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July 03, 2003


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Creative juices flowed all night long, all over the carpet, and caused a metaphorical mental evacuation. It was declared safe to think about the script again at approximately 11:30 this morning.
Script rewrites kept the 1st AD, and the writer/director up until 4am. But they are pleased, I hear, this morning, with the result (I was sleeping like a baby by 1am).
Some location scouting today, and an afternoon meeting, and my day is done.

Oh, except...my boss has got it into his head to ship his Harley out here. Thus, it falls upon me to find out how to get a Harley into Sofia from Los Angeles.
"Think about it," he says, excitedly..."I could charge a rental every time they use my Harley in the shows."
--"But doesn't that mean you'll have to have the writer add a gratuitous Harley shot into each show?"
"Yes. I don't see the problem."
"Okay, then."
"And find me some insurance for it."

Insurance is a funny thing here. There are several Bulgarian insurance companies here, that will take your money (cash only, in advance) and give you some documents with stamps on them. There are few insurance companies that will actually reimburse you for damage or theft to the car they insure.
Thus, Sofia has the Thieves Guild, er, the Bulgarian Mafia, who have set up their own legitimate insurance company; it works like this:
You give them money, they give your car a flashy sticker, which shows that you are protected under their insurance. Your car is rarely stolen, apparently, and they send people to 'investigate' any theft of their protected car. They also get your car back (or a car that looks very similar to your car) with a considerable success rate. I know a couple people who have got their car back (or, a car very much like the car that was officially theirs) after a theft.
A novel concept, that works well for Bulgaria. Less paperwork, I hear, also.
Now I'll have to get the Producer on the idea of using this (more expensive) company for his one-of-a-kind thief-magnet motorcycle.

posted by jkrank on 07.03.03 at 11:59 AM




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This fits well with your comments on the Patrician (http://sofiasideshow.com/archives/000289.html)

posted by Wince and Nod on 07.03.03 at 09:35 PM [permalink]


If you know someone in the military, can't you get it shipped that way?

posted by Sandy P. on 07.07.03 at 07:43 PM [permalink]


I've never thought of a military shipment, although I'm guessing they don't usually ship via normal methods...actually, I dunno. Good idea...I'll look into that.

posted by jkrank on 07.07.03 at 10:19 PM [permalink]


Coulda used a system like this when my car was stolen recently. GEICO, sadly, works nothing like the Bulgarian mafia. Did get a nice rental in the meantime, though....

posted by Kell on 07.21.03 at 09:48 PM [permalink]





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