The 5 Gallon Water Bottle Change Question!?!

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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,359
    HesCalledDyer said:
    I think I've amassed about $1.47 in change over the last 15 years.
    I started throwing dollars in there because I was so depressed it wasn't filling, lol.
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,808
    tempo_n_groove said:
    So it’s a 1/5th full. 
    Is that the actual bottle?
    Pictures can be deceiving,  but that looks like it is 5% full, not 20% full.
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  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,179
    So is this like a piggy bank but for adults?
    Also I read this as water bottle challenge :lol::neutral:
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    edited September 2023
    My wife insists we throw our change into this hideous looking home-made mug until its full and then she cashes it in to use for buying Christmas presents.  It doesn't fill up very quickly these days, but then we don't buy very many Christmas presents any more. 
    Did I mention how hideous the mug is that we throw our change into?
    (Yet again, another photo I take and copy and paste and it gets squished.  That so strange.  But believe me, even if this photo wasn't squished, this mug would look hideous.  Did I mention that already?)
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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,266
    oftenreading said:
    I am amazed that people are still regularly dealing with change. There is only one place I use cash these days and that's my local farmers' market, where one stand out of about 30 only accepts cash while the others accept credit cards. If I want to buy their produce in particular I have to come prepared but aside from that I haven't dealt in cash (except while traveling overseas this summer) in over a year. It's so much simpler not dealing with cash. 
    cash is king. I roll my eyes when people use a card to buy some gum.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,266
    when I left the Utah football game last night and bought a beer from a guy illegally selling them out of a wagon, I’m pretty sure he wasn’t set up for credit card payments.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • PureandEasy
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    Wobbie said:
    when I left the Utah football game last night and bought a beer from a guy illegally selling them out of a wagon, I’m pretty sure he wasn’t set up for credit card payments.
    and that is part of the issue.  A lot of poor people in this country do not have bank accounts; debit or credit cards.  Some places have tried to establish card only businesses and local/state government have ruled against "no cash" policies as it causes hardship to some in the community.  
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  • Poncier
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    brianlux said:
    My wife insists we throw our change into this hideous looking home-made mug until its full and then she cashes it in to use for buying Christmas presents.  It doesn't fill up very quickly these days, but then we don't buy very many Christmas presents any more. 
    Did I mention how hideous the mug is that we throw our change into?
    (Yet again, another photo I take and copy and paste and it gets squished.  That so strange.  But believe me, even if this photo wasn't squished, this mug would look hideous.  Did I mention that already?)
    That photo reminds me of the ashtray and mug Norma made in pottery class on the Wonder Years.











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  • mickeyrat
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    tempo_n_groove said:
    So it’s a 1/5th full. 

    nooo. 1/7th or 1/8th
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  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,884
    1/8th I would say


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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    Poncier said:
    brianlux said:
    My wife insists we throw our change into this hideous looking home-made mug until its full and then she cashes it in to use for buying Christmas presents.  It doesn't fill up very quickly these days, but then we don't buy very many Christmas presents any more. 
    Did I mention how hideous the mug is that we throw our change into?
    (Yet again, another photo I take and copy and paste and it gets squished.  That so strange.  But believe me, even if this photo wasn't squished, this mug would look hideous.  Did I mention that already?)
    That photo reminds me of the ashtray and mug Norma made in pottery class on the Wonder Years.












    LOL, very good!
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  • dudeman
    dudeman Posts: 3,159
    I have a big old wine jug that I dump change into. It has been full a couple times in the 20 years or so that I've been using it. 

    Once when it was full, I bought a guitar and amp with the contents. The other time, my wife and I took a trip to Washington state.

    It's surprising how quickly change adds up. 

    Stick with it, Tempo! You'll get there someday. 
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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,359
    mickeyrat said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    So it’s a 1/5th full. 

    nooo. 1/7th or 1/8th
    lastexitlondon said:
    1/8th I would say
    I actually measured it and it’s about a 1/5 full.
  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,116
    That change adds up. Keep throwing it in there. I have a few mugs, cups and other things that I throw my change into. Last time I cashed out it was $289.

  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,069
    I have a coffee can that I use for change. It usually amounts to a bit over $100 when full. There are no sorter machines nearby so I bought an automatic sorter online. Just plug it in and throw your change in the funnel and it sorts. You have to keep an eye on it though so you know when to swap out the paper tube when it gets full. 

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