Where do you keep your spare change?

IvanOpinion

Shakin_Steve said:

Surely a charity box would be better than a bin.

I used to do that until I learned that one of the main drivers for not getting rid of currency was charities looking their cut of the virtue signalling pot.  I want to get rid of currency so it would be hypocritical to support such an old fashioned habit.

Sea_Shell

IvanOpinion said:

Despite being something given to me by my grandmother some 50 years ago and innocently given a humerous name by her, that has stuck, it appears that people with delicate sensibilities don't like the name so I will not say where I put £1 and £2 coins (suffice to say they do not see much sunlight).

Anything less than a £1 coin gets thrown in the nearest bin - useless stuff.

I hate shrapnel and have long believed that we are long overdue getting rid of that dirty filthy unhygenic stuff we call cash.  it serves no purpose in the 21st century.

This might be the first time that someone on (primarily) a money saving site, actually admits to literally throwing money away!!!

Would you throw a £10 note in the bin?

Just because the throwing away is done by "1000 cuts" doesn't make it any less wasteful.

Your throwaway change could be a meal to someone else!!  At least have the decency to throw it in a homeless persons hat rather than an actual bin.  Assuming you meant literally, the bin!!

Zanderman

IvanOpinion said:

Zanderman said:

IvanOpinion said:

Anything less than a £1 coin gets thrown in the nearest bin - useless stuff.

Not very money-saving!  I find it very useful indeed, for buying stuff.  

IvanOpinion said:

I hate shrapnel and have long believed that we are long overdue getting rid of that dirty filthy unhygenic stuff we call cash.  it serves no purpose in the 21st century.

It may not serve a purpose for you, but we are over 1/5 of the way through the 21st century and many people still use it some of the time (see many posts in this thread), some even all of the time (see the post above yours), so it clearly has a very definite purpose for many.   

If you want to be 21st century and really do chuck change in the 'bin' I trust you use the metal recycling bin - it's really old-fashioned to chuck metal away. .

I find a card more useful for buying stuff.  I only use cash when I receive cash-in-hand for helping someone out.

Maybe I am just fussier about hygiene ... maybe there are other reasons.  But I will not mourn the loss of that dirty filthy stuff.  The fact that some want to keep an antiquated payment system going just holds everybody back.

As far as recycling bin goes, no idea, what does the council do with rubbish in their bins?

Rubbish is treated as rubbish. That's why you are given recycling bins as an alternative. 

If you have 'no idea' what your council does with rubbish then you're not very 21st century at all.  The rubbish problem has been brewing and developing for decades now.

Rubbish bin contents will either go to landfill - where your 'dirty filthy' coins will rest for a very long time indeed and be of no help to anyone - or to incinerator where they probably clog up the works. Either way it's not a very responsible thing to do - coins have value as money, they are valued by people other than you for precisely that reason, and, if you really must 'bin' them, they could be 'binned' in a more responsible way. 

As for it being dirty filthy stuff, humans survived quite well with it before plastic. 

If you're worried about touching items hundreds of other people have touched before you, then I assume you never use door handles, sit down on chairs (anywhere), use public transport, use shopping trollies/baskets, loo seats, taps, pin machines etc etc etc.  Or you wear gloves all the time, in which case you needn't worry about coins. 

elsien

oldagetraveller1 said:

General_Grant said:

I am really surprised at the number of people on a money saving site who are keeping cash in containers around their homes for months on end rather than using it in place of other means of spending their money.

A bit like those who fill their fuel tank when it reaches half. Then carry around x litre of fuel for no reason while the oil company pocket that money.

That’ll be me. 

It’s petrol I’m going to use anyway so the oil company will be getting the money regardless of when I fill it up.

And because I’d prefer not to be looking for petrol stations on the way to work when I’m running late because the tank is too low.

And it ensured I had enough petrol to get home from holiday without having to sit in silly queues of people when everyone was panicking. 

IvanOpinion

Sea_Shell said:

IvanOpinion said:

Despite being something given to me by my grandmother some 50 years ago and innocently given a humerous name by her, that has stuck, it appears that people with delicate sensibilities don't like the name so I will not say where I put £1 and £2 coins (suffice to say they do not see much sunlight).

Anything less than a £1 coin gets thrown in the nearest bin - useless stuff.

I hate shrapnel and have long believed that we are long overdue getting rid of that dirty filthy unhygenic stuff we call cash.  it serves no purpose in the 21st century.

This might be the first time that someone on (primarily) a money saving site, actually admits to literally throwing money away!!!

Would you throw a £10 note in the bin?

Just because the throwing away is done by "1000 cuts" doesn't make it any less wasteful.

Your throwaway change could be a meal to someone else!!  At least have the decency to throw it in a homeless persons hat rather than an actual bin.  Assuming you meant literally, the bin!!

I do mean literally the bin - the first bin I come to on the street - I don't even want that dirty filthy stuff in my pocket.
I have already explained the reasons why I won't give shrapnel to charities (or dossers).

Have I thrown a £10 note away?  Regularly, I like a flutter on the horses.  
So throwing away what amounts to probably £1-2 per week of garbage, versus £10-100 per week on the horses - que sera sera.

Sea_Shell

IvanOpinion said:

Sea_Shell said:

IvanOpinion said:

Despite being something given to me by my grandmother some 50 years ago and innocently given a humerous name by her, that has stuck, it appears that people with delicate sensibilities don't like the name so I will not say where I put £1 and £2 coins (suffice to say they do not see much sunlight).

Anything less than a £1 coin gets thrown in the nearest bin - useless stuff.

I hate shrapnel and have long believed that we are long overdue getting rid of that dirty filthy unhygenic stuff we call cash.  it serves no purpose in the 21st century.

This might be the first time that someone on (primarily) a money saving site, actually admits to literally throwing money away!!!

Would you throw a £10 note in the bin?

Just because the throwing away is done by "1000 cuts" doesn't make it any less wasteful.

Your throwaway change could be a meal to someone else!!  At least have the decency to throw it in a homeless persons hat rather than an actual bin.  Assuming you meant literally, the bin!!

I do mean literally the bin - the first bin I come to on the street - I don't even want that dirty filthy stuff in my pocket.
I have already explained the reasons why I won't give shrapnel to charities (or dossers).

Have I thrown a £10 note away?  Regularly, I like a flutter on the horses.  
So throwing away what amounts to probably £1-2 per week of garbage, versus £10-100 per week on the horses - que sera sera.

Well that is just sad to read, when many people are in genuine need.

I'll put my hand up and admit that im not the most charitable person about, but literally throwing money in the bin just seems wrong on every level!   

Even betting (and losing) at least puts the money into the economy, via the bookies.

Wasting money, is one thing, I'm sure we all do it to some extent, but binning it, so no one else can even make use of it, seems almost spiteful.

Very sad.

IvanOpinion

Zanderman said:

IvanOpinion said:

Zanderman said:

IvanOpinion said:

Anything less than a £1 coin gets thrown in the nearest bin - useless stuff.

Not very money-saving!  I find it very useful indeed, for buying stuff.  

IvanOpinion said:

I hate shrapnel and have long believed that we are long overdue getting rid of that dirty filthy unhygenic stuff we call cash.  it serves no purpose in the 21st century.

It may not serve a purpose for you, but we are over 1/5 of the way through the 21st century and many people still use it some of the time (see many posts in this thread), some even all of the time (see the post above yours), so it clearly has a very definite purpose for many.   

If you want to be 21st century and really do chuck change in the 'bin' I trust you use the metal recycling bin - it's really old-fashioned to chuck metal away. .

I find a card more useful for buying stuff.  I only use cash when I receive cash-in-hand for helping someone out.

Maybe I am just fussier about hygiene ... maybe there are other reasons.  But I will not mourn the loss of that dirty filthy stuff.  The fact that some want to keep an antiquated payment system going just holds everybody back.

As far as recycling bin goes, no idea, what does the council do with rubbish in their bins?

Rubbish is treated as rubbish. That's why you are given recycling bins as an alternative. 

If you have 'no idea' what your council does with rubbish then you're not very 21st century at all.  The rubbish problem has been brewing and developing for decades now.

Rubbish bin contents will either go to landfill - where your 'dirty filthy' coins will rest for a very long time indeed and be of no help to anyone - or to incinerator where they probably clog up the works. Either way it's not a very responsible thing to do - coins have value as money, they are valued by people other than you for precisely that reason, and, if you really must 'bin' them, they could be 'binned' in a more responsible way. 

Ah the word twisting starts!!!!!
I said 'in their bins', I know what happens to household rubbish, but no idea what they do with their own bins, and quite honestly, I don't care.  If the council cared then they will sort it - before throwing a significant amount of recyclable material into landfill or shipping it off halfway around the world so that it becomes another country's problem - as they do at the minute.  If they need people to sort it there are millions of under utilised people in this country that could contribute to the sorting process - assuming those people even cared which I doubt since most peoples caring ceases to exist when it starts to inconvenience them.

Your last couple of paragraphs were just typical internet strawman nonsense.

IvanOpinion

Deleted_User said:

IvanOpinion said:

I used to do that until I learned that one of the main drivers for not getting rid of currency was charities looking their cut of the virtue signalling pot.  I want to get rid of currency so it would be hypocritical to support such an old fashioned habit.

Can you explain in plain English what you mean by "charities looking their cut of the virtue signalling pot. ". I've never heard of a device called virtue signalling pot.

No problem at all.  Which part do you not understand 'virtue signalling' or 'pot'?
I am giving you the benefit of the doubt that you are not trolling since it is a bit of an abstract use of words.

IvanOpinion

Sea_Shell said:

IvanOpinion said:

Sea_Shell said:

IvanOpinion said:

Despite being something given to me by my grandmother some 50 years ago and innocently given a humerous name by her, that has stuck, it appears that people with delicate sensibilities don't like the name so I will not say where I put £1 and £2 coins (suffice to say they do not see much sunlight).

Anything less than a £1 coin gets thrown in the nearest bin - useless stuff.

I hate shrapnel and have long believed that we are long overdue getting rid of that dirty filthy unhygenic stuff we call cash.  it serves no purpose in the 21st century.

This might be the first time that someone on (primarily) a money saving site, actually admits to literally throwing money away!!!

Would you throw a £10 note in the bin?

Just because the throwing away is done by "1000 cuts" doesn't make it any less wasteful.

Your throwaway change could be a meal to someone else!!  At least have the decency to throw it in a homeless persons hat rather than an actual bin.  Assuming you meant literally, the bin!!

I do mean literally the bin - the first bin I come to on the street - I don't even want that dirty filthy stuff in my pocket.
I have already explained the reasons why I won't give shrapnel to charities (or dossers).

Have I thrown a £10 note away?  Regularly, I like a flutter on the horses.  
So throwing away what amounts to probably £1-2 per week of garbage, versus £10-100 per week on the horses - que sera sera.

Well that is just sad to read, when many people are in genuine need.

I'll put my hand up and admit that im not the most charitable person about, but literally throwing money in the bin just seems wrong on every level!   

Even betting (and losing) at least puts the money into the economy, via the bookies.

Wasting money, is one thing, I'm sure we all do it to some extent, but binning it, so no one else can even make use of it, seems almost spiteful.

Very sad.

Maybe if you had have asked the question in the first place.
I am actually a very charitable person giving a significant sum to various charities each and every year.  I also give my personal time to 2 specific local charities (about 100 hours per year) including one were I have to muck out after dogs.  So don't try the guilt trip since, based on your post, it appears I may well do a lot more than you.

I believe that cash is an outdated expensive system to maintain - so I choose to treat it as garbage (I haven't criticised what anybody else does with their money so it is  somewhat disingenuous for others to criticise what I do with mine).  I personally would prefer  and choose to make a small online donation of £100 (or so) to a charity rather than give them bags of 1p and 2p coins where they need to pay someone to count it, sort it, bag it, and take it to the bank.  Both the charities I have direct experience with hate it when people give them shrapnel - if they really cared the donator would take it to the bank and get it changed rather than the charity having to waste valuable time on it to the point that the costs outweigh the benefits.

I do agree though that it is very sad that people do not give up more time to help charitable organizations.

Sea_Shell

IvanOpinion said:

Sea_Shell said:

IvanOpinion said:

Sea_Shell said:

IvanOpinion said:

Despite being something given to me by my grandmother some 50 years ago and innocently given a humerous name by her, that has stuck, it appears that people with delicate sensibilities don't like the name so I will not say where I put £1 and £2 coins (suffice to say they do not see much sunlight).

Anything less than a £1 coin gets thrown in the nearest bin - useless stuff.

I hate shrapnel and have long believed that we are long overdue getting rid of that dirty filthy unhygenic stuff we call cash.  it serves no purpose in the 21st century.

This might be the first time that someone on (primarily) a money saving site, actually admits to literally throwing money away!!!

Would you throw a £10 note in the bin?

Just because the throwing away is done by "1000 cuts" doesn't make it any less wasteful.

Your throwaway change could be a meal to someone else!!  At least have the decency to throw it in a homeless persons hat rather than an actual bin.  Assuming you meant literally, the bin!!

I do mean literally the bin - the first bin I come to on the street - I don't even want that dirty filthy stuff in my pocket.
I have already explained the reasons why I won't give shrapnel to charities (or dossers).

Have I thrown a £10 note away?  Regularly, I like a flutter on the horses.  
So throwing away what amounts to probably £1-2 per week of garbage, versus £10-100 per week on the horses - que sera sera.

Well that is just sad to read, when many people are in genuine need.

I'll put my hand up and admit that im not the most charitable person about, but literally throwing money in the bin just seems wrong on every level!   

Even betting (and losing) at least puts the money into the economy, via the bookies.

Wasting money, is one thing, I'm sure we all do it to some extent, but binning it, so no one else can even make use of it, seems almost spiteful.

Very sad.

Maybe if you had have asked the question in the first place.
I am actually a very charitable person giving a significant sum to various charities each and every year.  I also give my personal time to 2 specific local charities (about 100 hours per year) including one were I have to muck out after dogs.  So don't try the guilt trip since, based on your post, it appears I may well do a lot more than you.

I just believe that cash is an outdated expensive system to maintain - so I chose to treat it as garbage.  I personally would prefer  and choose to make a small online donation of £100 (or so) to a charity rather than give them bags of 1p and 2p coins where they need to pay someone to count it, sort it, bag it, and take it to the bank.  Both the charities I have direct experience with hate it when people give them shrapnel - if they really cared the donator would take it to the bank and get it changed rather than the charity having to waste valuable time on it to the point that the costs outweigh the benefits.

I do agree though that it is very sad that people do not give up more time to help charitable organizations.

Ok. I'll just take inspiration from your signature, and move on.