• Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.ca
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    11 hours ago

    Did anyone else’s parents tell them when they were growing up that it you put a coin on the tracks you could derail the train?

    Yeah… About that…

    • shalafi@lemmy.world
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      1 hour ago

      My dad took me to the tracks to flatten dimes. He was an engineer, never taught me bullshit.

    • pleasejustdie@lemmy.world
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      9 hours ago

      I used to flatten coins that way all the time as a kid. Did it on dates, worked really well. First time I heard that was on a date and I laughed a bit too hard I guess, didn’t work that time.