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<p>[QUOTE="LA_Geezer, post: 3189079, member: 89393"]I told the story before but for a new member it might be worth reading again.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I was in army basic training in 1965, the vending machines for candy and soft drinks on the base would not accept dimes. That's because basic recruits and trainees were known to file cents down to the size of dimes, and this despite the fact that training started at dawn and went to sundown, then lights out at 10:00, when would they have the time? </p><p><br /></p><p>Of course that would be like getting a 90% discount on your coke or root beer, and since all of the machines near the barracks sold the soft drinks for 5¢, that means you would be making money every time you put your filed-down cent into the machine. I often wondered where these guys got their files, too.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="LA_Geezer, post: 3189079, member: 89393"]I told the story before but for a new member it might be worth reading again. When I was in army basic training in 1965, the vending machines for candy and soft drinks on the base would not accept dimes. That's because basic recruits and trainees were known to file cents down to the size of dimes, and this despite the fact that training started at dawn and went to sundown, then lights out at 10:00, when would they have the time? Of course that would be like getting a 90% discount on your coke or root beer, and since all of the machines near the barracks sold the soft drinks for 5¢, that means you would be making money every time you put your filed-down cent into the machine. I often wondered where these guys got their files, too.[/QUOTE]
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