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Post by jeffolie on Jul 7, 2008 16:44:08 GMT -6
Copper wire, sewer grates, and now catalytic converters First it was the theft of copper wire from construction sites and ripping the plumbing out of foreclosed homes making life unnecessarily difficult for home builders with too few sales and banks with too many properties. Then it was vanishing manhole covers and sewer grates posing grave dangers for motorists and pedestrians as the purloined iron was turned in at unquestioning scrap metal dealers, ultimately bound for one part of Asia or another. Now comes word that rising precious metal prices for platinum and palladium have compelled thieves to remove catalytic converters from parked cars using battery-powered saws, sometimes in broad daylight, in order to get a little extra walking-around money. themessthatgreenspanmade.blogspot.com/2008/07/copper-wire-sewer-grates-and-now.htmlThe newest, handiest way to invest in metals This would be lots of laughs if it weren't true.
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Post by graybeard on Jul 7, 2008 23:07:00 GMT -6
A BMW/Jaguar salvage yard in Atlanta had 90 cats stolen from behind a high fence before they discovered the loss.
I set an old window air conditioner at the curb the other day; it was gone within 8 minutes.
GB
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Post by judes on Jul 8, 2008 9:38:55 GMT -6
My husbands place of employment had every truck in their warehouse (~15) hit with the removal of their catalytic converters a few months ago. Sign of the times.
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