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Is there a business in your town, which you are 100% sure is a front?

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Darklotus@programming.dev
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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

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jack [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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Hell yeah, now that’s how you make good use of an unexpected influx of cash

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SOB_Van_Owen@lemm.ee
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You do have to admire that sort of commitment though.

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ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world
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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.

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verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works
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Aww, that’s touching. I hope his store made him so happy that he didn’t care about his foam drudgery

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Cethin@lemmy.zip
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Like wool clothing or raw wool? I love wool clothing, but who has a use for raw wool?

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Zoop@beehaw.org
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People who make wool clothing!

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

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

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verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works
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Tax write off, get thee behind me, capital gains tax!

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