Regular followers will recall my story of the new “lucky” Lincoln Penny.

What I’m wondering is, will the double lucky two-penny find work more than twice?

Here’s the deal. After I found the first Lincoln penny, then the second one on the ground at UAB, I walked into the ATnT store on Old Highway 11 to pick up one of the supposedly “refurbished” iPhones they were selling for $50. When I walked in, the guy said they didn’t have anymore and wouldn’t be doing that program anymore. Then he said, “But wait, let me check in the back….”

Sure enough, he came out and said, “You must be carrying four lucky pennies in your pocket. We’ve got one left.”

I said: “No. Just two…”

Then today, I realized my drivers license expired yesterday, on Nov. 12, one day before Friday the 13th. With only a few minutes to spare before the re-opened satellite courthouse closed in famously broke Jefferson County, Alabama, I said what the hell. Let me see if I can sneak in late on a Friday afternoon and get it renewed without having to stand in line.

Sure enough, I walked right in — and out. Took less than 5 minutes. I said to the nice lady working the counter, “You must be glad to be back to work.”

“Sometimes,” she said, with a deadpan look. “The computers have been down all day. It’s been a madhouse.”

Then she looked up at me and said, “They just came back up right before you walked in.”

Now that’s what I call a lucky couple of pennies…

Tags: Lucky Penny, New Lincoln Penny

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