On Mon, 10 Sep 2012 10:49:55 -0800, Mark Thorson >
wrote:

>A large part of the global strategic reserve
>has been stolen from a secure depository in
>Quebec!
>
>http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/09...syrup-reserve/

I read about that the other day. It doesn't sound like it is
something that just any old bunch of thieves could pull off. I mean,
you have to be prepared to handle and move that sticky stuff. And,
what are they going to do with it? Surely someone will notice if a
new label shows up on the market or if one particular seller has an
abundance of syrup. Sounds fishy to me.
Janet US

On 2012-09-10 17:54:55 +0000, Janet Bostwick said:

> On Mon, 10 Sep 2012 10:49:55 -0800, Mark Thorson >
> wrote:
>
>> A large part of the global strategic reserve
>> has been stolen from a secure depository in
>> Quebec!
>>
>> http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/09...syrup-reserve/
>>
>
> I read about that the other day. It doesn't sound like it is
> something that just any old bunch of thieves could pull off. I mean,
> you have to be prepared to handle and move that sticky stuff. And,
> what are they going to do with it? Surely someone will notice if a
> new label shows up on the market or if one particular seller has an
> abundance of syrup. Sounds fishy to me.

Precisely my thinking. Who the hell fenches 50 gallon drums of maple syrup?

On 2012-09-10, Janet Bostwick > wrote:

> you have to be prepared to handle and move that sticky stuff. And,
> what are they going to do with it?

Perhaps they smuggled it out under the guise of a Sat morning pancake
breakfast fundraiser. <shrug>

nb

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A large part of the global strategic reserve
has been stolen from a secure depository in
Quebec!

http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/09...syrup-reserve/

On Mon, 10 Sep 2012 11:17:34 -0700, gtr > wrote:

>On 2012-09-10 17:54:55 +0000, Janet Bostwick said:
>
>> On Mon, 10 Sep 2012 10:49:55 -0800, Mark Thorson >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> A large part of the global strategic reserve
>>> has been stolen from a secure depository in
>>> Quebec!
>>>
>>> http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/09...syrup-reserve/
>>>
>>
>> I read about that the other day. It doesn't sound like it is
>> something that just any old bunch of thieves could pull off. I mean,
>> you have to be prepared to handle and move that sticky stuff. And,
>> what are they going to do with it? Surely someone will notice if a
>> new label shows up on the market or if one particular seller has an
>> abundance of syrup. Sounds fishy to me.
>
>Precisely my thinking. Who the hell fenches 50 gallon drums of maple syrup?

Why Aunt Jemima do dem fenches.

Janet Bostwick wrote:
>
> I read about that the other day. It doesn't sound like it is
> something that just any old bunch of thieves could pull off. I mean,
> you have to be prepared to handle and move that sticky stuff. And,
> what are they going to do with it? Surely someone will notice if a
> new label shows up on the market or if one particular seller has an
> abundance of syrup. Sounds fishy to me.

I've read speculation that warehouse receipts
were falsified to show greater deposits from
maple syrup processors than actually occurred,
allegation of theft being just a cover-up for
the real crime. If that's the case, there's
no syrup to fence. The syrup never existed
except on paper.

Of course, that would never happen in Quebec.

On 11/09/2012 12:36 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Sep 2012 10:49:55 -0800, Mark Thorson wrote:
>
>> A large part of the global strategic reserve
>> has been stolen from a secure depository in
>> Quebec!
>>
>> http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/09...syrup-reserve/
>
> Assuming 400 pounds of maple syrup per 55 gallon barrel, that's 25,000
> barrels that were supposedly emptied.
>
> It seems more likely that they were never filled in the first place.
> And this is part of some accounting scam/hoax. Greedy people and
> corporations isn't just limited to Enron and Worldcom.
>
> -sw
>
It certainly couldn't be a single heist. That would require an awful lot
of truckloads and it would be noticed. Does seem rather suspicious.

--

Krypsis

On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 01:48:48 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Mon, 10 Sep 2012 11:51:42 -0800, Mark Thorson wrote:
>
>> I've read speculation that warehouse receipts
>> were falsified to show greater deposits from
>> maple syrup processors than actually occurred,
>> allegation of theft being just a cover-up for
>> the real crime. If that's the case, there's
>> no syrup to fence. The syrup never existed
>> except on paper.
>
>I searched a few news sites but they all pretty much said the same
>thing. I didn't see those allegations, but that is exactly what I
>figured happened. Somebody is scamming somebody.
>
>-sw

That's the provincial pastime in "La belle province".

Ross.