Occasionally I have GOOD luck.

[jeriendhal]

About fifteen years ago Choice Hotels, the company I used to work for until I sabotaged myself, went public with an IPO. In celebration, they gave everyone, including peons like me, about six shares of stock. They weren't worth a great deal at the time, maybe $5.00 apiece, but I've held onto them. With stock divisions and so forth my number of shares has risen to fourteen. I don't pay much attention to them because the quarterly dividend check I receive usually works out to a grand total of $2.50.

The company must have had a seriously good quarter this time around, because the check I received was for about $143. :o Which just about covers the speeding ticket I got back in July. Go me.