Big rig spills $187k in nickels on highway
"Save your pennies" is a common refrain for anyone looking to purchase anything, but after this truck incident on Interstate 95 in Florida, it may be "swipe them nickels." Drivers may be parking on the shoulder and breaking out the metal detector after a couple of tractor trailers were involved in a crash that claimed one life and caused one of the rigs to disgorge its cargo of nickels all over the the macadam. The coinage, strewn like so much snow across the roadway, is worth about $187,000, but we doubt too much of that total will be left lying in the grass.
[Source: Walletpop]
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From My Cube 8:07AM (9/18/2008)
I should post this on slick deals...
Free Nickels...YMMV
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John R 8:25AM (9/18/2008)
vacuum cleaners for sale...
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Mike 8:39AM (9/18/2008)
Condolences to the friends and relatives of the deceased, but for everyone else this is a bonanza.
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LloydChiro 9:06AM (9/18/2008)
If they were pennies, they probably wouldn't bother cleaning it up.
What they should do is hire a few elderly people to walk by. See how many passes it takes to pick them all up, and for how long.
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Alex 9:07AM (9/18/2008)
3,740,000 nickles all over the road. That is going to be a pain in the ass picking all them up.
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elprogramer 11:08AM (9/18/2008)
I'm sure they more than enough volunteers.
Starnerf 9:40AM (9/18/2008)
Is there enough nickel in them to use a magnet to clean it up? According to Wikipedia they're only 25% nickel and the rest is copper.
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hankfidel 10:02AM (9/18/2008)
"Truck driver? I ain't no truck driver, I bought this truck straight cash...I'm rich bitch!"
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Torrent 11:40AM (9/18/2008)
My Grandpa is cheap...... He'll be there.
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Azael 11:50AM (9/18/2008)
Did everyone miss the most intriguing part of the story?
It snows in Florida? Blasphemy!
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Marq 12:51PM (9/18/2008)
It's the Wall Street version of global warming!
Domestic 6.0 5:18PM (9/21/2008)
I was there when this happened ... they took hours to clean it all up .....
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