SPARE CHANGE

Me and my daughter took a late night trip to Kroger the other night, to get some groceries. She wanted to take her coins and cash them in at the "Coin Star" machine, just because no real reason. So I told her to go grab my jar and we would see how much we would get. I received a little over $18.00 bucks and she walked way with $5 and some change. But, friend her a work was telling me about this story about a guy purchasing a vehicle with change he found on the ground. Check it out...and just remember this could be you if you would just bend over.

CLINTON COUNTY, IN -- Christmas came a little early for Paul Bradt. The Indiana farmer has been driving Chryslers for 50 years, and even though his current truck only has 11,000 miles on it, he just bought another one. He spent the last 14 years saving for this day."When you save you have to drop it and don't touch your hand again," Bradt explains.Paul has done this before. Paul bought his diesel truck with $29,000 worth of quarters in 1994, and followed that up with $4,000 more when he bought his wife a new car later that year."It isn't that unusual for people to come in and pay cash, but coins...we're just happy to have it all over with," said salesman Terry Wright.When Paul placed his piggy bank on the floor of the dealership in Frankfort last Friday, he left the tradition he inherited from his father with it. In return, he received a cake and his new truck. This will likely be the last time though."Everything from now on, I'll just let the bank take care of," Bradt said.