Police seek missing trucker, nickels
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0501090059jan09,1,3129779,print.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed> The Chicago Tribune Police seek missing trucker, nickels Advertisement Items compiled from Tribune news services January 9, 2005 MIAMI, FLORIDA -- A truck driver has disappeared with the 3.6 million nickels he was hauling to the Federal Reserve Bank in New Orleans, police said Friday. Angel Ricardo Mendoza, 43, picked up the coins, worth $180,000, Dec. 17 from the Federal Reserve in New Jersey and was supposed to haul the cargo--weighing 45,000 pounds--to New Orleans for a trucking company subcontracted by the Federal Reserve, police said. On Dec. 21, Mendoza's empty truck and trailer turned up at a truck stop in Ft. Pierce, Fla. Miami-Dade police, the FBI and the Federal Reserve police are investigating. "We are concerned for his safety because he's missing," Miami-Dade Detective Randy Rossman said. -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
OK...most of the time I understanding the relevance of the emanations from RAH, but this one I don't get. What's the relevance? Choate nostalgia? -TD
From: "R.A. Hettinga" <rah@shipwright.com> To: cypherpunks@al-qaeda.net Subject: Police seek missing trucker, nickels Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 10:44:25 -0500
The Chicago Tribune
Police seek missing trucker, nickels Advertisement Items compiled from Tribune news services
January 9, 2005
MIAMI, FLORIDA -- A truck driver has disappeared with the 3.6 million nickels he was hauling to the Federal Reserve Bank in New Orleans, police said Friday.
Angel Ricardo Mendoza, 43, picked up the coins, worth $180,000, Dec. 17 from the Federal Reserve in New Jersey and was supposed to haul the cargo--weighing 45,000 pounds--to New Orleans for a trucking company subcontracted by the Federal Reserve, police said.
On Dec. 21, Mendoza's empty truck and trailer turned up at a truck stop in Ft. Pierce, Fla.
Miami-Dade police, the FBI and the Federal Reserve police are investigating.
"We are concerned for his safety because he's missing," Miami-Dade Detective Randy Rossman said.
-- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
Millions of micropayments lost? On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 16:36:25 -0500, Tyler Durden <camera_lumina@hotmail.com> wrote:
OK...most of the time I understanding the relevance of the emanations from RAH, but this one I don't get. What's the relevance? Choate nostalgia?
-TD
From: "R.A. Hettinga" <rah@shipwright.com> To: cypherpunks@al-qaeda.net Subject: Police seek missing trucker, nickels Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 10:44:25 -0500
The Chicago Tribune
Police seek missing trucker, nickels Advertisement Items compiled from Tribune news services
January 9, 2005
MIAMI, FLORIDA -- A truck driver has disappeared with the 3.6 million nickels he was hauling to the Federal Reserve Bank in New Orleans, police said Friday.
Angel Ricardo Mendoza, 43, picked up the coins, worth $180,000, Dec. 17 from the Federal Reserve in New Jersey and was supposed to haul the cargo--weighing 45,000 pounds--to New Orleans for a trucking company subcontracted by the Federal Reserve, police said.
On Dec. 21, Mendoza's empty truck and trailer turned up at a truck stop in Ft. Pierce, Fla.
Miami-Dade police, the FBI and the Federal Reserve police are investigating.
"We are concerned for his safety because he's missing," Miami-Dade Detective Randy Rossman said.
-- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
-- Pete Capelli pcapelli@ieee.org http://www.capelli.org PGP Key ID:0x829263B6 "Those who would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin, 1759
At 5:10 PM -0500 1/9/05, Pete Capelli wrote:
Millions of micropayments lost?
Billions. Billions. :-). Cheers, RAH -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
At 3:05 PM -0800 1/9/05, Bill Stewart wrote:
Micropayments, of course :-)
*Bearer* micropayments... :-) Cheers, RAH -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
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