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« Reply #28785 on: November 29, 2016, 11:40:30 AM » |
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« Reply #28787 on: December 01, 2016, 11:56:57 PM » |
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Imagine a ship that's trapped in the ice being slowly crushed. Well that's what Mrs Red sounds like when she has wind.
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« Reply #28788 on: December 11, 2016, 01:15:46 AM » |
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« Reply #28789 on: December 13, 2016, 06:20:51 PM » |
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Forgot to reply to this at the time. There is just something comic about a bucket of flakes isn't there? Running off with 3 ingots is probably not as much fun. |
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« Reply #28790 on: December 13, 2016, 07:15:35 PM » |
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Forgot to reply to this at the time. There is just something comic about a bucket of flakes isn't there? Running off with 3 ingots is probably not as much fun. He would have no idea what was in there. I bet he expected it to be full of coins. I've thought about it since. It won't have been easy for him to dispose of unless he knew a good, big time fence (Which is unlikely for a petty criminal) If he wasn't killed or robbed by the first person he approached he would have to pay ~ 10% to get connected to a 20c on the dollar buyer. Once the deal was done he would be given a little up front money, say two or three k in the hope that he would go wild and OD on something. If that didn't happen he would be ignored. It would be hard for him to get the rest of his money in a world where he has no friends and no leverage. |
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« Reply #28791 on: December 13, 2016, 08:49:39 PM » |
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Would it not be something you could melt down yourself and make into some sort of bar? Probably then offload in small doses to the nearest pawn shop as and when needed?
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« Reply #28792 on: December 13, 2016, 09:51:56 PM » |
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Would it not be something you could melt down yourself and make into some sort of bar? Probably then offload in small doses to the nearest pawn shop as and when needed?
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« Reply #28793 on: December 14, 2016, 12:39:39 AM » |
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Would it not be something you could melt down yourself and make into some sort of bar? Probably then offload in small doses to the nearest pawn shop as and when needed?
Oh it would be a simple job to melt it, but if home made gold ingots were that easy to sell people would be doing it to legitimise stolen jewellery all the time. |
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« Reply #28794 on: December 17, 2016, 12:41:56 PM » |
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I'm sure it was after you had marched past the Cenotaph in London that I said I'd get around to sorting my medals out. I think that was probably 2 years ago. Well I've finally bothered to locate the one I possess and it's motivated me to square away getting the other one I'm entitled to wear issued.(It was awarded but I wasn't presented with it). As you can see.it's looking pretty sad for itself ATM but once i get the other and have them `court mounted it'll be returned to parade standard I'm sure. | Click to see full-size image. |
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« Reply #28795 on: December 18, 2016, 02:40:43 AM » |
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Would it not be something you could melt down yourself and make into some sort of bar? Probably then offload in small doses to the nearest pawn shop as and when needed?
Oh it would be a simple job to melt it, but if home made gold ingots were that easy to sell people would be doing it to legitimise stolen jewellery all the time. Pete took a home made gold ingot to the Jewellery Quarter a few years ago. They assayed it and paid the money into his bank account a few days later, about £11k if I remember correctly. No questions asked, and I never considered that they would be, but thinking about it now maybe I should have done. |
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« Reply #28796 on: December 18, 2016, 03:19:31 AM » |
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Would it not be something you could melt down yourself and make into some sort of bar? Probably then offload in small doses to the nearest pawn shop as and when needed?
Oh it would be a simple job to melt it, but if home made gold ingots were that easy to sell people would be doing it to legitimise stolen jewellery all the time. Pete took a home made gold ingot to the Jewellery Quarter a few years ago. They assayed it and paid the money into his bank account a few days later, about £11k if I remember correctly. No questions asked, and I never considered that they would be, but thinking about it now maybe I should have done. Part of me is surprised, part of me isn't. Mind you, Pete does have an innocent looking face.. |
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« Reply #28797 on: December 18, 2016, 03:21:13 AM » |
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I'm sure it was after you had marched past the Cenotaph in London that I said I'd get around to sorting my medals out. I think that was probably 2 years ago. Well I've finally bothered to locate the one I possess and it's motivated me to square away getting the other one I'm entitled to wear issued.(It was awarded but I wasn't presented with it). As you can see.it's looking pretty sad for itself ATM but once i get the other and have them `court mounted it'll be returned to parade standard I'm sure. | Click to see full-size image. |
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« Reply #28798 on: December 18, 2016, 02:17:23 PM » |
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I'm sure it was after you had marched past the Cenotaph in London that I said I'd get around to sorting my medals out. I think that was probably 2 years ago. Well I've finally bothered to locate the one I possess and it's motivated me to square away getting the other one I'm entitled to wear issued.(It was awarded but I wasn't presented with it). As you can see.it's looking pretty sad for itself ATM but once i get the other and have them `court mounted it'll be returned to parade standard I'm sure. | Click to see full-size image. |
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« Reply #28799 on: December 18, 2016, 02:45:51 PM » |
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