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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 25584194, member: 27832&quot;]A few months back, we got a flyer from a family up the street advertising a house-watching service. Their two children (a pre-school girl and a kindergarten- or elementary-school boy) will come around daily to collect mail, papers, and packages, and even roll your trash out to the curb and back, for a dollar or two a day. Mom is the &quot;office manager&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>We engaged their services last month for a weekend trip. The total came to $3, but I found that I didn&#039;t have any ones. I <i>did</i> have a stack of SBAs on my desk, and we always have quarters. So, when Mom and boy came to collect, I offered him twelve quarters or the three SBAs. He was very polite and said either would be fine, but when I insisted it was his choice, he shyly asked for the SBAs.</p><p><br /></p><p>We hired them again this past weekend. I asked Mom whether the boy was interested in more &quot;unusual money&quot;, and she said yes, he was already saving the three SBAs.</p><p><br /></p><p>So... what should it be this time? I&#039;m thinking an Ike, and maybe a nice standard Kennedy and one bicentennial Kennedy. And maybe a regular single, because I want him to feel free to spend <i>some</i> of the money. Or I could do an Ike and a $2 bill, I guess. Or maybe smaller change, I have an <i>awful</i> lot of low-grade Buffs and even V-nickels. I&#039;d even consider throwing in some silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>But I don&#039;t want to overwhelm him, and I&#039;m thinking a slow drip is probably better than a dump of novelties. Thoughts?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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