A visit to Redbox

[halfdime]

I found out this evening, after my mid-day trip to Costco, that we were out of paper towels. Fortunately, there is a small grocery store a few blocks away so I headed out for a roll to tide us over. On the way out, Mrs. halfdime suggested that I pick up a movie at Redbox; as it turns out, this would be "The Blind Side." I thought for a second that I should have Miss halfdime walk with me; any opportunity to "dive" is fine with her. I've described her antics before; diving means laying on the floor of a store, looking under things for money. Our town is bisected by several busy roads, one of which separates us from the store. On this side, I came across the first drop of the trip: $.61 just laying on the sidewalk. Bummer for Miss halfdime. Already making a profit, I went whistling on my way, crossed the busy street and hooked a left for the store. Halfway up that sidewalk, I couldn't believe my eyes. There, in a little pile, were two $5 bills and four $1s. Any kind of a breeze would have sent these bills blowing everywhere, but it wasn't happening! Bummer again for missy. A few feet beyond, I found a lottery ticket that hadn't been rubbed off yet; given what had transpired so far, it had to be a winner. Anyway, my finds easily paid for a roll of paper towels and I made my way home to scratch off the ticket. I'm not a lottery fan, but I didn't fork out anything for this ticket so I didn't have any moral quandries about checking it out. I rubbed off eight numbers and had three pairs of amounts: $10, $15 and $50. To win, you had to have three or two with either a 2x or 3x. Any Pennsylvania players know the game I'm talking about. Well, the ninth number didn't come off clean; the ticket must have been out in the brief thundershower we had a few hours ago. I'll never know if the ticket was a winner or not, but it doesn't matter. Do I really have to post a picture of the finds?

 

[OldNBroken]

FWIW, you can take the ticket to the store and have it scanned. They go by the ticket code, not the play window. Profitable walk btw.

 

[Al Czervik]

No picture needed ...

Your heartfelt description goes beyond photographs ... It is refreshing to have such a story to let the mind do it's bidding .

Congratulations my good friend ...

BRAVO ~ Al

 

[HuntinDog]

And I feel lucky to find a Zincoln on the ground....
Way to go.

 

[SkyPirate]

WOW! Money just waiting for the taking on the streets of Zelienople!

 

[Jeep]

I swear i am moving to Zelienople.

By the way, were is Zelienople

 

[digginer]

some people just have all the luck,that's why i have little or no luck at all.wtg.

 

[favored papa]

if you have not disposed of the loto ticket you may still have a winner. take it into a store and ask them to scan it the bar code on the back will tell if it is a winner