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Archae

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Thu Feb-14-08 11:45 PM
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Shocking story out of England!

LONDON (Reuters) - Police in central England are hunting for a badly scorched would-be copper power cable thief after finding a hacksaw embedded in an 11,000 volt power cable Saturday night.

The thief, who also left a lit blow torch at the scene, is expected to be badly charred, spiky haired and not exactly the brightest bulb in the socket.

"The sheer stupidity of cutting through power cables should be glaringly obvious to everyone," said Phil Wilson, customer operations manager with local power company Central Networks.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/power_thief_dc

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Thu Feb-14-08 11:47 PM
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1. What a stupid fookin' get.

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Thu Feb-14-08 11:52 PM
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3. I read a news story about a meth maker along this line.

Guy saw a "anhydrous ammonia" tank, decided to get some of it for his meth-making.

Stuff was stored under extreme pressure.

Hospital said the guy had 3rd-degree burns over nearly half his body. :crazy:

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Thu Feb-14-08 11:50 PM
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2. It sounds like the guy had enough punishment already

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Fri Feb-15-08 01:14 AM
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4. I found him:

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Fri Feb-15-08 03:11 AM
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6. ...

:rofl:

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petronius

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Fri Feb-15-08 01:54 AM
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5. But if you steal a length of live electrical wire, don't you also get all the

electricity that's in the wire? It's a two-fer! :silly:

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