The Goat Pen

When did the woke era start?

One of my favorites.

about 2 weeks after Trump got elected

I know this is going to sound stupid but I was watching Nate Borgatske on Netflix. The guy is really funny is you haven't heard of him.

In his latest special he talks about the family going to McDonalds and buying all the kids happy meals but they only had like $2 on them and this was back when fast food places were cash only.

The joke was he had to do without while everyone else got a happy meal and he thought he'd be rewarded but 40 years later everyone still laughs at him asking him if he wants them to get a happy meal when they leave.

But what struck me is how I can't even really remember carrying cash around for everything and having to use it.

I remember going to Sweden in 1998 and how cool it was I could pay with my bank debit card at an airport Burger King because you couldn't do that here, so it wasn't that long ago.

Sounds like the happy meal turned into a sad meal for Nate...

I always carry a decent amount of cash with me. Maybe a holdover from my drug dealing days. We went to a wine shop the other weekend in Chapel Hill, it was one of those places where they have kiosks where you can sample about 20 different wines while you shop, but you have to get a card from them and put money on it. The guy was like "we have a $20 minimum for the cards," I was like "you better put $50 on it," and I went to hand him a 50 and he told me they were cashless, so I paid with my card...

more often than not I don't have any cash on me.

I keep $40 in each car hidden under a mat for gas emergencies but I haven't been in a situation in years where I needed cash.

"more often than not I don't have any cash on me."

I bet you're a big hit with the hobos...

hedge wrote: ↑Fri Feb 03, 2023 12:55 pm Sounds like the happy meal turned into a sad meal for Nate...

My Happy Meal is eating your heart.

I keep about a grand on me at all times. You can hide on that a few weeks or so if need be.

Ditto..

hedge wrote: ↑Fri Feb 03, 2023 1:52 pm "more often than not I don't have any cash on me."

I bet you're a big hit with the hobos...

I usually only see them when I am traveling, and traveling I always have some pocket money on me

there for the grace of God go I sorta thing or at a minimum, I'm buying Karma on the cheap

I usually have zero cash on hand.

I’m considering getting a hobo wallet and carrying it with $50 or so in hand just in case I get robbed. When they ask for my wallet, I hand them the backup wallet. That way I don’t get killed for having no damn money, but I don’t lose any credit cards or other ID…

I've done that before

Done what? Robbed somebody and got the hobo wallet?

yes, and then I bought plastic jug handle vodka afterwards with the money

I don't even carry a wallet anymore, just some cash, driver's license and a couple credit cards in my front pocket. The wallet was jamming my ass cheek and causing my sciatica to flare up. Haven't had any issues since I quit carrying the billfold...

When I lived in SF and got asked for money by panhandlers, I'd say "sorry, all I've got is 100's" and then laugh at them...

I used to keep a couple hundred on me. Now I keep forty in five dollar bills. The local convenience store won't let me use the card if my purchase is less than $10 and occasionally I need to use a valet while travelling on business.

One time I forgot that I didn't have cash and there was only valet parking at a particular restaurant. I opened my wallet and saw the emptiness, looked up at him, and said, man, I'm sorry. He held out his phone and said, here's my venmo info. Took me 5 minutes because I'm old, but we made the transfer successfully.