Itsjeff
Member Username: Itsjeff
Post Number: 6924 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 9:15 am: | |
A surface lot has been fenced off on the southwest corner of Lafayette @ Randolph, directly across from the Water Board building. A semi is being unloaded by a hi-lo, except that I don't recognize the cargo. Big metal blocks, mostly. There's a crew surrounding the lot. Most are wearing reflective vests. Any idea what's going on? |
E_hemingway Member Username: E_hemingway
Post Number: 966 Registered: 11-2004
| Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 10:47 am: | |
Chariots for the County Building? |
Erikd Member Username: Erikd
Post Number: 732 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 6:57 pm: | |
They are doing coin destruction for greektown casino. |
Buddyinrichmond Member Username: Buddyinrichmond
Post Number: 63 Registered: 02-2004
| Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 6:59 pm: | |
I thought the caSINos did their own destruction of peoples coin? |
Rjk Member Username: Rjk
Post Number: 506 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 7:02 pm: | |
"There's a crew surrounding the lot. Most are wearing reflective vests." Preparing for a UFO landing? I'd call the authorities if I were you |
Huggybear Member Username: Huggybear
Post Number: 261 Registered: 08-2005
| Posted on Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - 2:39 am: | |
quote:Chariots for the County Building?
Probably not. I just spoke to the guy who is working on those tonight and they are just getting started on the restoration offsite. |
Itsjeff
Member Username: Itsjeff
Post Number: 6935 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - 10:26 am: | |
Erik was right. They've set up quite an operation. Casino tokens are rolling on a conveyer belt into large metal boxes. The boxes are being stacked by the hi-los. There's maybe 20 people standing around with clipboards. |
Zephyrprocess Member Username: Zephyrprocess
Post Number: 41 Registered: 08-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - 12:13 pm: | |
Mash-ups in my head: I was in Boston this weekend--gotta love a town where the ride from the airport to central city costs all of $1.25--and the MBTA is phasing out tokens in favor of paper tickets. I suspect the token-less casino technology is much the same. The MBTA is calling these "Charlie Tickets" (see Kingston Trio). Do the casinos call theirs "Sorry Charlie Tickets"? |