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> second hand septic pump truck That is waaay too specific for you to have come up with it right off the top of your head; I sense there's a story here.
by cogburnd02 6y ago
> second hand septic pump truck
That is waaay too specific for you to have come up with it right off the top of your head; I sense there's a story here.
- toomuchtodo 6y agoSat next to someone on a flight carrying ~$100k in cash to buy one second hand and drive it back to the origin because it was much cheaper than buying a new one. A story for sure, but a boring one.
- quiescant_dodo 6y agoWoah! The idea of carrying that much cash is giving me a lot of third-hand anxiety. Did the person seem overly anxious? I can't imagine sharing that information with someone I just met!
- toomuchtodo 6y agoNope, calm good 'ol boy having a mini gin and tonic. Lots of interesting folks out there waiting to be met.
- midasuni 6y agoDid you see the cash?
- toomuchtodo 6y agoI wouldn’t have shared the tale if I hadn’t.
- midasuni 6y agoI find it amazing that someone carrying that much money would show it off like that.
- o-__-o 6y agoI carried a $20k diamond ring on a transatlantic flight. At the time I was the definition of paranoid because it wasn’t insured at the time. Looking back it wasn’t that big of a deal
- nightcracker 6y agoYou have to be one kind of stupid to casually travel with that much cash and a whole 'nother kind of stupid to tell the person you're sitting next to that you're doing so.
- salawat 6y agoCivil people don't care, and would wish the person success in their business endeavor. You're civil, aren't you? Or were we just caught thinking with that side of the brain again? Contrary to popular belief, there are in general perfectly reasonable people out there to talk business with in transit.
- toomuchtodo 6y agoVery true!
- o-__-o 6y agoUpvote me if you think you would spend the entire flight thinking of a way to pocket $1000.
- RHSeeger 6y agoHere's the thing, though. It's not the civil people you have to worry about. It's the bad apple. Just like you shouldn't walk down an alley in a bad part of town wearing a suit. Sure, most times you'd have no issue... but it only takes one time to ruin your life forever.
- fuzxi 6y ago>Civil people don't care, and would wish the person success in their business endeavor. Not every person you meet will be "civil", despite appearances.
- michaelt 6y agoOn board a flight sounds like the worst possible place to mug someone, IMHO.
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- otterley 6y agoI have a difficult time believing this story. Did they show the cash to you? How you do know they weren't lying?
- toomuchtodo 6y agoI tell it because, for your typical HN audience, it's so incredulous and yet incredibly normal for the people who do it. I hope you enjoyed the story regardless, because I enjoyed getting to meet Rory (the gentleman in question) and having him share with me how he made his wealth off of pumping other people's shit (his words! "black gold"). I still have his very non PC business card in a keepsake box somewhere. Life can be stranger than fiction, and I love a good story.
- otterley 6y agoSo, uh, he's a septic tank cleaner? Anyway, I call shenanigans unless he showed you his suitcase full of cash.
- refurb 6y agoThere is a border patrol show I caught one episode of when visiting family - some guy declared $400k when crossing into Canada. All in a carryon backpack. Was shooting a movie and had too much trouble setting up a Canadian account so decided to pay everyone cash. Cash was counted and returned to him.