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I'm glad that my wife and I aren't alone in thinking the figures in Gold, the drama about the Mat Brink bullion robbery, don't make sense. Lots of people queried them in Radio 4's More or Less this morning. I thought they didn't make
sense at the time of the trial.
I'm glad that my wife and I aren't alone in thinking the figures in Gold, the >drama about the Mat Brink bullion robbery, don't make sense. Lots of
people queried them in Radio 4's More or Less this morning. I thought they >didn't make sense at the time of the trial.
In article <ffauvh5iv076s5vcdh1srssgtpfq5vnbuh@4ax.com>, Martin <me@address.invalid> writesin
I'm glad that my wife and I aren't alone in thinking the figures
sense.Gold, the drama about the Mat Brink bullion robbery, don't make
morning. ILots of people queried them in Radio 4's More or Less this
havethought they didn't make sense at the time of the trial.
Watched the first episode and gave up, 6 episodes when 2 would
done, far too plodding.like
I did laugh at the way they were handling the gold bars, looked
they were carrying a box of tissues.12.5
I did look it up and a standard bar of bullion weighs in at almost
Kg., there is even a post in next week's Radio Times on the same
subject.
In article <ffauvh5iv076s5vcdh1srssgtpfq5vnbuh@4ax.com>, Martin ><me@address.invalid> writes
I'm glad that my wife and I aren't alone in thinking the figures in Gold, the >>drama about the Mat Brink bullion robbery, don't make sense. Lots of
people queried them in Radio 4's More or Less this morning. I thought they >>didn't make sense at the time of the trial.
Watched the first episode and gave up, 6 episodes when 2 would have
done, far too plodding.
I did laugh at the way they were handling the gold bars, looked like
they were carrying a box of tissues.
I did look it up and a standard bar of bullion weighs in at almost 12.5
Kg., there is even a post in next week's Radio Times on the same
subject.
Mike Swift <mike.swift@yeton.co.uk> wrote:
In article <ffauvh5iv076s5vcdh1srssgtpfq5vnbuh@4ax.com>, Martinin
<me@address.invalid> writes
I'm glad that my wife and I aren't alone in thinking the figures
sense.Gold, the drama about the Mat Brink bullion robbery, don't make
morning. ILots of people queried them in Radio 4's More or Less this
havethought they didn't make sense at the time of the trial.
Watched the first episode and gave up, 6 episodes when 2 would
done, far too plodding.like
I did laugh at the way they were handling the gold bars, looked
they were carrying a box of tissues.12.5
I did look it up and a standard bar of bullion weighs in at almost
Kg., there is even a post in next week's Radio Times on the same
subject.
Gold is bloody heavy, it's nearly twice the density of lead. When it
comes to driving off with a lorry load of gold from a bank vault the >limiting factor is the axle weight not the size of the lorry, you'd
only be able to fill about 10% of a typical artic. with gold bars
before it was overloaded.
Mike Swift <mike.swift@yeton.co.uk> wrote:
In article <ffauvh5iv076s5vcdh1srssgtpfq5vnbuh@4ax.com>, Martinin
<me@address.invalid> writes
I'm glad that my wife and I aren't alone in thinking the figures
sense.Gold, the drama about the Mat Brink bullion robbery, don't make
morning. ILots of people queried them in Radio 4's More or Less this
havethought they didn't make sense at the time of the trial.
Watched the first episode and gave up, 6 episodes when 2 would
done, far too plodding.like
I did laugh at the way they were handling the gold bars, looked
they were carrying a box of tissues.12.5
I did look it up and a standard bar of bullion weighs in at almost
Kg., there is even a post in next week's Radio Times on the same
subject.
Gold is bloody heavy, it's nearly twice the density of lead. When it
comes to driving off with a lorry load of gold from a bank vault the >limiting factor is the axle weight not the size of the lorry, you'd
only be able to fill about 10% of a typical artic. with gold bars
before it was overloaded.
More or Less said that they were 500g ingots with no sign of how the furnace was
powered in the TV version
On Thu, 02 Mar 2023 13:20:42 +0100, Martin <me@address.invalid> wrote:
More or Less said that they were 500g ingots with no sign of how the furnace was
powered in the TV version
It looked like a very high powered induction heater. I don't think
they are found in many domestic sheds. Having said that there is a
three phase supply available in most parts of the UK for industry. I
used to have a very tedious job maintaining enormous motor
alternators. Some of them could more than melt gold.
On Thu, 02 Mar 2023 16:05:42 +0000, Stephen Wolstenholme ><stephen.wolstenholme@outlook.com> wrote:
On Thu, 02 Mar 2023 13:20:42 +0100, Martin <me@address.invalid> wrote:
More or Less said that they were 500g ingots with no sign of how the furnace was
powered in the TV version
It looked like a very high powered induction heater. I don't think
they are found in many domestic sheds. Having said that there is a
three phase supply available in most parts of the UK for industry. I
used to have a very tedious job maintaining enormous motor
alternators. Some of them could more than melt gold.
We have three phase in our house. Many houses have three phase. AFAIR from the >Mat Brink bullion robbery trial, the furnace was visible from next door and >wasn't in a garden shed.
On Thu, 02 Mar 2023 16:05:42 +0000, Stephen Wolstenholme ><stephen.wolstenholme@outlook.com> wrote:
On Thu, 02 Mar 2023 13:20:42 +0100, Martin <me@address.invalid> wrote:
More or Less said that they were 500g ingots with no sign of how the furnace was
powered in the TV version
It looked like a very high powered induction heater. I don't think
they are found in many domestic sheds. Having said that there is a
three phase supply available in most parts of the UK for industry. I
used to have a very tedious job maintaining enormous motor
alternators. Some of them could more than melt gold.
We have three phase in our house. Many houses have three phase. AFAIR from the >Mat Brink bullion robbery trial, the furnace was visible from next door and >wasn't in a garden shed.
On Thu, 02 Mar 2023 16:05:42 +0000, Stephen Wolstenholme ><stephen.wolstenholme@outlook.com> wrote:
On Thu, 02 Mar 2023 13:20:42 +0100, Martin <me@address.invalid> wrote:
More or Less said that they were 500g ingots with no sign of how the furnace was
powered in the TV version
It looked like a very high powered induction heater. I don't think
they are found in many domestic sheds. Having said that there is a
three phase supply available in most parts of the UK for industry. I
used to have a very tedious job maintaining enormous motor
alternators. Some of them could more than melt gold.
We have three phase in our house. Many houses have three phase. AFAIR from the >Mat Brink bullion robbery trial, the furnace was visible from next door and >wasn't in a garden shed.
On Fri, 03 Mar 2023 13:32:00 +0100, Martin <me@address.invalid> wrote:
On Thu, 02 Mar 2023 16:05:42 +0000, Stephen Wolstenholme >><stephen.wolstenholme@outlook.com> wrote:
On Thu, 02 Mar 2023 13:20:42 +0100, Martin <me@address.invalid> wrote:
More or Less said that they were 500g ingots with no sign of how the furnace was
powered in the TV version
It looked like a very high powered induction heater. I don't think
they are found in many domestic sheds. Having said that there is a
three phase supply available in most parts of the UK for industry. I
used to have a very tedious job maintaining enormous motor
alternators. Some of them could more than melt gold.
We have three phase in our house. Many houses have three phase. AFAIR from the
Mat Brink bullion robbery trial, the furnace was visible from next door and >>wasn't in a garden shed.
My shed is clearly visible from most of the houses around here, even--
when I'm not smelting!