IF YOU DON'T NAIL IT DOWN...
...some cunt will nick it, that's what my old dad used to say. Trouble is these days, the price of nickel what it is, someone will steal the nails too.
As the price of raw materials continues to rise (what with them running out forever) it's become profitable for thieves to steal manhole covers in East London and sell them off for scrap. Fetching between £5 - £10 a time (US $9 - $18), the missing covers have been causing havoc, not least because of the hole they leave behind. Police have upgraded the crime to "stealing a safety device" which carries a jail sentence, following thefts in Stratford, West Ham, Forest Gate and Canning Town.
Deputy Mayor of Newham Christine Bowen told the BBC: "They are leaving dangerous holes in the ground that put pedestrians, especially the most vulnerable, at risk of falling into them. They could also cause great damage to vehicles." Thanks for that, Christine. Very insightful.
posted by ENGLISH RANTER at Monday, August 14, 2006
6 Comments:
We nailed me gran down once. Can't remember why, she wasn't worth fuck all. Some cunt still nicked her though.
am i alone in asking why the scrap merchants aren't reporting these people?
surely that would be the first place the police should look if they are clever enou...oh, hold on. yeah, sorry!
if they could be used to fetch a plane down, you can bet the other half of the muslim community would be behind bars now!
ooh, bit of polotics, my names ben elton, goodnight!
How very dare they still call them 'man' hole covers. I insist a campaign is started to call these objects personhole covers. Who's with me!!!!
non-gender specific appature sealents, i think is the acceptable name.
Most man-hole covers here seem to be welded into the street which causes more work but I guess we avoid the problem of having them stolen. That's really strange and for only $20 bucks? Pretty stupid..hope they start catching those people.
That is strange. But here in New York, in the subways, people have been "nicking" the metal poles which are for people to hold. The aluminium actually seems to be quite valuable, something like $50 (3 quid a fortnight I think?)
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