I remember a few years ago the SETI collective computing project was off line for quite some time after some thieves dug up and tried to steal the copper phone cables running into the university that hosts the project. Just recently the press has covered a number of cases of theft of lead from church roofs and catalytic converters from vehicles for the platinum.
Drew. P. J. Alling wrote: > 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. >>> >> >> > > -- 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.
