The Curious Case of the Disappearing Nuts

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26 October 2019, 11:56 AM

Steve Miller

The Curious Case of the Disappearing Nuts

Kind of long but a good story:

The Curious Case of the Disappearing Nuts

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In California, millions of dollars' worth of almonds, walnuts, and pistachios are disappearing. Farmers are perplexed, the cops are confused, and the crooks are getting richer.

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26 October 2019, 01:55 PM

Mikhailoh

Great joke in there somewhere.

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26 October 2019, 03:18 PM

Nina

Exactly. As I was opening the thread, I was thinking, "there are at least 3 things this post could be talking about..."

It is an interesting article. For one thing, it highlights the low security in general, given the value of the nuts being stolen.

26 October 2019, 08:25 PM

CHAS

At least it is not about Sumo wrestlers.

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27 October 2019, 12:14 AM

RealPlayer

CHAS, you lost me on that one.

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27 October 2019, 08:12 AM

Mikhailoh

But if you read it it is an interesting article. Truckload property theft is a huge problem. There's a large black market, now pretty much in plain sight thanks to Craigslist and the like, of stuff that fell off the truck.

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27 October 2019, 11:28 AM

CHAS

quote:
Originally posted by RealPlayer:
CHAS, you lost me on that one.

Sumo wrestlers are supposedly trained from the age of nine to retract theirs.
It may be a myth. Don't think it matters in the grand scheme.

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27 October 2019, 02:44 PM

Nina

Ummm, you can retract them?

(Reminded of George's swimming in the lake in that Seinfeld episode, and Elaine's comment, "It shrinks"? )

27 October 2019, 05:18 PM

CHAS

quote:
Originally posted by Nina:
Ummm, you can retract them?

(Reminded of George's swimming in the lake in that Seinfeld episode, and Elaine's comment, "It shrinks"? )

Do I look like a Sumo wrestler?

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