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<p>[QUOTE="LaCointessa, post: 3942741, member: 87186"]About 2+ years ago I was standing over a sink (light was better there for some reason) looking at an ancient coin (think it was one with a double victory reverse) and it fell from my fingers and went right down drain. I did not retrieve it then because i was sure it was in the bottom of the drain trap and I didn't plan to use that sink again until I had a chance to grab my tools and retrieve it. But later that day, I found myself using a very forceful water flow in that sink! A simple piece of tape across the sink would have been enough to remind me. But nooooooooo!!! </p><p><br /></p><p>I guess, to be honest, I should not call the coin 'lost' since I never got in that pipe to confirm whether it was still there. Days and weeks passed and I started obsessing about the icky crud that might be on the coin. I decided to just leave it in there, IF it were still in there. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie90" alt=":spitoutdummy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Two plus years later, now....can you imagine that poor coin?? Oyyyyy ewwwww! </p><p><br /></p><p>That's pretty dumb, I would say.</p><p><br /></p><p>LaC[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="LaCointessa, post: 3942741, member: 87186"]About 2+ years ago I was standing over a sink (light was better there for some reason) looking at an ancient coin (think it was one with a double victory reverse) and it fell from my fingers and went right down drain. I did not retrieve it then because i was sure it was in the bottom of the drain trap and I didn't plan to use that sink again until I had a chance to grab my tools and retrieve it. But later that day, I found myself using a very forceful water flow in that sink! A simple piece of tape across the sink would have been enough to remind me. But nooooooooo!!! I guess, to be honest, I should not call the coin 'lost' since I never got in that pipe to confirm whether it was still there. Days and weeks passed and I started obsessing about the icky crud that might be on the coin. I decided to just leave it in there, IF it were still in there. :spitoutdummy: Two plus years later, now....can you imagine that poor coin?? Oyyyyy ewwwww! That's pretty dumb, I would say. LaC[/QUOTE]
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