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<\/p>\nThere was time before the crash in 2008 and even beyond when metal thefts were common.\u00a0 The price of allsorts of different types of metals had soared.\u00a0 You name it thieves were stealing it if it wasn’t nailed down and even if it was.\u00a0 Henry Moore statues!\u00a0 These things were huge bronze things that couldn’t be removed without some kind of lifting equipment.\u00a0 I’m not a fan but even so.\u00a0 My parents church had so many attempts (successful) at stealing the lead off their church hall roof they paid a venture scout to sit up the church tower all night.\u00a0 The thieves came calling.\u00a0 He phoned the police, who turned up on mass and cornered the men on the roof with police dogs.\u00a0 At the time it was reckoned all the metals were going to China.\u00a0 Anyway the government tightened the rules for scrapyards and the whole metal thefts story went quiet.<\/p>\n
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Now it seems to have come to life again.\u00a0 The headline was about criminals stealing catalytic convertors, particularly from hybrids.\u00a0 Hybrids have large quantities of rhodium and Palladium.\u00a0 These metals are very expensive and comparatively rare.\u00a0 Cars that have a high wheelbase are especially vulnerable, but for other cars they jack the car up and cut the cat off.<\/p>\n
Apparently metal thefts of other more common metals such as copper and lead for church roofs have started up again too.\u00a0 Worried about your cat?\u00a0 You can buy an alarm to fit to it.\u00a0 The whole thing is ridiculous, if only these people would put their efforts into legit businesses.\u00a0 Anyway you have been warned.<\/p>\n
Neil<\/p>\n
PS the cat is number 5 on diagram above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
There was time before the crash in 2008 and even beyond when metal thefts were common.\u00a0 The price of allsorts of different types of metals had soared.\u00a0 You name it thieves were stealing it if it wasn’t nailed down and … Continue reading