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mem
Citizen
Username: Mem
Post Number: 6313
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 14, 2006 - 4:42 pm: | 
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Today I found wads of hundred dollar bills in my pocket, again. Of course, I figured out another way to get rid of all "that extra cash". This time, I sat in my office and made little paper airplanes, and then shot them all around my office, all day long. My co workers love me!
I kept a few wads to toss in the Garden State Parking Lot tolls on my way home just to show my appreciation of that lovely route.
Any other good ideas about what to do with "that extra cash"? |
buzzsaw
Citizen
Username: Buzzsaw
Post Number: 5017
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 14, 2006 - 4:51 pm: |
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I could use some for mulch |
greenetree
Supporter
Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 8044
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 14, 2006 - 4:52 pm: |
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I converted my tax return to $10 bills & ran it thru the shredder. I'm trying it as compost in my veggie garden. The squash seem to love it, but the tomatos aren't as responsive. Maybe I should have used $20s? |
Pippi
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Username: Pippi
Post Number: 2341
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 14, 2006 - 5:17 pm: |
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I use my extra cash as padding in my bra.
gives me a nice lift!
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las
Citizen
Username: Las
Post Number: 1853
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 14, 2006 - 5:29 pm: |
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I grind my hundreds in the food processor then simmer in a sauce pan with a 2% salicylic acid simple-syrup until it hints at a boil. I let cool then dab on blemishes to even out my complexion.
For a summer treat: Add a few coursely ground fifties to the above recipe and apply to freshly shaven legs to minimize red bumps. |
Shanabana
Citizen
Username: Shanabana
Post Number: 574
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 14, 2006 - 5:32 pm: |
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Little spit wads next time in range of George W. |
doulamomma
Citizen
Username: Doulamomma
Post Number: 1557
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 14, 2006 - 5:42 pm: |
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Money Sausage! yum! |
Scully
Citizen
Username: Scully
Post Number: 635
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 14, 2006 - 10:00 pm: |
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??? |
justmelaura
Citizen
Username: Justmelaura
Post Number: 633
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 14, 2006 - 10:20 pm: |
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I use my Benjamins as wicks in the Tiki Torches. Also, sometimes instead of mint I use mulled twentys in my Mojitos, also known as Motwentos. |
Calliope
Citizen
Username: Calliope
Post Number: 395
Registered: 3-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 14, 2006 - 10:26 pm: |
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Why do you think they call it "filthy luchre"? I use it as kitty litter,of course. I've found fifties are the most absorbent,while twenties have a deodorizing effect. You know....the smell of money |
ess
Citizen
Username: Ess
Post Number: 2234
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 14, 2006 - 11:00 pm: |
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Crisp, new bills, preferably 50s, are ideal for stuffing in wet shoes after a rainy day. They absorb both the odor and the moisture while helping to maintain the shape of the shoe.
When the shoes are dry, the entire wad of bills can be used to patch up those annoying holes in my basement wall. When the wads dry, I simply paint over them.
Talk about making your money work for you!! |
Jersey_Boy
Citizen
Username: Jersey_boy
Post Number: 1078
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 14, 2006 - 11:13 pm: |
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Justmelaura, I was wondering how your tiki bar could raise funds. Motwentos would be perfect.
Sh*t, I'd be good for about a hundred dollars worth of Motwentos, maybe more.
J.B.
I just like saying, "Motwentos." |
The Soullful Mr T
Citizen
Username: Howardt
Post Number: 2069
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, June 15, 2006 - 8:11 am: |
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Too bad I gave up cigars. Fifties were perfect to light dem babies up and reminisce about fighting in the mountains with Fidel and Ernesto...those were the days. Now those bills are just piling up in the corner... |
Virtual It Girl
Citizen
Username: Shh
Post Number: 4607
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, June 15, 2006 - 9:43 am: |
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I echo Scully's sentiments. |
las
Citizen
Username: Las
Post Number: 1856
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, June 15, 2006 - 9:46 am: |
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VIG, I thought you and Mr. VIG were contemplating stuffing your old oil tank with fifties instead of sand. Did that not work out? |
greenetree
Supporter
Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 8051
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, June 15, 2006 - 10:57 am: |
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Las - I think that they were going to use the fifties instead of topsoil to fix the lawn after the tank fiasco. It's not legal to fill a tank with sand anymore, remember? |
mem
Citizen
Username: Mem
Post Number: 6320
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, June 15, 2006 - 11:10 am: |
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Sheesh, it must be extra cash season. I cleaned out my sock drawer last night and the whole bottom was loaded with wads of 20s, 50s and 100s. I threw some of it out the window (I am SO good at that!), then I took the rest and glued the little bills into big streamers and made a flag to hang outside my front door. I think the wind blew it away because it was gone this morning - oh well - I can always make another one, plenty more where that came from! |
Pippi
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Username: Pippi
Post Number: 2343
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, June 15, 2006 - 11:17 am: |
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Notehead and I are redoing our basement. We thought it would be very cost efficient to use $100s instead of plaster on the walls. What do you think?
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las
Citizen
Username: Las
Post Number: 1857
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, June 15, 2006 - 11:17 am: |
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I also found a stack of twenties this morning in my sock drawer! I traded it for a grande latte at Starbucks. I figure, they could use it more than me. |
las
Citizen
Username: Las
Post Number: 1858
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, June 15, 2006 - 11:18 am: |
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Pippi, in the old days they used horse hair.
Horse hair, hundreds - it's all the same. |
mjh
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Username: Mjh
Post Number: 602
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, June 15, 2006 - 11:42 am: |
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Pippi,
You might want to save those bills for wallpaper over the plaster. That's what we did for our recent kitchen renovation.
We get so many more visitors than we used to! This causes some wear and tear on the wallpaper, so we've had to re-paper quite a bit when pieces go missing. |
ess
Citizen
Username: Ess
Post Number: 2244
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, June 15, 2006 - 11:51 am: |
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What a coincidence! I opened my front closet and bundles of cash fell out! I've been gluing them together to make a yoga brick. I also built some much needed shelves. |
breal
Citizen
Username: Breal
Post Number: 940
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, June 15, 2006 - 12:27 pm: |
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For a small fee, I will accept my neighbors' cash for recycling. My fee is lower than the Essex County Cash Recycling Plant fees. Give your unsightly cash to breal, and save! |
breal
Citizen
Username: Breal
Post Number: 941
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, June 15, 2006 - 12:27 pm: |
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For a small fee, I will accept my neighbors' cash for recycling. My fee is lower than the Essex County Cash Recycling Plant fees. Give your unsightly cash to breal, and save! |
Duncan
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Username: Duncanrogers
Post Number: 6521
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, June 15, 2006 - 12:39 pm: |
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Hey mem...50K will buy you an executive producer credit on my first feature film! |
Virtual It Girl
Citizen
Username: Shh
Post Number: 4611
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, June 15, 2006 - 12:53 pm: |
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Las, Greenie's right, we couldn't fill it with sand but when they took the tank out we just dumped $10,000 george washingtons into the ground. They're really good for drainage, which we need with this clay soil! |
mem
Citizen
Username: Mem
Post Number: 6322
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, June 15, 2006 - 1:39 pm: |
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Guys - you have to try this!
You know all those really old, soft bills you find jammed in boxes and stacked in dusty bundles in your attics and cellars? They're usually ones, fives or even tens?
You can use them as toilet paper! I made a nice "paper" mache box out of those pesky hundreds I have lying around, and I place it next to the toilet with a nice stack of soft bills in it - it's wonderful. Now I know my money is worth sh*t!
But, do you think it's too Martha Stewartish"? |
greenetree
Supporter
Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 8058
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, June 15, 2006 - 1:55 pm: |
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As long as you aren't folding it into little origami swans to sit on the back of the tank, no. It's not too Martha-ish. |
las
Citizen
Username: Las
Post Number: 1864
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, June 15, 2006 - 2:24 pm: |
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You actually wipe with the bills? I generally shred them up into a slaw and eat one cup with each meal for roughage. I got the recipe from Martha (we roomed together at a long-term spa not too long ago); she never said anything about using bills to wipe... |
mem
Citizen
Username: Mem
Post Number: 6323
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, June 15, 2006 - 2:31 pm: |
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Las - !
Please don't EAT money - you don't know where it's been my friend! All those grubby little hands passing it around before it ends up piled in your closets, cupboards, drawers and attics. Also, use ONLY the soft bills to wipe. Newer bills have those sharp edges and corners that can cause paper cuts.  |
las
Citizen
Username: Las
Post Number: 1865
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, June 15, 2006 - 2:36 pm: |
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eeeeeewww!
I always thought it worked a little too well in the fiber department... |
mem
Citizen
Username: Mem
Post Number: 6324
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, June 15, 2006 - 2:53 pm: |
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mjh,
I like the wallpaper idea! Try using a nice matte varnish over it so your visitors can't peel and pry.
My new roof is made out of short stacks of 100s, compressed and coated with a burnt umber tinged weatherproof shellac to give it that spanish tile look. I'm not sure I'm happy with the way it looks on a colonial, so I'll probably have it torn down and use coins instead. |
Jersey_Boy
Citizen
Username: Jersey_boy
Post Number: 1086
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, June 15, 2006 - 9:42 pm: |
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I saw a lawn being laid with sod, and I thought, wouldn't money be more cost effective and require less maintenance? But still green.
Talk about keeping up with the Joneses. Or the Benjamins.
J.B. |
knak
Citizen
Username: Knak
Post Number: 167
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, June 15, 2006 - 9:53 pm: |
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I'm wrapping my potted plants with a collage of variegated green bills, in the hope it will encourage them to grow and not die like every other year's hopeful purchases.
But if that doesn't work, I'll just make origami flowers and leaves of some of the new bills, which have lovely color variations - the peachy tones should peek out nicely from the greens. |
Jersey_Boy
Citizen
Username: Jersey_boy
Post Number: 1089
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, June 15, 2006 - 10:01 pm: |
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And the deer won't eat them. But watch out for goats.
And neighbors. |
Hillsider
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Username: Hillsider
Post Number: 72
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Friday, June 16, 2006 - 1:42 pm: |
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I bundled up hundreds of new C notes and threw them into my closet... sniff... ummmm... who needs a cedar closet?
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Duncan
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Username: Duncanrogers
Post Number: 6544
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Friday, June 16, 2006 - 1:48 pm: |
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Hillsider, where exactly is it you live? Don't mind the nut in your yard tonight with a shovel and wheel barrow. |
Lou
Citizen
Username: Flf
Post Number: 186
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Friday, June 16, 2006 - 9:57 pm: |
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I usually like to use the sharper ones (those nice 50s are excellent), roll them up, and smoke 'em. Perfect for a summer night!
I use the 20s to start up the grill. The fire starts so much easier and it keeps up so strongly when I keep feeding it with more bills. It really makes the food quite crispy! |
Soparents
Citizen
Username: Soparents
Post Number: 1146
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, June 17, 2006 - 9:06 am: |
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Needed some insulation in our walls, and that stuff at Home Depot is too expensive so we used $100 bills instead.... works a treat... |
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