Que
aʒɑ̃ prɔvɔkatœr
- Joined
- Dec 3, 2009
- Posts
- 39,882
I don't at all miss the way my literal pocket change got frittered away. You make little choices throughout the day that save a few cents here or there. To do without, to put something back, to get the smaller size.
When it is time to do the ardous chore of rolling your change, it is dis-heartening to do all that work for a few rolls of pennies nickels in a few dimes. Looking at the distribution of change you would assume that all of my purchases ended in 76 to 99 cents.
Only a math geek would appreciate the fact that leaves out over three quarters of the possible combinations of change.
These days I love to see the sparkle of quarters on the nightstand. I roll them up recently it represented a couple of months worth of quarters keeping in mind that I used plenty of them for car washes, sodas and whatnot. It came to $70.
That works out to well over 400 dollars a year that would have been handy when I want to buy a soda, get air for tire, or maybe for those times you're so broke it take a handful of quarters in to get gas to get where you're going.
I realize it seems petty, small, and cheap.
I was a very young man making extreme sacrifices in my early 20's to be a homeowner.
Not everyone is comfortable with scrimping; some people feel better about life when they can spend freely.
My advice to people thinking about compatibility is a look at how you save and how you spend it is critical to your future.
When it is time to do the ardous chore of rolling your change, it is dis-heartening to do all that work for a few rolls of pennies nickels in a few dimes. Looking at the distribution of change you would assume that all of my purchases ended in 76 to 99 cents.
Only a math geek would appreciate the fact that leaves out over three quarters of the possible combinations of change.
These days I love to see the sparkle of quarters on the nightstand. I roll them up recently it represented a couple of months worth of quarters keeping in mind that I used plenty of them for car washes, sodas and whatnot. It came to $70.
That works out to well over 400 dollars a year that would have been handy when I want to buy a soda, get air for tire, or maybe for those times you're so broke it take a handful of quarters in to get gas to get where you're going.
I realize it seems petty, small, and cheap.
I was a very young man making extreme sacrifices in my early 20's to be a homeowner.
Not everyone is comfortable with scrimping; some people feel better about life when they can spend freely.
My advice to people thinking about compatibility is a look at how you save and how you spend it is critical to your future.