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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;VistaCruiser69, post: 25325278, member: 107016&quot;]&quot;The Lord Giveth and the Lord Taketh Away&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yesterday was blistery windy.&nbsp; I was watching an episode of GunSmoke on MeTV+ in the evening.&nbsp; I wanted to walk to the minimarket in the area for a Sprite to drink.&nbsp; I really wanted that soft drink, but remembering how my father loved watching GunSmoke every night after he got home from work when I was around 2 years old, I decided to wait until this episode was over.&nbsp; After it was over, I slipped on my tennis shoes and headed on foot to the minimarket for that Sprite I was thirsting for while watching GunSmoke.&nbsp; Sure enough, I round the corner at the end of the block in the wind and what blows up and stops at my feet?&nbsp; A $20.00 bill.</p><p><br /></p><p>The day before on Sunday, I had accidently paid $20.00 more to a clerk where I was buying something.&nbsp; I had paid with all $1.00 bills, 9 bills to be exact.&nbsp; It wasn&#039;t until I drove off when I realized that I had a $20.00 mixed in with my ones.&nbsp; Sure enough, when I got home I went through all the ones left in my wallet and that $20 was gone.&nbsp; The clerk is $20 over.&nbsp; When I handed the stack of $1.00 bills I said that they should count it to be sure it&#039;s all there.&nbsp; The clerk declined and said that they trust me and then put the stack unchecked in the register.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sure I could have gone back and asked for the clerk to look through the $1 bills for the $20 bill I gave mixed in with the ones.&nbsp; But I just let it go and figured that&#039;s just the way it goes sometimes.</p><p><br /></p><p>And last night (the very next day) after getting that $20 bill blown to my feet, I reflected and realized, it&#039;s all taken care of.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The Lord Giveth and the Lord Taketh Away&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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