CNN: Trucker missing; so is cargo of 3.6 million nickels

[hootinholler]

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From CNN.com:
MIAMI, Florida (AP) -- A truck driver has disappeared with the 3.6 million nickels he was hauling to the Federal Reserve Bank in New Orleans, police said Friday.

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I just got the mental image of this guy backing up to a coin machine. :D

Heard on NBC News: Be on the lookout for someone who jingles.

-Hoot

[Dookus]

1. this is from 5 days ago

[hootinholler]

6. My Bad...

I just heard it on the oh so timely NBC Eve. News, and didn't check the dateline.

Sorry,
-Hoot

[barb162]

11. yeah but it was on the evening national news again tonight

with the guy's photo, the truck, etc. and the jingle line

[Shakespeare]

2. "Coinstar, here I come!" n/t

[Sanity Claws]

3. I thought you said "tucker" not "trucker"

I kept thinking poor Tucker Carlson. Now they're blaming him for missing nickels. Oh, how the mighty fall.

[MikeG]

4. Boy I'd like to have that nose full of nickels.

[HeeBGBz]

5. May I suggest staking out

All casinos nickle slots. Woo Hoo!

[justiceischeap]

7. How many dollars is 3.6 mill nickels?

Is it worth the time when he gets caught?

[pokercat999]

9. $180,000.00 really not that much

How could you launder nickles? I could just see the mortgage company when the truck pulls up with my final payoff.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

12. Jewelry cleaner for one.... eom

[HysteryDiagnosis]

13. Silverware cleaner for another eom

[Bucky]

14. Wow, that's 45,000 packs of cigarrettes

each with a street value of just under $2 a piece. He could launder the lot of it for over $80,000! Well, minus the overhead in time, gas, and living expenses.

[elehhhhna]

8. Dang! Thought it Said "Tucker missing...". Maybe next time.

[Lefty48197]

10. Does he know how long it takes to roll $4 worth of nickels into a

cigarette vending machine?