So was this like Mission Impossible, with Tom Cruise dangling from a rope? Or
Thomas Crown Affair, with Paul Newman masterminding the burglary from afar? Or
more like Pink Panther, with David Niven and Robert Wagner plotting to steal a
diamond? This thread is about movies, after all.
From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Nate Burke
Sent: Thursday, August 8, 2024 2:08 PM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com>
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] movies.....
Have you ever seen a movie? Once you get into the drop ceiling, you can run
and jump just like it's a floor. They're also clean and well lit.
On 8/8/2024 1:54 PM, Bill Prince wrote:
You can't really stand on a suspended ceiling. The heaviest thing up there were
the 2x4 florescent light fixtures that rested between the T bars. They did have
HVAC duct work, and phone lines and some electrical, but those things were not
resting on the suspended ceiling T bars.
bp
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On 8/8/2024 11:36 AM, dmmoff...@gmail.com <mailto:dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote:
Was the space above high enough to stand in? I don’t recall where I was, but I
remember being above a ceiling somewhere and walking on top of the walls.
I bet there are no cameras up there either. Sounds perfect, Bill. Count me in
on the heist.
From: AF <mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com> <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf
Of Bill Prince
Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2024 2:33 PM
To: af@af.afmug.com <mailto:af@af.afmug.com>
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] movies.....
We did service to a store in a strip mall once. The best line of sight was
above another store, but when I got into the suspended ceiling, I discovered
that the walls between stores did not go to the roof. You could run any wire
from any store to any other store if you went above the suspended ceiling.
bp
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On 8/8/2024 11:26 AM, dmmoff...@gmail.com <mailto:dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote:
When I read “tunneling through stores” I pictured a big core drill through
adjacent basements. Sawing through drywall partitions is a lot less dramatic,
but geez, is that the only thing between stores?
At our local mall there’s a maintenance corridor behind the stores with only a
drywall partition between the corridor the stores. I’ve drilled through it to
install Internet service there so I know as a fact it’s just a double layer
drywall partition. Somehow it never occurred to me, but yeah someone could
definitely access any store from there with nothing more than a drywall saw. Oh
and the corridor was never locked…..I know that because friends and I used to
use it as a shortcut when we were young and defiant badasses with no respect
for The Man and his stupid rules.
I don’t know about the walls between stores, but apparently those might also
just be drywall partitions.
-Adam
From: AF <mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com> <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf
Of Nate Burke
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2024 4:55 PM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <mailto:af@af.afmug.com> <af@af.afmug.com>
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] movies.....
Here, this is better than the movies. What just happened here locally.
>From
>https://www.dailyherald.com/20240805/news/burglars-tunnel-through-stores-to-steal-1-5m-in-jewelry-from-marquise-jewelry-in-schaumburg/
In what appeared to be a calculated crime, burglars cut through the walls of
multiple stores overnight to get into Marquise Jewelry in Schaumburg and steal
merchandise worth $1.5 million.
“Everything was gone. They did not leave us anything,” said owner Asma Anwar.
“This was a well-planned burglary.”
Anwar and Shazad Malik walked into their store at the Woodfield Mall Friday
morning to find their shelves wiped clean by burglars who had broken in during
the overnight hours.
“I came into this place that I worked hard for 13 years to build, and I came to
this place, and it was wiped. I was speechless at that point,” Malik said.
The couple said they were told by police that there were six people involved,
after the mall closed for the night; but they said they weren't notified about
the break-in until the next morning.
“I need answers on how this was going on for overnight hours, after mall hours,
how was this going on that the security was not notified,” said Anwar.
Schaumburg police said the crime was discovered by a construction worker who
entered a vacant store adjacent to Marquise Jewelry at about 9:30 a.m. Monday
and reported a hole in the drywall. Police said they found the suspects covered
one of the surveillance cameras to avoid detection.
More disturbing was how the burglars gained access to their store. The couple
found a small hole in the wall, and later learned from police the burglars cut
through the walls of three other businesses to get to their jewelry store.
“This is a concern my family's safety, this is a concern for my safety. This is
a concern for millions of people walking in this mall,” Anwar said.
The couple said they have security in their store and the mall also has
security patrolling overnight, so it's unclear why they were not notified
sooner.
“We are small business owners. We are not a corporation. It going to take us a
long time to recover, if we can,” said Anwar.
“It's a whole mess. It's a big mess, you know. It's a heartbreaking thing,”
Malik said.
Schaumburg police called the investigation “very active” and said they are
reviewing surveillance footage from multiple sources, as well as other evidence.
On 8/7/2024 3:35 PM, CBB - Jay Fuller wrote:
Noticed Moviepass is trying to get me to subscribe for $1 a month or something.
Been happy with AMC's program every since Moviepass imploded.....anyone trying
moviepass again?
Are there even any descent movies anymore? Found "Clear and Present Danger" on
my antique DVR last night and watched it.
Realized I saw it a while back but probably not "Patriot Games". Thought "Sum
of all Fears" was one of the better movies of its
time. Nothing like that anymore. Nothing "good" since Olympus Has Fallen /
England has Fallen / whatever else they did...."
I know there was a writer's strike but it seems they just didn't recover.
Seems like Hollywood is imploding. Some of us say
"good" since their politics aren't exactly my politics....but I **must** unplug
and just be entertained from time to time....
Wife asked me to make "Mr Robot" fall out of the sky (oh, i'm sorry, now-a-days
that is "cloud" right lol). Guess we will see
how that is.....
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