tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post8004823699256398117..comments2024-02-11T01:14:21.904-08:00Comments on SURVIVING IN ARGENTINA: Cable stolen for its copperFerFALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07578136334334588454noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-22706504850441570962010-10-16T08:35:21.523-07:002010-10-16T08:35:21.523-07:00Downtown Dallas job over the weekend. They were tr...Downtown Dallas job over the weekend. They were trying to pull a hot 13,200 volt copper wire out of a conduit. Note the bolt cutter and the copper wire on the ground.<br /> <br /> cid:1.3431160382@web35406.mail.mud.yahoo.com<br /> <br /> cid:2.3431160382@web35406.mail.mud.yahoo.com<br /> <br /> cid:3.3431160382@web35406.mail.mud.yahoo.com<br /> <br /> <br /> cid:4.3431160382@web35406.mail.mud.yahoo.com<br /> <br /> cid:5.3431160382@web35406.mail.mud.yahoo.com<br /> <br /> <br /> cid:6.3431160382@web35406.mail.mud.yahoo.com<br /> <br /> cid:7.3431160382@web35406.mail.mud.yahoo.com<br /> <br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />7 attachments — Download all attachments View all images <br />image007.jpg image007.jpg<br />102K View Download <br />image001.jpg image001.jpg<br />110K View Download <br />image002.jpg image002.jpg<br />127K View Download <br />image003.jpg image003.jpg<br />123K View Download <br />image004.jpg image004.jpg<br />115K View Download <br />image005.jpg image005.jpg<br />102K View Download <br />image006.jpg image006.jpg<br />135K Vghpacifichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09829514410903378217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-67754186605480862502010-10-13T03:30:57.797-07:002010-10-13T03:30:57.797-07:00I say if it isn't being guarded, don't be ...I say if it isn't being guarded, don't be surprised someone steals it. These hippies are comical.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-51630650198580040552010-10-12T22:01:20.394-07:002010-10-12T22:01:20.394-07:00One of the thieves in this story comes from my own...One of the thieves in this story comes from my own town. Is it better to live in the town the thieves commute from, or the town they are travelling to to commit crimes? I thought I moved to a nice town. But then the other day I went to the town hall for the first time and they had a wall covered with photos of sex offenders who live in town. Now this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-10518314715757547632010-10-12T17:27:21.778-07:002010-10-12T17:27:21.778-07:00When we built our house, I went around and picked ...When we built our house, I went around and picked up every single little bit of copper and put it in a box...EVERYTHING... <br /><br />I know I looked like an idiot, but I just parked the heavy boxes (many) in the barn and will cash in if needed... The price I could get more than makes up for the time I spent getting it.I drive my tractor in pearls...https://www.blogger.com/profile/01407596354977355550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-58186853608330681662010-10-12T15:10:51.258-07:002010-10-12T15:10:51.258-07:00This is also very common where I live. Also, peop...This is also very common where I live. Also, people steal catalytic converters off cars, for the platinum. They steal them out of public parking areas. <br /><br />That is why I started parking in the city-owned parking lot behind the jail - safest place in town, amigos! all those brown uniforms and 360 degree cameras everywhere.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05456587175845040114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-58324034171252945652010-10-12T12:40:41.084-07:002010-10-12T12:40:41.084-07:00Currency debasement by central banks, such as the ...Currency debasement by central banks, such as the U.S. Federal Reserve, empowered to manipulate the supply of "money" in the form of interest-bearing debt and now intent upon inflating away the debts and unfunded obligations that their host governments have racked up and cannot ever hope to defray is the root cause of the disproportionate price inflation of commodities, particularly metals whether base or precious. The actual culprits, who will likely escape scrutiny, let alone retribution, wear pinstripe suits and meet behind closed boardroom doors.<br /><br />AndrewAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-19132817924761831372010-10-12T09:44:22.656-07:002010-10-12T09:44:22.656-07:00I've been reading a lot about these kinds of t...I've been reading a lot about these kinds of thefts lately in the U.S. Dept of Homeland Security Daily Open Source Infrastructure Reports <br /><br />http://www.dhs.gov/files/programs/editorial_0542.shtmLoyalistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-12288462176979774262010-10-12T07:37:34.846-07:002010-10-12T07:37:34.846-07:00This WAS very common in California. Over a year a...This WAS very common in California. Over a year ago they cracked down on scrap yards that buy stolen metal. Now recycling is a pain...ID, photos of you, your vehicle, the metal your selling. There are also state laws prohibiting the scrap yards from buying copper pipe and wire over very very small quantities.<br /><br />This approach really seems to be helping.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-63306514436409811752010-10-12T07:28:34.725-07:002010-10-12T07:28:34.725-07:00Some thief broke into a vacant rental of mine and ...Some thief broke into a vacant rental of mine and stole all the copper plumbing...bastardos!<br /><br />Now I use Pex only.<br /><br />-JunkerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-22573388904771998752010-10-12T00:48:41.695-07:002010-10-12T00:48:41.695-07:00Stealing metal is very common in the UK, it goes b...Stealing metal is very common in the UK, it goes back to at least the 18th century for lead roofs for instance.<br />In one instance scrap thieves stole a £3million Henry Moore statue and sold it for £1500 scrap.<br /><br />http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/may/17/henry-moore-sculpture-theft-reclining-figureAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-20530210853392532492010-10-12T00:04:35.558-07:002010-10-12T00:04:35.558-07:00If we could still just shoot those kind of people ...If we could still just shoot those kind of people the world would be a lot better off. No one has any civility anymore. you don't find that too much where I live as someone could be shot and dropped in an old well. Just joking, maybe. A man I used to work with had all the copper wiring cut at the power box and stripped from his new home.tjbbpgobIIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12456342500825653657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-23351553624224369902010-10-11T20:54:25.272-07:002010-10-11T20:54:25.272-07:00People have been stealing copper in the United Sta...People have been stealing copper in the United States for a few years now. But you gotta love it when the bad buys break into a police training session (by mistake, I would presume) to do the stealing:<br /><a href="http://articles.sfgate.com/2007-09-20/bay-area/17263047_1_police-officers-vacant-building-k-9" rel="nofollow">burglars break into police training session</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-88630856675178195552010-10-11T20:34:28.574-07:002010-10-11T20:34:28.574-07:00That's nothing. Around here, the druggies will...That's nothing. Around here, the druggies will climb telephone poles to steal the copper wire off the POWER LINES! A few have been fried, but quite a few know how to pull it off. And empty houses? Forget it. They'll strip every bit of copper out of them overnight. Ditto new houses. A lot of the developers have to post armed security at new housing developments to keep the houses from being stripped clean before they're sold.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com