moonpuppy
join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD | Time to regulate junk and scrap yards.
Just like pawn shops, they don't care where the stuff comes from.
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MIRV
join:2000-12-01
Louisville, KY | Meth
It's a hell of a drug! |
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wdoa
join:2001-10-16
Spencer, MA
 ·Verizon Online DSL
| meatheads
Yee haw, meatheads in pickup trucks. yea these scrap yards will take anything that will get them a buck. There is no way that most of them will properly self-regulate, believe me I've dealt with these scum in a past life. They are right up there with 2nd tier used car dealers. |
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TechieZero
Tools Are Using Me
Premium
join:2002-01-25
Wesley Chapel, FL |  You just have to look official
Get a step Van or truck, white preferably. Spray paint it to look like a Telco contracting company. Show up in work clothes and a clipboard...who is gonna question that? |
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MemphisPCGuy
Senior Systems Engineer
Premium
join:2004-05-09
Memphis, TN | Whats suspicious?
... if I saw a bunch of guys with welders and saws cutting up a tower I would think they were supposed to be there. |
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tshirt
Premium,MVM
join:2004-07-11
Snohomish, WA
 ·Comcast
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Re: Time to regulate junk and scrap yards.
They already do here, they photocopy your licence/ID before you get money for anything.
This largely because the state highway dept. has had over $1million in guardrails, signs, wiring (including some in operation) and light poles stolen is the first six months of this year.
I got carded when I took in 2 old pellet stoves and a dishwasher. |
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Dogfather
Premium
join:2007-12-26
Laguna Hills, CA | reply to moonpuppy
They should also have to run video surveillance showing what is being recycled. |
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aciddrink
join:2000-08-26
Kailua, HI | reply to MemphisPCGuy
Re: Whats suspicious?
I have to agree with you there. If I saw a bunch of workers doing what seems ordinary, I'd move on with my life and not think twice. |
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BillTager
join:2000-09-20
Charlotte, NC
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Police believe the thieves threw cables over the guidelines of the tower and yanked it down with a truck.
That might raise a little suspicion, no?
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towerdave
join:2002-01-16
O Fallon, IL | At night?
In an area that mainly is visited by 4 wheelers?
I doubt anyone even was in the area until the next day.
TD |
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n1zuk
My wood is stacked
Premium
join:2001-10-24
South Burlington, VT | Does it make a sound?
If a tower falls in a forest, and nobody hears it, does it make a sound? |
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Moto
@rogers.com | only if you get a No Signal service icon on your phone ! |
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Voodoo288
Common Sense Dictates
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join:2002-08-19
Richmond, VA
clubs:
·Comcast
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said by n1zuk  :If a tower falls in a forest, and nobody hears it, does it make a sound? No, but it does make money. 
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Doctor Four
My other vehicle is a TARDIS
Premium
join:2000-09-05
Dallas, TX | reply to n1zuk
Can you hear me now?
Someone in this area of PA is getting zero bars. |
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Bobcat
Premium
join:2001-02-04
Bedminster, NJ
·Verizon Online DSL
| reply to TechieZero
Re: You just have to look official
said by TechieZero :Get a step Van or truck, white preferably. Spray paint it to look like a Telco contracting company. Show up in work clothes and a clipboard...who is gonna question that? That's right. We had people stealing aluminum railings from highway bridges. Lots of cars driving by. The thieves even wore safety vests! |
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cpal
join:2002-07-10
Herndon, VA | guy lines
umm...those are called guy lines, not guide lines. You'd think a TV station newsroom would know that, since their non-self supporting tower is probably held up by them. Perhaps they need some research guide lines. |
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insomniac84
join:2002-01-03
Schererville, IN
| reply to tshirt
Re: Time to regulate junk and scrap yards.
said by tshirt : I got carded when I took in 2 old pellet stoves and a dishwasher. That's awesome. But not enough. People should have to register with the state to scrap metal via a webpage that links to dmv photos and information. And everything they turn in should be logged to the same online system by the scrap yard. Money should only be paid by a check in the name that matches the online record. The police need to be able to easily check scrap records and if someone is caught scrapping stolen metal, they should be blocked by the system from scrapping metal ever again. It's ridiculous when a whole tower can be cut up and scrapped and no one knows who did it. If weights were logged, it would be possible to see if one person scrapped metal across multiple scrap yards that equaled the weight of the tower or if a hand full of people together scrapped that much metal. Police would actually have a chance to catch these people via a few minutes of querying a database. |
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GlobalMind
Domino Dude, POWER Systems Guy
Premium
join:2001-10-29
Hollywood, FL
1 edit | reply to TechieZero
Re: You just have to look official
Dead on right. That's how folks who rip off homeowners do it with moving vans that look right so it must be OK. |
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jester121
join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL
 ·surpasshosting
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| reply to insomniac84
Re: Time to regulate junk and scrap yards.
Yeah, if there's one thing to say about the scrap industry it's that they're on the cutting edge of technology. They'll be eager to spend money on this type of system to do law enforcement's job for them. |
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meister_sd
Premium
join:2006-01-29
La Mesa, CA | reply to insomniac84
Need the first born too? |
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