Monday, April 6, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
The Weekly Found $$$$$$$$$$$$ Report!!
Volume 3, Number 4
IN THIS ISSUE:
1] Tips from the Peanut Gallery!
2] Strange and/or Relevant Questions I have Received!
3] General News!
4] Last week's total!
5] Money reported this week!
6] Grand total to date!
1] Tips from the Peanut Gallery!
From Sandy: "when pushing errant cart to buggy corral, only to notice that the buggy boy is in fact IN the corral watching you approach, strike up a friendly conversation about the weather.. throws them off, and they are forced to answer."
2] Strange and/or Relevant Questions I have Received!
Q: What is a group of Magpies called?
A: Thank you for asking. A group of Magpies is (officially) called a "Get off my land, you horrifying, Chickadee-egg eating, noisy, disgusting RatBag excuses for birds!" of Magpies.
3] General News!
* a reminder that Stu and i will be gone to Jamaica for our friend Donna's wedding next weekend. there will be no update next Sunday as a result, as the compiler of the newsletter will be far too busy lying by a pool with a slushy beverage in one hand, a book in the other, the glorious sun above, and the soothing sound of steel drums being played by beautiful Jamaican men. keep reporting to me (the email can pile up). just be sure to put lots of $$$$$$$$$$$$ in the subject line so it'll be easier for me to compile it all when i get home. the next report will be the 5th of April. i'll count up all the $$ that comes in before the end of the month and add it to final total for the dinner fund. anything coming in from the 1st to the 4th of April will go into the charity fund!
4] Last week's total!
* we started the week (i messed up somewhere so the numbers might not jive till the money is physically counted later in the year) with $161.88
5] Money reported this week!
+ Sandy's 85 cents from 3 carts and a pop can (14 March)
+ Karen's 26 cents from Dangerousway (15 March)
+ Sig and Sandy's 51 cents from 2 Dangerousway carts and a penny from the self check-out thingy at the StupidStore (15 March)
+ Kim's 25 cents from one Dangerousway cart (15 March)
+ Stu's 2 cents from in front of the RatBag Store (I MEAN Revenue Canada) (14 March)
+ Larry and Stacey's $1.65 a-like so: "#1) 3 cans and i quarter in Tim's drive through = $0.55. #2) 4 cans at skating rink = $0.40. #3) 1 cun crushed under van tire = $0.10. #4) 2 quarters at safeway (bitter wind) = $0.50. #5) 1 plastic bottle found while Stacey walked the dog = $0.10. Sorry. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN PART OF LAST WEEK'S TOTAL! MY MISTAKE.
+ Sig and Sandy's $1.55 a-like so: "one orange juice drink box 10 cents, one dime at tim hortons found by sig, one dime in the change spitter outer at super store, me, 5 quarters from 2 safeways" (16 Mar)
+ Sandy's $1.27 a-like so: "2 safeways.. 5 quarters. 2 cents at tim hortons total $1.27" (17 March)
+ Griffin's 10 cents from the Quizno's (17 March)
+ Karen's 10 cents from in front of the Koryo at the food court (17 March)
+ Griffin's 50 cents from 2 Dangerousway carts! Griffin's having a heck of a day! (17 March)
+ Stacey's 2 cents that Vi chipped out of the ice at the RV dealership. things are pretty slow this time of year... (17 March)
+ Stu's 16 cents from the ever-faithful parking ticket spitter downtown (18 March)
+ Sandy's $1.20 a-like so: " 4 quarters, safeway, 1 water bottle outside eastgate mall, 1 water bottle outside purolator. temperature going up, my take going down.
+ Stu's 20 cents (2 dimes found at the pub and inexplicably glued together. these dimes are not coming apart. someone appears to have glued them together with KrazyGlue for no apparent reason, but they'll look great in a roll of dimes. let the teller try to separate the dimes! that's what i always say!! (18 March)
+ Karen's 11 cents (10 cents her theatre pals found on the C-train platform, and a penny on the sidewalk) (20 March) Added to charity fund!!!!!
+ Stacey, Ella and Larry's $4.55 MOTHERLODE! by absconding our neighbours blue bag while she's off to arizona. if we have to put it to the curb no reason why we can't thin it out first. thanks lorelie & myron! count it up... that would be 43 bottles of pop on our table. and 1 wine bottle. add it up 10 cents times 43 = $4.30
plus 25 cents for a bottle over 1L. that be $4.55!! woo-hoo! and to make the guilt lessen i rinsed her recycleables and put them in our blue bag for recycling.
+ Karen and Griffin's $1.10 from being Juvenile/Middle Aged Delinquents and nearly getting arrested in the bottle-spewing parkade. START THE CAR!!!
+ Kim's 61 cents (2 carts plus 11 dirty cents in the slush outside the tanning salon) (20 March)
+ Karen's 1 cent from breaking into other peoples' dressing rooms at Lunchbox (20 March)
+ Karen's 25 cents donated by tech staff at Lunchbox and no one could claim it. (21 March). Added to charity fund!!!!!
For a total of $14.91
Our grand total is now:
$178.86!!!!!!!!!
$104.85 is currently in the Xmas dinner fund
$74.01 is currently in the Charity Fund (including the Lunchbox Theatre contributions this week)
Volume 3, Number 4
IN THIS ISSUE:
1] Tips from the Peanut Gallery!
2] Strange and/or Relevant Questions I have Received!
3] General News!
4] Last week's total!
5] Money reported this week!
6] Grand total to date!
1] Tips from the Peanut Gallery!
From Sandy: "when pushing errant cart to buggy corral, only to notice that the buggy boy is in fact IN the corral watching you approach, strike up a friendly conversation about the weather.. throws them off, and they are forced to answer."
2] Strange and/or Relevant Questions I have Received!
Q: What is a group of Magpies called?
A: Thank you for asking. A group of Magpies is (officially) called a "Get off my land, you horrifying, Chickadee-egg eating, noisy, disgusting RatBag excuses for birds!" of Magpies.
3] General News!
* a reminder that Stu and i will be gone to Jamaica for our friend Donna's wedding next weekend. there will be no update next Sunday as a result, as the compiler of the newsletter will be far too busy lying by a pool with a slushy beverage in one hand, a book in the other, the glorious sun above, and the soothing sound of steel drums being played by beautiful Jamaican men. keep reporting to me (the email can pile up). just be sure to put lots of $$$$$$$$$$$$ in the subject line so it'll be easier for me to compile it all when i get home. the next report will be the 5th of April. i'll count up all the $$ that comes in before the end of the month and add it to final total for the dinner fund. anything coming in from the 1st to the 4th of April will go into the charity fund!
4] Last week's total!
* we started the week (i messed up somewhere so the numbers might not jive till the money is physically counted later in the year) with $161.88
5] Money reported this week!
+ Sandy's 85 cents from 3 carts and a pop can (14 March)
+ Karen's 26 cents from Dangerousway (15 March)
+ Sig and Sandy's 51 cents from 2 Dangerousway carts and a penny from the self check-out thingy at the StupidStore (15 March)
+ Kim's 25 cents from one Dangerousway cart (15 March)
+ Stu's 2 cents from in front of the RatBag Store (I MEAN Revenue Canada) (14 March)
+ Larry and Stacey's $1.65 a-like so: "#1) 3 cans and i quarter in Tim's drive through = $0.55. #2) 4 cans at skating rink = $0.40. #3) 1 cun crushed under van tire = $0.10. #4) 2 quarters at safeway (bitter wind) = $0.50. #5) 1 plastic bottle found while Stacey walked the dog = $0.10. Sorry. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN PART OF LAST WEEK'S TOTAL! MY MISTAKE.
+ Sig and Sandy's $1.55 a-like so: "one orange juice drink box 10 cents, one dime at tim hortons found by sig, one dime in the change spitter outer at super store, me, 5 quarters from 2 safeways" (16 Mar)
+ Sandy's $1.27 a-like so: "2 safeways.. 5 quarters. 2 cents at tim hortons total $1.27" (17 March)
+ Griffin's 10 cents from the Quizno's (17 March)
+ Karen's 10 cents from in front of the Koryo at the food court (17 March)
+ Griffin's 50 cents from 2 Dangerousway carts! Griffin's having a heck of a day! (17 March)
+ Stacey's 2 cents that Vi chipped out of the ice at the RV dealership. things are pretty slow this time of year... (17 March)
+ Stu's 16 cents from the ever-faithful parking ticket spitter downtown (18 March)
+ Sandy's $1.20 a-like so: " 4 quarters, safeway, 1 water bottle outside eastgate mall, 1 water bottle outside purolator. temperature going up, my take going down.
+ Stu's 20 cents (2 dimes found at the pub and inexplicably glued together. these dimes are not coming apart. someone appears to have glued them together with KrazyGlue for no apparent reason, but they'll look great in a roll of dimes. let the teller try to separate the dimes! that's what i always say!! (18 March)
+ Karen's 11 cents (10 cents her theatre pals found on the C-train platform, and a penny on the sidewalk) (20 March) Added to charity fund!!!!!
+ Stacey, Ella and Larry's $4.55 MOTHERLODE! by absconding our neighbours blue bag while she's off to arizona. if we have to put it to the curb no reason why we can't thin it out first. thanks lorelie & myron! count it up... that would be 43 bottles of pop on our table. and 1 wine bottle. add it up 10 cents times 43 = $4.30
plus 25 cents for a bottle over 1L. that be $4.55!! woo-hoo! and to make the guilt lessen i rinsed her recycleables and put them in our blue bag for recycling.
+ Karen and Griffin's $1.10 from being Juvenile/Middle Aged Delinquents and nearly getting arrested in the bottle-spewing parkade. START THE CAR!!!
+ Kim's 61 cents (2 carts plus 11 dirty cents in the slush outside the tanning salon) (20 March)
+ Karen's 1 cent from breaking into other peoples' dressing rooms at Lunchbox (20 March)
+ Karen's 25 cents donated by tech staff at Lunchbox and no one could claim it. (21 March). Added to charity fund!!!!!
For a total of $14.91
Our grand total is now:
$178.86!!!!!!!!!
$104.85 is currently in the Xmas dinner fund
$74.01 is currently in the Charity Fund (including the Lunchbox Theatre contributions this week)
Friday, March 20, 2009
Existential Dime Dilemma
Stu found these dimes at the pub the other day. I've not stacked them in an artistic fashion. They are stuck together like that. It would seem that someone took a dab of KrazyGlue and for reason(s) unknown, glued them together for all time. There is no separating them, so they shall be rolled just like this. I figure the teller (or whoever actually counts coins that have been rolled) can worry about splitting them up. By then, it will never be traceable back to us! Mwa ha ha ha haaaaa!
Karen and Griffin's Sad and Sordid Tale of Juvenile/Middle-Aged Delinquency
After the show, on our way to the car, we start pulling bottles out of the pillars where they have been stashed, and loading up our arms.
Suddenly Griff realizes that there are too many to carry and says to me "Go get the car" . So I start walking towards my car but what he has just said reminds me of the IKEA commercial, so I start running to the car yelling "START THE CAR! START THE CAR!" then I drop one of the bottles I am holding. a beer bottle. it smashes all over the ground, a big loud crash of breaking glass. then as I am brushing the pieces aside with my foot thinking "oh great, now I have to find the security guy and get a broom to sweep this up", Griffin starts running up behind me and runs past me to the car whispering "I see the security guard coming!"
When the guard catches up to us he has the look of total confusion as I walk up and say "Oh hi. Can you get me a broom . I just dropped a bottle"
Then he lets out this huge sigh of relief cuz HE thought that someone (Griffin) had just broken into a car through by smashing a window!
So, It occurs to us that all the security guard knows is that he heard breaking glass, someone yelling "START THE CAR! START THE CAR!" and saw a teen ager running away from him carrying a bunch of stuff in his loaded up arms.
Anyway, in the end, he didn't want me to clean up the bottle.
total grab? 11 bottles = $1.10
My God!!!! They hit the jackpot!
Total haul from raiding your neighbour's recycle bucket? $4.55
Ah, yes, as Oma calls this one, "Granddaughter with a Mickey."
Careful on that chair, mom!
Watch yer balance, dad!
Ah, yes, as Oma calls this one, "Granddaughter with a Mickey."
Careful on that chair, mom!
Watch yer balance, dad!
Sunday, March 15, 2009
The Weekly Found $$$$$$$$$$$$ Report!!
Volume 3, Number 3IN THIS ISSUE:
1] Tips from the Peanut Gallery!
2] Strange and/or Relevant Questions I have Received!
3] General News!
4] Last week's total!
5] Money reported this week!
6] Grand total to date!
1] Tips from the Peanut Gallery!
- no tips this week. we're getting to be such pros!
2] Strange and/or Relevant Questions I have Received!
Q: If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to see it, do the other trees make fun of it?
A: Yes, but only if it fails to pick up the penny lying by its roots.
3] General News!
from Sig and Sandy: "ROYAL PROCLAMATION!
Hear ye hear ye,
On this date, March 15 in the year of our Lord 2009, a decision has been made.
Sig and Sandy Moser, (the oldest ones in this pack of fools) as hosts of the "Annual Christmas Celebration" have reached a consensus of two (and we are unanimous in this). As of March 31, 2009, no further money will be raised for Christmas Dinner!! Whatever is in the "Dinner" fund, (Jan and March) will be what we have to work with for Christmas dinner. If we end up with turkey and grilled cheese sandwiches and glasses of water... so be it!! We have decided it's WAY more fun to steal (oops) redirect lost money, to Charity, than to our our dinner table. We can in fact afford to feed you. We think it will be fun to see if we CAN produce Christmas dinner with whatever is in the pot. (note to self...start looking for turkeys on sale soon). There will be no debate on this matter. The remaining months of the year will all be directed to Charity, so get out there!! So say we."
4] Last week's total!
* we started the week with $144.49
5] Money reported this week!
+ Kim's 50 cents from two carts at the Dangerousway (08 March)
+ Kim's 1 cent from the 7-Eleven. that place never lets me down! (08 March)
+ Kim's 75 cents from three really really cold carts at the Dangerousway (08 March)
+ Sandy and Sig's crazy $8.85 day at various stores putting away the carts of lazy people! (08 March)
+ Karen's 11 cents on the floor of Tims. (09 March)
+ Sandy's 70 cents found in a payphone. that almost never happens! (09 March)
+ Karen's 1 cent at the FasGas (10 March)
+ Sandy and Kim's $3.11 a-like so: one loonie at zellers (after a gargantuan struggle in the snow complete with onlookers), quarters from 2 safeways, penny from floor of safeways.. (12 March)
+ Kim's $1.01 from Dangerousway carts and penny in front of the till (12 March)
+ Karen's 1 cent from the liquor store! "Nearly as surprising as me in a liquor store!" (12 March)
+ Sig and Sandy's $1.10 from Dangerousway carts and a dime at the pharmacy counter at Shopper's (13 March)
+ Maryann's 56 cents. it would have been more but.. "Found a nickle at coop getting a coffee before meeting my art agent, looking of course where I found all the other money. Ya scored! On way back to school stopped there for stuff to take home found a dime on the floor by the till YAHOO!!!!!! was so excited holding it in my hand carrying stuff out then lost the dime before I got to the car. Found a penny after that so only ended up with a 6 cents haul instead of 16 cents. Found 50 cents by the dumpster today at school tho so spirits better for a friday the 13th second in a row. So my total for the week is 56 cents!"
+ Stacey's 67 cents a-like so: "I was doing a norwex party for my friend amy's mom yesterday and when I placed my box of goodies on the carpet i found a penny under the side table - they said i could have it :) later amy's dear grandma donated the change of 66 cents from her order to the cause. i told her larry was sure to object but i'd let him know what gert wants goes :)"
For a total of $17.39
Our grand total is now:
$ 161.88!!!!!!!!!
$89.94 is currently in the Xmas dinner fund
$73.74 is currently in the Charity Fund
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