Found Money

xoxoxoBruce · 06-22-2006, 05:10 AM

According to the BBC, in April, US troops found $100million plus 90million euros while searching a house in Baghdad. Also, the week before, they found $650million in the same neighborhood.

All this cash has been flown out of the country "to a secure location for counting purposes" although it also says they counted it in 5 hours. I suppose it's being checked closely for counterfeits, too.

Anyway, the US Central Command said, "Funds will remain secure until a stable government is established in Iraq and will ultimately be returned to the Iraqis to assist in the re-building of their nation."

As someone who will paying, "to assist in the re-building of their nation", for the rest of my life....... I say, well isn't that special.

Kagen4o4 · 06-22-2006, 06:23 AM

THATS where i left it. give it back.

Happy Monkey · 06-22-2006, 06:58 AM

Well, at last count, the contractors over there had "lost" over $9 billion, so I suppose it's inevitable that a few stashes will be found.

06-22-2006, 05:55 PM

I found $10 in my laundry the other day, my wife took it.

SteveDallas · 06-22-2006, 05:59 PM

Damn, that beats the extra $20 bill I got from an ATM about 10 years ago.

06-22-2006, 06:00 PM

Did you get to keep it?

SteveDallas · 06-22-2006, 06:08 PM

Yeah, I kept it. I'm sure a great chorus of dwellars will step forward to smack me down for my rationalizations--but my first instinct was to give it back. However, after I thought about it for a bit, I determined that the true owner of the cash was the bank that operated the ATM, and if I had been at a bank I would probably have taken it in & given it to a teller. But this particular ATM was at a grocery store, and I just didn't think there was a very good chance that it'd make it back to the bank if I passed it on to one of the store employees.

06-22-2006, 06:10 PM

I didn't mean it that way, I was joking about my wife.

SteveDallas · 06-22-2006, 06:13 PM

Oh I see.. LOL. Well you know me... I probably spent it on booze anyway.

KinkyVixen · 06-22-2006, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by SteveDallas

Yeah, I kept it. I'm sure a great chorus of dwellars will step forward to smack me down for my rationalizations--but my first instinct was to give it back. However, after I thought about it for a bit, I determined that the true owner of the cash was the bank that operated the ATM, and if I had been at a bank I would probably have taken it in & given it to a teller. But this particular ATM was at a grocery store, and I just didn't think there was a very good chance that it'd make it back to the bank if I passed it on to one of the store employees.

Are you sure the bank didn't come back to your account later and take the money back? While you frantically searched and balanced your statments for months trying to figure out why you were off 20 bucks?

06-22-2006, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by SteveDallas

Oh I see.. LOL. Well you know me... I probably spent it on booze anyway.

Have I offended you?

tw · 06-23-2006, 12:53 AM

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Originally Posted by rkzenrage

I found $10 in my laundry the other day, my wife took it.

Your wife is into money laundering? And you post that to the world? Well, it would make a divorse easier to obtain.

06-23-2006, 03:19 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
Anyway, the US Central Command said, "Funds will remain secure until a stable government is established in Iraq and will ultimately be returned to the Iraqis to assist in the re-building of their nation."

As someone who will paying, "to assist in the re-building of their nation", for the rest of my life....... I say, well isn't that special.

It will become extra special when the Iraqis demand interest payments on the capital "detained" by the US government!

xoxoxoBruce · 06-23-2006, 10:15 AM

[fingers in ears] la la la la I don't want to hear about interest la la la la [fingers in ears]

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Originally Posted by SteveDallas

Well you know me... I probably spent it on booze anyway.

Whew, that's a relief....I was afraid you'd wasted it.

Urbane Guerrilla · 06-24-2006, 05:12 AM

Now that the terrs know all about our watching their electronic money transfers, they can quit doing that -- and transfer remarkably large sums of money the oldfashioned, slow, and inefficient way to keep it off the Belgians' radar. And not only can we catch 'em at it, not only is it vulnerable to robbery, but each transferror suffers agonies of temptation to skim just a little. The hostiles' funds become inefficient, and terrorism, which is as big a money pit as conventional war man for man, slumps.

06-22-2006, 05:10 AM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Found Money According to the BBC, in April, US troops found $100million plus 90million euros while searching a house in Baghdad. Also, the week before, they found $650million in the same neighborhood. All this cash has been flown out of the country "to a secure location for counting purposes" although it also says they counted it in 5 hours. I suppose it's being checked closely for counterfeits, too. Anyway, the US Central Command said, "Funds will remain secure until a stable government is established in Iraq and will ultimately be returned to the Iraqis to assist in the re-building of their nation." As someone who will paying, "to assist in the re-building of their nation", for the rest of my life....... I say, well isn't that special. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-22-2006, 06:23 AM	#2
Kagen4o4 The Sheriff of Nothingland Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Melbourne, Aus Posts: 1,794	THATS where i left it. give it back. __________________ something we both can enjoy??

06-22-2006, 06:58 AM	#3
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Well, at last count, the contractors over there had "lost" over $9 billion, so I suppose it's inevitable that a few stashes will be found. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

06-24-2006, 05:12 AM	#15
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Now that the terrs know all about our watching their electronic money transfers, they can quit doing that -- and transfer remarkably large sums of money the oldfashioned, slow, and inefficient way to keep it off the Belgians' radar. And not only can we catch 'em at it, not only is it vulnerable to robbery, but each transferror suffers agonies of temptation to skim just a little. The hostiles' funds become inefficient, and terrorism, which is as big a money pit as conventional war man for man, slumps. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

06-22-2006, 05:55 PM	#4
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	I found $10 in my laundry the other day, my wife took it.

06-22-2006, 05:59 PM	#5
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Damn, that beats the extra $20 bill I got from an ATM about 10 years ago.

06-22-2006, 06:00 PM	#6
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	Did you get to keep it?

06-22-2006, 06:08 PM	#7
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Yeah, I kept it. I'm sure a great chorus of dwellars will step forward to smack me down for my rationalizations--but my first instinct was to give it back. However, after I thought about it for a bit, I determined that the true owner of the cash was the bank that operated the ATM, and if I had been at a bank I would probably have taken it in & given it to a teller. But this particular ATM was at a grocery store, and I just didn't think there was a very good chance that it'd make it back to the bank if I passed it on to one of the store employees.

06-22-2006, 06:10 PM	#8
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	I didn't mean it that way, I was joking about my wife.

06-22-2006, 06:13 PM	#9
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Oh I see.. LOL. Well you know me... I probably spent it on booze anyway.

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