Pickles by Brian Crane for February 19, 2019

now what could one buy for just 42 cents?

42 cents won’t even pay for the postage stamp on the letter.

For a while, a hospital I had used was sending me a bill for $0.00, and they didn’t stop until I sent it back – cost me a stamp!!!

So, if Opal ever becomes a good person, good things will finally start happening to her?

Once got a check for a penny. Didn’t cash it, and got nasty letters from the insurance company because I was messing up their accounting.

Proof of safe driving ! What more do you want ? Remember Earl is the driver ;-)

Don’t spend it all in one place.

After my pension was moved to a 401K, they had a small amount of money left so they gave me one share of their stock. Quite a few times I would get a dividend check for two cents from them.

By the time you consider the labor, the paper, the ink, the envelope and the stamp to mail this, it’s a waste and doesn’t even make sense. They should just apply it to the balance!

Costs more to go to the bank to deposit that thing…

Michigan has the worst roads in the country, but the best drivers in all the states, according to the Insurance companies…..

I still have a $.02 check from an insurance company in my wallet. Just in case I need to put in my 2 cents.

Don’t crow too loudly, Earl. I can guarantee that your next insurance premium will go up by that same amount.

“Find a penny pick it up and all the day you’ll have good luck, find a penny, let it lay, and you will have a rotten day!”

wow!! dont spendit allin one place!!!

Kinda like the discount on my phone bill from AARP. A buck and a half. Whee!

I have a check from Walmart for a refund for an error they made. it`s for 40 cents. The last trip to their store. I tried to use it to take 40 cents off my purchase but they said that the only to use it was to cash it first and for that they charge $4.00. It probably cost them $4.00 to get it to me.They know how to to keep their profit.

Talk about having a positive attitude !!! lol

I once got a check from BMI for songwriter royalties for $0.01. Yep, they mailed a check for 1 cent. I still have it somewhere.

Wow! Like who cares!

I once received a profit-sharing check at a former job. It was for 37 cents; it was also the last profit-sharing check any employee there ever received.

This has to be a mistake, it’s addressed to the Lockhorns.

Donate it to some charity. It may increase your deductions to file an itemized return and get a refund. Hopefully it is not the same $.42 you donated.

From an oil exploration company of which my wife inherited a partial share, we used to get a check for 30 or 40 cents and a big fancy annual report that had to cost several dollars each to make plus a couple dollars postage. We thought to give our share to a sibling to save them money but they said the registration change would cost us $20. It’s a weird world.

“…and to ME! "

If they can add a couple of zeroes behind the 42, then it might be worthwhile.