Had a 300ft section of cable cut and removed from site on Friday evening - bloody copper thieves.....except it was fibre optic they took, scrap value approx £0. Where do these people learn their trade?
-
-
Aha hahaha ha. ha. Even the thieves aren't what they used to be. This would never have happened under the Tories.Originally posted by SlimRick View Post
"See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested." -
The Derby - Leeds train journey was virtually unusable a few years ago because of cabling thefts. It used to happen weekly and the trains would be delayed for hours.
Not sure if that situation has improved..."I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
- Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...Comment
-
Indeed. Wasn't it Thatcher who forbidden BT to put fiber into the ground?Originally posted by Moscow Mule View Post
Comment
-
Eh? There's fibre cabling buried all over the place.Originally posted by AtW View PostIndeed. Wasn't it Thatcher who forbidden BT to put fiber into the ground?
Oh, and it's fibre, FFS, fibre. Not fiber.My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.Comment
-
-
The cable thieves are told to go out and steal cable: there'll be a few quid in it for them, or some debt will be reduced a bit.Originally posted by SlimRick View Post
They don't care if it's the correct type of cable or not, they still get paid.
The chap who commissioned them, he might well end up out of pocket, but next time he sends them out they'll maybe get the right stuff, and he'll be ahead again.
HTHInsanity: repeating the same actions, but expecting different results.
threadeds website, and here's my blog.
Comment
-
Last mile is copper.Originally posted by RichardCranium View Post
You need to apply for a job as a spelling teacher.
Comment
-
Hopefully this will make the thieves take stock of their lives and perhaps realise that thieving is not for them - perhaps some sort of 'total internal reflection' is called forOriginally posted by SlimRick View Post
yeah yeah I know its a crap geeky joke - I just couldn't help myselfI'm sorry, but I'll make no apologies for this
Pogle is awarded +5 Xeno Geek Points.
CUK University Challenge Champions 2010
CUK University Challenge Champions 2012Comment
-
Well, I hope I have helped in their life re-evaluation in some small part. Just had a quote for a grand to replace the missing section and re-joint it.Comment
Comment