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Today I got in a car that had a stash of hundreds

and hundreds of pennies.....so i started grabbing them up in my fist and stuffing them into my pocket. I work in auto auction and that stuff is common to see in cars but not in the quantity this one car had of pennies.
When I got home I got them out of my pocket into a ziplock bag and then into a bowl where I took each of them out of the bowl and made sure they were not stuck together. Some were and I used a razor knife to separate them all....then counted them and had $4.25 of pennies. That was a good haul but my hands got filthy working with them....so after I counted them I took to kitchen and got my wok that is a hardanodized wok with handle like a pan would have. So then I covered the with water and poured in about half a small bottle of white vinegar and put it on stove to boil it for while....then let it all cool down and drained the wok keeping pennies in it.....then transfered them to the steel bowl I had used counting them and just put straight vinegar on them covering them. So I am trying to use the acidity of the vinegar to take away the sticky gunk that was on them or some of them.....anyway I will let them sit over night and dump it out tomorrow morning I guess....those pennies have value....it was some work yes and I will say the white vinegar I had given to me from a friend so that part was free....but hopefully the coins with go thru a counting machine now when I am done and not get rejected by the machine.
I had to buy a new cable for my cell phone since Sunday the phone got rained on as I am getting ready to leave cemetery. Since I plugged in the charger the phone has been telling me that liquid is detected in the cable that I had been using. I brought the old cable inside tonight and plugged it into phone and it was plugged in quite a while but it then bonked and I looked it said it detected liquid....of course the new cable I bought today had no issue on way home from where I bought it.
well that is about it....Bebe was released from hospital and I assume went to rehab....but she had phone off and when she texted me after I called and texted her she said she would call me later.....well it is bed time and no call so I am not holding my breath....not sure what is up with her....
I work at 11am tomorrow morning to 5pm
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So mad at Xfinity! They're trying to charge me $115 per month for the same service I had been paying $50 the last four years. I took the equipment to UPS for shipping and cancelled my subscription today! Next door was a cookie shop called Crumbl. I had heard of it before but never went in until today. I don't need one more sugar fix, but maybe it will help with my sad) grieving heart....$15...
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I am such a coin collector and it has paid off.
I do remember you talking about your friend Bebe. I hope she is doing well.