Bourbon Warehouse Collapses, 4,000 Barrels Lost

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Bourbon Warehouse Collapses, 4,000 Barrels Lost

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That’s a lot of bourbon lost.
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Dang...I better go check my “stack of casks”....
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I felt a great disturbance in the Force as if thousands of barrels of Bourbon suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. :(
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A nice picture....
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there is enough whiskey in that image to retire all of us...not even including the ones you can't see. :cry:
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HDNB wrote:there is enough whiskey in that image to retire all of us...not even including the ones you can't see. :cry:
by my math, at $35 a bottle, that's about $50 million!
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Windswept wrote:
HDNB wrote:there is enough whiskey in that image to retire all of us...not even including the ones you can't see. :cry:
by my math, at $35 a bottle, that's about $50 million!

Against the wages of three or four competent handymen and some new timber from time to time...

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The Baker wrote:
Windswept wrote:
HDNB wrote:there is enough whiskey in that image to retire all of us...not even including the ones you can't see. :cry:
by my math, at $35 a bottle, that's about $50 million!

Against the wages of three or four competent handymen and some new timber from time to time...

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Here’s a little more information on the bourbon warehouse collapse.
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That's a shotty looking warehouse to be holding that much weight and value, imo. Looks like a Gilligan's Island cardboard box!
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ShineonCrazyDiamond wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2019 3:49 am That's a shotty looking warehouse to be holding that much weight and value, imo. Looks like a Gilligan's Island cardboard box!
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