Bronze is made of Copper and Tin, both are in high demand lately, enough so that it's worth stealing bronze, there seems to be a cycle in this, I remember there was a rash of copper thefts, (empty beach houses would be broken into and their copper piping ripped out, in the off season), about 15 or 20 years ago...
Ken Waller wrote: > Interesting you should post this today. Yesterday while out biking @ a local > metro park I noticed some similar benches that use to have bronze placques > memorializing some deceased users. I noticed several of these placques were > missing. Seems there is a run on scrap metal in the Detroit area (& others > most likely). > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "drew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: PESO: Bench memorial > > > >> I don't know if this common practice around the world, but here it is >> quite common for the relatives of a decreased person to buy a bench in >> their favorite place and have a small memorial to their loved one carved >> in to bench.... Normally they read something like... "Hilda Ogden >> 1910-2008, She loved this place". I spotted this one today, I just loved >> his style... >> >> http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/rileyelf/05052008PentaxIst/photo#5196963365833718322 >> >> http://tinyurl.com/5czvc2 >> >> Drew, >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > > -- Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
