The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 52, December 23, 2007, Article 20

COINS BUY INDIANA MAN A NEW TRUCK

Dick Johnson writes: "A Frankfort, Indiana man bought himself 
a new truck for Christmas. Not much of a news story in that, 
but he paid for it in cash -- all coins he had saved from 
pocket change over the years. He had done the same thing for 
his last truck, purchased 13 years before.

"He had sheriff deputies escort him to the dealership with 
the coins, stored in coffee cans, water jugs and piggy banks. 
The dealership found no banks would take the coins so they 
had to hire Brinks to haul away and count the coins.

"Reminds me of the story my father used to tell. A Kansas 
farm couple came in to a car dealership he did accounting 
work for. To purchase a new car the couple pulled out a jar 
of coins to pay for it in cash. The dealer counted the coins 
but told the couple they were $1,000 short.

"Oh, Pa," said the wife, "we brought the wrong jar!" "

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  Wayne Homren, Editor

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