A long, long time ago I found a half-crown in the turn-up of my trousers.(For my American friends: I found a silver coin of the largest denomination, worth about 35 cents, in the cuff of my pants.)
A friend of mine lost his Vietnamese wife at a fairly middle age. She was prone to tucking away a $20 or $50 in a shirt, dress, or coat pocket because of her meager upbringing. After she passed away before he would throw away any of her clothes he had to check the pockets of all of them. He told me he came up with over $10,000.
I notice Arlo has absolutely no compunction, whatsoever, to explain this sudden “sorting” to Janis :0) . Why would one sort jackets in the first place? They’re in the closet ready to be used depending upon the weather. Unless, that is, you have sooooooo many jackets for each season you can’t fit them all into one closet. In that case, I’d say that you’re fortunate to have that as a first world problem.
I was going through some of my old papers and found a five dollar bill stashed in a card that someone had sent me for graduating high school in 1971. Considering that’s worth almost forty bucks today, I felt guilty for never thanking them. I also felt like an idiot for never spending it. I gave it to my granddaughter.
In my youth I had a friend who, every time she bought pot, would roll a joint and hide it. Housecleaning might start a drag, but seldom that way (“Oh – look what we have here!”)
C about 10 hours ago
Money for nothing and coats for free
Yakety Sax about 10 hours ago
Sorting, yeah.
SpacedInvader Premium Member about 10 hours ago
It changed. From walking around money to pocket money.
Rhetorical_Question about 10 hours ago
Different motive?
Jesy Bertz Premium Member about 10 hours ago
A favorite from the movie, “The Bank D!ck” (1940), starring W.C. Fields and Shemp Howard:
Egbert Sousé: [Fields at the bar] Was I in here last night and did I spend a twenty dollar bill?
Joe Guelpe: [Howard, a bartender] Yeah.
Egbert Sousé: Oh boy, what a load that is off my mind! I thought I’d lost it.
mysterysciencefreezer about 8 hours ago
This year I found a fiver and a pair of wired earbuds.
Ermine Notyours about 8 hours ago
That $20 isn’t worth as much as it would have been if he had spent it at the time.
Ermine Notyours about 8 hours ago
A year or two ago I found $60 in traveler’s cheques in storage in my apartment that I could have used had I known about them a few years before.
nosirrom about 7 hours ago
Instead of nagging, Janis found a better way to get Arlo to sort through his winter wardrobe.
jmworacle about 7 hours ago
He isn’t looking for walking around money. He looking for money to buy a half tank of gas.
VictoryRider about 6 hours ago
I found $600 doing that one time.
Sephten about 6 hours ago
A long, long time ago I found a half-crown in the turn-up of my trousers.(For my American friends: I found a silver coin of the largest denomination, worth about 35 cents, in the cuff of my pants.)
Out of the Past about 5 hours ago
It’s usually only old CVS receipts for me.
The Orange Mailman about 5 hours ago
A friend of mine lost his Vietnamese wife at a fairly middle age. She was prone to tucking away a $20 or $50 in a shirt, dress, or coat pocket because of her meager upbringing. After she passed away before he would throw away any of her clothes he had to check the pockets of all of them. He told me he came up with over $10,000.
Grace Premium Member about 5 hours ago
I used to plant $ in the clothes I gave to Goodwill or Salvation Army but with all the “resellers” these days, I stopped.
maxiesmom2 Premium Member about 4 hours ago
Score for you, Arlo. Pretty sweet find.
cracker65 about 4 hours ago
I love it when that happens
BJDucer about 4 hours ago
I notice Arlo has absolutely no compunction, whatsoever, to explain this sudden “sorting” to Janis :0) . Why would one sort jackets in the first place? They’re in the closet ready to be used depending upon the weather. Unless, that is, you have sooooooo many jackets for each season you can’t fit them all into one closet. In that case, I’d say that you’re fortunate to have that as a first world problem.
atomicdog about 3 hours ago
I was going through some of my old papers and found a five dollar bill stashed in a card that someone had sent me for graduating high school in 1971. Considering that’s worth almost forty bucks today, I felt guilty for never thanking them. I also felt like an idiot for never spending it. I gave it to my granddaughter.
david_42 about 3 hours ago
A long time ago, I found $380 worth of traveler’s checks in my winter coat. Fortunately, still valid.
Mbwebwe about 3 hours ago
I just found a pair of gloves in a coat pocket. I’d been looking for them for over a month!
AnneFackler about 3 hours ago
About 15 years ago, I lost $10,000.00 and a boyfriend at the same time. No regrets.
morningglory73 Premium Member about 3 hours ago
I find lint and sales receipts.
timbob2313 Premium Member about 3 hours ago
Looking for gloves?
ChessPirate about 2 hours ago
“Yep, that’s what I’m doing, yep, yep…”
Chris about 2 hours ago
yeah, he sorting alright… ;)
rbrt6956 about 2 hours ago
T’is the season. $%*@ spell check. Took me 3 tries to get my phone to accept it.
jmarkow11 about 2 hours ago
I get excited when I find a wrinkled up, washed single in my jeans; a twenty would send me over the moon
j.l.farmer about 1 hour ago
My dad and my husband used to do the same thing. Just another way to save for “a rainy day”!
Cozmik Cowboy 38 minutes ago
In my youth I had a friend who, every time she bought pot, would roll a joint and hide it. Housecleaning might start a drag, but seldom that way (“Oh – look what we have here!”)
MuddyUSA Premium Member 28 minutes ago
He looking for another bonanza……