[sdiy] The price of copper (you couldnt make this up!)

[Veronica Merryfield]

Some idiots round these parts thought it would be a good idea to steal  
the copper from a transformer sub-station. They know there was more  
than one since the tire tracks and footprints indicated it, but one of  
them was left, fried.  You just can't make this stuff up!

Copper is stolen regularly here but surprisingly not taken the phone  
of cable lines, but I guess they might.

Veronica

On 2009-11-20, at 4:21 PM, Julian wrote:

>
> My ADSL connection has just come back on here, and the phone line  
> with it.
>
> Its been off since yesterday, whilst the engineers have been  
> replacing the phone lines.
>
>
> We're out of town here, and the phone lines are overland.  I can  
> hardly believe it but somone actually saw fit to *steal* the phone  
> lines to our entire village!
>
> Ive heard of thieves stealing road signs, and lead flushing from  
> roofs, but this is the first time ive heard of them going for phone  
> lines!
>
>
>
> Fiber optics - i know nothing about them - if the phone company fits  
> them, are they going to be tempting to thieves also?
>
>
> Julian
>
> Yeah, i know its off topic, but....
>
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