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Grins

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23. Friend is a lawyer in Penn. near Pittsburgh...

Reply to cab67 (Reply #12)

Wed Dec 17, 2025, 01:09 AM

Dec 2025

Lots of elderly. Often an executor of their estates.
Tells the heirs, “Rip the hell out of their home to see what money, assets, documents , etc. are HIDDEN IN THE WALLS AND UNDER THE FLOOR.

They do. It was not uncommon for the family to find rooms or attics FILLED with canned food. One had so much canned food the county considered condemning the house because of the weight of all those canned goods had stressed and weakened the home’s support structure.

Why?

They were children of the depression and never forgot how hungry they were.

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Del Monte Foods, maker of popular canned goods, files for bankruptcy [View all] LetMyPeopleVote Dec 2025 OP

Damn................. Lovie777 Dec 2025 #1

Thanks Trump! Del Monte foods is going out of business. LetMyPeopleVote Dec 2025 #2

All of their company executives voted for the fat orange imbecile wolfie001 Dec 2025 #11

Bullshit -- Del Monte was in trouble before the tariffs. They filed for bankruptcy five months ago. Auggie Dec 2025 #17

I switched to frozen & fresh veggies exclusively over 10 years ago wolfie001 Dec 2025 #26

Because doing so makes us as bad as them Auggie Dec 2025 #29

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Wow!!! Unexpected BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 2025 #3

Will we have to can our own food? BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 2025 #4

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I always felt their canned products... NCDem47 Dec 2025 #5

most canned vegetables taste that way. cab67 Dec 2025 #12

Friend is a lawyer in Penn. near Pittsburgh... Grins Dec 2025 #23

Del Monte filed for bankruptcy back in July Brother Buzz Dec 2025 #6

Some astute and interesting comments Tanuki Dec 2025 #7

I suspected this was the real reason, it always is. Klarkashton Dec 2025 #8

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I can recall years ago where I kept repeating "Del Monte-The Story of Success"...a week long hike c-rational Dec 2025 #21

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Bankruptcy seems to be a business strategy. Dr. T Dec 2025 #24

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