So as you may or may not be aware, I am currently out of a job and actively seeking employment. This comes with three things, stress, free time, and a really light wallet.
Yesterday my dad decided that if I took the change jar down to Cwmbran and put it in the machine I could have whatever was in there. my brother also has his own change jar which had almost as much in it, so we thought we would take them down and see what we got today.
We put them in bags as the jars were far to big to lug around, and went to the machine.
Funny side story, I almost killed a woman in front of her infant child. I started using the change machine which is right next to one of those coin operated rocking car things that kids sit in (I used to love them), but this one wasn’t plugged in. So this woman, with a complete disregard for all those around her, and her health and safety in general, decided to plug it in. She was obviously a complete technophobe because some how plugging something in, involved unplugging the machine I was using. The machine rebooted and said it was out of order, thankfully I hadn’t put any money in. I left and was about to lug all those coins back to the car when we decided to check one more time now that Queen Nonce had left, and thankfully the machine was working again.
Back to the main story, I chucked in all my change from the one jar, and also a hefty pile of coins from my bedside cabinet draw. After 10 minutes of sifting coins like a grizzly old prospector sifting for gold, the machine gave my my grand total.
£49.92.
Sweet fecking monkey balls was I happy! considering I had no money this morning, I can now at least go to the cinema some time this week or next week 
. I have already spent some on another unit of space marines and a commander, but I got them fairly cheap on E-bay.
My brother also had just over £40.
Then today my dad told me a great story about a copper he used to work with back in the day. This gent still lived with his parents, who had a decent amount of money and wouldn’t accept any off him.
Every day this guy got home he would chuck whatever loose change he had in a big jug and leave it, and this went on for months. This was any loose change, not just coppers, but silvers and pound coins even.
My dad was at the house on this occasion,his mates dad (who lost his arm in a factory incident) says “If you don’t take that out and count it I will take it to the bank myself”
“How are you going to carry it?” replied my dads friend.
“With my f**king teeth if I have to, sort it out”.
So, dad and his friend sat there and counted out everything in the jug.
Final total was slightly more than my £49.92.
It was just over £600.
So let this be a lesson, don’t ignore the church shrapnel. Chuck it in a big safe container somewhere, and let it build up for a few months. Then one day when your bored and struggling for a few extra quid, take it down to somewhere like ASDA or Sainsbury’s, and if they have one of those machines give it a try. You might end up with a heavy wallet again.
