I knew it...9 out of 10 of us are meth head criminals! - Page 2

Originally Posted by olddude

by those standards, 9 out of 10 journalists arw coke/crack junkeys.

cops are too busy writing tickets for no seat belts to wory about minor things like crime.

Ahh - you're being generous with those numbers. I think it's higher than that

What got me was the owner of Watson Recycling saying that the increase in scrapping is really an increase in the number of people on drugs. Not that I live in MN, but if I did, I certainly wouldn't be visiting that yard - it's full of tweakers.

I can see that, but what about the other half who makes a living or dose to make some extra cash

I'm here to say that its not 90% but in fact 100% of scrappers are meth heads. There, now, no one can deny it. Story over.

507) 328-6810 Phone number to said office.

Here is a good one. Cops pulling people over for hauling scrap. I live in a small town. On a dead end street with a ppark at the end. The cops patrol it all the time. Last night as I was unloading my days haul, scale on tailgate weighing ram and cpu's the Man stops to ask me if I'll take 2 computers, a couple tv's and some other stuff. I tell him ya and give him a card. Funny when people know your true character they don't look at things the same way.

Copper prices have been relatively high, said Jeremiah Watson, of Watson Recycling in Rochester, but are down this week, to $2.75 per pound, after hitting a high of $3.25 a pound earlier this year.

"It seems that it (the increase in scrapping) is really an increase in the number of people that are on drugs," Watson said. "A lot of the guys that come through, my personal belief would be that they are on meth."

Test me you friggin idiot. What an ass

Here is how I was told to pass my complaints. The editers email address is posted in the info of the bullitin. letters@postbulletin.com
I am fixin to send my own email to them and see if that will help me get the officials email phopne number or what have you. Stories like that are one of the reasons people look down their **** noses at us honest people. I hope this helps all of you that are upset at the story.

Here is the link to contact the sherriffs office. Olmsted County Sheriffs Office in Rochester | Olmsted County Sheriffs Office (507) 328-6810 & 151 4th St Se, #8, Rochester, MN 55904 | <Government & Community/Law Enforcement> - Yahoo! US Local
It gives an email opption. I am definatly going to send mine.

If 9 out of 10 of his customers are "meth heads" selling stolen property, isn't this guy admitting to buying stolen material?

ok. with the economy as bad as it is right now. very few decent jobs out there, rising fuel prices, rising food prices, vehicle insurance and so on, it is no wonder more and more people are turning to selling dope or prostitution to make the ends meet. Here we are a dedicated group of companies and or individuals that would rather work hard at scrapping, giving our blood sweat and tears and sometimes even some colorful language, keeping as much out of the landfills as we can/do, INSTEAD OF turning to crime. You would think they would applaud us. Instead they make broad and inaccurate statements such as this to give the entire industry a bad name.

Am I missing something here?? I mean, REALLY??!!!??

I am going on record right now. THANK YOU to my fellow scrappers that would rather work hard, Rather than turning to crime.

Happy Scrappin !!!

Change a single word in the story, and it could be closer to accurate.............9 out of 10 scrap thieves are probably feeding a drug addiction.

I really hope that your officers were misquoted for this story.

9 out 10 use meth? Did he mean to say 90% of the thieves? That is after all what people that take other people's property are called. I have no doubt that there are many addicts that use scrap metal as a way to get their next fix but to smear the legitimate businessmen and women of this trade is beyond the pale.

It would only be right for your office to ask for a correction to be made if indeed your personnel were misquoted. If on the other hand, this article accurately reflects the opinions of you and your staff; then shame on you.

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The email I sent