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

[The Doctor]

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Julian wrote:

> 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!

It happens in the US once in a while.  It's not unheard of in DC, New
York, western Pennsylvania, and California.  I've also heard of people
getting killed trying to steal power cables because the lines were live.

Apparently, you can make decent money selling the cables for scrap.

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