Cartoon: "Grand Avenue"

The little girl is doing her math homework. Two panels.

1. Q: It takes Sam 5 minutes to make a paper hat. If he starts at noon what time is it when Sam completes his third hat?

2. "Time for Sam to get a life," she thinks.

PARENTHETICALLY: I once could make a paper hat quicker than that, as did my dad every morning before starting work running the large printing press which spewed out ink and oil as well as the daily newspaper.

????: Why would someone abandon a storage unit containing several thousands of dollars worth of silver coins?