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Author Topic: Upload your random pictures (part 2) Christian Volpi Master Film Handler Posts: 349 From: Arlington, NE Registered: Apr 2004 posted 03-20-2005 12:36 AM                        quote: Randy Stankey tried Well it didn't work for them.  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-20-2005 01:06 AM                     They got through the glass case pretty quickly. Driving in through the front of the building on a bulldozer and tossing smoke bombs all around didn't hurt either. Once they were in, several guys attacked the case with stud drivers and sledge hammers. The way I remember, two guys each drove about a half dozen nails through the glass then ducked out of the way. Then two more guys with sledge hammers took their place. The glass crumbled like a soda cracker! When those guys had their turn, they ducked out of the way to let a few more come along and scoop up the diamonds. They actually make it in and out of the place in a very short time. They appearently sneaked in as tourists and took detailed photographs and videos of the place before executing the heist. They two things went wrong, though: 1) The getaway was supposed to be in a boat. They were supposed to speed across the Thames and be gone before anybody knew what hit them. The problem was that the tide was out and the getaway driver couldn't dock the boat where they had planned. What guys didn't get caught looking for their getaway ride scattered like roaches, only to be picked up by the cops in a short time. 2) The authorities had gotten wind of the heist but they didn't know the exact day. They put fake diamonds into the case. If the crooks actually had gotten away with it they would have ended up with nothing more than a few hands full of glass! I remember seeing the tapes of it on the TV. I was amazed at how fast they got through the supposedly impenatrable glass barrier! Once those nails pierced the glass it had no integrity. The actual glass smashing took only, maybe 30 seconds! So, Brad, how much cash in actually in that case? If it's full of Benjamins I'll be on a plane to Texas in the morning! A few hundred clams for a ticket and a few hundred more for the tool would be a worthwhile investment. Anybody wanna' come be my sledge hammer man?  |  IP: Logged John Hegel Expert Film Handler Posts: 166 From: Lake Mills, Iowa Registered: Sep 2000 posted 03-20-2005 01:58 AM                        I'm a Sawzall sort of guy, but willing to help for a cut. A cutting torch is also a favorite tool of mine.  |  IP: Logged Carl Martin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1424 From: Oakland, CA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 03-20-2005 06:10 AM                        quote: Randy Stankey how much cash in actually in that case? at least $14. but i think $280 would be the best compromise between "isn't actually that much money" and "doesn't look like just a bunch of small bills".  |  IP: Logged Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 03-20-2005 12:08 PM                        From 1954 to 1959, then from 1964 to 2000 the Horseshoe casino had one-million dollars (100 $10,000 gold certificates) on display. It was encased in plastic and you could get your picture taken standing next to it. Glad to see so many people here are into "master keys." Here's some of my favorites:  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 03-20-2005 05:19 PM                     These two photos were on the wall at the Burbank Airport Hilton. Any guess as to what plane(s?) it is and what exactly are we viewing in the second photo? The (now) Bob Hope Airport opened in 1930.  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 03-20-2005 05:47 PM                        quote: Randy Stankey If one of these babies will drive a stud through 1" thick steel plate I don't see why it wouldn't punch a hole through a piece of laminated glass. Remembering a recent post about a rather, erm, 'unusual' application for a bottle of Filmguard, let's just hope that anyone who buys one of those sticks to knocking off safes with it!  |  IP: Logged Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 03-20-2005 05:58 PM                        Adam's plane looks like a Gulfstream 2. Not sure about the second photo. Is that a crack in the fuselage skin patched with a piece of 200mph tape???  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-20-2005 07:41 PM                     quote: ... let's just hope that anyone who buys one of those sticks to knocking off safes with it! But he doesn't NEED another hole there! Does he?! Maybe a hole in the HEAD but not there! But, if he DOES need another hole in that location, I would think that this tool would do a better job. I would think that the display would be in a pretty secure location by itself. Maybe some place like right in front of Corporate Headquarters where it's within sight of the security desk. I can't imagine somebody would be so stupid as to think nobody would actually take a crack at it! Loss of the money notwithstanding, loss of reputation would be FAR more damaging than losing a few thousand dollars. (Even if all of it IS real money.) I can just see a salesman out on a call, trying to push the product when the customer says, "Didn't some asshole from Pennsylvania just bust through your "unbreakable glass" in about 45 seconds with a nail gun?!" I'd love to see somebody double-dog dare them to fill that case with real bills then, right while the suits are standing in front of them, open up the trunk of his car, pull out his trusty gunpowder-actuated stud driver and... "POP!! POP!! POP!!"... Bust that case wide open! Just seeing their chins hit the sidewalk would be worth the price of admission! I just can't imagine that a manufacturer like 3M wouldn't know that their products are vulnerable to that kind of attack. Especially in the face of the knowledge that a similar attack has already taken place. They just can't be THAT stupid... Can they?  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 03-20-2005 08:34 PM                     quote: Paul Mayer Is that a crack in the fuselage skin patched with a piece of 200mph tape??? No, it's a reflection of a hanger, I think. I couldn't really tell. I just couldn't really tell what I was looking at in the second photo. Is that a wing above or what?  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 03-20-2005 09:58 PM                  I swear, yous and your tools...  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 03-21-2005 04:02 PM                        On the subject of slightly less dangerous tools, I was playing with my new film scanner this evening and found these slides, which I took on Kodachrome 200 in July 1998. This is the 'airport' on the Isle of Barra, off the western coast of Scotland. The island's first claim to fame is that it has (what is claimed to be) the world's only commercial airport runway which is on a beach. I'd been forewarned about this before my visit and so knew what to expect, but as we came down the person sitting next to me thought that we were about to make a forced landing! Its second is that the film Whisky Galore (released in the US as Tight Little Island) was filmed there. The event on which it was based (the sinking of a shipload of whisky and its subsequent plundering by islanders during WWII) took place in the Sound of Eriskay, just to the north-east of where these pics were taken. Fortunately there was no whisky shortage during my visit!  |  IP: Logged Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 03-21-2005 05:25 PM                        Ah, a twatter on the beach! Looks like fun Leo. Adam, your second pic looks like it might be under the trailing edge of the right-hand engine pylon, but I'm not sure. Never been around Gulfstreams--that is another world in a galaxy far far away. I take it there were no captions for those pics. Will have to look for them the next time I'm in Burbank. How 'bout having this stare at you while waiting to board your flight? Last year JAL commemorated 50 years of flying by painting five of their 747s in various Disney-themed liveries. The Disney characters are very popular in Japan--their closest rivals amongst the homegrown anime product being Pokemon and Studio Ghibli's Totoro.  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 03-24-2005 08:26 PM                  Robot Wars:  |  IP: Logged Dustin Mitchell Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1865 From: Mondovi, WI, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 03-24-2005 10:14 PM                     Sorry kids, Easter is canceled .  |  IP: Logged

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