pocket change = Trip!!!

[rick@garage16.ca]

So I had this thing where I wanted to start saving $1 & $2 coins for a year. I started it on Jan 1 2010 till Jan 1 2011 (1 year) to save it and see what I end up with for a trip down south

Even if I had a $2 coin and wanted coffee, I would spend a $20 bill :bang

but guess it paid off having $1225 in toonies and loonies

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k298/4g63telantra/coin2.jpg
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k298/4g63telantra/coin.jpg

[p-o-g-i]

DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good job Rick. So where you heading?

[MistaChin]

Bravo! Maybe I should start doing the same!

[cwp_sedan]

That's wicked! Yeah where are you going to go?

[PCLoadLetter]

"Hey man, got any spare change?"

Great job Rick, that takes a lot of self control to keep something like that up for a year straight.

[rick@garage16.ca]

DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good job Rick. So where you heading?

at first I looked in the coin bin and was like "shit bet I got $200, but was off by $1000 lol

thinking Cuba, never been down south

what is a good place to party with friends?

[shu5892001]

i will start saving pocket change for an STi

[laksman91]

Wow, good job Rick!


i will start saving pocket change for an STi

40 years of pocket change? lol Gotta start adding $5 and $10 bills to the equation for that one lol

[jonjon72]

Great job Rick. I did the same thing with all my change in 2010. Whenever I got home from a nite out or a day at work, I dumped all my loose change into a large coffee container. By the end of December I had $723 in coins. That'll get me alot of coin washes for sure!

[SilentJay]

at first I looked in the coin bin and was like "shit bet I got $200, but was off by $1000 lol
thinking Cuba, never been down south. what is a good place to party with friends?

Cuba if you want to party with friends, Bahamas if you want a quiet tropical getaway. Mexico if you want to get shot/mugged/stabbed/molested/kidnapped.

[STeeLy]

man, I remember when I worked at Timmy's, a co-worker of mine said that she did almost the same thing, after 3 months, she had over $600 of Quarters, loonies and toonies.

[MPS]

Cuba sucks just got back from there
but if you got on Jan 24 its $497 all incuded


at first I looked in the coin bin and was like "shit bet I got $200, but was off by $1000 lol

thinking Cuba, never been down south

what is a good place to party with friends?

[cohenh]

I tried this once, the problem was my wife was taking out the change just as fast as I was putting it in :P

[p-o-g-i]

CAYO COCO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[PearlM3]

Punta cana FTW!!

[MPS]

sure if ur 16 to 24
kinder garden


CAYO COCO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rick@garage16.ca]

just sucks I never been down south :( Only to Portugal, guess need few more bucks for both trips lol

[Default User]

i've done the same thing.
First time paid for a shopping spree at a Prime Outlet in Grove City, PA.
Second one helped with the down payment for my house

[Slade]

I found Cuba nice, but I went in August....I have seen on the news that Cuba has had one of its coldest winters as well, so that may be a factor.

Did you also put the extra change in from breaking the $20 for coffee? :P

[p-o-g-i]

sure if ur 16 to 24
kinder garden

C'mon Vlad... there's some nice resorts in Cayo Coco that are not tailored to just famillies. But I hear where you're coming from.

[TokyoKiller]

Did you also put the extra change in from breaking the $20 for coffee? :P

Yeah...did you do that? Cause thats cheating :P

[rukus]

thats great. good job on you.
i've been doing similar thigns for a long while now. cleaning out my wallet and pockets of loose change at the end of the day, and putting it in a jar. im not sure where im at thus far.

[klym]

Awesome job man, enjoy the trip.

I used to do something very similar. When I used to work as a bouncer I would always put the tip money into a small bag. Ended up being about 500 bucks extra every summer.