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Is there a business in your town, which you are 100% sure is a front? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by vis4valentine@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Darklotus@programming.dev 70 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Town of 20k people, we had a wool shop... just sold wool only. Always thought it was a front, years later found out they won the lotto(2mil) blew it all keeping the wool shop open almost 10 years with zero customers lol

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I knew a guy in my town who worked a shitty job at the Oasis factory making the green foam that florists stick flowers into, just so he could keep a tiny book store he owned open. As an adult, I now wonder if he also sold weed on the side.

[–] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Aww, that's touching. I hope his store made him so happy that he didn't care about his foam drudgery

[–] SOB_Van_Owen@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

You do have to admire that sort of commitment though.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Like wool clothing or raw wool? I love wool clothing, but who has a use for raw wool?

[–] Zoop@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

People who make wool clothing!

[–] Piers@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I would have thought they meant finished yarn for knitters and crocheters (and likely accessories for knitting and crocheting.)

[–] AstralWeekends@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Are you in Switzerland? Another commenter was mentioning a wool shop with no customers that seemed like a front, lol.

[–] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Tax write off, get thee behind me, capital gains tax!