Your mentality is alert, practical and analytical.
Last time I went to the coffeeshop, I noticed that my bagel cost 25¢ more than it used to (alert).
This rise in cost brought my bill from $3.50 to $3.75. Whether I pay with four singles or a five-dollar-bill, I have only one quarter in coin change to put in the tip jar after I've paid for my coffee and bagel -- though I see a lot of paper in the tip jar, I just can't bring myself to tip a whole dollar on such a small transaction, but even cheap-ass me understands that 50¢ going into the jar looks and sounds better than 25¢. So I figured that today I could bring a five-dollar bill and ask for $1.25 all in quarters as change, or I could make sure I have a spare quarter in my pocket when I left the house (analytical).
I decided that bringing a spare quarter on my own would be simpler for the barista and would help use up the change in my wallet, so I did so (practical).
But I'm still going to keep tagging these entries as "$4 fortunes," even though they're $4.25 now.
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$4 fortune: 2 June 2010
Time is the wisest counsellor. Cf.:
Since BP's Deepwater Horizon exploded and sank more than five weeks ago, scientists said they have found at least two sprawling underwater plumes of what appears to be oil, each hundreds of feet deep and stretching for miles.
A plume reported last week by a team from the University of South Florida[] was headed toward the continental shelf off the Alabama coastline, waters thick with fish and other marine life.
On Sunday [30 May 2010], BP's CEO Tony Hayward disputed the existence of the plumes, saying testing by the company showed no evidence that oil was being suspended in large masses underwater. Hayward said oil's natural tendency is to rise to the surface, and any oil found underwater was in the process of working its way up.
However, the researchers said oil in the plumes had dissolved into the water, possibly a result of chemical dispersants used to break up the spill. That makes it more dangerous to fish larvae and creatures that are filter feeders.
Responding to Hayward's assertion, one researcher noted that scientists from several different universities have come to similar conclusions about the plumes after doing separate testing.
No major fish kills have yet been reported, but federal officials said the impacts could take years to unfold.
"This is just a giant experiment going on and we're trying to understand scientifically what this means," said Roger Helm, a senior official with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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$4 fortune: 31 March 2010
About once a week I hit the coffeeshop around the corner for breakfast. A cup of coffee and a bagel plus a tip runs me $4. They serve a fortune cookie with the coffee. Today's fortune:
You have inexhaustible wisdom and power.
You have inexhaustible wisdom and power.
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