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I'd like details on how one casually steals a half ton of bearings. Did he smuggle them out one by one in a backpack? Did he do a late night heist and load them all in his truck?

I worked in a grocery warehouse when I was younger, and some of the guys tried to steal a forklift by taking it apart one piece at a time. They eventually got caught before they had all the pieces out.

10-02-2016 , 01:36 PM

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10-02-2016 , 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by zikzak

I'd like details on how one casually steals a half ton of bearings. Did he smuggle them out one by one in a backpack? Did he do a late night heist and load them all in his truck?

I want to know this too. We're a 24 hour seven day a week operation, so he couldn't just come when no one was here. Even at 3 AM there's 20 people working.

10-02-2016 , 02:19 PM

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Micro beat me to the Johnny Cash reference, I got nothing.

10-02-2016 , 04:10 PM

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Lol FoxNews forever and always.

10-02-2016 , 04:22 PM

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I had never heard of Greta Van Susteren (or forgot if I had), and take it that she is/was a typical Fox news personality, but looking her up and Haiti it seems that while her tweet was wrong, she's not clueless about Haiti.

https://www.samaritanspurse.org/arti...e-and-academy/

10-02-2016 , 04:39 PM

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Wasn't Greta the one who was really smart but pretends to be stupid? Think Stewart did a piece on her once.

10-02-2016 , 04:46 PM

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No that's Gretchen Carlson. Greta is closer to the opposite.

10-02-2016 , 04:47 PM

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Wasn't Greta the one who was really smart but pretends to be stupid? Think Stewart did a piece on her once.

I remember the piece you're talking about. It was definitely someone else.

ETA: I think it was Carlson

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10-02-2016 , 04:51 PM

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I think GVS is famous for being the only female Ailes didn't try to rape.

10-02-2016 , 06:13 PM

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How well is the concept of panspermia accepted by scientists in relevant fields as an explanation for the origin of life on earth?

10-02-2016 , 06:17 PM

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How well is the concept of panspermia accepted by scientists in relevant fields as an explanation for the origin of life on earth?

It's possible, but there's no evidence of it.

10-02-2016 , 06:31 PM

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colombia just voted no (50.25% to 49.75%) on a peace deal with farc after having been at war for something like 60 years. can someone explain that to me? it seems possibly even dumber than the brexit vote.

10-02-2016 , 06:51 PM

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Why the **** would you ever put something like that up for a referendum?

10-02-2016 , 06:55 PM

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No. we are a ****ing dumbs is simple. Of 34.899.945 who could go out and vote JUST 13.045.226 Vote (YEAH 63% OF THE PEOPLE APROX NO VOTE TODAY!) i dont have more to say is pretty sad

10-02-2016 , 08:03 PM

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And 170.913 annulled votes And you had to mark with an X YES or NOT in this card http://prntscr.com/cp3g35 Is so sad

10-02-2016 , 08:10 PM

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Greta went to GULC, I doubt she is objectively stupid.

10-02-2016 , 08:40 PM

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And 170.913 annulled votes And you had to mark with an X YES or NOT in this card http://prntscr.com/cp3g35 Is so sad

Seems there were some concessions made to the FARC (...terrorists) - who have been at war with Colombia for decades - that didn't sit well with Colombians.

Maybe the 'no' was a response to the terms, not to peace.

10-02-2016 , 08:50 PM

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No. we are a ****ing dumbs is simple. Of 34.899.945 who could go out and vote JUST 13.045.226 Vote (YEAH 63% OF THE PEOPLE APROX NO VOTE TODAY!) i dont have more to say is pretty sad

Are you Colombian?

It seems to a least partly be this guy's influence, a popular ex-President whose father was killed by FARC and has been campaigning for 'no'.

10-02-2016 , 10:22 PM

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Yeah my Colombian family think the terms are too generous to FARC leaders.

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10-02-2016 , 10:29 PM

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BTW, is there a privacy setting on FB I can use so that convos I have w/ X will only show up on friend Y's feed if they too are friends with X?

10-02-2016 , 10:36 PM

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Yes. Go figure it out for yourself.

10-02-2016 , 10:46 PM

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Please help. $5 to your favorite charity if you tell me.

Edit: Ok, $10. Twist my arm!

10-02-2016 , 11:48 PM

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In which Yr. Trolly goes full awice:

Is a Cryptic Tweet by Marla Maples a Clue as to Source Behind Trump Tax Leak?

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At 1:34 p.m. Sunday, Donald Trump’s second ex-wife, Marla Maples, tweeted a photograph of a pumpkin patch. Does what happened next contain clues that confirm she anonymously mailed Trump’s 1995 tax return to The New York Times?

Maybe, or maybe it’s nothing at all! Please bear with me here...

OK, that was gibberish, but in all seriousness, though (lolbuzzfeed)

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When Donald Trump publicly floated the idea of running for president in 1999, his ex-wife Marla Maples made it clear she would spill the beans on her ex-husband if he were to make it to the general election.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczy...yLd#.ehgB9DJZx

She was his wife at the time, she did sign the documents. Do we think she's the source of the leak?