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Every Little Bit Count, First Year Review

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It's been a year since I started tracking the loose change that I find. Each time I have found some monies I added it to my list and chronicled it here. I wasn't sure at the time what the results would be or how dedicated I would remain. Here's a little review.

The key places I look for loose change are:

  • Parking Lots
  • Checkout Lanes
  • Vacated Desks
  • Vending Machines
  • Traffic Intersections

I am a little surprised. I didn't realize I found almost $20 a year just abandoned. Though I've never kept track before, this is probably fairly typical.

As expected, the vast majority of the coins found were pennies. However, I found more, dollar-wise, in dimes. Makes sense I suppose, since they are small and easy to loose. Also, apparently they get left in vending machines a lot.

I don't keep records on this but I'm pretty sure that I found more coins at traffic intersections than I did in parking lots.

I've been keeping my collection in an old First Union bank bag.

I'll admit, my dedication to this has waned a little. Also, I think it makes sense to group a few days worth of finds rather than have so many days dedicated to single cent finds. I am going to continue doing it that way.

I'm going to continue for the next year. It'll probably be more of the same

Custom Trading Cards

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When I started writing articles about Do-It-Yourself Trading Cards I intended for people to do just that. However, instead I have heard from many people on how cool they think it is, but would still rather I did it for them. So I created an Order Form to expedite the process.

I designed a handful of new styles to use.

There isn’t a save function so you’ll need to plan it out ahead of time.

If you’re going to do all the designing skip the form al together and just send me an email at TradingCard@harbn.com. We’ll work out the cost from there.

If I’m going to design the cards the price structure is a $0.54 fee for each designed card. Normal and Landscape are $0.50 per printed card, Hologram and Memorabilia cards are $1.34 and $2.20 respectively. This is only because of the additional materials and labor required to make them.

I’m sure I haven’t answered all your questions here so feel free to ask them here.

Hot Wheels Storage

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I usually keep a portion of my Star Cars collection on the mantle. Sometimes however, they need to come down. That sometimes most usually come along around Christmas. My wife prefers to have holiday decorations up on the mantle for a couple months. Usually the cars just get put in a box where they can slide around. This year I cut a piece of polystyrene foam with slots for each vehicle.

I placed the cars where I wanted them with a pen. Then I used a retractable knife set to the depth a wanted to cut along the outline. The foam was built by stacking thinner sheets and gluing them together to make the final thickness. It happens that there is a seam at the depth where I wanted to be. I pulled the piece I wanted to remove and it generally separated nicely.