About a month ago my wife and I went to the Daytona 500 after a stop off in Land 'O Lakes, Florida.?ÿ going across the state we went through Orlando (BIG mistake).?ÿ Google Maps lead us through okay but it failed to mention that we would be on a toll road.?ÿ Now the tolls were not exorbitant and I have no problem with Florida raising money as they see fit.?ÿ My problem was having to come up with exact change every few miles.?ÿ Anyway, back to the story.?ÿ I made a mistake and got off at the wrong exit.?ÿ At the top of the ramp was a toll booth that only accepted exact change, which I had run out of.?ÿ I made a U-turn and got back on the highway.?ÿ Yesterday I got a letter from the State of Florida telling me I owe them $3.30.?ÿ $0.80 for the toll and $2.50 for administrative fees.?ÿ If I don't pay the fine they will file so I can't renew the license on my motorhome next year.?ÿ OOOPS!! We sold the motorhome two weeks ago.
Now I'm going to send them their $3.80, but my wife suggested we send it in pennies.?ÿ Of course then the postage would, at least, double the amount.
Andy
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Now I'm going to send them their $3.80, but my wife suggested we send it in pennies.?ÿ Of course then the postage would, at least, double the amount.
Andy
do it.?ÿ I faced off with the city of boulder about 20 years ago for a very sneaky and hard to interpret parking sign that landed me a 20 dollar fine.
I showed up to pay and immediately the clerk at the desk says "We don't accept change..."
I responded "Show me the law and the written policy that states that, otherwise this is United State's currency and legal tender for any and all debts within the accepted confines of this great country of ours..."
She was none too plussed and I said and I did count it so I know it's four pennies too much just in case someone drops a few.
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I thought she might kill me when I asked for the receipt.
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I am a fugitive.?ÿ Mall cops are still looking for my wife's old car.?ÿ Zero parking spaces within 1/2 mile of the store I need to get into for maybe 10 minutes = me parking on the end of a wide isle.?ÿ Insta-ticket (but in reality non-enforceable) I chuckle every time I drive past that place knowing that lumina is a wanted car.
Make it all dimes.?ÿ Same problem, but a smaller postage fee.?ÿ Lay out the dimes in one long row atop a long strip of packing tape (has the cords built in to make it tough to rip)?ÿ then place an identical strip of packing tape down on top.?ÿ Press very firmly.?ÿ Crease hard around the edges of each dime. Press into an accordion shape in a standard business envelope such that it stays relatively flat (no extra fee for being bulky).?ÿ Then laugh maniacally as the postal clerk tosses it into the canvas receptacle.
