Snowwhite 0 #1 June 5, 2008 A friend of mine lives four blocks from me on a major street with street lights. He woke up one morning last week and his retaining wall had been stolen. About a hundred concrete blocks. He called the cops, turned it into his homeowners insurance and a company came within a couple of days to reinstall the wall. Same night at 2 AM his wife is awakened by noise, and looks out of the window. A guy and a girl are out in the yard stealing the wall, loading it into a truck. His wife called the police, and come to find out, this couple were running a landscape business by stealing his landscaping.skydiveTaylorville.org freefallbeth@yahoo.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #2 June 5, 2008 This is not that rare. People have been known to steal trees, stones, plants and *gasp* shrubberies! Basically anything and everything is stolen for various reasons. Its amazing to actually see what is stolen and finding out what there is a market for out there in the real world. Most people don't get it or understand it, but then again most people haven't seen that side of society up close and personal. My personal favorite for stupid thieves are the ones that try to steal the large copper plates used in the large electrical transfer stations. *zap* Its the largest damned Taser ever. --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowwhite 0 #3 June 5, 2008 I guess it's the fact that they came back within a couple of days to steal the same wall all over again that amazes me. Heck, I wasn't really surprised when some idiot stole my dog house, but he didn't do it several days in a row. It's a lot of work to load those stones. People and their stupidity amaze me.skydiveTaylorville.org freefallbeth@yahoo.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #4 June 5, 2008 Quote I guess it's the fact that they came back within a couple of days to steal the same wall all over again that amazes me. You'll be amazed until you talk to someone who has had the same sort of item stolen from their property or from their car more than a couple of times. You're only a victim or property crime once. After that you're naive.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joedirt 0 #5 June 5, 2008 Having a wall stolen is naive? Do you rig yours with C4 and a pressure guage or do you post sentry's? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #6 June 5, 2008 Quote My personal favorite for stupid thieves are the ones that try to steal the large copper plates used in the large electrical transfer stations. *zap* Its the largest damned Taser ever. That sounds very close to the copper thief I posted pictures of being scraped off a power pole after trying to hacksaw something off. Got a nice 45 day banning from the Bonfire for it. "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #7 June 5, 2008 Quote Having a wall stolen is naive? Do you rig yours with C4 and a pressure guage or do you post sentry's? Actually, I have sentries that are rigged with C4. Its much more spectacular. Look, if it happened once, it could happen again, so setting the wall with just even a small amount of rebar and concrete would have been easy on the rebuild. This could prevent someone from stealing your wall.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #8 June 5, 2008 QuoteQuote Having a wall stolen is naive? Do you rig yours with C4 and a pressure guage or do you post sentry's? Actually, I have sentries that are rigged with C4. Its much more spectacular. Look, if it happened once, it could happen again, so setting the wall with just even a small amount of rebar and concrete would have been easy on the rebuild. This could prevent someone from stealing your wall. Makes it a lot more sturdy, too!Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
downwardspiral 0 #9 June 5, 2008 Quote Quote My personal favorite for stupid thieves are the ones that try to steal the large copper plates used in the large electrical transfer stations. *zap* Its the largest damned Taser ever. That sounds very close to the copper thief I posted pictures of being scraped off a power pole after trying to hacksaw something off. Got a nice 45 day banning from the Bonfire for it. Oooohhh THAT explains the "slow down" in Bonfire. www.FourWheelerHB.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #10 June 5, 2008 Quote Having a wall stolen is naive? Do you rig yours with C4 and a pressure guage or do you post sentry's? That is why it is a good idea to save contact switches from discarded electronics. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
