Coin traditions

During the oil embargo, the only used cars I could afford were large "Land Barges" no one wanted. In the '70s and '80s, I had a 1972 Chrysler Newport (440/4bbl carb), 1973 Oldsmobile Cutlass, 1973 Chevy Caprice, and 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale Brougham (my Dad's old company car)...









These are just internet images...not my actual cars. These look much nicer than the cars I had. They got between 9-12 MPG...and they all leaked oil. You just can't find rear seat leg room like that anymore! I really miss the Newport. It had amazing performance for such a large car and I still love the styling.

 

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Okay, what was the problem with the trees?

 

My mother for some reason would sometimes wrap coins in small pieces of wax paper and place them in cake batter. When the birthday cake was done and slices were passed out, if there was a coin in your slice you could keep it.. Or you could give it to the birthday person.

 

Hey! I had one of the first VCRs sold. An RCA 2/4 hour recorder with a timer that only recorded one show within a 24-hour window. I used that for the longest time before upgrading to a better one. I would buy a case of ten tapes for $100. Now you can find prerecorded tapes in pawn shops and thrift stores.

 

Nothing was wrong with North Carolina trees. I was just so used to see them, they became something I always expected. But California didn't have any trees and I loved ours in NC

 

My first one came from a friend who bought it in Oregon (no sales tax) and decided not to keep it. As far as I can remember it had "piano key" type controls and the top popped up to load the tape. Last VHS tapes I got were two BOXES full of used tapes from someone's porch (Craigslist)

 

My first car was a 1955 Ford. My second was a Rambler American. My next car was a 1970 Mercury Monterey with a 390 engine. When I was in college I worked for a 7/11 type store. I got off at 11PM and would drive home. There was a long, about 2 mile stretch on the way home and I hit the gas. A little way home, there was a dip in the road and me and my Monterey went flying in the are. Luckily, it came down on all four tires. I took my foot off the gas, so that when I came down, the car was slowing down. I was so scared, I never did that again. The car wasn't hurt.

 

I recall that was payment to the ferryman to carry them across the river styx.

 

all you need now is some jukebox money...

 

i have also heard the tradition of someone carrying a coin in the wallet/pocket cook. my grandfather would carry a folded $2 bill in his wallet. my grandmother carried a silver dollar. i never carried on those traditions but after reading this thread im thinking maybe i should

 

My father carried a $2 bill in his wallet and I carry that same $2 in mine now. I also have given $2's to all of my kids and grandkids. I told them that as long as they had that bill they would never be broke.

 

It's stunning, but it's very stunning if you happen to walk across it and/or take a boat under it. That's when you really see it for what it is.

 

Well......you could always make another one....

 

Exactly why I said that. First time I heard that song I was like, "hey, that's the same car I learned to drive in".

 

when i empty my cent jug, or silver (clad) bank to go to bank to exchange for paper (to then go to another branch and get more rolls, of course!) i always put one coin back in each (for luck)

 

My family is from Sicily and I'm familiar with the Sicilian superstition of never giving a knife as a gift. As you said the recipient needs to give you a small coin for it.

 

some nice iron there, i have owned about 45 cars and 15 motorcycles/off road 3 wheelers and motorcycles, i used to be partners in a repair shop in new hampshire for atv's and i always bought and sold and parted out cars to make $$ when older, i have owned many heavy metal machines in my time, lol

 

saw in a movie involving a killer bear and a murder plot, cannot remember the nake of it

 

actually bought one (super tiny) a year ago,,very extremely low mintages

 

drove a truck through nyc to new jersey was something like 17.50 each way