Another Day, Another 25 Cents
By Jim Bauer
@porwest (112864)
United States
February 24, 2020 6:39am CST
It's a phrase we often say. Of course, today is Monday and that means the weekend has run its course, and it's time to go back to work today for another week.
Neither me nor the wife are entirely up to it this morning.
But, one must do what one must do. There are things we need, things we want, retirement to contribute to, and so in order to do any of those things we need to make money.
Another day, another 25 cents got said yet again as we did our grumbling.
Funny, here on MyLot it could LITERALLY be that. 
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@Alexandoy (65302)
• Cainta, Philippines
24 Feb 20
This is the first time I've heard of that 25 cents.
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@Alexandoy (65302)
• Cainta, Philippines
10 Apr 20
@porwest well, it looks like an idiom or maybe just an expression.
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@porwest (112864)
• United States
10 Apr 20
@Alexandoy Generally speaking, that is exactly what it is.
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@yoalldudes (35028)
• Philippines
24 Feb 20
Ha ha that is true. If only I can live on 25 cents, I wouldve quit my job right away.
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@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
24 Feb 20
If I get that much in a day that indeed is a big accomplishment.
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@porwest (112864)
• United States
25 Feb 20
@florelway On a good day here it is not difficult to make 50 cents or more. But you almost have to live here. lol
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@porwest (112864)
• United States
10 Apr 20
At the end of the day the thing is that we work so damn hard for every penny we get, and pennies are so hard to get. Some days it feels like all we are doing is being a hamster running in a wheel. Your legs are going a million miles a minute...but you are exactly where you started.
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@LindaOHio (222624)
• United States
24 Feb 20
Hope you have a good week at work.
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@LindaOHio (222624)
• United States
25 Feb 20
@porwest You're good at what you do; so sell that construction equipment...Is that what you sell? I forget.
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@porwest (112864)
• United States
26 Feb 20
@LindaOHio Close. We sell concrete mixer truck and concrete batch plant parts. 
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
24 Feb 20
i love that old saying - another day another quarter! (dollar)...
time is the one thing we are all short of...but we chase money.
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
11 Apr 20
@porwest We seek the immortality of legacy - money is part sadly of that at times.
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@porwest (112864)
• United States
25 Feb 20
It's a VERY American term that goes back to an earlier time when people's wages added up to about 25 cents a day. That was a VERY long time ago. The average daily wage based on a 5 day workweek is about $225. But that depends, of course, on the type of work you do.
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