices are being rounded up ... if you round up enough of them, you'll soon have a dollar. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.

DynamicDbytheC says,

I always find change so this one captures my heart, esp. the backstory. I said that because I am short, I must be closer to the ground and therefore find change. About 10 years ago, I started a keeping a tally. Then James got in on it and would bring home handfuls of mangled change which he found on his bike commute. Then my neighbor, who I walk with some mornings, caught my weird eccentricity. He saw some money when we were walking, I dived for it, and explained money on the ground is mine. When he walks without me, he will drop any change he finds at my doorstep.

I average about $10 year.

dakat123 says,

That's fascinating!!! I'm the same way except for pennies tails up. I was always told they were bad luck. :) I got my change nabbing from my dad. He always finds money.

There's another story in my past that may account for my obsession. It's one of the coolest things that happened to me as a kid. I may have been 10, and my family and I went to the beach. We always made sand castles, the drizzly kind where you let the wet sand run down your finger. Well, I'm digging my hole (sand well) and I find a quarter. Sweet! I keep digging. More change!!! Before it was over I had close to $3 in change. I felt like a pirate stumbling across buried treasure. The best I can figure is someone's pocket must have emptied in that spot. Probably not that uncommon, but what are the odds that I'd dig in just the right place? :) I'll always remember that!

DynamicDbytheC says,

I found a five dollar bill recently so I am over $6 for this year. I will easily meet my $10 quota even without James.