Agnes by Tony Cochran for November 30, 2014

Pacopuddy…. or maybe bad.

Oh, Agnes, if you were just a little older, you’d have a job for life!

Not the worst financial advice I’ve ever heard. Pretty good actually, as far as advice goes. She could have said, “A fool and her money are soon parted”, or “Buy low, sell high”. Probably the worst advice under these conditions might be, “Measure twice, cut once”, as it relates to wasting money.

That was better than a semester of law and economics. Nothing like real life experience for learning; and it only cost a dime.Yesterday my girlfriend and I found a dime during a 6 mile hike. We are in our 60s; but our first thought that came to mind was, let’s go buy some candy. You could by a lot with a dime 50 years ago.

Agnes, you’re a natural.

advice well worth a dime

Time’s change. Today you can’t get anything for a dime except some great advice from Agnes. A dime doesn’t even pay the sales tax most of the time.

Just like some of the real ones !

“When I was in Elementary school a dime would get you a comic book,:.My first encounter with taxation was when my mother gave me a dime to buy a comic book with, and it now cost eleven cents with the sales tax.As a proper Democrat, I still love taxes but it was a shock at the time.

I believe “di me” means “tell me.” And “da me” means “give me.”

Um…. it becomes one word….. “dame” with elders and such, “déme” with most people these days… to some, still used only for close friends, children, and the dog….

“Favor déme un peso, amiga, porque no tenemos los ‘dimes’ aqui..”

A lot of older people here, remembering how much a dime used to buy. Remember, also, collecting returnable soda bottles to get a dime or two? I do.