Desparate times for metal scrappers

Not local, but gives a little insight into how economic down times are pushing some to extremes:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/04/man-charged-with-stea...

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Permalink Reply by Vondo on April 23, 2010 at 9:11pm

A few weeks ago there was a guy who got caught stealing the bleacher seats from an athletic field at Orr High School here in the city.

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Permalink Reply by Erin on April 24, 2010 at 10:51am

People have stolen sewer covers locally, too. And those things weigh a ton!

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Permalink Reply by T.C. O'Rourke on April 24, 2010 at 3:06pm

They took the chain link fencing off my back gate! Gotta be worth less than $0.50.

(The google ads to our right are so helpful!)

I've noticed the missing sewer & electrical lids too, which besides being dangerous to take, are highly illegal. A scrapyard could be shut down for taking such things, but *somebody* in the stream must be buying them.

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Permalink Reply by Erin on April 24, 2010 at 5:37pm

Got a good laugh from the Google ads (which I normally ignore); thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Bernard Joseph Hannigan on April 24, 2010 at 9:52pm

Hmmm. Those heavy old Schwinn's look good!

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on April 28, 2010 at 8:12am

Chainlink fencing? WTF?

I've seen missing sewer and electrical lids on occasion and wondered who is buying them. I've also seen a few places where someone obviously tried to steal a lid and thought better of it when they discovered how heavy it was. ;)

T.C. O'Rourke said:

They took the chain link fencing off my back gate! Gotta be worth less than $0.50.

(The google ads to our right are so helpful!)

I've noticed the missing sewer & electrical lids too, which besides being dangerous to take, are highly illegal. A scrapyard could be shut down for taking such things, but *somebody* in the stream must be buying them.