October 22, 201412 yr Big-rig with 44,000 pounds of Miller High Life beer stolen... | www.ajc.com ORLANDO, Fla. — A truck driver broke down in tears on Tuesday while telling Channel 9 about the thieves who drove off with his semi full of beer from an Orange County truck stop. The victim's truck and at least one other were swiped Monday from a truck stop on South Orange Blossom Trail. Van Thomas was trying to live the American dream. After years as a trucker, he bought a semi three weeks ago and started a company of his own. Thomas was traveling from Texas to Pompano Beach and was on his last stop before a delivery in Orlando when his entire truck and alcohol cargo was stolen. "I don't mean to cry about it but I'm just trying to do the best I can and make a better life," Thomas told WFTV. Inside the truck was 44,000 pounds of Miller High Life, which comes out to about 9,700 four-packs. "It's just so devastating to me," said Thomas. It's not the first time a semi has been stolen in Florida. About 180,000 eggs were stolen earlier this year in Fort Myers. A truck with Hershey chocolate was also stolen in December in Volusia County, and a truck with Slimfast was swiped near downtown Orlando. Just when Thomas thought he lost everything, he received a phone call telling him the truck and most of the cargo had been located. "Oh, my God. That's beautiful," he said. The call came in from detectives that the truck had been found in Miami. There's no word on whether the robbers knew "The Champagne of Beers" was inside at the time of the theft. Detectives are still trying to figure out who stole the two trucks and if they are part of a bigger ring. If I stole a truck full of High Life, I would have taken it back to the guy. No way High Life is worth doing time over!!!
October 22, 201412 yr Inside the truck was 44,000 pounds of Miller High Life, which comes out to about 9,700 four-packs. Four-packs of High Life?
October 22, 201412 yr Four-packs of High Life? Yeah... four-packs for the expensive, hand crafted stuff. BBC Bourbon Barrel, Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout, and Miller High Life.
October 22, 201412 yr Tall Boys! But when did tall boys become the standard of measure for beer in the United States?
October 22, 201412 yr But when did tall boys become the standard of measure for beer in the United States? They aren't, but if the truck was actually carrying four packs of tall boys, then it would make sense.
October 22, 201412 yr Author But when did tall boys become the standard of measure for beer in the United States? I don't know, but shouldn't it be? Actually I think it was a truck load of Tall Boy 4packs that was stolen!
October 22, 201412 yr They aren't, but if the truck was actually carrying four packs of tall boys, then it would make sense. I don't know, but shouldn't it be? Actually I think it was a truck load of Tall Boy 4packs that was stolen! Ahhhhhh....
October 22, 201412 yr Whats wrong with High Life? Statements such as yours make me question the very fabric of humanity and our place in the universe. However, if you mean "high life (all lowercase)", then you have a good point.....
October 22, 201412 yr My Dad used to buy this crap from his buddy who would get cases free by the month. I am assuming he worked for the Distributor. He would have like 6 cases stacked and my buddies and I would look at it and not even think about snagging any. LOL
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