Remember those pound notes (I'm sure I have one somewhere) I remember in the 70s find one that was extremely wet, I went to the local corner shop wet pound note in hand and bought enough chocolate to make me sick!!!! It was horrible growing up in a poor family (although I wouldn't change it for the world, you can not buy life experience) and I guess it makes me appreciate everything I have now, I have sort of made up for the stuff I never had as a kid and now have probably too much I also try to make sure that my son has everything he wants/needs but he isn't spoilt and I have (hopefully) taught him humility and compassion. I hope that life has treated you well and that you appreciate everything we now have.... Enjoy peace jjCrazystuffhappens to me your story reminds me of when I was little. We were quite poor and while I was walking home from primary school, probably about grade 2 ,two one pound notes blew along the ground to my feet.
They were worth quite a bit of money in those days and it was a wonderful find.
Iris I know exactly what you mean although we were poor we had something that no amount of money could buy morals manners and a very strong sense of family and friends. We also learnt that material things are not the most important things and memories, love, happiness and peace are.i would also rather give than take and believe that as human beings we have a moral obligation to help each other as and when possibleCrazystuffhappenstome I am much the same but I now find I have greater joy if I can help others who might need a bit of help.
I've noticed too that people who have material things as their main priority often don't have much joy in other aspects of their life.
I do enjoy my little bits and pieces - mostly bought from markets and op shops but if they were suddenly removed I wouldn't be all that worried, but family are all to me.
Can you lend me a tenner till Monday Crazystuffhappenstome ? .. I'm good for itIris I know exactly what you mean although we were poor we had something that no amount of money could buy morals manners and a very strong sense of family and friends. We also learnt that material things are not the most important things and memories, love, happiness and peace are.i would also rather give than take and believe that as human beings we have a moral obligation to help each other as and when possible
In the early 1990s, I paid less than £35k for a mid-terrace house.In the 1980s, I paid less then £36K for an end-of-terrace house!
A follow-up piece lists other items that proved to be worth far more than their owners realised:'Car boot-sale' diamond set to fetch £350,000 at auction
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-39995908
LOLSo it looks like the cosmic joker decided to spend a penny in my bathroom...
I posted on the Minor Strangeness thread earlier this year (or was it last year?) about a couple of strange occurrences in my bathroom involving the door appearing to be being held shut by someone or something inside, and the toilet roll being turned round on the holder despite me living alone. Now just a couple of minutes ago I was at the top of the stairs about to go down to the kitchen when I heard a coin hit the wooden floor in the bathroom and spin to a halt, if you know what I mean. I opened the door straight away and found that right in the middle of the floor was a rather dull ordinary looking one pence. It wasn't there last time I was in and I'm absolutely certain I heard a coin drop on the floor. Closer examination shows it is dated 1999.
This prompted me to remember the odd things that I'd posted about previously and I decided to post about this one on the Minor Strangeness thread as well but when I loaded the forum I found this thread, Money From Out of The Blue, directly below minor strangeness... So it looks like the cosmic joker decided to spend a penny in my bathroom and indulge in a wee bit of synchronicity at the same time!
You lucky, lucky bastard.I've uploaded the view from my bedroom window taken just now.
It's the thought that counts!Then again a couple of years later he won about three grand on the lottery.
In the 80's I was the only one working and often bought fishing gear I passed on to him and my younger brother.
Christmas again, and whilst I had no greedy anticipation I was somewhat surprised by what he gave me for a present- nothing.
Quite so. I've a few relatives who convinced themselves (I assume) they 'deserved the money' and either kept it or withheld it until I 'got involved'. They're all still acting like I was the bad guy, which you expect, they have to defend their self-image, but it leaves a sour taste.As has been said, you don't really know anyone until the prospect of money is offered.
Yes, as I get older I notice that Dickens was dead right about wills and families, and your sentence just about sums it up.Quite so. I've a few relatives who convinced themselves (I assume) they 'deserved the money' and either kept it or withheld it until I 'got involved'. They're all still acting like I was the bad guy, which you expect, they have to defend their self-image, but it leaves a sour taste.
If it was millions I could maybe understand the motivation, but we're not talking about life changing sums of money or anything. In the end, a good proportion of folk do whatever they can get away with and justify it post hoc with some bullshit or other.
RESULT !I found a silver coin in Tesco's carpark yesterday.
It is a Bangladeshi 2 Taka coin from 2010.
It is worth £0.019106
Nearly 2p! :glee:
Yeah, there's a couple of members of my extended family who fell out in a big way over a will - one of them had been there throughout for their aunt (who had no children of her own), dropped in to see her almost daily, did shopping for her, etc, whereas their sibling rarely if ever even phoned her. In the will the former got 66% of her estate plus all of her jewellery, the latter 20% and the rest to Cancer Research. The other sibling actually tried to sue the first one to equalise their share - she was convinced she was just entitled by right. She failed, and as far as I know they don't speak to this day (they're quite distant from me so I rarely if ever see either.) Very sad - they'd been close as kids...In the end, a good proportion of folk do whatever they can get away with and justify it post hoc with some bullshit or other.
When I lost my granddad Norman (my mum's dad) I was more upset than worrying about getting any inheritance but I wound up with £7000 ... it turns out that back when my parents were wealthy, my mum asked her dad not to leave any money to our side of the family because her brother (my uncle Ron + his wife and son) weren't as well off at the time ...We have a big plastic ice cream tub in the kitchen, sealed with gaffer tape and a slot cut in the top. Every day, we each put any small change we have into it (anything up to and including 10p pieces.) When full, I take it to the coinstar machine. Last time there was nearly £70 in it! We've been doing this for years now - it is however taking progressively longer to become full as we're using touch pay more and more.
Yeah, there's a couple of members of my extended family who fell out in a big way over a will - one of them had been there throughout for their aunt (who had no children of her own), dropped in to see her almost daily, did shopping for her, etc, whereas their sibling rarely if ever even phoned her. In the will the former got 66% of her estate plus all of her jewellery, the latter 20% and the rest to Cancer Research. The other sibling actually tried to sue the first one to equalise their share - she was convinced she was just entitled by right. She failed, and as far as I know they don't speak to this day (they're quite distant from me so I rarely if ever see either.) Very sad - they'd been close as kids.