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hifiguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 03:55 PM
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Very odd conversation overheard in the elevator today
So I get into the elevator to go out and get lunch today. Two people are in the there, chatting:

Him: Yeah, checked the air conditioner and had to call the service man...

Her: Oh? What was wrong?

Him: The service guy said the cops caught some guy huffing Freon out of air conditioning units in our neighborhood and I guess ours was one of them.

:wtf::rofl::wtf:
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Oceansaway Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 03:57 PM
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1. we had a rash of A/C units being
destroyed for the Copper tubing in them....

(quad cities-iowa)
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 06:06 PM
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13. Here in North Georgia in the Atlanta area,
thieves have been stealing copper from air conditioning units at churches in one county. And a day care center and in another area, an animal rescue group, have been forced to shut down because their air-conditioning units were stolen for the copper.
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JuniperLea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 03:59 PM
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2. Damn...
Crack must be getting expensive or something!
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HillbillyBob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 04:00 PM
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3. Well huffing freon is a self correcting problem
Sorry it had to be your unit. That stuff is poisonous as hell.
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MadHound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 04:00 PM
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4. It is amazing what people have gotten into,
Huffing freon, gasoline, the synthetic "marijuana", "cocaine", and now "bath salts". I talked with a kid about why he was exposing his body to such chemicals, and the answer was simple, it's legal, dope isn't.

Reminds me of a story a few years back. In order to combat meth makers, all anhydrous ammonia used for fertilizing is dyed a bright pink. Apparently one night a desperate meth freak decided to siphon off some anhydrous from a tank sitting in a field. Instead he busted the top open, wound up with a face full of ammonia. He was found wandering the field the next morning, in pain, blinded, with a bright pink head.

Just more reasons we need to legalize dope and other drugs, to keep people from getting into the really hard and harmful chemical shit.
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NJCher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 04:13 PM
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5. or better yet
Why don't we change the culture so it's not so painful to live in.


Cher

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BanzaiBonnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 05:45 PM
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8. Bazinga!
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Raine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 05:57 PM
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9. On point ... something is very wrong
when people are so miserable they have to use substances to alter their conscienceness.
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hifiguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 04:46 PM
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7. Indeed. Ole Mary Jane is about as benign
as anything can be. And potheads don't tend to go on tweeking sprees or run amok, at least as long as the munchies aren't misplaced.
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nichomachus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 06:44 PM
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16. You don't need to get the munchies
Our local marijuana dispensary has pot-laced cookies, brownies, and caramel cream ice cream. Talk about killing two birds with one stone (pun intended).
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Raine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 06:01 PM
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11. Years and years ago after my aunt and uncle painted their porch
they came upon some guy who was laid out on it sniffing it. The police said the guy went all over town anywhere there was fresh paint that he could sniff.
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Turbineguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 04:30 PM
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6. Releasing refrigerant is a Federal crime
something like a $15,000 per day fine.
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Permanut Donating Member (477 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 05:57 PM
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10. And then next...
He went on Hannity to announce he's running for President.

(The above statement is not intended to be factual)
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barbtries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 06:02 PM
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12. suicide by air conditioner.
that's sad.
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kcass1954 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 06:31 PM
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14. The library I'm in right now was closed for three months last year.
Someone stripped all the copper from the a/c units outside, and damaged the building in the process.
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ellie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 06:36 PM
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15. Yes!
I work peripherally in the A/C industry and I couldn't believe this was happening. People are insane.
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ecstatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-12-11 06:52 PM
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17. My favorite childhood boy band's lead singer died that way :( nt
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