man hole covers

sloopskipper says on Jul 16, 2008, 05:25:

They're most likely selling them for scrap. Copper wire is probably a bigger problem.

The lighting on The Centenario Bridge (across Panama Canal) went out a couple months ago because the power cables were stolen, and that wasn't the first occurance. A whole neigborhood went dark for the same reason, not long after that.

They also steal the covers for man holes, and sewers here. It seems that I have read of the same problem in Colombia.

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morphus says on Jul 16, 2008, 05:54:

Shit...thats at least $100,000 worth of scrap metal if they can sell it. They probably have to melt it down first. I hope they get caught.

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aztec says on Jul 16, 2008, 06:14:

My says the funniest things. She tells me that in Bogotá the thieves will steal the holes!

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scotty says on Jul 16, 2008, 07:23:

amazing! i figured it was something like that.

whats that old saying..."if its not nailed down then its gone". guess this proves thats true.

i know that recently the big thig around here was thieves ripping coper tubing right out of the wals of newly constructed homes. one case the thieves went into a school and ripped off all the coper tubes, needless to say school was cancelled.

Get Rhythm, when you got the blues. Johnny Cash

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papiChulo says on Jul 16, 2008, 08:45:

With all the lay-offs (auto industry) get ready for more missing crap... hopefully it won't be your own stuff.

you'll never go before your time

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sloopskipper says on Jul 16, 2008, 08:59:

Yeah Scotty, same problem in Panamá, especially with the high price of copper. And "where are the cops?", maybe out selling scrap metal?

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dwmte7 says on Jul 16, 2008, 15:20:

it's epidemic in florida. especially copper...occasionally man hole covers.

dwmte

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huskie says on Jul 16, 2008, 15:26:

It happens in Albania a lot!
Cheers

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds-"

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scotty says on Jul 16, 2008, 21:29:

why are they called man hole covers? shoul;dnt the politically correct police insist that they be called person hole covers?

Get Rhythm, when you got the blues. Johnny Cash

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dwmte7 says on Jul 17, 2008, 05:24:

at your prompt, scotty, maybe they were just sized up from the rectal versions.

dwmte

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scotty says on Jul 17, 2008, 07:50:

ha

Get Rhythm, when you got the blues. Johnny Cash

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papiChulo says on Jul 17, 2008, 10:15:

huskie... "It happens in Albania a lot!" parts of sub sahrah africa too... makes walking back to the hotel in Nairobi from the bars a little hazordous... jejeje

you'll never go before your time

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scotty says on Jul 17, 2008, 14:40:

amazing!!!! if it ain't nailed down its gone!

Get Rhythm, when you got the blues. Johnny Cash

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britabroad says on Jul 19, 2008, 10:08:

I was speaking with a local policeman here a few months ago who told me that a gang of 9 thieves were caught red-handed trying to dismantle a metal road bridge which crosses the Rio Jamundi at Mira Valle, near Cali.
They had actually managed to cut through one of the main girders with a thermal lance powered by a generator, when two police on a motorbike stumbled across them in the middle of the night.

Leave the big stick at home...carry a cannon!

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sloopskipper says on Jul 19, 2008, 10:25:

I hope they stay outa Brooklyn!

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dwmte7 says on Jul 20, 2008, 12:08:

same goes for san francisco.............................................................................................

dwmte

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morphus says on Jul 21, 2008, 05:58:

So you CAN sell a bridge :)

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sloopskipper says on Jul 21, 2008, 06:18:

And maybe buy one, in a do-it-yourself kit.

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