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Ronnie Biggs
has died, apart from his friends family, will anyone mourn his passing...
the money they stole was according to the news, equivalent to 40 million today, not an inconsiderable sum, did it do them any good in the long term... being on the run, looking over your shoulder at every turn,
the money they stole was according to the news, equivalent to 40 million today, not an inconsiderable sum, did it do them any good in the long term... being on the run, looking over your shoulder at every turn,
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There's a lot to be said for the deep, deep peace of the double bed after the hurly-burly of the chaise longue. After a while the attractions of nubile dusky brazilians might pall.
09:15 Wed 18th Dec 2013
So what you are saying them Sqad, is that your sneaking admiration of this common criminal is because he robbed a train ? I am still not sure why Biggs deserves any admiration at all, sneaking or not. Do you admire other common criminals or is it just Biggs ? Is it because he escaped from prison and do you extend this admiration for every escaped criminal ?
Just asking Sqad...just asking !
Just asking Sqad...just asking !
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I have to admit to an amount of admiration for the ingenuity of the train robbers and other heisters in the pre-computer age.
The level of detail that had to be gathered and the planning that went into these operations is quite incredible.
To clarify, I'm not condoning the act, simply admiring the project management.
The level of detail that had to be gathered and the planning that went into these operations is quite incredible.
To clarify, I'm not condoning the act, simply admiring the project management.
mikey....LOL.
Just read EcclesCake's post above which sums my feelings up exactly.
Now mikey....if i said to you that i have been watching Barclays's Bank's delivery of cash and that i have worked out a "foolproof" scheme for a successful heist worth in the region of £2 million in cash, are you in or out?
What would you say?
Would you have the b@lls to come in with me?
That is what my posts are about perfectly explained by EcclesCake.
Just read EcclesCake's post above which sums my feelings up exactly.
Now mikey....if i said to you that i have been watching Barclays's Bank's delivery of cash and that i have worked out a "foolproof" scheme for a successful heist worth in the region of £2 million in cash, are you in or out?
What would you say?
Would you have the b@lls to come in with me?
That is what my posts are about perfectly explained by EcclesCake.
Sqad...I can say with complete certainty that if you asked me to join you in an armed robbery, I would turn you down, and then report to the Police at the first opportunity. That I think would take the b*lls, not coming on the robbery. Of course, most criminals don't do that but I have no criminal tendencies whatsoever, so perhaps I am behave differently.
Biggs was a career criminal, not some cheeky-chappie, who was quite a good sort really, kissed babies, was good to his old Mum, etc but made one mistake and that was getting caught.
As regards people who "admire" the planning around a crime but despise the crime itself, I look forward to plenty of similar comments when Ian Brady dies. After all, it must have taken considerable "project management" to plan their crimes.
Biggs was a career criminal, not some cheeky-chappie, who was quite a good sort really, kissed babies, was good to his old Mum, etc but made one mistake and that was getting caught.
As regards people who "admire" the planning around a crime but despise the crime itself, I look forward to plenty of similar comments when Ian Brady dies. After all, it must have taken considerable "project management" to plan their crimes.
I realised that you were somewaht tongue in cheek sqad !
Its just that we seem to have gone a bit soft on these criminals. I am not a hang 'em high person at all, but Biggs was just a robber.
Actually I quite liked old Fletch, and as long as we hang on to the fact that it was fiction and comedy, then that is fine with me.
The one I really liked though was "The Italian Job" That bit where Noel Coward is applauded by everybody, Warders included, always makes me laugh...about 1min 24 secs in ::::
Its just that we seem to have gone a bit soft on these criminals. I am not a hang 'em high person at all, but Biggs was just a robber.
Actually I quite liked old Fletch, and as long as we hang on to the fact that it was fiction and comedy, then that is fine with me.
The one I really liked though was "The Italian Job" That bit where Noel Coward is applauded by everybody, Warders included, always makes me laugh...about 1min 24 secs in ::::
