apush
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- Dec 21, 2009
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- ACE 250; Lone Star
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- All Treasure Hunting
The Mad Part:
Today I was able to get off about an hour early so I could go buy supplies for our high school. It was around 2:30. So, I thought I would run to the bank and see if I could pick up some half dollars. This is my first "half dollar" trip. So I go to the counter of my main bank and ask the teller if she had any rolls of half dollars, she said no, but she had about $30.00 in loose coins. I said great, I will take all of them. I proceed to write a check (it's my main bank), and as I am writing the check she tells me a young boy came in this afternoon and exchanged them for bills. I was excited . . . until . . . she had the nerve to tell me she collected silver and had pulled 4 silver coins from the pile. Darn it!
The Glad Part:
Sadly, I go ahead and buy them, knowing I was "skunked." I headed to Walmart to buy supplies. As I am walking down the isle, I hear my name called. It was one of my former AP students (APUSH stands for Advanced Placement United States History--what I taught while I was a teacher). Well, we hug and she is doing great. She was a good, hardworking kid that I pushed hard while she was in high school and it paid off (she is only 21). I notice she is dressed up in a suit; she has a name tag that has a BANK name on it. I find out she is the assistant manager. I tell her I collect half dollars. Her bank is in Walmart. She takes me to the counter. She has $8.00 worth. I buy them, get home, and I have found my first silver! Kennedy:1-1967; 1-1968; 1-1969. You just never know!
apush
Today I was able to get off about an hour early so I could go buy supplies for our high school. It was around 2:30. So, I thought I would run to the bank and see if I could pick up some half dollars. This is my first "half dollar" trip. So I go to the counter of my main bank and ask the teller if she had any rolls of half dollars, she said no, but she had about $30.00 in loose coins. I said great, I will take all of them. I proceed to write a check (it's my main bank), and as I am writing the check she tells me a young boy came in this afternoon and exchanged them for bills. I was excited . . . until . . . she had the nerve to tell me she collected silver and had pulled 4 silver coins from the pile. Darn it!
The Glad Part:
Sadly, I go ahead and buy them, knowing I was "skunked." I headed to Walmart to buy supplies. As I am walking down the isle, I hear my name called. It was one of my former AP students (APUSH stands for Advanced Placement United States History--what I taught while I was a teacher). Well, we hug and she is doing great. She was a good, hardworking kid that I pushed hard while she was in high school and it paid off (she is only 21). I notice she is dressed up in a suit; she has a name tag that has a BANK name on it. I find out she is the assistant manager. I tell her I collect half dollars. Her bank is in Walmart. She takes me to the counter. She has $8.00 worth. I buy them, get home, and I have found my first silver! Kennedy:1-1967; 1-1968; 1-1969. You just never know!
apush
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(I love FDR--and Rosies) Has a Rosie the Riveter coin every been made? Gotta Love that Gal.
. No excuse. Just a bit peeved that the teller would say such a thing! I would have rather she had said "nada" than said anything at all. But, that is not a problem in the scheme of world "things." Feeding your family, sick children, those are problems. Yeah, I need to practice what I am preaching; that is, I need to stop gripping 
Hehehe.
