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Gravdigr · 01-24-2019, 01:12 PM

€300,000 wasn't missed, at all, for four months?!

I'd say Hodgkinson wasn't the only one who failed in his duty.

Carruthers · 01-24-2019, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr

€300,000 wasn't missed, at all, for four months?!

I'd say Hodgkinson wasn't the only one who failed in his duty.

A fair point, Gravdigr!

I wonder if the blame trickled down to a point where it could trickle no further?

A sort of reverse 'buck stops here'.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-24-2019, 01:31 PM

It probably wasn't missed because so much cash is moving around and a lot of people involved, until the auditors try to balance the books. Really, why would an amphibious assault ship, HMS Ocean, be routinely carrying €300,000 in cash? Mad money?

Gravdigr · 01-24-2019, 02:40 PM

Um...Payday?

I read where ac carriers carry millions, just for paydays.

BigV · 01-24-2019, 07:37 PM

The aspect of that story I find weirdest is, wtff is an airing cupboard?

do not bother with lmgtfy.com, I ask more for the weirdness of the name, not "What is this?" If I'm airing it out, I would think the cupboard is where I take it *from*. I suppose after four months the battle between the "airing" and the "shrink wrap" should be decided once and for all in favor of the shrink wrap.

Unless there's been an unfortunate homophonic mistake... Perhaps it's meant to be spelled "erring cupboard".

Carruthers · 01-25-2019, 04:26 AM

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Originally Posted by BigV

The aspect of that story I find weirdest is, wtff is an airing cupboard?

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In British houses, an airing cupboard is a warm cupboard where you put clothes and other things that have been washed and partly dried, to make sure they are completely dry.

Link

Usual arrangement is to have two or three slatted shelves above the domestic hot water tank.
The original concept dates from a time long before tumble driers became widespread.

sexobon · 01-25-2019, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Carruthers

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In British houses, an airing cupboard is a warm cupboard where you put clothes and other things that have been washed and partly dried, to make sure they are completely dry.

So, that's where one would put money only after doing one's money laundering.

Carruthers · 01-26-2019, 06:52 AM

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Originally Posted by sexobon

So, that's where one would put money only after doing one's money laundering.

Whereas WO2 Hodgkinson was hung out to dry.

Gravdigr · 01-25-2019, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by BigV

"erring cupboard".

Hah!

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Originally Posted by sexobon

At least no one was embarrassed by all that money being found in a safe.

Really.

I also they could stand to audit those books a little more often.

sexobon · 01-24-2019, 08:21 PM

At least no one was embarrassed by all that money being found in a safe.

sexobon · 01-26-2019, 08:38 AM

From the Too Stupid To Live category:

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St. Louis officer charged after deadly game with revolver

ST. LOUIS — A male St. Louis police officer was charged Friday with involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of a female officer during what was described as a deadly game with a revolver.

Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner announced the charge against Nathaniel Hendren, 29, in the death of 24-year-old Katlyn Alix, as they alleged played a game in which a revolver's cylinder was emptied, one bullet put back and the two colleagues taking turns pointing at each other and pulling the trigger.

Alix was with two male officers at an apartment when she was killed just before 1 a.m. Thursday. ...

… "The defendant emptied the cylinder of the revolver and then put one cartridge back into the cylinder," the statement said. He allegedly spun the cylinder, pointed the gun away and pulled the trigger.

The gun did not fire. The statement said Alix took the gun, pointed it at Hendren and pulled the trigger. Again, it didn't fire.

Hendren "took the gun back and pointed it at the victim (and) pulled the trigger causing the gun to discharge," the statement said. "The victim was struck in the chest." ...

… The two men were on-duty at the time of the shooting. Police Chief John Hayden has declined to answer questions about why the officers had gathered at the apartment, which was home to one of the men. ...

… Alix, a military veteran who was married, was not working but met the men at the apartment. ...

… Alix was a patrol officer who had graduated from the St. Louis Police Academy in January 2017.

Griff · 01-26-2019, 10:52 AM

Had they spun the cylinder each time, the game may have lasted longer... kids today don't even know how to play Russian roulette. But yeah this looks worse than stupid.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-26-2019, 11:09 AM

You don't suppose there was drugs/alcohol involved.

Undertoad · 01-26-2019, 09:41 AM

So a married off-duty cop goes to the residence of another cop's apartment, at midnight, where there are two cops who are apparently ON duty, and one of them shoots her...

...I think we have enough reason to be at least skeptical that the shooting didn't happen in the form of a "game"...

xoxoxoBruce · 01-26-2019, 09:53 AM

It must be true, they are police officers who never lie or cover up.

01-24-2019, 01:12 PM	#1
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	€300,000 wasn't missed, at all, for four months?! I'd say Hodgkinson wasn't the only one who failed in his duty. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

01-24-2019, 01:31 PM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	It probably wasn't missed because so much cash is moving around and a lot of people involved, until the auditors try to balance the books. Really, why would an amphibious assault ship, HMS Ocean, be routinely carrying €300,000 in cash? Mad money? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-24-2019, 02:40 PM	#4
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Um...Payday? I read where ac carriers carry millions, just for paydays. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

01-24-2019, 07:37 PM	#5
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	The aspect of that story I find weirdest is, wtff is an airing cupboard? do not bother with lmgtfy.com, I ask more for the weirdness of the name, not "What is this?" If I'm airing it out, I would think the cupboard is where I take it from. I suppose after four months the battle between the "airing" and the "shrink wrap" should be decided once and for all in favor of the shrink wrap. Unless there's been an unfortunate homophonic mistake... Perhaps it's meant to be spelled "erring cupboard". __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

01-26-2019, 10:52 AM	#12
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Had they spun the cylinder each time, the game may have lasted longer... kids today don't even know how to play Russian roulette. But yeah this looks worse than stupid. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-24-2019, 08:21 PM	#10
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	At least no one was embarrassed by all that money being found in a safe.

01-26-2019, 11:09 AM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	You don't suppose there was drugs/alcohol involved. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-26-2019, 09:41 AM	#14
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	So a married off-duty cop goes to the residence of another cop's apartment, at midnight, where there are two cops who are apparently ON duty, and one of them shoots her... ...I think we have enough reason to be at least skeptical that the shooting didn't happen in the form of a "game"...

01-26-2019, 09:53 AM	#15
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	It must be true, they are police officers who never lie or cover up. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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