Posted on 08/02/2004 10:15:59 AM PDT by Kaslin
Found: $46,000 in extremely smelly money. Owner: unknown.
A landfill worker in Columbus, Ga., discovered the cash stash July 23 while using a backhoe to move piles of garbage from one place to another. Instead of smuggling it home, he told his boss.
"I commend the employee," Deputy City Manager Isaiah Hugley told the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer. "The employee could have done something unethical, but called a supervisor."
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More than likely, the city will take it and give the employee a gift certificate to Chuck E. Cheese or something equally "valuable." It would be nice if the finder could get at least some of it, though.
}:-)4
Hrm. Let's try that again:
"The employee could have done something unethical obviously NOT COMPELTELY IDIOTIC LIKE CALLING , but called a supervisor."
That's a litte better.
The money's probably dirty anyway, and I don't mean that in a physical appearance type way.
Hey! I left that there when I was dumping my trash, I've been looking all over for it! I can identify the bills: they are green and have dead presidents pictures on them.
Maybe I'm a bad person but I would have taken the money. In my defense though, I found a wallet at grocery store with $375 in it and called the guy whose wallet it was. He said he left his wallet on the roof of his car and forgot it when he drove off. He gave me $100 of it. But finding that much money in a dump with no ID with it.. Can you say drug money? I can. I'd keep it all and share none.
You know, you read these stories about someone finding money and nine out of ten times the person doesn't get squat but a pat on the head and maybe a good deed commemoration by the mayor. Whoever finds an anonymous stack of money should automatically get 20% of what they found if they chooses to turn it in. I mean, who's fault is it that caused the loss of money? You snooze you lose...
Funnies from the same page..............
'You Look Like Cops'
Stamford, Conn., police got a surprise this past March when a teenager hopped into the back of their squad car and tried to sell them drugs.
Granted, the officers were in an unmarked vehicle, reports the Associated Press, but the word "POLICE" written all over their jackets should have been an indication.
The cops were on a routine undercover narcotics patrol on March 10, they reported, when 17-year-old Devaugn Goethe flagged them down.
They stopped the car. Goethe allegedly opened the back door, jumped in and asked the officers what they wanted and how much.
"You look like cops," he joked before they arrested him on charges of selling narcotics.
The officers were wearing "raid jackets" because they were looking for fugitives and didn't want to be mistaken for anything but police officers.
— Thanks to Out There reader Jen M.
Bunny Fails to Be Blown Up
CASTRO VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Lucky the bunny is living up to her name.
It had seemed like luck had run out: Strapped to a powerful explosive with a lit fuse, Lucky was tossed into a lake.
But the explosive didn't blow up, and the rabbit was pulled out of the water.
Now Lucky's owner and his friend face misdemeanor charges of animal cruelty after photos of the July 13 incident surfaced on the Internet.
Nick Sigmon, 18, and Paul Collins, 20, are accused of taping an illegal M-1000 (search) — a large firecracker equivalent to a quarter-stick of dynamite — to the rabbit and throwing her into Lake Don Castro (search).
Sigmon said he fished Lucky out of the water to save her from drowning. But prosecutors charged the two lifeguards on Wednesday. Two other men who were present during the incident may also face charges.
"I think that a lot of people are judging us without knowing us at all," Sigmon said. Asked why he fitted Lucky with the explosive, he said, "Um, that's a real tough question to answer."
Sigmon said he adopted the bunny after almost running over her with his car, but can no longer care for her because he's starting college this fall at University of California, San Diego (search), where he plans to study biology.
Someone found the photos on the personal Web site of one of the suspects and posted them on Craigslist, the popular Internet bulletin board, where the House Rabbit Society in Richmond saw it.
Lucky is recovering at a foster owner's home, where she's snacking on hay pellets and doing well.
— Thanks to Out There reader Don W.
Drivers Not Happy About Free Ice Cream
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City police have taken a licking for a new program that rewards motorists who drive safely by stopping them and giving them coupons for free ice cream.
Sgt. Don Jantzen of the North Patrol Division said residents expressed concerns about the program and the department's legal counsel advised officers to stop it. He said the division commander will revamp it and come up with a new approach within two weeks.
Paula Talley was rewarded Monday for wearing her seat belt and yielding to traffic. She said she was afraid being stopped would make her late for work, although she made it on time.
"My job probably wouldn't have cared about free ice cream," she said.
Bill Calvert was stopped for driving the speed limit and using his signal. He said he could see people getting upset by such stops if they "were in the wrong frame of mind."
Dog Bites Car
AMITE, La. (AP) — More than one dog has met his end by challenging a set of moving car tires. In this case, police said, the car didn't have a chance.
Sheriff's deputies reported that a tan dog attacked a silver Ford Mustang convertible parked outside the owner's home.
According to deputies, a woman said she was awakened last Tuesday by a noise outside her house and found the canine attacking her car. The animal fled when she walked outside to find a chewed-up windshield wiper, gnarled hood hinge covers and teeth marks on the car's molding.
A deputy also reported finding extensive scratches to the car's body and saliva dripping from the vehicle.
The dog got away, said Chuck Reed, a sheriff's office spokesman.
Bear Swipe Chalked Up as Fun Experience
ST. MARY, Mont. (AP) — An Illinois man has 28 staples in his head and "a good bear story" after spending the night at a campground here, authorities said Wednesday.
Gary Obrokta, 54, of Maple Park, Ill., was asleep in a one-man tent Tuesday night when authorities believe a black bear approached.
Obrokta was awakened by the noise and sat up. His movement apparently startled the bear, which took a swipe at the tent. The bear hit Obrokta in the head, causing two long cuts.
Obrokta used a whistle his sister had given him to frighten the bear away, said Marion Garrow, a clerk at Johnson's Cafe, who spoke to Obrokta Wednesday.
He notified authorities and was taken by ambulance to the emergency room in Browning where doctors used 28 staples to close the wounds.
Obrokta, who is traveling to Moscow, Idaho by motorcycle, planned to continue his trip, said his wife, Barb Obrokta.
"He goes, 'I've got a good bear story,'" Barb Obrokta said.
Authorities from the Blackfeet Tribe and Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Department, with Karelian bear dogs, were unable to locate the bear Wednesday.
Tribal wildlife biologist Dan Carney said he doubts the encounter was predatory. Rather, the bear likely was wandering through the campsite, possibly in search of food.
"The bear was just kind of nosing up around the campground and nosed up against the tent," Carney said.
Exactly. I can see if it was a wallet with identification and credit cards in it, with just several hundred dollars. I'd return it then. But if I found a huge pile of money laying around I hoard all of it and let it sit in my basement safe for a couple of months before I spend it.
I did the same thing once. Perhaps it helped that the city was Hiroshima.
But like you, I would not have hesitated to take the dump money.
Brings a whole new meaning to the term "money laundering."
My brother is on the road alot for the county and had frequently found valuable items, even a rifle, along the road. Being on-duty, he has always registered those items with the police and in each case has become the owner of the items, 100%.
How do we know he didn't?
"Bill Calvert was stopped for driving the speed limit and using his signal. He said he could see people getting upset by such stops if they "were in the wrong frame of mind."
You know I usually smile and joke around with the officer if I get pulled over because often I just get a warning that way, but it would piss me off if I got pulled over for some damn ice cream. I am lactose intolerant:-(
my ex was working at WM recycling when a bin was unloaded and dumped millions of dollars on the floor. the bin was supposedly supposed to be going to asia and not on the recycling line. FBI closed up the shop for weeks and my ex got new management.
Ya take the good with the bad, I always say!!
And just nickel and dime it spending wise while saving more from the paycheck, no big ticket items or you'll be bagged...
Around 1995 I was monitoring for methane near some digging over off Hwy 101 south of Candlestick and 'bout crapped when we started hoeing up a bunch of cash. The guys I was looking out for said they'd hit it a few times, old Federal Reserve disposal area in landfill. So rotted it just crumbled to moist green goo when touched but there must have been in the millions there :-)
Honesty is the best policy!
Morals and values count!
Yes indeed
This gives all new meaning to the term "filthy lucre" !
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