[OT] Hatton Garden diamond heist

[The Other Mike]

And filled with optical fibre by C&W / Mercury

Which neatly leads me to the idea of wrapping the entire vault with multiple passes of fibre optic (something like pigtail quality, maybe a bit stronger but definitely not armoured) Space this say every 6 inches but in a woven / grid pattern maybe with multiple passes with a few redundant fibres. Maybe cable tie it to the rebar. The vault door being the only area not protected. Light is fired off down the firbres to ensure their integrity and the concrete is poured. Any attempted breach of the walls stops the light being received and triggers the alarm.

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In message , michael adams writes

Well, I have now watched several episodes of the first series now, via YouTube, and it is all your fault. I could have been wasting my time on something productive, like painting the kitchen :-)

I always think of him as the character from that antiques series with Ian Macshane. I'll remember the title a few seconds after hitting 'send'.

[The Other Mike]

That was just a suggestion from the chief exec to the manager as what the mafia would do wasn't it? A blowtorch. He then shot himself. The bank chief exec got knocked down by the investigator and the investigator got launched by a few sticks of dynamite as he opened the boot lid.

'The Bank Job' (2008) was a bit vicious. They sandblast someones ankles to try and get information, it's based on the Baker Street robbery of 1971 and the plot revolves around why a D Notice was required to stop further newspaper reports.

[Davey]

'Lovejoy' He played Tinker.

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In message , Davey writes

Brilliant! Thank you. Now got to resist watching old episodes on YouTube.

[stuart noble]

Try watching McShane in "Deadwood". Quite a revelation

[Davey]

I have tried, and although I am no prude, the constant use of the 'f' word at every opportunity, and more, put me right off, it just got in the way of the story. A shame, as otherwise I might have liked it.

[stuart noble]

I'm sure swearing was the norm in the wild west, just as it is on most building sites today. You should have persevered :-)

[Davey]

No thanks, it was more than I could be arsed to do. I wanted to be entertained, not put off the programme. And the swearing in that show was way more than on any building site I have been on, and I used to work on them.