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Mercedes tumbles off jack, kills suspected catalytic converter thief
Oregon Live ^ | 8 May 2021 | The Columbian

Posted on 05/29/2021 7:23:23 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

- A man was killed Thursday morning in east Vancouver while he was apparently attempting to steal a catalytic converter from a car.

Four Seasons Auto Repair and Tire Center owner Faazan Ahmed said the man was seen on surveillance video around 2 a.m. jacking up a silver Mercedes parked in the shop’s parking lot. The jack tipped over and the car fell, crushing him.

The man’s body wasn’t discovered until after 7 a.m., when Ahmed said someone next door to his shop noticed the man under a car.

(Excerpt) Read more at oregonlive.com ...


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To: PLMerite

Cristine reincarnated as a lawn mower


41 posted on 05/29/2021 8:33:36 PM PDT by DOC44
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Thanks. I had no idea.


42 posted on 05/29/2021 8:35:34 PM PDT by White Lives Matter
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I love a feel-good story with a happy ending!


43 posted on 05/29/2021 8:37:16 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Black lives splatter?


44 posted on 05/29/2021 8:38:02 PM PDT by Nateman (If the Left Is not screaming , you are doing it wrong.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I always wondered about ‘poetic’ justice- now I know!!!!


45 posted on 05/29/2021 8:43:32 PM PDT by dvan (Send Them Home!Napolatono)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

#21. It was certainly was a “Catalytic event”.

He should have picked on a Yugo. He could have lifted it off, but NOOO, he got greedy, and dead.


46 posted on 05/29/2021 10:00:18 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Let me guess. The jack was racist.


47 posted on 05/29/2021 10:29:31 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I love a happy ending. Both kinds.


48 posted on 05/30/2021 12:28:44 AM PDT by Veggie Todd (Religion. It's like a History class. Without the facts. )
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To: DUMBGRUNT

PROOF that God has a sense of humor!


49 posted on 05/30/2021 3:18:31 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (We are being played by forces most do not understand)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Is a Mercedes cat/converter worth more than a KIA or a Buick?


50 posted on 05/30/2021 3:47:00 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Get off your ass and earn it!)
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To: Delta 21

There is no real logic I could see in what car might have an expensive Cat scrap price wise. I guess it just came down to what the oem had to do to make their power train epa compliant. They aren’t going to spend a penny that they don’t have to.


51 posted on 05/30/2021 4:22:18 AM PDT by Clay Moore (RIP, Rush )
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To: kaehurowing

ACME = Always Crush ME


52 posted on 05/30/2021 4:30:14 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Der Impfstoff macht frei.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Jack fell down and broke his crown,


53 posted on 05/30/2021 4:32:13 AM PDT by Old Yeller (Whatever doesn’t kill you will make you stronger. Except bears. Bears will definitely kill you.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Another instance, where it is appropriate to use the old saw:

“Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes!”


54 posted on 05/30/2021 4:57:13 AM PDT by Kriggerel ("All great truths are hard and bitter, but lies... are sweeter than wild honey" (Ragnar Redbeard))
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Sadly, he had no one with him. He missed hearing all of the laughter for all of his efforts to entertain us!


55 posted on 05/30/2021 5:13:25 AM PDT by drSteve78 (Je suis deplorable. WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

>>The department’s major crimes unit is investigating the death, according to police, and the medical examiner will determine the cause of death.

I have an inkling what the cause of death was already ....


56 posted on 05/30/2021 5:59:51 AM PDT by qwerty1234
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

—”He should have picked on a Yugo.”

Cause if there’s one thing that this world needs
It’s environmental friends who’ll take the lead
In a Yugo

2 minutes of Yugo fun.

In a Yugo - A liberal guy n gal buy a Yugo
https://youtu.be/pz2eCFoafXk


57 posted on 05/30/2021 6:20:25 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: Delta 21

https://rrcats.com/catalytic-converter-scrap-prices/


58 posted on 05/30/2021 6:22:32 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I tried for awhile to buy a yugo to make a 1/4 mile car out of. My neighbor said he would help me build a tube chassis and stretch the wheel base long enough to keep it stable with a supercharged big block.

That way folks could go to work Monday morning and explain to their buddies how they got beat by a yugo.


59 posted on 05/30/2021 6:28:14 AM PDT by Clay Moore (RIP, Rush )
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To: 11th_VA
Carma ...

Triple bonus points!

60 posted on 05/30/2021 6:50:20 AM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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