<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>Courtesy of <i>CBS News</i> at:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/on-the-road-how-a-ripped-up-dollar-bill-kept-a-florida-friendship-together-for-40-years/?linkId=23263378">http://www.cbsnews.com/news/on-the-road-how-a-ripped-up-dollar-bill-kept-a-florida-friendship-together-for-40-years/?linkId=23263378</a></div><div><br></div><div>---------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div><h1 class="title" itemprop="headline" style="font-size: 50px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; font-family: abril-text, 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(32, 32, 34); line-height: 0.95; text-rendering: auto; letter-spacing: -0.06em; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">How a ripped-up dollar bill reunited friends after 40 years</h1><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong>WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- </strong>Steve Morris is waiting for an old friend, hoping this guy he hasn't seen in years and completely lost touch with will suddenly appear just like he promised 40 years earlier.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"I remember Joe reaching into his wallet and pulling out a dollar, and he tore it and I got my half and he got his half."</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The point was, no matter what happens, 40 years from that day they would meet back at that same spot. "Saved it for 40 years," Steve said.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">They each left the bar that night with half of the dollar bill. On one side, they wrote that day's date, 4-4-76. On the other, their far-off reunion date of this past Monday, April 4th, 2016.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Growing up in West Palm Beach, Florida, Steve Morris and Joe Whitehead were best friends. They even went on a cross-country road trip together.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But that was then. Shortly after the trip, Joe moved away and they lost touch. Decades passed. But all the while, Steve held onto his half of the promise, hoping Joe would too.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"If he ever even cared, I didn't know," Morris explained.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">What are the odds of Joe caring enough to keep the promise? Not many guys would hold onto half a dollar bill from some drunken night 40 years earlier. "Those odds have got to be astronomical," Steve said.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">And yet, guess who showed up at the bar this week -- right on schedule.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A few months ago Joe called Steve out of the blue to remind him of their date. And when Joe showed up, he had the other half of the dollar bill.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Astronomical.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"It means so much that he had the same thoughts," Steve said. "I just went under the broad assumption that since I did, he did," Joe explained.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The old friends spent a couple hours turning back the clock, catching up on family, and making plans for the future. Steve came prepared with another dollar to mark their next visit.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This new one is dated 4-4-17. They're only shooting for one year this time around."I'm 63," said Steve. "I don't even buy ripe bananas."</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">At one point or another, we all lose track of at least some of the people who made us who we are. But Steve and Joe prove it's never too late to reconnect.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">mean, if there's one person that you'd like to talk to, go back and talk to them. If they're not around, you'll regret it," Steve said.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Bet your bottom dollar.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">--------------------</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The one-dollar bill</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/Photos/News/Reunited_Friends_040816_01.jpg">http://www.tomandrodna.com/Photos/News/Reunited_Friends_040816_01.jpg</a></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px;">--------------------</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Steve Morris, left, and Joe Whitehead</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/Photos/News/Reunited_Friends_040816_02.jpg">http://www.tomandrodna.com/Photos/News/Reunited_Friends_040816_02.jpg</a></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">--------------------</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Friends</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/Photos/News/Reunited_Friends_040816_03.jpg">http://www.tomandrodna.com/Photos/News/Reunited_Friends_040816_03.jpg</a></p></div><div>---------------------------------<br><br><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" </span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></body></html>