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GreatAlbatross@feddit.ukM to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish ·
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Man spends 10 years persuading Newport council to let him dig through landfill site for £130m of buried bitcoins.

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Man spends 10 years persuading Newport council to let him dig through landfill site for £130m of buried bitcoins.

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GreatAlbatross@feddit.ukM to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish ·
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'My ex threw out my £130m fortune - now the council won't let me dig it up'
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James Howells has been locked in a battle with Newport City Council for the last 10 years over his demands for permission to dig for his lost hard drive in a landfill
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    What this guy apparently doesn’t seem to realise, is that a landfill isn’t just filled with rubbish. Animal waste gets sent there too. His hard drive could literally be buried in a ton of dog muck.

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      I’m sure he realizes that. Why wouldn’t he?

      He simply values the chance to find that money more than the disgust of going through trash

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        This has been going on for years. Every time his story is in the media, he brushes the health aspect aside. The council has brought it up repeatedly, but he either doesn’t understand, or doesn’t care.

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      Could be worse. Could be pig manure.

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        Aren’t pigs herbivores?

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          I actually had to look it up. Omnivores, with around 10% meat in the wild, protein supplements in farming.

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            Generally, Omnivore dung is worse than herbivore dung as it’s the difference between decomposing plants and decomposing meat

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          I hardly knew herbivore.

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