Nancy2 wrote:
> On Apr 17, 10:45 am, Sheldon > wrote:
>> On Apr 17, 10:57?am, Melba's Jammin' >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> When Tammy visited last September I recall that she was curious
>>> about my habit of marking the purchase date on my pantry grocery
>>> purchases. ?I believe in FIFO and this makes it possible and very
>>> practical. ?
>>
>> I've been doing that for forever, and not only food items, I mark the
>> date of purchase on everything and save all receipts for any goods
>> with a warranty. I also permanently ID all my tools and such by
>> etching with my military ID number. I also mark all paper money by
>> writing "Penmart" on it, so if any of you find money so marked it's
>> mine and I'd appreciate your returning it. hehe
>>
>
> Isn't it a federal crime to mark the U.S.'s legal currency? Hmmm. ;-)
>
> N.

Yeah, like they bother to enforce that with everything else going on! I
can't count the number of times I've gotten bills in change with things like
"Johnny luvs Suzie" written along the edge. Of course Johnny now hates
Suzie, or has forgotten who the heck Suzie even is

Jill