A #twinterview with @fivedollarguy
Daniel Simonton has this new habit of mailing strangers $5 bills, no strings attached.
About to conduct a #twinterview with @fivedollarguy Daniel Simonton, who's been sending strangers $5 in the mail just because.
Hi @Martha_King, yes I'm a Seattle native, now splitting my time between Seattle and Ocean Shores #twinterview- @Martha_King well, I suppose it's a basic lack of originality & "fivedollarman" sounds like some kind of low-rent superhero #twinterview
- @Martha_King I was walking down broadway one day and distinctly noticed how a lot of people seemed really cranky #twinterview
- @Martha_King sure, that's broadway, I started to wonder when the last time it was someone did anything nice for these people #twinterview
- Yes, I mail $5 to completely random strangers in the USA & Canada..well, just USA so far. #twinterview
- @Martha_King It starts with a coin toss: heads - male, tails - female. I have a bowl with all 50 states and 10 cdn provinces #twinterview
- @Martha_King So I have the gender and a state, then I go onto my personal FB, browse friends of friends til I find a surname... #twinterview
- @Martha_King That sticks with me. I plug that name and state into whitepages.com and try to find a match... #twinterview
- @Martha_King If there's only one: voila. If more than one, toss coin again: Heads - keep it, tails move to the next one, repeat #twinterview
- @Martha_King so far, 2 women, 1 man: Nebraska, Alabama, Illinois. No word back from anyone, 2 early in the game I think #twinterview
- @fivedollarguy What fun science to all this! So do you send out a check? If, so then the recipient knows who sent it, right? #twinterview
- @Martha_King considering south of the border as well, my espanol is not so hot, interpreting addresses could pose a challenge #twinterview
- @Martha_King nope, cash. Nothing to redeem. Don't have to take it anywhere, just put it in your pocket and go. Cash is honest. #twinterview
- @fivedollarguy Si? ! Ay caramba! Do you at least include a return address? Or a message? #twinterview
- @Martha_King I include my return addy (a p.o. box) on the envelope. #twinterview
- @Martha_King The 1st 3 have been holiday cards. I write a little about myself, what I am doing... #twinterview
