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Polchraine
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"The trouble with quotes on the internet is that it's difficult to discern whether or not they are genuine." - Abraham Lincoln
Why did kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
God loves stupid people, that is why he made so many of them.
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Bloody hell
Alan
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A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools!!
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Douglas Adams, 1952-2001 RIP
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Polchraine
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Some follow up: https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/at ... 5b2080f3ea
"The trouble with quotes on the internet is that it's difficult to discern whether or not they are genuine." - Abraham Lincoln
Why did kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
God loves stupid people, that is why he made so many of them.
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shugie
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Looks like they picked on the wrong bloke there, he was up for shooting them when he got out at the end.Polchraine wrote:Some follow up: https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/at ... 5b2080f3ea
Careful now/that sort of thing
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I’d like to know what Robbie and Josh were bringing to the party! 
"The only real power comes out of a long rifle." - Joseph Stalin
Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank.....give a man a bank and he can rob the world!.
More than a vested interest in 7.62x54r!
Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank.....give a man a bank and he can rob the world!.
More than a vested interest in 7.62x54r!
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A lot more than the useless tw@ of a gun rack next to the driver I hope! FFS, did he not think to call the police, HQ or any units that could support them?! If this was a TV show he was definitely in on the heist!snayperskaya wrote:I’d like to know what Robbie and Josh were bringing to the party!
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From the linked follow up article.......Blackstuff wrote:A lot more than the useless tw@ of a gun rack next to the driver I hope! FFS, did he not think to call the police, HQ or any units that could support them?! If this was a TV show he was definitely in on the heist!snayperskaya wrote:I’d like to know what Robbie and Josh were bringing to the party!
“In South Africa you don’t say ‘call the police’ you say ‘call Robbie, call Josh’ cos you know them guys gonna do more to help you than the police.”
I showed the video to a South African guy I work with and he said that the police are more often than not useless in situations like this as they apparently hang back until it’s all over rather than risk their own lives as the gangs are often very heavily armed with automatic weapons and explosives and corrupt police officers have been known to be involved with the gangs at some level.The guy driving is ex-special forces so Robbie and Josh could well be ex-special forces as well.
Interesting article on the problem.......
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-44328938
"The only real power comes out of a long rifle." - Joseph Stalin
Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank.....give a man a bank and he can rob the world!.
More than a vested interest in 7.62x54r!
Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank.....give a man a bank and he can rob the world!.
More than a vested interest in 7.62x54r!
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He did well, superb driving, a pity he didn't get a chance to shoot back.
My time as a reservist police constable in JHB in '99-'01 was what inspired me to GTFO.
Corruption is everywhere in the SA police, at every level.
How can the country improve if everybody is on the bloody take?
My time as a reservist police constable in JHB in '99-'01 was what inspired me to GTFO.
Corruption is everywhere in the SA police, at every level.
How can the country improve if everybody is on the bloody take?
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Polchraine
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A colleague had a S African friend and he related a story to me.
One day, he was car-jacked by three knife wielding thugs, he let them have the car, wallet, phone &c but asked if he could have his smelly gym bag. They threw it at him, complete with damp towel.
Big mistake - he had a loaded 9mm pistol in the bag and promptly took out all three of them. When the police arrived it was a case of "well that's three less for us to deal with"!
One day, he was car-jacked by three knife wielding thugs, he let them have the car, wallet, phone &c but asked if he could have his smelly gym bag. They threw it at him, complete with damp towel.
Big mistake - he had a loaded 9mm pistol in the bag and promptly took out all three of them. When the police arrived it was a case of "well that's three less for us to deal with"!
"The trouble with quotes on the internet is that it's difficult to discern whether or not they are genuine." - Abraham Lincoln
Why did kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
God loves stupid people, that is why he made so many of them.
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