Recycling - Beer cans

[sandbender]

One of those things that floats around the internet, the figures are probably all wrong, but I found it amusing.


If you had purchased $1,000 of shares in Delta Airlines one year ago, you would have $49.00 today!

If you had purchased $1,000 of shares in AIG one year ago, you would have $33.00 today.

If you had purchased $1,000 of shares in Lehman Brothers one year ago, you would have $0.00 today.

But, if you had purchased $1,000 worth of beer one year ago, drank all the beer, then turned in the aluminum cans for the recycling refund, you would have received $214.00 .

Based on the above, the best current investment plan is to drink
heavily & recycle.

 

[Totumpole]

I always knew that to be the case!
The only problem is that we dont get refunds on cans here in the uk
Glass bottles of IRn Bru on the other hand, a sound investment. Their value has even increased from 20 to 30p!

 

[roger-uk]

I always knew that to be the case!
The only problem is that we dont get refunds on cans here in the uk
Glass bottles of IRn Bru on the other hand, a sound investment. Their value has even increased from 20 to 30p!

I thought they had to pay you to drink Irn Bru

 

[DFCA]

love it - off to the offy to invest

 

[Barn Owl]

I thought they had to pay you to drink Irn Bru

'tis next to Guinness as a nectar of the Gods laddie.

 

[Totumpole]

You tell him! That and moray cup, best soft drinks by far!

 

[charleslockerbie]

You can still get cash from scrap dealers for cans, if you collect enough of them.

 

[santaman2000]

'tis next to Guinness as a nectar of the Gods laddie.

No. That would be Puerto Rican rum.

 

[Shewie]

No. That would be Puerto Rican rum.

I prefer a good Havana myself, preferably a 15yr old vintage

 

[santaman2000]

I prefer a good Havana myself, preferably a 15yr old vintage

LOL. We cain't get Cuban rum (Cuban anything) here. That said, I'm not sure anything would beat Bacardi Gold for my tastes anyway.

 

[vizsla]

My mate filled a wheelie bin full of beer cans and they were all crushed so there were alot, he only got a few quid

 

[santaman2000]

Yeah, they'll buy scrap ali but it really isn't much of a return.

In all honesty my real investments have still made money, including the ones in airlines and insurance compnies/finacial brokers. Sure there was a loss due to the collapse in 2008 (about 33%) but they've all rebounded very well since then. Very likely due to the fact that my mutual funds company requires its funds managers to invest the bulk of their own funds into the funds they manage. I cain't think of a better incentive.

 

[Barn Owl]

You tell him! That and moray cup, best soft drinks by far!

Ooh, I haven't sampled a Moray Cup yet...
Does it go well with a wee vodka?

 

[Barn Owl]

LOL. We cain't get Cuban rum (Cuban anything) here. That said, I'm not sure anything would beat Bacardi Gold for my tastes anyway.

my local tobacconist has a roaring trade with American pilots who frequent here...

 

[santaman2000]

my local tobacconist has a roaring trade with American pilots who frequent here...

I can imagine.

 

[sandbender]

My mate filled a wheelie bin full of beer cans and they were all crushed so there were alot, he only got a few quid

A single can will earn you 0.00854738 pence in this part of the world, which means one hundred empty cans will buy you a can of cheap beer or a kilogram loaf of cheap white bread.

 

[Totumpole]

Ooh, I haven't sampled a Moray Cup yet...
Does it go well with a wee vodka?

It certainly does

 

[abominable_scouse_monster]

I prefer a good Havana myself, preferably a 15yr old vintage

Yea my cigar shop sell's Cuban rum too, lovely tipple on a summer evening

LOL. We cain't get Cuban rum (Cuban anything) here. That said, I'm not sure anything would beat Bacardi Gold for my tastes anyway.

That sucks, your missing out on so much nice stuff.