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It'll be fake and he just broke in, maybe legally it was better to not have 'broke' anything but this was how he started it all. Do the napkin math - 1. There
by aaron695 3y ago
It'll be fake and he just broke in, maybe legally it was better to not have 'broke' anything but this was how he started it all.
Do the napkin math -
1. There was no AliExpress to get amazing magnets from, and there were no amazing magnets.
Average of $3k / week
$3000 / 6 days working / 8 hours = $62.5 per hour
Personally I get rid of lower coins into machines. So lets say 4 coins to get $1. He's pulling out 200 coins a hour? And doing his job. And no one sees him pulling up and down 4 time a minute for hours on end?
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On the evening of Sept. 29 1994, Constable Ken Chatel, a member of the RCMP Customs and Excise Section in Edmonton leaned back in his chair to catch the six o'clock news.
One of the items that evening covered a police search of the home of Salim Kara, a city transit employee who was charged with stealing in excess of $2 million dollars from Light Rail Transit coffers.
As the camera panned the interior of the opulent residence on Osborne Crescent, several objects caught Chatel's eye and made him lean forward with renewed interest.
The camera revealed two zebra skins on the walls and a threefoot carved tusk in a display cabinet. Depending upon the species of animal each item represented, it was possible that they were protected by international legislation.
https://www.gamewarden.ab.ca/agwmagazine/1996/summer%201996/archds7.htm https://www.gamewarden.ab.ca/agwmagazine/1996/summer%201996/...
- Scoundreller 3y ago$1 coins were common in Canada for most his operation. Excellent magnets available inside any speaker, just crack off a piece of the length you need. Basically free.
- fennecfoxy 3y agoDidn't need Ali back then - you could get a lotta stuff in the hardware/hobby stores that still existed when I was a kid (long after the 80s). Dick Smith was the kiwi one, then they kind of stopped doing hardware/electronic parts at all, then went online only. Not sure if they're even still around, now. Hobby stores are closing all over the place, but only bc they've been replaced by online/Adafruit, Sparkfun, etc.