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"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!
99% of all pedophiles own at least 1 Disney movie as well.
Maybe when the 90% of drug addicted warrant having scrapers get caught we will really clean up. I don't really care what anybody thinks. I am self employed, went to college, and make a really comfortable living, and my wife is a stay at home mom. So look down on me with pity as you give me a bunch of junk while thinking poor guy. It buys my rentals and will pay for a week in a beach house for 10 days in Sept.
What is REALLY going down is WE are saving the landfills while making money and fueling the economy. Look at the scrap yard that is economic activity, wages, gas, property, machinery, and of course it is all taxed. Taxes which provide food stamps, golf trips, and pork spending.
Blah, Blah, Blah.
Well, I am sure there is one or 2 in my yard, but most do scrapping as a means to pay the bills.
wow...if 9 out of 10 of us are meth heads...you other 9 need to get some help.:cool:
That's an awful nice thing to say, hope the person who wrote that article loses their job and have to turn to scrapping to pay the bills ! Then they'd see who the crack head really is
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
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
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.
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.
Lincoln had net??? lol I know what you mean and yes I have read that tooQuote:
Originally Posted by BohemianLush
by those standards, 9 out of 10 journalists are coke/crack junkeys.
cops are too busy writing tickets for no seat belts, tinted windows, and cell phones, to wory about minor things like crime. writing tickets generates income, arresting criminals cost money and aside from that, it could be hazardous to their health.
that said, God bless the few constitutional police we have left.
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.
Ahh - you're being generous with those numbers. I think it's higher than that :)Quote:
Originally Posted by olddude
I am simply amazed that every time I hear one of these crazy numbers, I or no one else I know in the industry has been asked about anything like that. Maybe Nelson gathers his stats from his own group of people he kicks it with. He needs to be more concerned with weeding out his own cesspool of crooks then trying to give an honest industry a bad name. How come they don't interview the good guys that trust in the American dream and work a hard honest day to make a living. Did you know that 99% of politicians................................. Boy could we write our own story there...lol
I can see that, but what about the other half who makes a living or dose to make some extra cash
Wow... what a pile of crap.
I've never done a single drug in my entire life. I guess the next 9 people I meet are all meth heads. Good to know. I'll make sure to treat em as such.
I think this guy said his fact wrong. 9 out of 10 meth heads try to scrap for drug money. Not 9 out of 10 scrappers are meth heads. Just a SMALL difference there... Would I believe the former? Yes. Many drug addicts reach to any lengths to get what they need, including scrapping.
Recycling resources, keeping less out of landfills, communicating with other people, creating connections and memories, working hard to provide for your family and offering people a service (junk removal,etc) = meth heads...right.
9 out of 10 people who make absurd judgements about 'scrappers' don't have a clue about the blood and sweat it takes to succeed in this business.
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.
:mad: Test me you friggin idiot. What an ass :mad:Quote:
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."
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by joebob49
Great idea Mechanic. I'd love to send an e-mail telling my side of the scrapping story.
He was too busy hunting vampires to worry about what was on the internet. lolQuote:
Originally Posted by BohemianLush
I might go a bit higher than 1%.Quote:
Originally Posted by taterjuice
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mechanic688
From the article:If he really believes what he is saying then he should park himself right at the scrap yard instead of the donut shop. I would have no problem with that and we would all be better off.Quote:
Ninety percent of people involved in scrapping use methamphetamine, Nelson estimates, and they often have warrants out for their arrest.
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.
507) 328-6810 Phone number to said office.
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.
This guy is going to have the wrath of all the die hard scrapper SMF members coming down on him now LOL. whoops.
Must have been a slow day for the person who wrote that story, news even bad news sells papers and lowly editors need to publish to get those paid advertisers exposure.
Personally I would ignore the publication its the editors reputation that is being tarnished and not mine. I take no offense to it, I'm part of the 10% that does not steal kitchen sinks and rip the walls open for copper wire.
maybe the writer was just talking about his Moms side of the family
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
author of the story's email address, mrussell@postbulletin.com
Email away
You could have a job and still use Meth! You could have no job and use Meth! You could have a job and steel scrap metal, you could have no job and steel scrap metal!
If nine out of ten of us were meth heads, we'd all be out hawking out computers at pawn shops for a quick fix instead of posting on this here forum....Quote:
Originally Posted by BohemianLush