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1 posted on 09/19/2020 11:40:59 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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20 years ago there was an ATM for my bank at my client with a USPS stamp machine next to it. Every week I got my check I put $20 in the stamp machine, got just a few stamps and pocketed $19 in Susan B. Anthony coins that I tossed into a drawer at home. Looked like I had a treasure chest in my bedroom dresser.

Now I think I have 3 quarters in my pocket. But a guy wanted to borrow a quarter for a soda. Or I’d have FOUR!!!


2 posted on 09/19/2020 11:48:40 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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I was expecting the contents of Al Capone’s vault (Jerry Rivers joke).


3 posted on 09/20/2020 12:15:03 AM PDT by OrangeHoof (COVID infects the Democrat brain and makes them drunk with power.)
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5 posted on 09/20/2020 12:20:40 AM PDT by nutmeg (Mega prayers for Rush Limbaugh)
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To: nickcarraway

I was expecting: “And then the government swooped in and took it all!”


8 posted on 09/20/2020 12:27:17 AM PDT by GraceG ("If I post an AWESOME MEME, STEAL IT! JUST RE-POST IT IN TWO PLACES PLEASE")
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To: nickcarraway

The title sounds like your typical YouBoob click bait teaser.


9 posted on 09/20/2020 12:32:01 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (When seconds count, social workers are days away.)
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To: nickcarraway

All I ever find is boots with feet still in them.
Eww.


10 posted on 09/20/2020 12:32:10 AM PDT by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope.)
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13 posted on 09/20/2020 3:43:57 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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I suppose the hotel knows they’re doing this or it would be theft.


15 posted on 09/20/2020 4:52:06 AM PDT by Varda
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To: nickcarraway; SunkenCiv

I was going to make a joke about them being made of chocolate when I saw that headline.

So has the State confiscated their treasure yet?


17 posted on 09/20/2020 5:17:23 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019))
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>>Other oddities, including World War II mines

That escalated rather quickly.

“The name of the game is ‘Treasure Hunt’ where you may be lucky to find gold treasure or CERTAIN DEATH!”

This family walks away with the sad trombone.


18 posted on 09/20/2020 5:19:22 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019))
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To: nickcarraway
Since we're getting all "anecdotal" here...this is mine.

Thirty some years ago when I bought my first plot of land, the first thing I did was start exploring it with my dad's metal detector.

I found an entire "Job Box" type of tool box, buried in about two foot of loose dirt.

Not long before buying the property, the adjacent 40 acres had been logged and apparently the tool box had been buried under the various branches and debris from that logging.

There was some rust, but very little.

In the box was a Milwaukee 3/4 inch drill, a hydraulic cable cutter and various other tools, etc.

The best thing in it was a complete (72 pieces) set of impact sockets.

It was made by Cornwell and the price of that similar set today is nearly 700 bucks.

A good way for me start my retirement and a good return on my investment in the land.

I advertised it, but never got a response and my lawyer told me it was a valiant effort to return the property, but with no response in nearly two years, I owned it.

And so I did...and I use every one of the tools on a nearly weekly basis.

19 posted on 09/20/2020 6:22:13 AM PDT by OldSmaj (Living in the boondocks, bitterly clinging to my gun and my Bible. And loving it.)
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To: nickcarraway
Reminds me of my teenage days when I used to take the subway into Boston. Back then, there was a big pickpocket problem on the MBTA.

So I would put my real wallet in my front pocket and in my back pocket was a cheap wallet stuffed with Monopoly money and a "Get Out Of Jail Free" card tucked in the plastic window part where the driver's license would usually have gone.

Nobody ever picked that wallet but it would have been fun to have had it happen.

30 posted on 09/20/2020 1:02:17 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (Orange Man GOOD!)
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To: nickcarraway; SunkenCiv

methnks ol Dad did some pranking before giving up the hobby and later directing the daughter to the site.


31 posted on 09/20/2020 4:19:18 PM PDT by wildbill (The older I get, the less 'life in prison" means to me)
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