They tried to get into a HV enclosure that has live exposed bars at 11kv that would have slowed them down
When the foundry I worked at closed in 1979 some one got fried trying to hacksaw through the incoming 11kv feeders to the sub station!
Is this basically an alibi that anything left outside can be taken "well officer we left a flyer saying leave any metal outside for recycling" even if the cast iron chimenea NORMALLY resides in the garden
I must try and scan in a pic from one of the trade mags showing a pair of bolt croppers welded to a cable they were trying to cut
They could even use "community payback" workers so nil wages costs. and probably next to nil scrap finding it's way to it's intended destination!
Our council had a "big items collection day" a few years back, the pikeys did the rounds and nicked the scrap before the council men had even got out of bed.
In the good old days the local dumpit site was a source of many useful items for a few beer tokens to the operatives.
Freecycle is a help, but it's a bit of a faff at times.
Definitely not the council, in fact got another one tonight, different name on the top, printed in a different colour ink and only on one side (first was both sides)
Looks to me like an attempt to legalise thieving anything they want from my property (police had a bit of a crackdown recently)
They do say attach the leaflet to any unwanted items.
I still reckon its Seamus O'Lightfinger though, they ask for tin sheets, let that slip, it should of course be thin sheets.
I still reckon its Seamus O'Lightfinger though, they ask for tin sheets, let that slip, it should of course be thin sheets.