Okay, so maybe not ever, but it is the worst article I've read in a long time... http://www.aol.com/article/2016/05/16/30-surprising-ways-to-use-pennies/21378052/
Agreed. Couldn't stomach the pictures and cut it short after the recommendation of adding pre-85 cents to flowers (water) to extend their life. Don't they mean pre-82? Some one needs to do a bit more research........I find 'Huffington', Shmuffington....
Use a penny as a screw driver. That tip comes with a picture of a Phillips head screw. Yeah, that'll work.
Nearly two years old, but pertinent.......http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2014/12/15/just-how-much-does-it-cost-to-make-a-penny/
That's modern day journalism for you - slap together a list with a bunch of photos and content copied from other sources.
Love how the modern day media puts a 'spin' on things, slanting it to their own non impartial view (which was what they were intended to do primarily. Report the news, not opinionate. That's for the editorial section) And if you employ a '45' you get a whole bunch more.........
Everything wrong with this article: 1- It's called a cent, not a penny. The word penny is derived from pence, which is British currency, not American currency. The US Mint never made a penny. 2- #4 states you can use a penny as a screwdriver. A penny is not sharp like a screwdriver is! It won't work! 3- #5 is missing an important disclaimer: "Do not do this to valuable coins". 4- See 3 5- #7 6- #8- It's pre-82 not pre-85. 7- #9- See 3 8- #10- See 3 9- #15- See 3 10- #16- See 3 11- #17 *sigh* see 3 12- #21 and #22 see 3 13- #23 see 3 14- so #24 wants to prevent a choking hazard, yet #26 kinda causes one... 15- #27- see 3 (but then again, I should try this with a steel cent sometime and see what happens.) 16- #28- Jokesters have done this before. 17- #29- see 3
Is this the same Guy that said the Cav's couldn't win 3 straight from the Warriors? Damn, I made a boat load of money on that bet!!
you guys are way too sensitive regarding this article. Right now it cost about 1.5 cents to manufacture a cent. Overall it was kind of a fun article, but there is a group that wants to bag the cent. Americans, more than other nation in my opinion, are sensitive about changing currency. Yes, we got rid of the half cent, the 2 cent, the 3 cent and the 20 cent, but practicality-wise cent usage is on the downswing.
Typical garbage "news" from AOL. One point: we call them cents. Outside of the collecting community, what percentage of the population would identify Abe as a "Lincoln penny?" I would guess north of 90 percent. We're right. They don't care. So I'm not surprised when writers for these outfits say "pennies."
Hey, I used a cent to open a soda can AND a tin of kippered sardines. Believe it. I'm disappointed that they didn't mention the "suck a penny when driving buzzed to throw off the breathalyzer" trick.
When I toured the Denver mint last month the tour guide addressed the "each cent costs 1.5 cents to make" rumor. He said it's completely true, but added something else that the press never says: they make an absolute killing on the quarter (I don't remember the exact sum, but I think he said it costs 7 cents to make a quarter). As such, the mint makes such an immense profit that they really don't consider the cost differential of the cent an issue. Again, the exact figure remains a little fuzzy, but I think he said the mint made a $500 million dollar profit last year. Even if it's half that amount, that's an incredible sum for a government agency. And they are completely self-funded. That's what they tell the public on tours, at least.