How have they anchored that in the car so it doesn't get torn apart?
(, Sun 28 Dec 2025, 10:43, Reply)
It's on the tow ball
- looks like the just looped up the loose cable in the boot / trunk
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Invisible Wizard - 12th Level Errorer, Sun 28 Dec 2025, 13:17,
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Maybe they wanted to just yank the door off and weren't expecting to take the whole ATM
but then the guy on his feet always seems to have a very good idea of where to stand to not get killed, as if it was planned to go that way (literally and figuratively).
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Sun 28 Dec 2025, 15:36,
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They chose chaos.
Wonder how much damage they caused compared to the contents of the ATM.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Sun 28 Dec 2025, 19:55,
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I was thinking about that.
The pre-corruption cost to repair and replace everything damaged is many times lower than the prices eventually charged by greedy builders and retailers, and charged to insurance companies.
If they're lucky there'd be $20,000 in that machine, but my shallow research suggests smaller petrol stations tend to hold much smaller amounts like 2k-5k. They seemed to know what they were doing* in terms of planning the angles, who does what, when and how, so my guess is they knew when the machine got filled up.
*alternatively they're very lucky to not have died by flying ATM to the face.
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Sun 28 Dec 2025, 21:04,
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Perhaps he valued his life more than money, weird huh?
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Mon 29 Dec 2025, 11:17,
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He could have
kicked him
punched him
knocked him over
thrown something at him
But no, run away and hide.
(, Mon 29 Dec 2025, 17:57, Reply)
Tell us you've never worked in retail
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Invisible Wizard - 12th Level Errorer, Mon 29 Dec 2025, 18:28,
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I ran a petrol station single-handed when I was seventeen.
No ATM though.
(, Tue 30 Dec 2025, 10:52, Reply)
How many attempted robberies did you foil by punching the bad guys?
(, Tue 30 Dec 2025, 10:58, Reply)
Was the owner's policy on robbery for you (a minor) to endanger yourself and others in an attempt to stop the felons through violent means?
Or are you just that awesome and brave and hard without the need for instructions?
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Invisible Wizard - 12th Level Errorer, Tue 30 Dec 2025, 17:40,
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Automobiles were something of a novelty back then,
petrol stations still made half their money from horse feed.
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Wed 31 Dec 2025, 15:57,
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Perpetuating the problem by being a pussy... maybe they should go work in a flower shop and leave 24/7 garages to big hard men with hairy balls, grizzly arses, and itchy trigger fingers. :D
(, Tue 30 Dec 2025, 10:17, Reply)
I guess that's why the US is such a safe, calm and law abiding place with a tiny prison population.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Tue 30 Dec 2025, 12:09,
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One Friday 20 years ago I was working in the pharmacy at the back of the Co-op in Ormiston, a very quiet little place.
Drove round the corner to see the square surrounded by police, and this.
the daily client excitedly told me what had happened as I was getting out of the car, and then asked if/when/how he could get his methadone. I asked if he could wait until I'd actually got out of the car.
(, Mon 29 Dec 2025, 11:27, Reply)
Fear and Lothian of cash raiders.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Mon 29 Dec 2025, 15:34,
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