tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7198903954394494705.post1502190896106862092..comments2024-01-09T13:36:58.648-03:00Comments on Corrugated City: Banks of ValparaisoMatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09900725715325926065noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7198903954394494705.post-42574025644048536862007-11-02T09:06:00.000-03:002007-11-02T09:06:00.000-03:00I think the Chile offers the best potential for gr...I think the <I>Chile</I> offers the best potential for grand larceny...lots of hiding places, crappy security, no bullet proof work stations for the staff.<BR/><BR/>There's an ESSO pretty much opposite the BCI-a block down. I've only taken money out of there twice..no fakes so far.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09900725715325926065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7198903954394494705.post-89634320769746516772007-11-02T00:04:00.000-03:002007-11-02T00:04:00.000-03:00You're popular tonite, Matt. I just need to clari...You're popular tonite, Matt. I just need to clarify: BCI isn't the bank with the bad ATM (that I know of, at least) but rather it's the GAS STATION across the street from the building pictured (or at least it seems that way from the picture).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7198903954394494705.post-22707570840933175432007-11-01T23:55:00.000-03:002007-11-01T23:55:00.000-03:00Yeah, anyway, that was a "joke" what I said above....Yeah, anyway, that was a "joke" what I said above. <BR/><BR/>But seriously folks that BCI bank is that the one right across the street from the gas station???<BR/><BR/>DO NOT GET CASH FROM THEIR ATM EVER. <BR/><BR/>That ATM gave me fake cash. <BR/><BR/>I'm on chapter 2 or something of Pinochet in Picadilly but set it aside to finish another British novel, can't wait to finish it, it's pretty cool so far, I like Cochrane.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7198903954394494705.post-8372896693407522732007-11-01T23:53:00.000-03:002007-11-01T23:53:00.000-03:00Wait, is this blog viewable by the general public?...Wait, is this blog viewable by the general public? Shit...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7198903954394494705.post-60004969288175882602007-11-01T23:47:00.000-03:002007-11-01T23:47:00.000-03:00Nice casing Matt, thanks for emailing me those int...Nice casing Matt, thanks for emailing me those interior shots. My neighbors leave their car unlocked usually so I think we've got a solid escape vehicle. Ping me when you're ready to hit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7198903954394494705.post-55832579206273853262007-11-01T20:40:00.000-03:002007-11-01T20:40:00.000-03:00I stand corrected..! And here's where i photo'd it...I stand corrected..! And <A HREF="http://corrugatedcity.blogspot.com/2007/06/before-and-afteran-attempt.html" REL="nofollow">here's</A> where i photo'd it before (and got the name right). I didn't know that it was North's bank though...the Nitrate King himself! If you haven't already read 'Pinochet in Picadilly' by Andy Beckett you definitely should. It's a brilliantly written history of Chile, particularly about North, Valpo and the nitrate boom.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09900725715325926065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7198903954394494705.post-87410671712223016642007-11-01T20:12:00.000-03:002007-11-01T20:12:00.000-03:00Hi Matt:That "ASBA" sign on one of the banks in Ca...Hi Matt:<BR/>That "ASBA" sign on one of the banks in Calle Esmeralda, stood for "Anglo South American Bank", owned by no one else than himself: John North, the saltpeter tycoon of the 19th century. It is a real jewel of a building and it even has a plaque commemorating the "locals" from Merry Hill that fell in the great war '14-'18 fighting for their fathers' king. We could certainly do away with those miserable cables though!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com