"Michael G. Koerner" wrote in message
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Peter wrote:
On May 13, 7:59 pm, "Bruce Remick" wrote:
"johnnyo" wrote in message

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Abu Dhabi's top hotel is upping the ante in the race for Gulf glitz:
adding a gold-dispensing machine. The ATM-style kiosk in the Emirates
Palace monitors the daily gold price and offers small bars up…

http://tinyurl.com/27xgjkg

Where else but in a place like Abi Dhabi would you need a machine to
satisfy
that emergency gold fix?

Germany, perhaps ...

I have heard of gold bar vending machines (they sell 1g bars at the going
market price plus 15 or 20% commission) being in service in Germany for
about
a year now.
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Considering the lengths some thieves will take nowadays to abscond with ATM
machines, those tempting gold machines must be welded to the floor or wall.