It was like */Being There/* with Peter Sellers walking on water.
bp
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On 8/8/2024 1:15 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
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 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 <af-boun...@af.afmug.com>
<mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Bill Prince
*Sent:* Thursday, August 08, 2024 2:33 PM
*To:* 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 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 <af-boun...@af.afmug.com>
<mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Nate Burke
*Sent:* Wednesday, August 07, 2024 4:55 PM
*To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com>
<mailto: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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