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3 Million Missing Nickels Found
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| Feb. 04, 2004
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Posted on 02/04/2005 10:54:43 AM PST by crushelits
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To: crushelits
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posted on
02/04/2005 10:56:11 AM PST
by
July 4th
(A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)
To: July 4th
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posted on
02/04/2005 10:56:44 AM PST
by
dakine
To: crushelits
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posted on
02/04/2005 10:57:37 AM PST
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: crushelits
...left unreported...
''The initial estimate of the cost of the task-force investigation was put at $800,000 by a Treasury spokesman.''
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posted on
02/04/2005 10:58:57 AM PST
by
SAJ
To: SAJ
$800K to recover $180K. Only government engages in such.
I still remember getting a late fee notice mailed to me by the library. The late fee was 25 cents. The stamp was 37 cents.
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posted on
02/04/2005 11:00:54 AM PST
by
Phantom Lord
(Advantages are taken, not handed out)
To: billorites
Think about this...how would you ever get rid of the loot? You can walk into a cheap casino...and just play $200 a day in coins...and hope to cash them in...but thats about it. To walk into any bank and hand over $500 in nickles...just smells awful suspicious.
To: crushelits
So it's standard procedure to search the back yard with metal detectors when MJ plants are found inside?
????
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posted on
02/04/2005 11:03:24 AM PST
by
grobdriver
(Let the embeds check the bodies!)
To: Phantom Lord
$800K to recover $180K. Only government engages in such.Is it uneconomic to spend $800K to recover $180K? I don't think so.
Allowing this fellow to get away with $180K would encourage future thefts.
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posted on
02/04/2005 11:03:47 AM PST
by
xm177e2
(Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
To: Phantom Lord
It's called being nickeled and dimed to death! The government excels at it!
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posted on
02/04/2005 11:04:27 AM PST
by
Polyxene
(For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel - Martin Luther)
To: crushelits
I've heard of 'dime bags'. Were these used to buy nickel bags?
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posted on
02/04/2005 11:05:12 AM PST
by
WildTurkey
(When will CBS Retract and Apologize?)
To: crushelits
$180,000 = 3.6 million nickels at 5 grams each = 18 metric tons. That's a lot of change.
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posted on
02/04/2005 11:05:59 AM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(Blackwell for Governor 2006: hated by the 'Rats, feared by the RINOs.)
To: Phantom Lord
$800K to recover $180K. Only government engages in such.No kidding, pal, they have to investigate a CRIME. It's one of the things governments do -- track down criminals. It's not supposed to turn a profit. It's designed to get criminals off the streets. If stolen property is recovered, great -- but that's NOT the primary objective!
Do you think governments should eschew going after rapists unless they can somehow turn a profit?
To: Phantom Lord
$800K to recover $180K. Only government engages in such.He was being sarcastic.
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posted on
02/04/2005 11:06:40 AM PST
by
WildTurkey
(When will CBS Retract and Apologize?)
To: pepsionice
"Think about this...how would you ever get rid of the loot?"
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posted on
02/04/2005 11:08:34 AM PST
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: KarlInOhio
$180,000 = 3.6 million nickels at 5 grams each = 18 metric tons. That's a lot of change. It's American coinage. How much is it in real tons?
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posted on
02/04/2005 11:18:30 AM PST
by
wyattearp
(The best weapon to have in a gunfight is a shotgun - preferably from ambush.)
To: crushelits
"Plants? What plants, man.."
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posted on
02/04/2005 11:23:49 AM PST
by
add925
(The Left = Xenophobes in Denial)
To: crushelits
I've got a really big problem with this story; 3,000,000 nickels would weigh 32,813 pounds and would need a very sturdy body of at least 4 feet by 6 feet in dimension. What sort of truck could carry this
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posted on
02/04/2005 11:30:18 AM PST
by
Old Professer
(When the fear of dying no longer obtains no act is unimaginable.)
To: wyattearp
It's American coinage. How much is it in real tons? 18 metric tons = 19.8416036 short tons
18 metric tons = 17.7157175 long tons
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posted on
02/04/2005 11:39:22 AM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(Blackwell for Governor 2006: hated by the 'Rats, feared by the RINOs.)
To: KarlInOhio
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02/04/2005 11:42:45 AM PST
by
wyattearp
(The best weapon to have in a gunfight is a shotgun - preferably from ambush.)
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