I've had similar happen, return to a jobsite after a weekend and someone has stripped copper brankch circuits plumbing just to sell at scrap prices. I'm a "trusting, fatalist, Karma type." Well, I was and hate to lose that...
I've been known to use a little "ingenuity" such as energizing metal components with electricity. "DANGER! KEEP OUT!" means just that. Mo, I won't "fry" or maim anyone, but it doesn't take them long to "look at a tool and put it down, ...if they can." I really don't have a sense of humor. The first experience was in having $4,500. of hand tools stolen from a site. Some couldn't be replaced easily as it took years to accumulate. Had I not had to finish the project I probably would have just quit and not tried to replace the tools. I took that quite personally. In years past I've actually "camped out" at a site just hoping to catch someone. If I did they'd probably wish that I'd call the police to rescue them. > From: "Bill " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 13:31:56 -0500 > To: "'Mercedes Discussion List'" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Subject: [MBZ] copper thieves > > Had breakfast with my pastor last week; thought he looked a bit like someone > who had a bad day or so. Turns out thieves destroyed 6 AC units from the > church the morning before - including three we just had replaced for about > $15k. $33k damage this time [$5k deductable]. From talking to the police > it seems that is going on a lot around here. One church under construction > in our area had 12 units demolished, replaced them, and lost the 12 again 2 > days later. We have been trying to come up with good ways to make theft > harder, but that is lots of $$ also. I'm thinking a large rattlesnake in > each unit might do the trick. A couple of guys with a smoke wrench or a > decent cutter can get into about anything. Too bad I don't have any use > for 6 compressors . Is that sort of thing going on in the rest of the > country also? My guess is that the thieves made @$600 on the scrap copper > for all the damage they caused. Bummer. > > BillR > > Jacksonville FL > > 1981 300SD 297k miles, and happy it is not made of copper. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
