Call James Bond! And get him some waffles!
QuoteQuebec police are on the hunt for a sticky-fingered thief after millions of dollars of maple syrup vanished from a Quebec warehouse.
The theft was discovered during a routine inventory check last week at the St-Louis-de-Blandford warehouse, where the syrup is being held temporarily. The Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers, which is responsible for the global strategic maple syrup reserve, initially kept the news quiet, hoping it would help police solve the crime quickly.
About 10 million pounds of syrup was stored at the site, at a value of more than $30-million.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/police-probing-quebec-maple-syrup-heist-worth-30-million/article4510740/
War had better not start before we get our strategic syrup back or our entire strategy will come apart.
we have (had) a strategic reserve? people are more serious about their pancakes then i thought :lol:
Quote from: HVC on August 31, 2012, 09:11:09 AM
we have (had) a strategic reserve? people are more serious about their pancakes then i though :lol:
Not only did we have one - it was targeted by a master criminal! :(
Quote from: Malthus on August 31, 2012, 09:12:16 AM
Quote from: HVC on August 31, 2012, 09:11:09 AM
we have (had) a strategic reserve? people are more serious about their pancakes then i though :lol:
Not only did we have one - it was targeted by a master criminal! :(
An Army marches on its Maple Syrup and waffle filled stomach.
Personally i blame the ants. They've finally risen and they're using our strategic reserve to fuel their advance. Hamilcar was right all along.
Is St-Louis-de-Blandford the Brest-Litovsk of the western hemisphere?
:o
How long will current reserves last?
So that's why the Canadian office had to close for today and Monday. :hmm:
Quote from: Syt on August 31, 2012, 09:23:29 AM
So that's why the Canadian office had to close for today and Monday. :hmm:
Man, the realtors are a bunch of lazy folk.
Invade the US for their maple syrup reserves. :ph34r:
Quote from: Legbiter on August 31, 2012, 09:27:12 AM
Invade the US for their maple syrup reserves. :ph34r:
Invade Vermont? There's no-one there to oppress with our insufferable Canadian smugness. :(
Quote from: Legbiter on August 31, 2012, 09:27:12 AM
Invade the US for their maple syrup reserves. :ph34r:
Meh, we're still far too reliant on foreign maple syrup. Thank God Mittens has a plan to make us 100% maple syrup independent by 2020.
Quote from: Legbiter on August 31, 2012, 09:21:52 AM
:o
How long will current reserves last?
That's it - I'd better have all-day breakfast while I can!
It hasn't been stolen. It's a scam to inflate syrup prices.
Quote from: Grey Fox on August 31, 2012, 09:26:04 AM
Quote from: Syt on August 31, 2012, 09:23:29 AM
So that's why the Canadian office had to close for today and Monday. :hmm:
Man, the realtors are a bunch of lazy folk.
Franchise admin office is closed. I hope the realtors are earning money for the greater good.
Quote from: HVC on August 31, 2012, 09:11:09 AM
we have (had) a strategic reserve? people are more serious about their pancakes then i thought :lol:
The Federation regularly keep barrels of maple syrup in stock to help keep the prices up. Independant producers aren't allowed to sell (commercially) their products. It kinda works like the OPEP, you know, so Malthus' title is close to the truth than he probably imagined :D
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 31, 2012, 09:32:42 AM
Meh, we're still far too reliant on foreign maple syrup. Thank God Mittens has a plan to make us 100% maple syrup independent by 2020.
Oh yeah he is going to make us independent on coal and natural gas! Because we import so much of that stuff.
Quote from: viper37 on August 31, 2012, 09:43:31 AM
Quote from: HVC on August 31, 2012, 09:11:09 AM
we have (had) a strategic reserve? people are more serious about their pancakes then i thought :lol:
The Federation regularly keep barrels of maple syrup in stock to help keep the prices up. Independant producers aren't allowed to sell (commercially) their products. It kinda works like the OPEP, you know, so Malthus' title is close to the truth than he probably imagined :D
The title is taken from the article ... :lol:
Quote from: Valmy on August 31, 2012, 09:45:46 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 31, 2012, 09:32:42 AM
Meh, we're still far too reliant on foreign maple syrup. Thank God Mittens has a plan to make us 100% maple syrup independent by 2020.
Oh yeah he is going to make us independent on coal and natural gas! Because we import so much of that stuff.
Enjoy your coal-powered car. :)
Of course it was stolen. They kept it in Quebec.
How the hell do you steal 10 million pounds of syrup!?
Quote from: PRC on August 31, 2012, 10:18:15 AM
How the hell do you steal 10 million pounds of syrup!?
In the middle of the night with big trucks. That was how Seedy had the Baltimore Colts stolen from him.
Quote from: PRC on August 31, 2012, 10:18:15 AM
How the hell do you steal 10 million pounds of syrup!?
Well, first you need 1 million pounds of trained ants ...
Quote from: Malthus on August 31, 2012, 09:12:16 AM
Quote from: HVC on August 31, 2012, 09:11:09 AM
we have (had) a strategic reserve? people are more serious about their pancakes then i though :lol:
Not only did we have one - it was targeted by a master criminal! :(
Yes, he took 30 Miiilllllion dollars worth.
His sidekick tried to suggest going for something worth 30 Billion.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 31, 2012, 09:52:42 AM
Quote from: Valmy on August 31, 2012, 09:45:46 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 31, 2012, 09:32:42 AM
Meh, we're still far too reliant on foreign maple syrup. Thank God Mittens has a plan to make us 100% maple syrup independent by 2020.
Oh yeah he is going to make us independent on coal and natural gas! Because we import so much of that stuff.
Enjoy your coal-powered car. :)
Otherwise known as electric cars.
Quote from: derspiess on August 31, 2012, 11:45:55 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 31, 2012, 09:52:42 AM
Quote from: Valmy on August 31, 2012, 09:45:46 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 31, 2012, 09:32:42 AM
Meh, we're still far too reliant on foreign maple syrup. Thank God Mittens has a plan to make us 100% maple syrup independent by 2020.
Oh yeah he is going to make us independent on coal and natural gas! Because we import so much of that stuff.
Enjoy your coal-powered car. :)
Otherwise known as electric cars.
Pfft, everybody knows coal is clean. They say so.
China has strategic rice and pork reserves. Seriously.
dammit, now i want pancakes.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on August 31, 2012, 01:01:23 PM
China has strategic rice and pork reserves. Seriously.
They're also unparalleled in their strategic reserves of Chinamen.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 31, 2012, 01:08:05 PM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on August 31, 2012, 01:01:23 PM
China has strategic rice and pork reserves. Seriously.
They're also unparalleled in their strategic reserves of Chinamen.
ya, but that was just bad accounting. they carried an extra 0 and now they have too many in reserve.
That is a lot of maple syrup.
I want pancakes now too, or waffles.
I don't see the humor.
Quote from: Malthus on August 31, 2012, 10:37:06 AM
Quote from: PRC on August 31, 2012, 10:18:15 AM
How the hell do you steal 10 million pounds of syrup!?
Well, first you need 1 million pounds of trained ants ...
For this operation to have been pulled off so perfectly the ants must have marched 10 by 10, huzzah.
Meanwhile, 11 metric tons of elderberry were stolen from a plantation in Austria. Coincidence? I THINK NOT! :mad:
Over here there was a load of Melons for the total worth of 500€ stolen. it's alos a mystery :ph34r:
What are they going to do with it? Hard to imagine there is a black market that one could unload ten million pounds of syrup on. :huh:
Quote from: Malthus on August 31, 2012, 09:32:23 AM
Quote from: Legbiter on August 31, 2012, 09:27:12 AM
Invade the US for their maple syrup reserves. :ph34r:
Invade Vermont? There's no-one there to oppress with our insufferable Canadian smugness. :(
:D
Quote from: jimmy olsen on September 02, 2012, 05:10:54 PM
What are they going to do with it? Hard to imagine there is a black market that one could unload ten million pounds of syrup on. :huh:
Actually it is a high value commodity. Small amounts can get a lot of money and apparently there is a black market in the stuff. Someone from the reserve was saying that this was a very bad year for producers in the states and so she figured all of this was headed to those markets where demand is high but supply is low.
Also apparently this reserve acts as a kind of price stabalization coop with the producers in Quebec and this was a small percentage of what they actually store.
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It reminds me of a Carmen Sandiego caper. :)
"A thief has stolen the Statue of Liberty". :P
In honor of the great syrup caper I had pancakes this morning, with delicious maple syrup. Going to have pancakes again tomorrow. ;)
Quote from: Jaron on September 03, 2012, 12:16:11 AM
It reminds me of a Carmen Sandiego caper. :)
"A thief has stolen the Statue of Liberty". :P
Was it: Bjorn Tolouse?
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What is that crap doing in a thread about maple syrop?
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What is that crap doing in a thread about maple syrop?
Apparently USAians can't tell the difference between delicious sugary goo collected by enslaved black people from sugar cane and delicious sugary goo collected by flanel wearing white people from maple trees. The GG might be Hatian, Maple Syrup isn't.
You people are hopeless.
We need a renewable source of Maple Syrup.
Maple syrup is delicious but it is so expensive. I just bought a 350ml bottle and it cost me US$13!
What do you use maple syrup for? :unsure:
Some people prefer jelly. Mono prefers syrup.
Quote from: DGuller on September 03, 2012, 10:59:05 PM
What do you use maple syrup for? :unsure:
Everything my dear man, everything.
The most iconic is, of course, on pancakes/crepes.
I do mean marinade with soy sauce, maple syrup, rice vinegar & green onions.
Quote from: DGuller on September 03, 2012, 10:59:05 PM
What do you use maple syrup for? :unsure:
It can be used in any recipe in place of sugar.
You can make syrup out of other essence of trees too.
Apparently, Oak is pretty good. Birch use to be very popular but it faded into memories.
Quote from: DGuller on September 03, 2012, 10:59:05 PM
What do you use maple syrup for? :unsure:
generally, you eat it. ;)
Or you drink it (http://tinyurl.com/d2rva6w).
I suppose some people would fuck in it, but I've never tried this, I'm not into fetish, even less food fetish.
Maple syrup is what saved French sailors from scurvy in 1534-35.
I usually eat the syrup with bread, but it can be used in a variety of recipies.
Quote from: Grey Fox on September 04, 2012, 10:58:22 AM
You can make syrup out of other essence of trees too.
Apparently, Oak is pretty good. Birch use to be very popular but it faded into memories.
I think the basic problem with birch trees is that they are comparatively short-lived. If you have a maple grove, the maples will outlive you ... not so birch.
Quote from: Malthus on September 04, 2012, 01:39:21 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on September 04, 2012, 10:58:22 AM
You can make syrup out of other essence of trees too.
Apparently, Oak is pretty good. Birch use to be very popular but it faded into memories.
I think the basic problem with birch trees is that they are comparatively short-lived. If you have a maple grove, the maples will outlive you ... not so birch.
That might explain it. Must be hell to mass produce.
A bigger problem is kids going around bending the birches.
Quote from: The Brain on September 04, 2012, 01:58:41 PM
A bigger problem is kids going around bending the birches.
http://www.bartleby.com/104/66.html
Those who make reference to poetry deserve a damn good birching. :P
Yo fuckrs are taalking shit. You cna not drink syrup[
Siege, make sure the fridge door is sealed. The vapors from that Miller Lite can you didn't finish a couple of days ago are seeping through.
Woh, chek out these video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQlIhraqL7o&feature=BFa&list=SPED9441CFC963F147
Is dat Jessica Alba?????
Lol
Quote from: derspiess on September 06, 2012, 10:06:40 PM
Lol
you laugh, but that's the man in charge of guarding your freedom :D
Yuo guys habve to watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmH0lopJQxY
Best drum covr ever..
An this is kind of cute" http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&NR=1&v=fpJL0P9kaKA
New leads in this case.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/police-seize-660-barrels-of-syrup-possibly-linked-to-quebec-maple-heist/article4585027/
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Police seize 660 barrels of syrup possibly linked to Quebec maple heist
Tu Thanh Ha
The Globe and Mail
Published Wednesday, Oct. 03 2012, 10:35 AM EDT
Last updated Wednesday, Oct. 03 2012, 11:32 AM EDT
Quebec provincial police have seized about 660 barrels of maple syrup from a New Brunswick business, telling the company that it was linked to an investigation into last month's headline-making theft of large amount of Quebec's strategic reserve of syrup.
Police hauled away the sweet stuff from the warehouse of an exporter of maple products in Kedgwick, N.B., who told The Globe and Mail that he had purchased it from one of his regular Quebec suppliers.
A lawyer for the Quebec supplier said his client is a broker who obtained the syrup from other vendors in the province.
A spokesman for the Sûreté du Québec, Sergeant Bruno Beaulieu, confirmed that a search warrant was executed last week "at a location on Highway 17 near Kedgwick" but said he could not comment further because the investigation was still on-going.
Julienne Bossé, a manager at the New Brunswick company, S.K. Exports, said she had been shown the search warrant and told by police officers that their investigation was connected with the disappearance of millions of dollars of maple syrup that vanished from a Quebec warehouse.
Sarto Landry, a lawyer for the Quebec company that sold to S.K. Exports the syrup carted away by police, said his client purchased the product at regular prices and had no inkling it could have been stolen.
"There's a presumption that they acted in good faith and they're at ease with that," Mr. Landry said in a telephone interview.
SQ investigators have been meeting Quebec maple producers and asking them if they would submit to lie-detector tests, Mr. Landry said.
Both Ms. Bossé and S.K. Products owner Étienne St-Pierre said they were being scapegoated because they have often clashed in the past with the Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers.
The federation, which controls the marketing and bulk sale of syrup in the province, has gone to court in the past and accused S.K. Products of buying from unauthorized Quebec sources.
The theft, from a supposedly secure warehouse in St-Louis-de-Blandford, Que., was discovered last month.
Neither the federation nor the police have revealed how much was stolen from the 23,500-barrel reserve but Mr. St-Pierre and Mr. Landry said the amount seized by police was just a small portion of the missing inventory.
Sweet.
I guess the giant ants are in the clear.
Damn it. The Cartel needs to be put down.
Quote from: Malthus on October 03, 2012, 01:52:15 PM
I guess the giant ants are in the clear.
That is just what they want you to think. First they get to mob to take the fall for construction fixing and now this. Is there no limit to their power and influence?
Quote from: crazy canuck on October 03, 2012, 02:01:30 PM
Quote from: Malthus on October 03, 2012, 01:52:15 PM
I guess the giant ants are in the clear.
That is just what they want you to think. First they get to mob to take the fall for construction fixing and now this. Is there no limit to their power and influence?
Never thought of it that way.
Are you suggesting these giant ants are from Quebec? :hmm: