Golf Buddy's Secret Life as Fugitive Bank Robber

[boogielicious]

Do you really know your golf buddies?

Friendly family man's 50-year secret: He was fugitive, too | AP News

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Just before Thomas Randele died, his wife of nearly 40 years asked his golfing buddies and...

 

[Bob M]

Ouch!!!

[iacas]

$200k isn't that much, even in today's dollars. And he could have spent it just evading people for a year, living on the run. Not worth it, it seems.

[StuM]

1 hour ago, iacas said:

$200k isn't that much, even in today's dollars. And he could have spent it just evading people for a year, living on the run. Not worth it, it seems.

I did not do the math myself but the article stated that $215,000 stolen in 1969 is @ $1.6 million in today's dollars. 

[iacas]

12 minutes ago, StuM said:

I did not do the math myself but the article stated that $215,000 stolen in 1969 is @ $1.6 million in today's dollars. 

I know because I read it. 😄 So the rest of what I said… holds. He probably spent it in a year of being on the run. That's probably expensive.

Inflation Rate between 1969-2021 | Inflation Calculator

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$215,000 in 1969 is now equivalent to $1,583,256.38 in 2021.

 

[billchao]

2 hours ago, iacas said:

$200k isn't that much, even in today's dollars. And he could have spent it just evading people for a year, living on the run. Not worth it, it seems.

And he had to cut ties with his friends and family, assume a new identity, etc. He managed to live a full life despite it all, but I wouldn’t do that for $1.6mil even without having to evade the authorities.

[iacas]

11 minutes ago, billchao said:

And he had to cut ties with his friends and family, assume a new identity, etc. He managed to live a full life despite it all, but I wouldn’t do that for $1.6mil even without having to evade the authorities.

Yeah. I may do it for $20M if I'm guaranteed I wouldn't get caught, ever, and nobody else would either, and that's my take-home total. I'd probably give half to my wife/daughter.

Is effectively "dying" to your wife/kid worth $10M? The only other "family" I've got is my mom, really.

Maybe.

We've been married for awhile, and I could watch them from afar. And, well, technically if I'm guaranteed I'm never caught… what's to stop me from taking them with me to Paris or another country somewhere? 😉

[dennyjones]

9 minutes ago, iacas said:

Yeah. I may do it for $20M if I'm guaranteed I wouldn't get caught, ever, and nobody else would either, and that's my take-home total. I'd probably give half to my wife/daughter.

Is effectively "dying" to your wife/kid worth $10M? The only other "family" I've got is my mom, really.

Maybe.

We've been married for awhile, and I could watch them from afar. And, well, technically if I'm guaranteed I'm never caught… what's to stop me from taking them with me to Paris or another country somewhere? 😉

You really think you could keep a low profile, even in a different country?    

[iacas]

6 minutes ago, dennyjones said:

You really think you could keep a low profile, even in a different country?    

I keep a low profile in this country already. Why couldn't I do it somewhere else?

Plus, again, I've got a guarantee of never getting caught. 🙂

[HankBlue]

Would I leave my wife and kids for $1.6M...  I dunno...  that's a lot of money.... but I'd probably pay it. 😉😆