"Judge Robbed at Gunpoint for Rolex Near Alameda County Court in Oakland".
It's appalling that a mere superior court judge - a county judge - makes enough money to buy a Rolex!
Btw, the site I linked for the above story has several strange headlines, including this one: "Urban Alchemy Worker Who Fired Gun on Busy San Francisco Street Is in Line for Promotion".
I'm sure it will probably take something like alchemy to turn San Francisco around.
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It's appalling that a mere superior court judge - a county judge - makes enough money to buy a Rolex!
Agreed. And, clearly, the thieves know where the good pickings are.
You'd think this would be a red flag to clear thinking people, but those are a scare commodity in politics, and more so in the failed state of Kalifornia.
About three decades ago my mother bought a fake Rolex in Thailand. She just found it irresistible.
Later on the same trip a vendor in Singapore asked if it was real. She replied "Well, for ten bucks it better be!"
Alchemy? Maybe a sacrifice to the ocean gods will do the job.
Give the San Andreas Fault a kickstart.
I once bought a genuine Polex in NYC's Chinatown.
I do hope the judge let the thief off with a warning on a previous armed robbery case.
Apparently engaging in a shootout is just your usual community engagement in San Francisco. Alchemy is just a side gig.
Young people are so used to accurate time being available everywhere and have no understanding of what was involved in keeping mechanical clocks and watches accurate.
E.g. a young lady watching Fawlty Towers' Basil phoning to check the time: 'The clock's right behind you!' Yes dear, and it's probably lost or gained a few minutes since Basil last set it...
My son was in Edinburgh and saw they set off a cannon on the castle at 1pm. He thought it was to tell sailors it was lunch time...!
All the trouble people used to take to keep chronometers etc accurate, forgotten within a couple of generations. It boggles the mind.
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