Phil Cook wrote:

> 
> You're guilty of being bizzarre, which if it were a crime would mean I  
> (and the vast majority) would be locked up with you.
> 

As you get older you get comfortable with it I guess.  Another 'buffer' 
situation for me involves the need to take a 'till' with me when I am 
driving the taxi.  When I first started I got caught unable to make 
change a couple of times.  This situation I found embarrassing even 
humiliating.  So I began to hoard 10's, 5's, and singles.  Now I have a 
'buffer' well in excess of 150 $10's, 200 $5's, and 500 singles, 
jacketed and hoarded away in a box.  I am finally comfortable and pay 
less attention to the problem and no longer aggressively hoard. For 
instance now at the end of a shift I will deposit my receipts across all 
denominations instead of just the $20's.  But the funny thing is, 
certain techniques and disciplines I developed during my hoarding phase 
became so integrated with my daily life that I continue them anyway.  In 
fact I now have to consciously 'prune' my hoard down from time to time.

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