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Eaten by rats sounds like an excuse thieves would tell their narco-terrorist boss. It’s like kids having their homework eaten by a dog right before the deadline
by jdavis703 5y ago
Eaten by rats sounds like an excuse thieves would tell their narco-terrorist boss. It’s like kids having their homework eaten by a dog right before the deadline. That’s to say, it’s likely a euphemism turned urban legend.
- nefitty 5y agoIn Narcos, something similar happens. Some money that was buried was found by a farmer, some was lost, some rotted... Escobar preceded to violently murder the people that brought him the excuse.
- Enginerrrd 5y agoI dont want to disclose my background exactly here, suffice to say I was not involved in any illegal activity, but others I knew were, and rats and just rotting cash really are genuine concerns affecting large sums of stored or buried money.
- lifeformed 5y agoWhy not store then in weatherproof boxes?
- QuercusMax 5y agoPay $20 for a Rubbermaid tub to protect hundreds of thousands of $$ seems like a reasonable tradeoff, except maybe it's hard to come by that many where they're hiding the money?
- Enginerrrd 5y agoRubbermaid tub will NOT cut it for that purpose. You really need a pelican case or similar. But... you'd be surprised, people are lazy.
- QuercusMax 5y agoI confess I'm extremely ignorant in terms of what it takes to actually store money in bulk. But it seems like literally anything would be better than just letting it rot.
- selimthegrim 5y agoI guess Enginnerd has a point.. see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29827582 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29827582 and remarks at the end
- wbl 5y agoRats can chew through a lot of materials. Cash management is hard.
- kingcharles 5y agoThey just chewed through a Rubbermaid tote to eat all my dog's treats. I had to break the bad news to her...
- Enginerrrd 5y agoThey often do actually! The pelican cases are quite popular for that purpose. But, like all things, they aren't totally fool-proof. Leaks happen. Even a small air-leak means moisture has an opportunity to condense and penetrate into the container and accumulate. Cracks happen, debris along the gasket, etc. etc. Actually, a more common failure mode than rotting or rats is... simply forgetting where you buried it!