Halfway through the year so I decided to figure out how much I collect per day.
My "rate of change" is about 6.7 cents a day.
That's right. Everyday, you may pass by about 7 cents.
Feel guilty, huh?
:P
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Monday, July 2, 2007
2 for the money
During the day at lunch I found two pennies. Tonight I'm going to pray that tomorrow I pick up something other than a penny. It feels so monotonous to keep posting: picked up penny. picked up a penny. Sigh. I can't create money, guys. Just stuck with what I find.
Sunday, July 1, 2007
Evening Constitution
My evening constitution of about an hour in my neighborhood yielded two pennies. Somebody drop something else. Please.
Top 3 Amounts
The top three amounts I've found at one time are:
$1.19 along Water Street in this odd niche between two buildings during my lunch hour
$0.75 along 5th Avenue after I helped one of my friends move
$.0.63 at the CC ("Peniston") Village East Cinemas before DayWatch
$1.19 along Water Street in this odd niche between two buildings during my lunch hour
$0.75 along 5th Avenue after I helped one of my friends move
$.0.63 at the CC ("Peniston") Village East Cinemas before DayWatch
Mid Year Audit
So I decided to count up the money that was lying in my plastic bag and on my desk that I've been collecting since the beginning of the year.
This does not include the 1st dollar that has been set aside in a separate container (i.e. a plastic cup). You always want to remember your first...dollar.
Here are the figures for my audit:
Pennies: $2.68
Nickels: $0.65
Dimes: $3.90
Quarters: $4.00
2 Canadian Pennies
5 Swiss Centimes
If you add that up, you'll come up with $11.22. Add the first dollar and that's $12.22. My tally indicates $11.67 (that was through yesterday). The difference is $0.55 over. I haven't included the money my friends have thrown down.
So why the discrepancy? A)My storage of the change isn't scientific and rather lax. B)I can't add when I do my daily total. C)"Penny drift". I may have accumulated some pennies here and there that were not dutifully recorded.
I acknowledge the accounting error of about 4.5%. So I will match my contribution at the end of the year and tack on 4.5%. I will also do a quarterly audit at the end of September. My other executive decision is to set the tally at $12.22 based on the findings of this investigation.
This does not include the 1st dollar that has been set aside in a separate container (i.e. a plastic cup). You always want to remember your first...dollar.
Here are the figures for my audit:
Pennies: $2.68
Nickels: $0.65
Dimes: $3.90
Quarters: $4.00
2 Canadian Pennies
5 Swiss Centimes
If you add that up, you'll come up with $11.22. Add the first dollar and that's $12.22. My tally indicates $11.67 (that was through yesterday). The difference is $0.55 over. I haven't included the money my friends have thrown down.
So why the discrepancy? A)My storage of the change isn't scientific and rather lax. B)I can't add when I do my daily total. C)"Penny drift". I may have accumulated some pennies here and there that were not dutifully recorded.
I acknowledge the accounting error of about 4.5%. So I will match my contribution at the end of the year and tack on 4.5%. I will also do a quarterly audit at the end of September. My other executive decision is to set the tally at $12.22 based on the findings of this investigation.
March of the Pennies
I saw the movie "Black Sheep" yesterday. Now I'm doing a doubletake whenever I hear bleating or see a sheep.
And I found two pennies near the 2nd Avenue F station. You can always count on pennies.
And I found two pennies near the 2nd Avenue F station. You can always count on pennies.
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