I was twenty minutes late for work today.

[porphyre]

The minimum wage in 1938 was 25c, a number inconceivable now. I was considering it yesterday as I finally walked up to the shop for groceries. The street is lined with windows and nowhere on any of the numbered price tags could there be a number less than five dollars. Industrialization has created a world with such mythical numbers, you read of

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[plaidalicious]

I eeeep for you about the late thingy...want a wake-up call tomorrow? I can call you when I get off work....What time do you have to be there? I get off at 6am-7am, could get out to you for 7:30 or 8:30, depending if they let me out according to schedule or replacement so we could meet for coffee or something....

[porphyre]

My comment notification has been exceedingly slow to non-existant lately, which is why I wasn't expecting you this morning, but thank you dearly for coming and please, please feel welcome to arrive any day.

[porphyre]

I seem to remember being in a bar when I was little that had counters that were clear plastic and full of pennies.

I have no life, apparently

[plaidalicious]

http://fincher.org/Misc/Pennies/Sent.shtml

http://kassett.net/coin/

http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/images/features/main/blanton/story_images/image3.jpg

http://art.osu.edu/faculty/anne/imagehtml/Privation1.htm

http://home.hawaii.rr.com/energies/pennies.html

http://www.nmafa.si.edu/exhibits/site/kissiL.htm

some people think pennies are beautiful, still...my google search for an artist a few years back who used to glue massive amounts of pennies to the ground in beautiful displays did not turn up him, but instead these