tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post4029896902782109998..comments2024-03-14T02:18:13.285-05:00Comments on T h e | D e e p | M i d d l e: Got Copper? Are You Sure It's Still There?Benjamin Vogthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-53475300331414513622008-04-14T18:32:00.000-05:002008-04-14T18:32:00.000-05:00Kim--Yeah, they should hold the metal for a few da...Kim--Yeah, they should hold the metal for a few days. That makes perfect sense to me.<BR/>Frances--I really wonder why it isn't more common to just walk through a suburban hood looking for copper garden art. I'm glad it isn't, really glad, but I've even heard of plant stealing, so why not?<BR/>Tina--Oh I bet it's just awful in places like Iraq. I can't imagine. Then what that does to the Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-29919717823997285072008-04-14T07:06:00.000-05:002008-04-14T07:06:00.000-05:00We just had a case where 3 workers at a paper mill...We just had a case where 3 workers at a paper mill were arrested for stealing a couple hundred thousand dollars of wiring, burned off the insulation then sold the copper as scrap. There have been a few other major thefts recently too. In each case the theives were caught. One is a 3 time looser and is facing a possible life sentence.<BR/><BR/>It may be easy to steal but cashing in at scrap years WiseAcrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13383341492994868833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-14956065923849655192008-04-14T06:59:00.000-05:002008-04-14T06:59:00.000-05:00Geez, Benjamin! This reminds me of "The Full Monty...Geez, Benjamin! This reminds me of "The Full Monty." There's only one thing to do: Stand garden gnomes on guard around all your copper ornaments. (On second thought, perhaps installing those deer deterrents that spray water on whatever ventures in reach would be a tad more effective...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-1739597165386826392008-04-14T06:10:00.000-05:002008-04-14T06:10:00.000-05:00Bad thieves! I thought the problem only common to ...Bad thieves! I thought the problem only common to war torn spots like Iraq. Whole buildings were stripped of every mechanical item, pipes, wires, heating units-you name it. It was surreal thing to see. It happens here too.tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415302577518111227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-80726654081999926322008-04-13T19:59:00.000-05:002008-04-13T19:59:00.000-05:00Meigs County, TN school system was shut down last ...Meigs County, TN school system was shut down last week when the copper from the electrical station was stolen, causing shorts and power outage. 6,000 people affected. Now I worry about my twenty four inch copper praying mantis sculpture, rain bowl and wire used to hold the standard trained butterfly bushes and peegee hydrangeas to their poles. It's all about those ill gotten benjamins.Frances,https://www.blogger.com/profile/03616568389165362993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-53445736281884569572008-04-13T19:05:00.000-05:002008-04-13T19:05:00.000-05:00Metal scrap shops around here have done things lik...Metal scrap shops around here have done things like that... but there are other things they could do that they are not. For example, require a driver's license be presented with every scrap turn-in, hold commonly stolen items like copper pipe for X days before they do anything with it, etc. They don't do these things because they're afraid the scrap will stop coming in. HMM.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14395380166485303934noreply@blogger.com