Outside it's minus 8 degrees with the windchill so we have 8 layers on top, 6 on the bottom, with 3 pair of gloves and socks over them. And everything was decently warm today, especially the hands which hurt like all-get-out yesterday morning. I expected that I wouldn't have much dexterity with all the stuff on my hands so I took an exacto-knife that I thought I'd use if I found a penny to lift up the edge where I might have a chance to pick it up. I didn't start out with the socks on but I needed them at some point, which made it even more interesting because then I couldn't really pick up much of anything. I passed by a gas station where I saw two pennies and a nickel and I was able to push them to the curbside where I pushed them up and on top of my sock-hand and then I could move them to a pocket. You'd have to laugh watching all that, you'd have thought I'd found a $20 coin or something instead of a beat up penny. Which continued to find me today, eight in all along with 3 quarters, 3 dimes and a nickel which means...........drum roll............yes ladies and gentlemen, he 'hit for the cycle!' I was able to manage to somehow pick up the 3/8" socket I found and also a few large pieces of 'pig-iron' I guess because of their size. The last quarter made me laugh, it was stuck/frozen to the stem of a leaf and by picking up the leaf I got the quarter. Sheesh---the things I have to go through for a dollar and 16 in change.
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