BYOATM

[missioncontrol]

O.K. I really wouldn't sugest this.........


http://story.news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050506/od_nm/romania_atm_dc

[DrewKaree]

Reminds me of some show I saw (mebbe a movie?) where the thieves stole an ATM machine and took it home to open it up and take all the money out

[missioncontrol]

must not have been to bright of theives....

that thing must have weighed a ton...........

[DrewKaree]

Well, it was television (or movies) so they just carted it around with a hand truck that you'd think twice about before moving any of your machines with it, so they just "acted" like it was real heavy.  They had mad acting skillz

[missioncontrol]

ah yes the "well I saw it on t.v. so it must be true theory"

Because I know that magic box I spend hours in front of would never lie to me......... 

[DrewKaree]

ah yes the "well I saw it on t.v. so it must be true theory"

Because I know that magic box I spend hours in front of would never lie to me......... 

Did you totally miss this part:

Reminds me of some show I saw (mebbe a movie?) where the thieves stole an ATM machine and took it home to open it up and take all the money out

It was seen on a television set, and was clearly an attempt at comedy, since I've never in my life seen an ATM that looked like it could be stolen....unless you have the tools handy to remove the mortar and bricks they usually surround them with.

I never said I thought it was true, just that your story reminded me of that show

[Zakk]

Actually there's a lot of atm's around here in strip clubs churches and variety stores that could be stolen.

[crashwg]

Was the movie "Friday", or one of it's sequals?  I could swear they did that in one of those movies... 

[JoyMonkey]

It's funny. I spend a lot of time designing the surrounds that ID each ATM to a specific bank. I usually coordinate with the building engineer and the ATM team that installs the machines and have found that a lot of ATMs (particularly kiosk style machines, like you'd see in a supermarkets) would be surprisingly easy for a couple of guys to pick up and throw into a van.  At first I couldn't believe it and actually called the ATM manufacturers; they said that to make installation easier the standard machines can't be bolted down and don't weigh as much as you'd think.

[DrewKaree]

Was the movie "Friday", or one of it's sequals?  I could swear they did that in one of those movies... 

That sounds right, cuz Ice Cube was sticking in my head, but he wasn't the guy who's stealing it....they take it back to the guy's grandparent's house, since "they got all sorts of tools"

Mebbe Friday after Next was what it's from?

[DaemonCollector]

Tis from Barber Shop, but close

[DrewKaree]

I'll take your word for it, cuz they all kinda blended in together....I haven't seen that movie since it first came out.  Is "somewhat memorable" reason enough to see a movie a second time?

[danny_galaga]

Reminds me of some show I saw (mebbe a movie?) where the thieves stole an ATM machine and took it home to open it up and take all the money out

im pretty sure that has happened for real!!

[crashwg]

Tis from Barber Shop, but close

Tru dat!  Good catch.

[DrewKaree]

im pretty sure that has happened for real!!

It may have, but this ATM looked like a newspaper vending box on steroids, and around me, all of the ATM's are set into the actual bank, into a separate brinck building near the bank, or something similar.  They DO have these slim (not more than 2 feet wide) little money dispensers in gas stations, but these are fairly new to these parts....I know I saw the movie before these started popping up.

[tommy]

Reminds me of some show I saw (mebbe a movie?) where the thieves stole an ATM machine and took it home to open it up and take all the money out

im pretty sure that has happened for real!!

I think we will be needing a build your own pickup truck and chain attachment first for easy transport.

[DrewKaree]

I think we will be needing a build your own pickup truck and chain attachment first for easy transport.

I've GOT a pickup truck and a chain.  I'd be afraid I'd tear my hitch all to pieces....or at least damage something on my truck!

I find so many knuckleheads off the side of the road when it snows AND rains, I just started KEEPING the chain in my truck.

[tommy]

I'd gladly pay for your truck to be fixed tomarrow for a ATM today.

[Franco]

Once at a supermarket near me, some thieves stole a JCB in the middle of the night and the used the shovel as a ram and competely 'dug' the ATM out of the wall and drove off with it! 

[missioncontrol]

I find so many knuckleheads off the side of the road when it snows AND rains, I just started KEEPING the chain in my truck.

Exactly why I keep a chain in my truck too

[Stingray]

I stole an ATM once, but I brought it back when I found out it wouldn't run MAME.

-S

[missioncontrol]

I stole an ATM once, but I brought it back when I found out it wouldn't run MAME.

-S

that's because you took one that didn't have an o.k. button on it 

[Stingray]

I stole an ATM once, but I brought it back when I found out it wouldn't run MAME.

-S

that's because you took one that didn't have an o.k. button on it 

My dummyosity knows no bounds.

-S

[DarkKobold]

It's been done. Numerous times.

http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=838788
http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=1397989
http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=171096


The articles they linked to are long gone.  Strange that Fark is now the archive for stupidity.