Gruss Gott!
A couple of interesting events occurred today. I went to the bank and got 8 susan b. anthony dollars. First time I've seen them. I wonder how long they will last. They are similar in size to the quarter, and if confusions arise enough, anthonys will go the trail of the twenty cent piece. But the treasury is dong a big pr job to publicize it, so it might stay for a while. It's certainly more than they did for the ike dollars. They were unpopular from the very beginning, mostly because of their size. They were bulky and hard to carry. Their only success was in the gambling casinos in Las Vegas and Atlantic City. I feel fairly optimistic for the anthonys. They'll be here for a while.
Unfortunately, the new 2 dollar bill doesn't look like it's going to make it. Very few are circulating. Whenever I receive change at a store, I have never gotten a 2. I, for one, like them better than the ones. They look a lot nicer, and besides, I like Tom Jefferson better than Washington. Not by much (George IS the father of our country), but I do admire him more. As long as I'm talking about one of them, I'll give you my list of my 4 heroes (for lack of a better term). Not in order:
1. Jefferson
2. Da Vinci
3. Bach
4. Einstein
Now on to my second event of the day. For years and years I've always wanted firecrackers. Unfortunately, in Ohio everything except sparklers are illegal. So the only way around here to get firecrackers is either go to the nearest state where they're legal (Tenn. I think), or get them on the black market (Toledo is in the top 5 nationally in the sales of illegal fireworks). Now I can't go down to Tenn., so my only way to get them is the black market. Every now and then someone at school has gotten a lot and is willing to sell them, so you go to them. But you can never buy a whole bunch. Now, if you go to Toledo around July, you can find places to buy them. However, thanks to my brother, Colman, I didn't have to leave the house to get any. Colman, because of his earlier days as a semi-hood, acquired a few connections. One had gotten a hold of boxes and boxes of various fireworks. So for ten dollars I bought 960 1.5 omcj Black Cat firecrackers. Colman kept 96 for getting them for me, since I didn't know the guy. What a bonanza! With this many I can keep a lot for myself. I can sell about a third of them and easily get back my initial investment. It will be a supplement to my regular income. I will probably make a fair profit. I will also be a small black market dealer, too. But, you have to take the good with the bad. I know full well what I'm doing is illegal, but nobody is vice-free. Not much of a reason, but it's true.
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