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Frugi
Administrator
USA
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 Posted - 01/19/2008 : 10:25:06
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10. Don't eat anything while sorting.
09. Don't feed the dog while sorting.
08. Don't play with the baby while sorting.
07. Don't smoke cigarettes while sorting.
06. Don't smoke marijuana while sorting.
05. Don't put in your contacts while sorting.
04. Don't fold the laundry while sorting.
03. Don't have sex while sorting.
02. Don't pick your nose while sorting.
And the #01. thing NOT to do while sorting is......
Don't scratch your privates. Trust me. Very bad rash.
If anyone wants to add some of they're own feel free.
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pencilvanian
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2209 Posts |
Posted - 01/19/2008 : 12:41:38
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#11 Keep your fingers out of your mouth!
You don't know where those pennies have been.(the street, the gutter, the sewer, blech!)
Wash up afterwards or wear gloves. |
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Ardent Listener
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 01/19/2008 : 12:47:28
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| 12. If hand sorting don't throw a zincer into the copper pile by mistake! |
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Think positive. |
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Miser-stro
Penny Sorter Member
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 Posted - 01/19/2008 : 15:28:02
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Dang...unfortunately, I guess I'll have to stop sorting / hoarding now based on Frugi's top 10 list. Thanks for spoiling the fun.
Anybody need a slightly used Ryedale & Semacon Shotgun Roll Crimper? |
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Tourney64
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1035 Posts |
Posted - 01/19/2008 : 15:40:19
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 Posted - 01/19/2008 : 17:25:53
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#13 Don't pick your ear for an itch or wax.
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They preach man who say that so soon as the penny jingles into the money-box, the soul flies out [of purgatory]. #27 of 95 Theses Martin Luther, 1517 |
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Hirbonzig
Penny Collector Member
USA
451 Posts |
Posted - 01/19/2008 : 18:05:57
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| #14) The wife will kill me if I try #3 |
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Epaphras
Penny Collector Member
USA
382 Posts |
Posted - 01/19/2008 : 18:43:27
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| 15) Don't sort and drive |
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fiatboy
Administrator
912 Posts |
Posted - 01/19/2008 : 19:51:59
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15) Don't sort and drive
Too true! It takes discipline to focus on the road when you've got a car full of unsearched coins.  |
"Bart, it's not about how many stocks you have, it's about how much copper wire you can get out of the building." --- Homer Simpson |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
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 Posted - 01/19/2008 : 19:59:10
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Originally posted by Hirbonzig
#14) The wife will kill me if I try #3
Especially if it's not with her.
16) Don't rub your eyes. I once got a bad case of pink eye from this.. a penny sorting injury. |
If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more.
Now selling Copper pennies. 1.6x plus shipping. Limited amounts available. |
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Miser-stro
Penny Sorter Member
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Posted - 01/19/2008 : 20:10:23
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I once got a bad case of pink eye from this.. a penny sorting injury.
........ Copper Eye?? |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 01/19/2008 : 20:19:13
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| It seems funny now.. but it really wasn't very funny at the time. A true penny sorting related injury. |
If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more.
Now selling Copper pennies. 1.6x plus shipping. Limited amounts available. |
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mickeyman
Penny Pincher Member
Canada
243 Posts |
Posted - 01/20/2008 : 13:30:33
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| I often sort while driving. Well, at least when I am stopped at traffic lights. |
Not all who wander are lost. |
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Frugi
Administrator
USA
627 Posts |
Posted - 01/20/2008 : 19:09:07
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Originally posted by Tourney64
How did you learn about these bad things? Did you do them?
yes. Except for, I don't have a baby, and I don't wear contacts. |
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Frugi
Administrator
USA
627 Posts |
Posted - 01/20/2008 : 19:10:13
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| also, never choose sorting over having sex with your wife; it makes them mad. |
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c140cessna
Penny Collector Member
USA
419 Posts |
Posted - 01/20/2008 : 19:18:43
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Originally posted by Frugi
also, never choose sorting over having sex with your wife; it makes them mad.
Funny....this happend last night: Wife asked me where I was going at about 9:30P....I said "Going to the garage to do some sorting, until you come out there and demand sex tonight".....she said....."don't stay up too late - you have to get up early!" |
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Hirbonzig
Penny Collector Member
USA
451 Posts |
Posted - 01/20/2008 : 19:28:31
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Originally posted by Epaphras
15) Don't sort and drive
I'm guilty of this one. Checking the change while driving the 40 feet between a fast food pay window and the pick up window.  |
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Frugi
Administrator
USA
627 Posts |
Posted - 01/20/2008 : 21:46:26
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Originally posted by mickeyman
I often sort while driving. Well, at least when I am stopped at traffic lights.
I have always found it very difficult to make it home without searching at least a couple rolls even though usually it is at most only a few miles back to home. Thing is, is that I only get customer paper wrapped rolls, I cannot wait. |
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MormonMetal
Penny Pincher Member
USA
150 Posts |
Posted - 01/21/2008 : 19:10:20
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17. have carpal tunnel
shut down the hand sorting for over a month. I thought going sober was hard. Try to go cold turkey on a $200 a week hand sorting habit. |
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horgad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1641 Posts |
Posted - 01/22/2008 : 08:16:04
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Originally posted by MormonMetal
17. have carpal tunnel
shut down the hand sorting for over a month. I thought going sober was hard. Try to go cold turkey on a $200 a week hand sorting habit.
That is no joke. I always try to frequently change positions when sorting and/or take frequent breaks. Right now I spend 10 minutes on my feet alternated with 10 minutes sitting down with some bucket and penny box moving in between. Another thing that I use to do was switch which side of my sorting table I was sitting on. That forced my hands to switch jobs with each other.
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Tourney64
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1035 Posts |
Posted - 01/22/2008 : 16:20:15
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| My wife is happy when I choose sorting over sex |
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Know Common Cents
Penny Pincher Member
195 Posts |
Posted - 01/22/2008 : 19:22:49
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# 18 Don't shake hands with anyone after sorting
There are times that I've used my lunch for a fast trip to the bank to pick up a box or two. Like most of us, I just can't let them stay intact while I work for several more hours. Yep. I've sorted while in transit. Railroad tracks are getting more scarce now, but I'd always take the route back to work that had the tracks. A slow, long train = more mobile sorting time. I can handle spilling a few pennies on the floor of the car, but getting back to work and becoming immediately busy has become a problem. Twice now, I've had to shake someone's hand right after returning (without a stop to wash). Who knows what strains of bacteria I've passed along by doing this.
Thanks to my local casino, I now have a supply of the individual sealed hand wipes that they distribute at their restaurant. Now I do a quick wipe when getting out of the car and then also have a bottle of alcohol based hand cleaner in my office. The dollar store variety works as well as anything else and they've become a good place to unload a stray handful of zinkers each time. They're happy to get the pennies. I guess there's always a workaround to feed our need for copper. |
Here in Wisconsin, we have some of the highest property and gasoline taxes in the US. We're squeezed so much, I have to make my daughter wear penny boxes for shoes. At least she has an endless supply. |
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