A tale or two - Glass Terrariums

I've been asked more than once how I come up with my stories. This one is the result of a Facebook post about the amount of money you would have if you put a penny a day into a big glass bottle: $36,500 or some such huge amount. Really. I believe someone had their math a bit off, don't you think? Anyway, the bottle looked very similar to the ones Terry got when he worked at Litton.