"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> On Wednesday, October 22, 2014 11:03:51 AM UTC-10, sf wrote:
>> On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 13:07:43 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 <>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > At my second job, there's a lot for tennats of the building to park.
>> > When I started, I spotted a penny laying on the concrete floor. I
>> > wasn't about to pick it up but it was reassuring to see that thing
>> > laying there every morning I came to work. It stayed there for over 8
>> > months. I even checked it once to verify that it wasn't epoxied to the
>> > ground. It was not.
>> >
>> > One day it was gone. I put another one as close to the spot as I can
>> > recall. That one was gone after a few days. This means that somebody
>> > new is working there that makes the effort to pick up a penny. It also
>> > means that the management hardly ever cleans the parking lot.
>>
>> See a penny, pick it up and all day you'll have good luck!
>>
>
> That's what my wife always says when she picks a penny off the ground. I
> think that's way too optimistic but I gotta love her childish enthusiasm.

We have that saying here too

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