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

"Ninety percent of people involved in scrapping use methamphetamine, Nelson estimates, and they often have warrants out for their arrest."

Thats according to this article:
Copper prices, meth linked to recent uptick in scrapping thefts - Post Bulletin



Pretty broad and sweeping statement, more than likely made by an ignorant imbecile that has never scrapped anything in his life!

wow...if 9 out of 10 of us are meth heads...you other 9 need to get some help.

Originally Posted by taterjuice

And they want to turn in every vehicle they see with scrap because its got to be carrying stolen copper ? Its mayb 1% of us that are dishonest and gets put on all of us

I might go a bit higher than 1%.

Originally Posted by Bear

i notice they don't allow outside comments to their story, probably afraid it might get "tainted" with some factual truths ; )

He claims that figure came from the county sheriff's detective, must be a hek of a place to live

Try Latimer county in Oklahoma! Sorry, Bear!

He said that that house has been hit many times in the past, The police should be doing a better job of watching out for those thieves then.

Bear...my sentiments exactly! If 90% of the scrappers there are meth addicts it seems to me that they have a whole hell of a lot more problems then scrap theft. Maybe if detective Nelson was half as concerned with their drug problem as he is with scrap theft then he could get the offenders off the street.

I read somewhere that Abraham Lincoln once said that 90% of the statistics you read on the internet are made up.

Originally Posted by BohemianLush

Bear...my sentiments exactly! If 90% of the scrappers there are meth addicts it seems to me that they have a whole hell of a lot more problems then scrap theft. Maybe if detective Nelson was half as concerned with their drug problem as he is with scrap theft then he could get the offenders off the street.

I read somewhere that Abraham Lincoln once said that 90% of the statistics you read on the internet are made up.

Lincoln had net??? lol I know what you mean and yes I have read that too

this reminds of a time in brentwood, outside of nashville, while these two officers were writing up tickets for jogging side by side, instead of single file, and another for mooning them, another visitor to the park was having his stereo stolen out of his car, less than 100 feet away.

That story really pissed me off. It is stupidity from people like the officers that make blind statements such as that who give all us recyclers/scrappers a bad name. I myself have NEVER used meth or any other drug for that matter. Only what the docter gives me a script for. So I have tweeted an posted on facebook saying as much. It is plain predjudice to make such a remark as that. I am going to find an email address an explain how I feel about it. Maybe too much but it pisses me off. We make a great living recycling and all my stuff is bought and paid for. The honest way. Without dope of any kind. Yes stealing is wrong and noone should do it. Drugs are terrible and again NO ONE should use them. However there is no way 90% of us are on meth. Only buzz I catch is when I find a dumpster full of scrap even bigger buzz when its a dumpster full of towers or servers lol.

Great idea Mechanic. I'd love to send an e-mail telling my side of the scrapping story.

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

When you find an address, post it for everyone that feels offended to tell our side of the story. I think that might be why our yard requires us to show our ID at the pay window, they say it's not for tax purposes. People doing dope have guilty conscience so they don't really like to show their ID.

I sure will Mechanic688. So far no luck but my wife is home she will help when shes done cursing about it lol. raer raer we have made his yearly salary in half the yeAR RAER RAER AN HE WANTS TO LABLE US THAT WAY RAER RAER LOL. sHE GETS BENT SOMETIMES.

Originally Posted by joebob49

That story really pissed me off. It is stupidity from people like the officers that make blind statements such as that who give all us recyclers/scrappers a bad name. I myself have NEVER used meth or any other drug for that matter. Only what the docter gives me a script for. So I have tweeted an posted on facebook saying as much. It is plain predjudice to make such a remark as that. I am going to find an email address an explain how I feel about it. Maybe too much but it pisses me off. We make a great living recycling and all my stuff is bought and paid for. The honest way. Without dope of any kind. Yes stealing is wrong and noone should do it. Drugs are terrible and again NO ONE should use them. However there is no way 90% of us are on meth. Only buzz I catch is when I find a dumpster full of scrap even bigger buzz when its a dumpster full of towers or servers lol.

This accusation makes me mad, and the moron who wrote it is a fkg idiot. It's a fact the the 'war" on drugs is BS, just like the war on "terror" and is used to generate revenue for police and law enforcement agencies, now they want to accuse scrappers of being drug addicts as an excuse to possibly pull them over and harass them, so they can find anything to generate bogus arrests and more revenue it seems. What's next, mandated drug testing and a costly scrappers "license"?
It's sickening, Some of us have to scrap to survive due to circumstances and they want to make arrests and money to keep their jobs...Think about it..No drug problems or "terror" problems and how many jobs would be lost. Hell, they'd be out having to scrap too!