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Find a penny
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I've never found a note, but I do find lots of pennies and 5p's though, I pay them into the bank and pay them off my credit card!LBM Aug 09: £18,650.47 - Current: £12,854.93 (£5946.79)
Barclays: £2,928.34 Lloyds: £2,499.60
MBNA: £3,788.99 Overdraft: £1,900.00 Mum: £1,738.00
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downnotout wrote: »Walking back to my car today I found a 20p piece on the floor so I picked it up. I have seen money on the floor many times in the past and thought nothing of it. Maybe I am getting to the point of stupidity or something, but from now on I am going to pick up every coin I see. If anyone else finds some money on the floor then I urge you to do the same and post it here! I wonder just how much cash is lying on our street unclaimed!
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This made me smile as I already do this and find it great fun! Follow a group of young people who seem to be alergic to copper, or even small pieces of silver! Outside the local post office/newsagents/sweety shop can also provide treasure. Happy hunting!:D0 -
Self service ticket booths at train stations are also good, especially after rush hour!0
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Woo my thread made it into the email
thanks everyone! And good luck!TOTAL AT START £13606.90 27/03/2018
TOTAL CURRENT £13445.90 29/03/20180 -
I always pick up any coins I find in the street - never managed to find any notes yet.0
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4p today
** Total debt: £6950.82 ± May NSDs 1/10 **** Fat Bum Shrinking: -7/56lbs **
**SPC 2012 #1498 -£152 and 1499 ***
I do it all because I'm scared.
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I found £60 in a waste paper basket in the post office once. The bin was just below the counter so it was onvious someone had dropped it. It was pension day so I handed it in. I hope the owner collected it.
Usually I just find 1p's!0 -
I found a 1p this morning while out walking the dog but it was at the edge of a field! Bizarre that I came across it.
If I ever pick a penny and I am with someone I always say the rhyme "find a penny pick it up pass it on to bring on luck" and pass it to who ever am with - maybe I ought to keep them instead!Crazy Clothes Challenge 2012 £57.20/£100,CCC 2013 £68.67/£100 ,CCC 2014 £94.32/£100
*Frugal Living Challenge 2012, 2013, 2014*
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About a day after I posted on this I found £1.05!Total debt at lightbulb moment (Jan 2010): £23410
Target for Dec 2011: £17000
Lloyds - Early Jan: £[STRIKE]2040[/STRIKE] Feb: £[STRIKE]2050[/STRIKE] Mar: £0
Other Lloyds @ highest: £9800 Feb: £9800
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I've found quite a few notes in the past. Many times they have been near banks, so have handed them into the banks and received rewards! Found about £300 once in bundled notes with an elastic band around them. Handed that into the police, left my details, and heard nothing..pixiechick wrote: »I always pick up any coins I find in the street - never managed to find any notes yet.Total debt at lightbulb moment (Jan 2010): £23410
Target for Dec 2011: £17000
Lloyds - Early Jan: £[STRIKE]2040[/STRIKE] Feb: £[STRIKE]2050[/STRIKE] Mar: £0
Other Lloyds @ highest: £9800 Feb: £9800
Current debt: £234200
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