90,000 Pounds of Manhole Covers
In 1990, a man in LA stole 300 manhole covers. The covers weigh up to 300 lbs each, and he was selling them for scrap for around $6 ea. Let’s see, 300 x 300 = 90,000 pounds of manhole covers for potentially $1,800 in profit. That seems like a difficult way to go about things.