Penny For Your Thoughts? Not Anymore! [Doof]

"Pretty Penny was her name, she was loved and we all will miss her".

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End of an era

Death of the penny - US Mint set to make final coin after Trump decree

The penny is about to drop in America - for the final time.
President Donald Trump says the small coin is "so wasteful" and should be abolished.
The US Mint has made its final order of penny blanks (flat metal discs that are made into coins) and expects to stop making new pennies once those are cashed out.
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"For far too long the United States has minted pennies which literally cost us more than 2 cents," Mr Trump wrote on Truth Social in February. "This is so wasteful!"
"I have instructed my Secretary of the US Treasury to stop producing new pennies."
Made from zinc with a copper coating, the penny was one of the first coins made by the US Mint after its establishment in 1792 and there are now around 114 billion currently in circulation

Do you care? Does this affect your life in any meaningful way? Probably not. As society moves rapidly into cashless environments, many people don't even carry paper money, much less coins. With so many pennies still in circulation, it will take a long time before they disappear forever. Will that even happen? Eventually.

But what about prices?

The Penny Is On the Way Out. Can You Still Buy Something With It?

With the Treasury's announcement, which came at the behest of President Donald Trump, the anti-penny side decisively won the battle over pocket change. And bipartisan legislation has been introduced in Congress to remove any doubt about the legality of the Treasury's move. In April, a group of Democratic and Republican senators proposed a bill that would officially end penny production, and require retailers to round up or down to the nearest five cents for cash transactions.
In a post-penny world, it's unlikely that price tags will change to reflect the new five-cent minimum denomination, if the experience of our neighbor to the north is any guide. Price tags ending in .99 are still common in Canada, which eliminated the penny in 2013.
Now, anything costing 99 cents will be rounded up to $1 at the cash register. Believe it or not, researchers have studied the potential impact of this. A 2001 study found that merchants would pocket all those extra pennies, equating to a "rounding tax" of $600 million a year on customers. But those findings were challenged by a 2007 article that found the "rounding tax" virtually disappeared when you took sales tax into account, since it pushed up prices on individual items enough to make them round down sometimes.
And if you are the type of person who sees the opportunity to get free stuff by making one- or two-cent purchases and having them rounded down to a cool $0, the lawmakers are ahead of you: The law specifies that those amounts will round up to five cents.

Interesting Reddit thread about the discontinuation of the penny. Reddit is a rabbit hole at best and more often than not it's a cesspool. Enter at your own risk.

What will actually happen when the US no longer has the Penny?

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Pressing matters

How many of you collect pressed pennies? Maybe your kids or grandkids do/did.

It will probably take some time, but these will become a thing of the past, too.

History of Pressed Pennies

Where was the first engraved penny pressed?
In 1893 at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois the first pennies were rolled through hand cranked mill type machines with reverse engraved dies. The pressed pennies were immediately popular through 1916. Starting in 1917 pressed pennies decreased in popularity until after 1932 when the pressed pennies regained popularity. The popularity of pressed pennies has only increased through the decades. Historically elongated coins (pressed pennies) are placed into three categories: Colloquially from 1893 to 1965, Modern Elongateds from 1966 to 1985, and Contemporary Elongateds from 1986 to present day.

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Before the penny enters the dustbin of history, let's learn a little more about it.

The History of The Penny

The history of the Penny goes back over 1,200 years ago, as the first pennies were made all the way back in 790 A.D. The word “penny” and its variations across Europe, including the German “pfennig” and the Swedish “penning,” originally denoted any sort of coin or money, not just a small denomination. In fact, Great Britain is actually the only country to have a denomination that is officially called the penny. In the United States we have been calling our one-cent coins “pennies” for centuries, largely because our one-cent coin was inspired by the British penny. However, the one-cent coin or “cent” is the official name of the coins we endearingly call pennies today. Over 300 billion one-cent coins, with 11 different designs have been minted since 1787.

The penny was the first currency authorized by the United States from the Mint Act of 1792 signed by George Washington. The design for this first one-cent coin was suggested by Benjamin Franklin, and for over two centuries, the penny’s design has symbolized the spirit of the nation, from Liberty to Lincoln.

Read the whole thing. Details of every version of a one cent coin going back to the late 1700s. Photos of each version there as well.

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What say you, Hordelings? Throw your 2 cents in on this topic.

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1 Morning, Doof!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 24, 2025 11:30 AM (2UnvF)

2 I will miss the penny.

Posted by: runner at May 24, 2025 11:32 AM (g47mK)

3 Wilkommen Herr Pfennig.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at May 24, 2025 11:33 AM (ghC8J)

4 Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 24, 2025 11:33 AM (dDmld)

5 That sounds suspiciously like an adult thing to do.

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Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Available In Super Size! at May 24, 2025 11:35 AM (L/fGl)

6 I will miss the penny.

Posted by: runner

Yeah, me too.

Posted by: Leonard Hoffstetter at May 24, 2025 11:36 AM (s8j++)

7 I had a babysitter named Penny.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, cowhand of the Apocalypse at May 24, 2025 11:37 AM (ogCVk)

8 FUN INTERNET FACT: The penny was actually inspired by the Native American Wampum, accounting for its colloquial designation of One Red Cent.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 24, 2025 11:37 AM (dDmld)

9 Everything will now be rounded up to the nickel. Then we'll get rid of the nickel and everything will be rounded up to the nearest dime. Then.... Only digital currency . Or some conspiracy theory like that

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 24, 2025 11:37 AM (eDGGN)

10 Everything will now be rounded up to the nickel. Then we'll get rid of the nickel and everything will be rounded up to the nearest dime. Then.... Only digital currency . Or some conspiracy theory like that

I think we need to return to the cowry shell standard.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 24, 2025 11:38 AM (s8j++)

11 Writing has been on the walk, or at least street gutters where they are thrown away

Posted by: Skip at May 24, 2025 11:38 AM (ypFCm)

12 Morning, Doof!
Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 24, 2025 11:30 AM (2UnvF)

Howdy, Duke!

Posted by: Doof at May 24, 2025 11:39 AM (tpOwk)

13 We used to leave a penny on the railroad track to be flattened.

Posted by: Toad-0 at May 24, 2025 11:40 AM (soc66)

14 10 Everything will now be rounded up to the nickel. Then we'll get rid of the nickel and everything will be rounded up to the nearest dime. Then.... Only digital currency . Or some conspiracy theory like that

I think we need to return to the cowry shell standard.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 24, 2025 11:38 AM (s8j++)

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The Humongous Stone Disc consortium says hold my beer.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 24, 2025 11:41 AM (dDmld)

15 Will this force the younger generation's math skills to improve?

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at May 24, 2025 11:41 AM (Uzn0I)

16 They'll get rid of it for awhile, but it'll come back.

During WWII people had to deal with mills, which are factions of 1cent. I have some in a box somewhere in my abode.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 24, 2025 11:47 AM (g8Ew8)

17 Weed will get you through tough times without pennies better than pennies will get you through tough times without weed.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at May 24, 2025 11:47 AM (KAi1n)

18
According to the new law,

all girls named "Penny" are now to be called "Nickel".

Or, "LDOFTR", which is short for "Lowest Denomination of the Realm"

Or, "Realmy" for short.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 24, 2025 11:47 AM (iJfKG)

19 Fractions

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 24, 2025 11:48 AM (g8Ew8)

20 We'll have to change the name of Penny Priddy from Buckaroo Bonzai. Also because Ellen Barkin is a horrible leftist

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 24, 2025 11:49 AM (eDGGN)

21 They could adopt the Post Office strategy and just issue a metal blank and call it the Forever Coin.

One coin rules them all.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 24, 2025 11:49 AM (dDmld)

22 "Pretty Penny was her name, she was loved and we all will miss her".

Word.

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Posted by: Stone Temple Pilots at May 24, 2025 11:50 AM (P5BPp)

23 You went all-out here on the penny post here, Doof. Good work. When my son was little, we would go down to the Metro North tracks by Spuyten Duyvil station in Riverdale and put pennies on the tracks. Wish I had saved some of the crushees.

Posted by: Third Rail at May 24, 2025 11:50 AM (G5+As)

24 ****Do you care? Does this affect your life in any meaningful way? Probably not. As society moves rapidly into cashless environments, many people don't even carry paper money, much less coins.
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Easy down there cowboy. Many people hold digital currency in high disregard. When the world goes digital there will be no such thing as a private treaty.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2025 11:52 AM (wYTRi)

25 Speaking of currency, I came across this in a contemporary English novel. "I had paid seventeen pounds fifty to get in."

Last I knew, pounds were divided into 20 shillings, not 100 pennies. So what's up with that?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Available In Super Size! at May 24, 2025 11:52 AM (L/fGl)

26 So do we start collecting pennies now?

Posted by: Piper at May 24, 2025 11:53 AM (pZEOD)

27 Isn't Abe's head on the penny the measure for whether your tires are worn out? Sounds important to me.

Posted by: Don't Tread On Me at May 24, 2025 11:54 AM (G5+As)

28 Mentioned the other day, during one of my moves, there was a box with junk in it. Including containers full of pennies.

I think my late wife had collected them, for some reason. Not rare pennies. Just pennies. However many there were, they weren't worth the space they took up, and into the dumpster I had in the driveway, for all the junk I wasn't going to move halfway across the country.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 24, 2025 11:54 AM (7D9XB)

29 Well, as I sit here gazing at the 13 rolls of pennies from my coin savings, I realize I have enough to buy a reasonably decent cigar.
Back later gang!

Posted by: Diogenes at May 24, 2025 11:54 AM (W/lyH)

30 25 Grok says: "In England, the currency is the British Pound (GBP). So, 17 pounds fifty refers to £17.50 GBP."

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 24, 2025 11:54 AM (w6EFb)

31 I wish I had a nickle for every nickle I've ever had.

Posted by: AI at May 24, 2025 11:55 AM (vFG9F)

32 The elimination of the penny illustrates the level of inflation the USA has experienced over the last half century. It wasn't that long ago that one could purchase a Hershey bar or a Baby Ruth for a nickel then a dime. Fractionally at that time a penny had value.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2025 11:55 AM (wYTRi)

33 That's right. Kick 'em when they're down.

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Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Available In Super Size! at May 24, 2025 11:55 AM (L/fGl)

34 The copper penny is pretty much an imposter. Since 1982 is is mostly Zinc.

Posted by: pawn at May 24, 2025 11:55 AM (QB+5g)

35 I have some of my dad's old penny collection books. I'll keep them as memorabilia.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 24, 2025 11:55 AM (w6EFb)

36 Do you care? Does this affect your life in any meaningful way? Probably not. As society moves rapidly into cashless environments, many people don't even carry paper money, much less coins.
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Easy down there cowboy. Many people hold digital currency in high disregard. When the world goes digital there will be no such thing as a private treaty.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2025 11:52 AM (wYTRi)

Yup. All transactions will be monitored by some government agency. You will buy only what they say you can buy.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 24, 2025 11:56 AM (g8Ew8)

37 ***Prayers up for KT as she recovers from surgery
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Amen

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2025 11:56 AM (wYTRi)

38 Sky King's niece, Penny.
Sigh...

Posted by: Diogenes at May 24, 2025 11:56 AM (W/lyH)

39 ***Prayers up for KT as she recovers from surgery
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Amen
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2025 11:56 AM (wYTRi)
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This.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 24, 2025 11:57 AM (W/lyH)

40 Three couples approach the Pearly Gates. St. Peter greets each couple, one by one.

First husband approaches, St.. Peter says, "Entry denied. You spent your entire life grasping after money. You cheated your business partners, you scammed your customers. You loved money so much you even married a girl named Penny!"

Second husband approaches. St. Peter says, "Entry denied. You spent your entire life boozing it up. You drank beer all day, you drank whiskey all night. You weren't sober none of the time. You loved booze so much you even married a girl named Sherry!"

Third husband turns to his wife and says, "We don't have a chance, Fanny!"

Posted by: muldoon at May 24, 2025 11:57 AM (/iMjX)

41 >>>they weren't worth the space they took up, and into the dumpster I had in the driveway, for all the junk I wasn't going to move halfway across the country.
Posted by: BurtTC
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Blasphemy.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2025 11:58 AM (wYTRi)

42
Can't we all just agree to blame the demise of the penny on the Generational Sins of the Boomers?

*shakes fist at sky*

Damn you, Boomers, for taking away Our Coppery Pleasure Discs!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at May 24, 2025 11:59 AM (iJfKG)

43 House Version of Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill” Enacts Federal Tax on Electric and Hybrid Vehicles
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Should be a front end tax for a lifetime of wear and tear on the rods (which gas tax is supposed to cover).

Say, $5000.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 24, 2025 11:59 AM (/lPRQ)

44 One coin rules them all.
Posted by: Cicero

One coin makes you happy, and one coin makes you small, and the coins gubmint gives you don't do anything at all

Posted by: Dark Litigator at May 24, 2025 11:59 AM (KAi1n)

45 Hedging his bet.

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Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Available In Super Size! at May 24, 2025 11:59 AM (L/fGl)

46 House Version of Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill” Enacts Federal Tax on Electric and Hybrid Vehicles

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Available In Super Size! at May 24, 2025 11:55 AM

Via Grok:

Specifically, it imposes an annual $250 fee on electric vehicles (EVs) and a $100 fee on hybrid vehicles to fund the Highway Trust Fund.

The bill also eliminates the $7,500 federal EV tax credit, which could impact EV sales, and removes credits for clean energy initiatives, including solar and battery storage solutions.

These measures aim to offset costs from other tax provisions in the bill, such as eliminating taxes on car loan interest and enhancing other tax credits.

Posted by: Stone Temple Pilots at May 24, 2025 12:00 PM (P5BPp)

47 why make 'em out of metal?

injection molded out of recycled HDPE, they could be produced cheaply enough to continue in use.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 24, 2025 12:00 PM (/Ghsb)

48 And we're back...

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at May 24, 2025 12:00 PM (P5BPp)

49 We do not mint penny's. The US govt mints 1 cent pieces. Cent being a shortened version of the word percent. A 1 cent piece is 1% of a dollar.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2025 12:00 PM (wYTRi)

50 they weren't worth the space they took up, and into the dumpster I had in the driveway, for all the junk I wasn't going to move halfway across the country.
Posted by: BurtTC
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Blasphemy.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2025 11:58 AM (wYTRi)

Wait'll you find out what I did with all the holy water.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 24, 2025 12:01 PM (7D9XB)

51 Remember penny loafers?

Posted by: muldoon at May 24, 2025 12:02 PM (/iMjX)

52 Going through my dad's coin collection, a modest hodgepodge of silver coins going back to the 1800's I came across a number of Indian Head Pennies from about that time. A couple in good shape.

I gave it all to my son last year. No clue on it's overall value but I'd guess a couple grand. Maybe.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 24, 2025 12:02 PM (Q4IgG)

53 I always liked pressed pennies, not sure why. Have a small collection somewhere, not worth much but they’re fun.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 24, 2025 12:02 PM (buOX2)

54 But of course.

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Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Available In Super Size! at May 24, 2025 12:02 PM (L/fGl)

55 The copper penny is pretty much an imposter. Since 1982 is is mostly Zinc.

How much would the copper in a penny be worth if it was still copper?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 24, 2025 12:03 PM (EXyHK)

56 Pressed penny thought. Are the zinc pennies pressable? or are they less malleable than the copper pennies?

Posted by: PaleRider at May 24, 2025 12:03 PM (CKOCg)

57 No more Penny Loafers.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2025 12:03 PM (wYTRi)

58 I like the forever coin, not sure it would work

Posted by: Skip at May 24, 2025 12:03 PM (ypFCm)

59 Best to begin collecting them to facilitate their removal, or they'll be a thorn in our sides for flipping ever,.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at May 24, 2025 12:04 PM (hKoQL)

60 Pennies From Heaven (1936) by Bing Crosby was a number one song for ten weeks from the film of the same name. The film starred Bing and also Louis Armstrong. Armstrong and Bing were good friends and admired each other.

Posted by: My Two Cents at May 24, 2025 12:04 PM (G5+As)

61 I read somewhere, possibly here that nearly 40% of all pennies that have been circulated are in coin jars in people's homes.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 24, 2025 12:04 PM (e5NfL)

62 Headline:

Federal Government Finally Stops Making Cents

Posted by: muldoon at May 24, 2025 12:04 PM (/iMjX)

63 How much would the copper in a penny be worth if it was still copper?
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 24, 2025 12:03 PM (EXyHK)

About $4.60 a pound.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 24, 2025 12:04 PM (W/lyH)

64 *shakes fist at sky*

Damn you, Boomers, for taking away Our Coppery Pleasure Discs!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at May 24, 2025 11:59 AM (iJfKG)

Most of the Boomers aren't dead. You should shake your fist at the nearest Walgreens. Or casino.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 24, 2025 12:04 PM (7D9XB)

65 Littlest Kidlet collects pressed pennies. I always thought they were cool, but somehow never got around to getting any for myself.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 24, 2025 12:05 PM (lFFaq)

66 Pennies From Heaven (1936) by Bing Crosby was a number one song for ten weeks from the film of the same name. The film starred Bing and also Louis Armstrong. Armstrong and Bing were good friends and admired each other.
Posted by: My Two Cents at May 24, 2025 12:04 PM (G5+As)

The sequel, "Nickels from Purgatory" failed at the box office, as did the theme song.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 24, 2025 12:05 PM (iJfKG)

67 61 I read somewhere, possibly here that nearly 40% of all pennies that have been circulated are in coin jars in people's homes.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 24, 2025 12:04 PM (e5NfL)

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Finally, an Internet statistic we can rely on.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 24, 2025 12:06 PM (dDmld)

68 In Australia the penny was abandoned over a very short period of time in the 90s. About a year if I remember correctly. There was no government decree, no Presidential Order, it was just the people speaking with action. Shop keepers started rounding to nearest 5c and customers agreed. Or customers paid a rounded amount of their own volition. In short order, no more 1c transactions! I was amazed by the transition in between regular trips to Oz.

Posted by: scottst at May 24, 2025 12:06 PM (qcvs8)

69 Remember penny loafers?
Posted by: muldoon at May 24, 2025 12:02 PM (/iMjX)

Are those the guys in hipster towns, who play the pan flute, with a little box in front of them for "donations?"

Posted by: BurtTC at May 24, 2025 12:07 PM (DeB+V)

70 Speaking of penny loafers, I have a cost-savings suggestion for Medicare.

They should phase out the "Silver Sneakers" wellness via exercise plan. Given my aversion to exercise they should replace it with "Leaden Loafers"

Posted by: muldoon at May 24, 2025 12:07 PM (/iMjX)

71 I propose returning to the tradition of featuring the heads of Roman emperors on all our coins.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 24, 2025 12:08 PM (dDmld)

72 The copper penny is pretty much an imposter. Since 1982 is is mostly Zinc.

I have a 5 gallon glass carboy that is about 3/4s full of pennies. I haven't added to it in years. I bet most of them are copper.

Posted by: NOEM'S DOG at May 24, 2025 12:08 PM (R6Hhu)

73 Weren't the Penny Loafers a protest group in the Depression that agitated for cheaper bread?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 24, 2025 12:09 PM (dDmld)

74 We're in good hands.

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Two female officers with the U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division were involved in a physical altercation early Wednesday morning while assigned to security detail outside former President Barack Obama’s residence in Washington, D.C.
The incident occurred around 2:30 a.m., according to multiple sources within the Secret Service community.
. . . .
The confrontation reportedly began after one officer became upset when her replacement arrived late for duty.
The frustrated officer placed a call to request a supervisor, during which she stated over a recorded Secret Service line that assistance was needed “immediately before I whoop this girl’s ass.”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Available In Super Size! at May 24, 2025 12:09 PM (L/fGl)

75 56 Pressed penny thought. Are the zinc pennies pressable? or are they less malleable than the copper pennies?
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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2025 12:10 PM (wYTRi)

76 Penny, railroad track, some assembly required.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 24, 2025 12:10 PM (HTa/G)

77 I thought Morning Doof would upset my metabolism and peristalsis, but so far, so good.

Posted by: Pleasant Surprise at May 24, 2025 12:11 PM (G5+As)

78 Telling their truth.

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Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Available In Super Size! at May 24, 2025 12:13 PM (L/fGl)

79 The sequel, "Nickels from Purgatory" failed at the box office, as did the theme song.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 24, 2025 12:05 PM (iJfKG)

Reminds me of an old SNL skit, they had different cast members singing bits of various songs, which were a celebration of money. So they're doing "Pennies From Heaven," and the "Nickel in the Nickelodeon" song. Others I can't remember, but they're all upbeat and cheerful.

Then Belushi comes on and starts singing "Quarter To Four." Which is a sad, soulful dirge, and he sings it strait.

It was beautiful and brilliant. Wish I could find it now, but a quick internet search was unsuccessful. Oh well.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 24, 2025 12:13 PM (jCYR/)

80 why make 'em out of metal?

injection molded out of recycled HDPE, they could be produced cheaply enough to continue in use.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 24, 2025 12:00 PM (/Ghsb)

I have similar thoughts. Make them out of something less costly and more durable.

Posted by: Doof at May 24, 2025 12:13 PM (4zo6x)

81 You sissies putting pennies on the tracks are pikers compared to me. Tying females to the tracks is hardcore.

Posted by: Snidely Whiplash at May 24, 2025 12:14 PM (G5+As)

82 I thought Morning Doof would upset my metabolism and peristalsis, but so far, so good.
Posted by: Pleasant Surprise at May 24, 2025 12:11 PM (G5+As)

Wait a while. The adverse effects might be delayed.

Posted by: Doof at May 24, 2025 12:14 PM (4zo6x)

83 We'll miss the Indian head penny.

Posted by: Elizabeth Warren at May 24, 2025 12:14 PM (2INVX)

84 During a blistering Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) was visibly floored after Energy Secretary Christopher Wright dropped a bombshell: the Department of Energy handed out a staggering $93 billion in loans and commitments during the final 76 days of the Biden administration, a figure that more than doubled the loan total from the previous 15 years combined.

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The 76 days referred to is between election day and inauguration day.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Available In Super Size! at May 24, 2025 12:15 PM (L/fGl)

85 I have a small amount of scrap metal, worn out extension cords (copper) worn out chairs (iron) and some aluminum cans and stuff. Recycle place is only a few miles away but the cash value of this stuff is only a few bucks total. I should just haul everything there and ask them to just add it to the next person's totals or just take the ticket(s) but not cash it in. FWP I guess. Its not phony recycling like plastics and I do hate waste in all forms and want to recycle the metal, especially since the dumpster company's info sheet says they don't want 'large amounts of metal' cuz it messes up their compactors.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 24, 2025 12:16 PM (CKOCg)

86 That sounds suspiciously like an adult thing to do.

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Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Available In Super Size! at May 24, 2025 11:35 AM (L/fGl)

LoL...Article written by Jack M. Offer.

Good One!

Posted by: KwaK! at May 24, 2025 12:16 PM (89Sog)

87 MATH WARNING!!!

Penny weighs 2.5 grams. About 180 pennies in a gram.

Wiki:

"When copper reached a record high in February 2011,[52] the melt value of a 95% copper cent was more than three times its face value."

I figure a lot of pennies are being melted down now.

This will be their fate.

Posted by: pawn at May 24, 2025 12:16 PM (QB+5g)

88 You sissies putting pennies on the tracks are pikers compared to me. Tying females to the tracks is hardcore.
Posted by: Snidely Whiplash

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I'LL pay the rent!!!

Posted by: Dudley Doright at May 24, 2025 12:17 PM (/iMjX)

89 As kids we used to put pennies on railroad tracks and let trains run them over. Memories from long ago...

Posted by: Richkat at May 24, 2025 12:17 PM (tHLuK)

90 LoL...Article written by Jack M. HOffer.

Corrected

Posted by: KwaK! at May 24, 2025 12:17 PM (89Sog)

91 Let's misbehave with Christopher Walken:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54iR0xFkEfQ

Posted by: scottst at May 24, 2025 12:17 PM (qcvs8)

92 As kids we used to put pennies on railroad tracks and let trains run them over. Memories from long ago...
Posted by: Richkat at May 24, 2025 12:17 PM (tHLuK)

What's a train?

Posted by: BurtTC at May 24, 2025 12:18 PM (jCYR/)

93 >>>Founded in 1986, the Penny Loafers, or Loaf, is the University of Pennsylvania’s only all-gender indie-pop a cappella group.

We perform an eclectic mix of songs from your favorite artists and ones you might not have heard of before — we love introducing people to new music!
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They say all-gender, didn't research, but I think they are making fun. In the photo album they appear to be quite normal adhering to the natural law of male and female.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2025 12:19 PM (wYTRi)

94 I 'member when a penny would get you a gumball out of the little machine in the grocery store.

Tasteless, dry little gumballs.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 24, 2025 12:19 PM (Q4IgG)

95 As kids we used to put pennies on railroad tracks and let trains run them over. Memories from long ago...
Posted by: Richkat at May 24, 2025 12:17 PM (tHLuK)

What's a train?
Posted by: BurtTC at May 24, 2025 12:18 PM (jCYR/)

What’s a “kid”?

Posted by: Pod person, eating ze bugs at May 24, 2025 12:20 PM (l3YAf)

96 I have similar thoughts. Make them out of something less costly and more durable.

Metal coins help maintain the fiction that money has intrinsic value. I’m not just being sarcastic—the sense that money is worth something on its own rather than merely as an arbitrary unit of exchange is important to the continued value of coins and paper money.

The only thing of value really left “in” money is the time that it takes to acquire it, and this isn’t really exchangeable once the time is spent. It requires a belief in the future time value of that money. Which, given how easily money is used by government, isn’t easy to maintain.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 24, 2025 12:20 PM (EXyHK)

97 Billy Joel Shares Brain Disorder Diagnosis, Cancels All Upcoming Shows

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I assume Jake Tapper broke the story.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Available In Super Size! at May 24, 2025 12:20 PM (L/fGl)

98 Aaaand, here's the whole official trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPRL3IdIcVc

1981 Pennies from Heaven

Posted by: scottst at May 24, 2025 12:20 PM (qcvs8)

99 Red Nichols and the Five Pennies

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsBJcSLIu5k

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2025 12:21 PM (wYTRi)

100 What's a train?
Posted by: BurtTC at May 24, 2025 12:18 PM (jCYR/)

We have commisioned a blue ribbon panel to study this exact question.

Posted by: California at May 24, 2025 12:23 PM (xcIvR)

101 Well Billy Joel is old. We watched his 100th Madison Square Garden concert on TV last year. Twas kind of fun. My sister was here and she remarked how old he looked and I said that's because he IS old. How old? I don't know but he is older than me and I'm getting pretty old.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 24, 2025 12:23 PM (CKOCg)

102 I am always looking on the deck for dropped coins in parking lots, parks, alleyways and the occasional whore house or shitter. I find more dimes than pennies as I think people drop a dime and don't realize it or simply don't care. Bum's Nests are great for spare change as the bum lays down to rest, the coins fall from his nasty behind and when the cops run him out he doesn't have time to pick up his booze money.

Posted by: Carr, The Floor Walker at May 24, 2025 12:24 PM (R/m4+)

103 The only thing of value really left “in” money is the time that it takes to acquire it, and this isn’t really exchangeable once the time is spent. It requires a belief in the future time value of that money. Which, given how easily money is used by government, isn’t easy to maintain.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 24, 2025 12:20 PM (EXyHK)

It's something of a paradox, because people obviously buy things they value with "money," but then so much "money" goes all over the world in ways that should let us know, it's not actually real. It means nothing.

When people, including politicians, claim they want to reduce spending, reduce the deficit and debt, and then they pass a big bad bullshit bill that funds all the crap they were supposed to be cutting... INCREASING spending on a lot of it... you realize their actions let you know, they don't believe any of it. Money is fake. It just keeps us in line. Not them.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 24, 2025 12:24 PM (jCYR/)

104 Crying in the cold sun
Watching as the pretty pennies run.
Hey Aqualung!

Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at May 24, 2025 12:24 PM (XjTSo)

105 Some entrepreneur could develop a cash for pre 1982 pennies machine that would reimburse people with cash for depositing Pre 82 pennies where they would be reduced to copper stock.

It's amazingly easy to use a computer to sort out pre and post 82 pennies at a high rate of speed.

BUT... I think melting or even deforming US currency is illegal.

Posted by: pawn at May 24, 2025 12:24 PM (QB+5g)

106 Afrikaners Seeking U.S. Asylum Leave Behind a Deeply Divided Country

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And arrive at a deeply divided country.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Available In Super Size! at May 24, 2025 12:24 PM (L/fGl)

107 What's a train?
Posted by: BurtTC at May 24, 2025 12:18 PM (jCYR/)

We have commisioned a blue ribbon panel to study this exact question.
Posted by: California at May 24, 2025 12:23 PM (xcIvR)

Here, take all our money, take as much time as you need!

And never ever ever ever show us any results.

Posted by: California Taxpayers at May 24, 2025 12:26 PM (jCYR/)

108 I'm surprised no one hear has mentioned the death of the penny as the extension of going off the gold standard. You paleocons need to get into action here!

Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at May 24, 2025 12:26 PM (XjTSo)

109 We'll miss the Indian head penny.

I collect coins from 1969 and older that I find still in circulation. Just found a 1949 penny (wheat) a few days ago as change at a Filipino grocery in San Diego. The oldest is from 1939 in change a few years ago from the Starbucks in a Barnes & Noble where my writers group meets. (Also a wheat penny, for those 28-year-olds out there.)

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 24, 2025 12:26 PM (EXyHK)

110 /sock

Posted by: muldoon at May 24, 2025 12:26 PM (/iMjX)

111 Crying in the cold sun
Watching as the pretty pennies run.
Hey Aqualung!

I think that was "panties".

Posted by: pawn at May 24, 2025 12:26 PM (QB+5g)

112 It requires a belief in the future time value of that money. Which, given how easily money is used by government, isn’t easy to maintain.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 24, 2025 12:20 PM (EXyHK)

With the 10Y Treasury continuing its upwards trajectory and the Big, Beautiful Bill adding more to the debt, it’s only a matter of time before Powell has to start monetizing debt again.

Inflation, ho!

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 24, 2025 12:27 PM (l3YAf)

113 Well Billy Joel is old. We watched his 100th Madison Square Garden concert on TV last year. Twas kind of fun. My sister was here and she remarked how old he looked and I said that's because he IS old. How old?

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Six years older than me.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Available In Super Size! at May 24, 2025 12:27 PM (L/fGl)

114 Billy Joel Shares Brain Disorder Diagnosis, Cancels All Upcoming Shows

Probably left over Wet Brain from his years of being a drunk.

Posted by: AA at May 24, 2025 12:27 PM (R/m4+)

115 111 Crying in the cold sun
Watching as the pretty pennies run.
Hey Aqualung!

I think that was "panties".
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Nah bro, we're talking about a bum on a park bench, not Joe Biden.

Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at May 24, 2025 12:28 PM (XjTSo)

116 Muldoon, Is there any news to share about Seamus?

Posted by: Mrs JTB at May 24, 2025 12:29 PM (yTvNw)

117 At Least 12 Injured, 3 In Critical Condition After Mass Stabbing at German Railway Station

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The real problem is Islamophobic backlash.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Available In Super Size! at May 24, 2025 12:29 PM (L/fGl)

118 As kids we used to put pennies on railroad tracks and let trains run them over. Memories from long ago...
Posted by: Richkat at May 24, 2025 12:17 PM (tHLuK)

What's a train?
Posted by: BurtTC at May 24, 2025 12:18 PM (jCYR/)

What’s a “kid”?
Posted by: Pod person,

***********

What's a memory?

No. Really. I can't seem to recall.

Posted by: muldoon at May 24, 2025 12:31 PM (/iMjX)

119 Well Billy Joel is old. We watched his 100th Madison Square Garden concert on TV last year. Twas kind of fun. My sister was here and she remarked how old he looked and I said that's because he IS old. How old? I don't know but he is older than me and I'm getting pretty old.

76

Not a boomer.

Christopher Walken

Posted by: Archimedes at May 24, 2025 12:32 PM (s8j++)

120 Christopher Walken 83
Bernadette Peters

Posted by: Archimedes at May 24, 2025 12:33 PM (s8j++)

121
Keep the penny. The savings from elimination are trivial. Any restriction on cash smells like a step towards digital currency.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 24, 2025 12:33 PM (G6qJm)

122 Geez, I'm having difficulties.

Christopher Walken 82
Bernadette Peters 77

Not boomers.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 24, 2025 12:34 PM (s8j++)

123 California Athlete Says She Changes Clothes in Her Car to Avoid Sharing a Locker Room With Trans Athlete

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Small price to pay for inclusion.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Available In Super Size! at May 24, 2025 12:35 PM (L/fGl)

124 Me.

A boomer.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 24, 2025 12:35 PM (s8j++)

125 Bonus Doof content! Worth much more than a penny.

Posted by: TRex at May 24, 2025 12:35 PM (Eaoic)

126 1981 Pennies from Heaven
Posted by: scottst
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Thank's, just finished downloading it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2025 12:36 PM (wYTRi)

127 It's too bad about Billy Joel. He's been the Piano Man for so long, I thought he was going to go out sitting at one. I guess cruel Time has claimed him at last. I did get to see him in 1987 at Riverfront Coliseum. that was a great show, he was pushing Under the Bridge then, opening with "A Matter of Trust" and later doing "This Is the Time to Remember". That second song was my high school class's official song, and I was part of the Seniors ensemble that sang it at our graduation.

Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at May 24, 2025 12:36 PM (XjTSo)

128 Billy Joel had a great feakin life for a musician. And he shared it with us. We heard it because his monstrous talent broke though the barriers against artists like him in the music industry.

The dude has my respect.

I know what it's like to get old and sick.

Posted by: pawn at May 24, 2025 12:38 PM (QB+5g)

129 Georgia O’Connor, Professional Boxer and Youth Gold Medallist, Dies Aged 25

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Fuck cancer.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Available In Super Size! at May 24, 2025 12:38 PM (L/fGl)

130 Me.

A boomer.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 24, 2025 12:35 PM (s8j++)

Boomer years are '46 through '64? Something like that?

So... anyone between 61 and 79.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 24, 2025 12:38 PM (lrfZA)

131 It was beautiful and brilliant. Wish I could find it now, but a quick internet search was unsuccessful. Oh well.
Posted by: BurtTC
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There's another old one featuring the song "Cold as Ice" and a blonde with a shotgun. It is a stand alone video quality.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2025 12:39 PM (wYTRi)

132 I need your prayers, please. Youngest son who recently got out of the Corps called me to say goodbye. I got him to agree to take the call from the VA and I think he's on the phone with them now. His name is Daniel. Thank you.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 24, 2025 12:39 PM (2UnvF)

133 Muldoon, Is there any news to share about Seamus?
Posted by: Mrs JTB

**********

Thanks for asking. The search on the fugitive's former property is now completed, including draining and sifting through the septic tank. No body or remains or clothing or any other evidence. This leaves us with the conundrum of compelling cadaver dog results but nothing found on extensive excavation. We can only guess that the murder took place on that property and the body was concealed on the surface for enough time to leave chemicals of decomposition in the soil, but the killer returned at a later date (days, weeks, months?) later and moved the body off-site to who-knows-where. Probably the only chances of finding the body will be 1) random hiker stumbling upon it or 2) the killer being apprehended and confessing what he did with the body. I'm rooting for number 2.

That part of the investigation remains active.

Posted by: muldoon at May 24, 2025 12:40 PM (/iMjX)

134 It's too bad about Billy Joel. He's been the Piano Man for so long, I thought he was going to go out sitting at one. I guess cruel Time has claimed him at last. I did get to see him in 1987 at Riverfront Coliseum. that was a great show, he was pushing Under the Bridge then, opening with "A Matter of Trust" and later doing "This Is the Time to Remember". That second song was my high school class's official song, and I was part of the Seniors ensemble that sang it at our graduation.
Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at May 24, 2025 12:36 PM (XjTSo)

I was never a fan, but got dragged to one of his shows, sometime in the 80s. It was impressive, very enjoyable.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 24, 2025 12:40 PM (lrfZA)

135 How about a policy of deflation to make the penny and the dollar worth what they used to be?

Posted by: Wofus at May 24, 2025 12:41 PM (CNa+A)

136 I need your prayers, please.

Posted by: Duke Lowell

*********

Done.

Posted by: muldoon at May 24, 2025 12:41 PM (/iMjX)

137 136 I need your prayers, please.

Posted by: Duke Lowell

You have them

Posted by: It's me donna at May 24, 2025 12:41 PM (VE6XX)

138 "This is the time to remember
'Cause it will not last forever
These are the days to hold on to
'Cause we won't, although we'll want to
This is the time
But time is gonna change

You've given me the best of you
But now I need the rest of you"

Posted by: pawn at May 24, 2025 12:42 PM (QB+5g)

139 I need your prayers, please. Youngest son who recently got out of the Corps called me to say goodbye. I got him to agree to take the call from the VA and I think he's on the phone with them now. His name is Daniel. Thank you.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 24, 2025 12:39 PM (2UnvF)

What a nightmare. Prayers.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 24, 2025 12:43 PM (lrfZA)

140 Muldoon, Thanks for the info. Had hoped for resolution. Still holding out hope.

Posted by: Mrs JTB at May 24, 2025 12:44 PM (yTvNw)

141 Prayers up Duke.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 24, 2025 12:44 PM (CKOCg)

142 Duke, Sending prayers for Daniel.

Posted by: Mrs JTB at May 24, 2025 12:45 PM (yTvNw)

143 Haven't read the bill - does the penny still exist electronically? When Canada ditched the penny, electronic transactions still carried it.

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at May 24, 2025 12:45 PM (bufu1)

144 And now, a word from Twinkle Toes . . .

Governor Tim Walz@GovTimWalz
Texans, flee the nanny state and come up north to enjoy the land of the free.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Available In Super Size! at May 24, 2025 12:45 PM (L/fGl)

145 Probably worth noting, those young men and women who have been chewed up by our perpetual wars, they have lots of friends they lost, and Memorial Day is for them.

Not just the ones who died in combat, but those who came home and couldn't live in this world. It's a hard time, this weekend. While others are at cookouts, enjoying their day off work, these people are thinking of the names and faces of those they lost. And some are thinking of joining them.

Take care of your Veterans. Reach out to them. Don't wait for them to call you. Many of them won't.

Duke, I'm glad your son did.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 24, 2025 12:46 PM (lrfZA)

146 I was never a fan…

I’ve been a “fan” in the sense that I enjoy his music immensely, from discovering Turnstiles probably through the Columbia Record & Tape club, through An Innocent Man. From then on his music has been fine, but not as amazing (to me) as 1983 and earlier.

The Nylon Curtain, Turnstiles, and The Stranger are amazing and unique albums.

“I’ve seen the lights go out on broadway…”

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 24, 2025 12:46 PM (EXyHK)

147 Bonus Doof content! Worth much more than a penny.
Posted by: TRex at May 24, 2025 12:35 PM (Eaoic)

Rounds up to a nickel now!

Posted by: Doof at May 24, 2025 12:46 PM (UQakJ)

148 Muldoon, Thanks for the info. Had hoped for resolution. Still holding out hope.
Posted by: Mrs JTB

********

We appreciate that. We are settled in for the long haul. Things that I cannot discuss in a public forum are in the works. Might take a long time.

Posted by: muldoon at May 24, 2025 12:46 PM (/iMjX)

149 Woven penny armor in the zombie times

Posted by: Eromero at May 24, 2025 12:46 PM (sRjRB)

150 Posted by: Duke Lowell.

Done.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2025 12:47 PM (wYTRi)

151 Haven't read the bill - does the penny still exist electronically? When Canada ditched the penny, electronic transactions still carried it.
Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at May 24, 2025 12:45 PM (bufu1)

You haven't read the bill? You trying to run for Congress some time?

Posted by: Doof at May 24, 2025 12:48 PM (UQakJ)

152 My wife and I did a Foxtrot to Frank Sinatra's "Pennies from Heaven" at our ballroom studio. Her dad always found pennies when he walked around, so she thinks of this song when she sees them now.

Posted by: Eternity Matters at May 24, 2025 12:48 PM (yT7Wa)

153 BILLY JOEL, 76, CANCELS ALL CONCERTS DUE TO BRAIN DISORDER DIAGNOSIS.

Someone finally noticed that he dumped Christy Brinkley, huh?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 24, 2025 12:49 PM (bss/y)

154 I need your prayers, please. Youngest son who recently got out of the Corps called me to say goodbye. I got him to agree to take the call from the VA and I think he's on the phone with them now. His name is Daniel. Thank you.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 24, 2025 12:39 PM (2UnvF)

oh man that sounds bad. Are there any safe/trusted friends or relatives anywhere near him?

Posted by: Our young men deserve better at May 24, 2025 12:50 PM (TbWk/)

155 No, 1946 is not a Boomer. 1948 to 1964. Of course, people just keep adding years to it so they can call everyone Boomers

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 24, 2025 12:50 PM (AcTAo)

156 132 I need your prayers, please. Youngest son who recently got out of the Corps called me to say goodbye. I got him to agree to take the call from the VA and I think he's on the phone with them now. His name is Daniel. Thank you.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 24, 2025 12:39 PM (2UnvF)

Of course.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 24, 2025 12:50 PM (bss/y)

157 56 Pressed penny thought. Are the zinc pennies pressable? or are they less malleable than the copper pennies?
Posted by: PaleRider at May 24, 2025 12:03 PM (CKOCg)
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I'd assume so, if you try to fold a penny completely in half it may break (zinc is relatively brittle), but it does bend before that. I've bent many zinc pennies with my fingers. Couldn't do that with the solid copper ones.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 24, 2025 12:52 PM (36PRH)

158 Boomer schmoomer.

Putting labels on things is what a machine does.

Posted by: pawn at May 24, 2025 12:52 PM (QB+5g)

159 No, 1946 is not a Boomer. 1948 to 1964. Of course, people just keep adding years to it so they can call everyone Boomers
Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 24, 2025 12:50 PM (AcTAo)

I made a Boom Boom on the carpet.

Posted by: Joe Biden, His Brain Isa Broke at May 24, 2025 12:52 PM (R/m4+)

160 > Keep the penny. The savings from elimination are trivial. Any restriction on cash smells like a step towards digital currency.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
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We're kinda' sorta' already there. Direct deposit, online banking/bill pay, smartphone apps to pay for stuff. I rarely see cash transactions anymore, although I did use cash to pay to have my property mowed last week.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 24, 2025 12:52 PM (Q4IgG)

161 I need your prayers, please. Youngest son who recently got out of the Corps called me to say goodbye. I got him to agree to take the call from the VA and I think he's on the phone with them now. His name is Daniel. Thank you.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 24, 2025 12:39

Duke I am praying for you and for him. The call tofu is hopefully a cry for help that he really wants support and intervention. Is there someone we can get to Daniel asap while he is on the phone?

Posted by: Piper at May 24, 2025 12:52 PM (p4NUW)

162 We appreciate that. We are settled in for the long haul. Things that I cannot discuss in a public forum are in the works. Might take a long time.
Posted by: muldoon at May 24, 2025 12:46 PM (/iMjX)

I watched the documentary on Fred and Rosemary West recently. The British couple who had, I think it was a total of 12 or 13 bodies buried on their property?

A small English house, even then they needed Fred to tell them where they were buried, to pinpoint the location in the cellar, or in the garden.

You hope for a killer who is willing to tell them where to dig. I can't imagine having to find those remains, or traces of them, like a needle in a haystack.

I'm sorry your family has to go through this.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 24, 2025 12:53 PM (ooNHr)

163 Sad news for Seamus, but still if one can imagine Muldoon's book as a old time Saturday matinee movie each plot filmed.

Posted by: Skip at May 24, 2025 12:53 PM (ypFCm)

164 Call to you. I hate autocorrect.

Posted by: Piper at May 24, 2025 12:53 PM (p4NUW)

165 May GOD hold Daniel in his arms.

Posted by: Eromero at May 24, 2025 12:53 PM (sRjRB)

166 Duke, you and your son, as well as those from VA speaking with him, all have our continued prayers. Thank God he called you....

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at May 24, 2025 12:53 PM (Eaoic)

167 155 No, 1946 is not a Boomer. 1948 to 1964. Of course, people just keep adding years to it so they can call everyone Boomers
Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 24, 2025 12:50 PM (AcTAo)

Technically speaking yes, but it's also become a shorthand for particular ossified mindset, attitude and set of beliefs that freeze history within a relatively brief period of the American existence and refuses to acknowledge any of the evidence that there have been drastic and deleterious changes to the social, cultural, legal, and economic framework of our country that place a whole new set of obstacles in the way of people who want the much-vaunted American Dream for themselves.

Posted by: A Boomer state of mind at May 24, 2025 12:54 PM (TbWk/)

168 In South Africa prior to decimalization (1960) we had a 3-penny coin called the Tickie.

Posted by: Ciampino - I should have kept some at May 24, 2025 12:54 PM (sPQoU)

169 No, 1946 is not a Boomer. 1948 to 1964. Of course, people just keep adding years to it so they can call everyone Boomers
Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 24, 2025 12:50 PM (AcTAo)

I always heard '46. Because, you know, men returning from the war.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 24, 2025 12:54 PM (ooNHr)

170 My classical music station station is playing "Hymn to the Fallen" from "Saving Private Ryan" . Getting dusty in here.

Posted by: Tuna at May 24, 2025 12:55 PM (lJ0H4)

171 I always wondered why the 1909 S penny was so valuable. Then it hit me. Like an earthquake.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 24, 2025 12:55 PM (ZmEVT)

172 The call tofu is hopefully a cry for help

This is a serious situation but I still had to laugh at this.

Posted by: Tofu IS the cry for help at May 24, 2025 12:55 PM (TbWk/)

173 Putting labels on things is what a machine does.
Posted by: pawn

Particularly label makers.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Available In Super Size! at May 24, 2025 12:56 PM (L/fGl)

174 SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 12-22
SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: May 24, 2025
Launch Time: 1:19 p.m. EDT, 1719 UTC, 19:19 CEST

https://www.youtube.com/live/419oXoaPTJU

Posted by: Ciampino - reminder at May 24, 2025 12:56 PM (sPQoU)

175 172 The call tofu is hopefully a cry for help

This is a serious situation but I still had to laugh at this.

Posted by: Tofu IS the cry for help at May 24, 2025 12:55 PM
***
Truth.

Posted by: TRex at May 24, 2025 12:58 PM (Eaoic)

176 I never took this generation stuff seriously. I always figured it was a marketing ploy, to get people to buy tires and laundry detergent.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 24, 2025 12:59 PM (ooNHr)

177 I always wondered why the 1909 S penny was so valuable. Then it hit me. Like an earthquake.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 24, 2025 12:55 PM (ZmEVT)

Oh, A Wise Guy, Eh?

Posted by: Zombie Moe Howard at May 24, 2025 12:59 PM (R/m4+)

178 We won't be making new pennies but there are billions of them out there, some in circulation, the rest in jars in closets. Just get the existing stock circulating, we don't need MORE. More to the point there is no reason to round prices to a nickel when sales taxes vary, even within the same state.

Posted by: Rick T at May 24, 2025 12:59 PM (xeXUW)

179 but still if one can imagine Muldoon's book as a old time Saturday matinee movie each plot filmed.
Posted by: Skip

**********

Snidely Whiplash tying him to the railroad tracks was a scenario that I neglected to include in the book!

🚂🛤️

Posted by: muldoon at May 24, 2025 01:00 PM (/iMjX)

180 Canada got rid of its penny years ago. For cash transactions (and ONLY cash transactions) we round-up or round-down to the nearest nickle on the total amount including tax. If paying via debit or credit, the price is exact. $4.93 is still $4.93, not $4.95.

I don't miss pennies, not one bit.

Nickles will similarly be phased out at some point, much as the the half-cent pieces were.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 24, 2025 01:01 PM (O7YUW)

181
86 .01

Posted by: muldoon at May 24, 2025 01:02 PM (/iMjX)

182 My exGF stole my copper pennies.
I started a new collection by now that Trump fella crushes my dream.

Posted by: torabora at May 24, 2025 01:02 PM (4EcEj)

183 NOOD - Gardening Thread.

Thanks for your two cents on this thread!

Posted by: Doof at May 24, 2025 01:02 PM (UQakJ)

184 * knock-knock-knock *

Penny?

* knock-knock-knock *

Penny?

* knock-knock-knock *

Penny?

Posted by: Sheldon at May 24, 2025 01:02 PM (/y8xj)

185 180 Canada got rid of its penny years ago. For cash transactions (and ONLY cash transactions) we round-up or round-down to the nearest nickle on the total amount including tax. If paying via debit or credit, the price is exact. $4.93 is still $4.93, not $4.95.

I don't miss pennies, not one bit.

Nickles will similarly be phased out at some point, much as the the half-cent pieces were.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 24, 2025 01:01 PM (O7YUW)

Sounds a bit loonie.

Posted by: Exchange rates, man, how do they fuckin' work? at May 24, 2025 01:03 PM (TbWk/)

186 Time to start lobbying for a new $1000. bill. Inflation will make paper currency obsolete otherwise.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at May 24, 2025 01:07 PM (vNgBe)

187 Everything will now be rounded up to the nickel.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 24, 2025 11:37 AM

Word.

Posted by: Nickelback at May 24, 2025 01:07 PM (P5BPp)

188 155 No, 1946 is not a Boomer. 1948 to 1964. Of course, people just keep adding years to it so they can call everyone Boomers
Posted by: Notsothoreau
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I think 46 is Boomer, 45 is War Baby.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2025 01:08 PM (wYTRi)

189 187 Everything will now be rounded up to the nickel.

Posted by: Smell the Glove
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No f_ing way.
Multiply that rounded up to a nickel by 1000.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2025 01:09 PM (wYTRi)

190 Sit and drink Pennyroyal Tea
Distill the life that's inside of me
Sit and drink Pennyroyal Tea
I'm anemic royalty

YouTube: https://bit.ly/4kU01CH

Posted by: Nirvana at May 24, 2025 01:10 PM (P5BPp)

191 T - 8 mins

https://www.youtube.com/live/419oXoaPTJU

Posted by: Ciampino - reminder at May 24, 2025 01:10 PM (sPQoU)

192 Thanks

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 24, 2025 01:12 PM (wYTRi)

193 No babies until they get home from the war. I still want someone to explain what cultural experiences someone born in 1948 shares with someone born in 1964.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 24, 2025 01:12 PM (AcTAo)

194 This topic is very close to home. As a retiree, I need wholesome hobbies.

I finally sorted my pennies. I have a few "wheat" pennies. I was saving everything 1984 and before. Now I know that 1982 was a very weird year. Two mints. Two types (copper and zinc), and get this, two date sizes.

I need to get a jewelry scale. copper pennies are just over 3 grams. zinc pennies are 2.5 grams.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 24, 2025 01:12 PM (ZmEVT)

195 nickel not nickle.

Posted by: Ciampino - reminder at May 24, 2025 01:13 PM (sPQoU)

196 Everything will now be rounded up to the nickel. Then we'll get rid of the nickel and everything will be rounded up to the nearest dime.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 24, 2025 11:38 AM

So I sat down for a while, yeah, forcing a smile
In a state of self-denial, yeah, is it worthwhile?
Sell my pity for a dime, yeah, just one dime

YouTube: https://bit.ly/4jkPyPs

Posted by: Creed at May 24, 2025 01:13 PM (P5BPp)

197 " I still want someone to explain what cultural experiences someone born in 1948 shares with someone born in 1964."

The public schools and universities were still good?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 24, 2025 01:13 PM (ZmEVT)

198 If the child born in '46 has a father that served and when he got home, got busy, that kid is a Boomer.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 24, 2025 01:15 PM (ZmEVT)

199 Awesome camera view of the launch.

Be quick!!

Posted by: pawn at May 24, 2025 01:17 PM (QB+5g)

200

Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat
Please put a penny in the old man’s hat;
If you haven’t got a penny, a ha’penny will do,
If you haven’t got a ha’penny then God bless you!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 24, 2025 01:18 PM (63Dwl)

201 Don't know how I missed it, but I just learned that Lincoln bicentennial cents were struck in 2009. Got a couple in change the other day. Had never seen them before.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 24, 2025 01:19 PM (XeU6L)

202 Nickel, not nickle

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Quite a Pickel - a limerick

I asked for a slap and a tickel
She said that would cost me a nickle
She guaranteed I felt it
No matter how I spellt it
English spelling is notoriously fickel

Posted by: muldoon at May 24, 2025 01:20 PM (/iMjX)

203 My favorite donut shop has dropped using pennies for years

Posted by: Skip at May 24, 2025 01:26 PM (ypFCm)

204 The confrontation reportedly began after one officer became upset when her replacement arrived late for duty.
The frustrated officer placed a call to request a supervisor, during which she stated over a recorded Secret Service line that assistance was needed “immediately before I whoop this girl’s ass.”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Available In Super Size! at May 24, 2025 12:09 PM (L/fGl)

TRuly heartwarming to see that Obama is getting the best and brightest as his SS detail.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 24, 2025 01:30 PM (A9tiH)

205 When a monetary system abandons lower denominations that is an indication of inflation. When denominations are added at the other end it indicates severe inflation.

Psychologically it is a blow to the perception of the value of the currency.

Posted by: Minuteman at May 24, 2025 01:32 PM (47/pr)

206 Pressed penny thought. Are the zinc pennies pressable? or are they less malleable than the copper pennies?
Posted by: PaleRider
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Washers
Anodes
Substitute fuse
Posted by: Braenyard -
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Copper+Zinc(sanded zinc penny)+vinegar = battery

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 24, 2025 01:35 PM (XeU6L)

207
Psychologically it is a blow to the perception of the value of the currency.
Posted by: Minuteman
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This...and it isn't just psychological, it's real.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 24, 2025 01:37 PM (XeU6L)

208 As a Canadian, the demise of the penny has not caused me any grief. Less wear and tear on pants pockets, offset by more wear and tear caused by Loonies and Toonies. "Rounding" at the till works out in my favor about as often as it works against me, so it's a wash.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 24, 2025 01:48 PM (puslz)

209 I would point out that the copper penny is the only (the last) 'currency' that has intrinsic value.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 24, 2025 01:52 PM (XeU6L)

210 The copper is worth twice the face value of pre-1982 pennies.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 24, 2025 01:54 PM (ZmEVT)

211 Didn't look at video but see at Yale a hunger strike for Leftists and Young Republicans have BBQ next to it

Posted by: Skip at May 24, 2025 01:56 PM (ypFCm)

212 Getting rid of the penny is an admission that they have given up on controlling inflation. Soon the dollar will be the new penny.

Posted by: toby928 at May 24, 2025 02:04 PM (jc0TO)

213 Wheelbarrows of money to go shopping isn't out of the question ever.

Posted by: Skip at May 24, 2025 02:08 PM (ypFCm)

214 Wheelbarrows of money to go shopping isn't out of the question ever.
Posted by: Skip at May 24, 2025 02:08 PM

They will fix that by requiring all transactions to be electronic on your mandatory phone.

Posted by: toby928 at May 24, 2025 02:09 PM (jc0TO)

215 They will fix that by requiring all transactions to be electronic on your mandatory phone.
Posted by: toby928
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For the first time last week, had a check refused at local Ace hardware. There are, of course, places where cash is refused.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 24, 2025 02:12 PM (XeU6L)

216 My grandfather used to have a penny that the Lincoln funeral train had run over ... kind of like pressed penny.

Posted by: ruralcounsel at May 24, 2025 02:37 PM (u9OdC)

217 That's pretty cool, ruralcounsel.

We used to place pennies on the tracks back in the 60's.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 24, 2025 02:41 PM (hoCmQ)

218 Instead of 1/100th of a dollar, why not just revalue the penny to 1/50th of a dollar (50 pennies = $1)? Keeps them in circulation and value exceeds cost to make (more or less).

Posted by: sherlockzz at May 24, 2025 02:43 PM (jGTa7)

219 Because they are cents, not tuppence.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 24, 2025 02:58 PM (ZmEVT)

220 If a penny costs four cents to make, and a nickle has more metalish stuff than a penny, how long before they come for me?

Posted by: Marooned at May 24, 2025 03:02 PM (kt8QE)

221
Didn't look at video but see at Yale a hunger strike for Leftists and Young Republicans have BBQ next to it
Posted by: Skip

Epic troll!

After hearing the murderer of those two young people in DC last week launch into the Freek Palestine and another chant, is it unreasonable to require arresting officers to be equipped with ball gags and authorized to gag the miscreant immediately after slapping them in handcuffs? Deny them opportunities for their pathetic performance art.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 24, 2025 03:27 PM (Tv15w)

222 Geez, I'm having difficulties.

Christopher Walken 82
Bernadette Peters 77

Not boomers.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 24, 2025 12:34 PM (s8j++)

Bernadette is certainly a Boomer. !946 is the beginneing year. I turn 78 in two weeks, and I'm a boomer . The GIs came home in 45 and began making babies.

Posted by: thacrazyjerseyguy at May 24, 2025 04:06 PM (5xuJ/)

223 We must not go cashless. To the contrary, we need $500 and $1,000 notes.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at May 24, 2025 04:11 PM (3UB15)

224 After hearing the murderer of those two young people in DC last week launch into the Freek Palestine and another chant, is it unreasonable to require arresting officers to be equipped with ball gags and authorized to gag the miscreant immediately after slapping them in handcuffs? Deny them opportunities for their pathetic performance art.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 24, 2025 03:27 PM (Tv15w)

Free Palestine!

Posted by: David "Camera" Hogg at May 24, 2025 04:22 PM (8hxDK)

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