Lead being nicked

Anyone had any lead nicked from there house ? been alot of it going on here lately a couple of my customers have had it nicked off of there portches and one had the whole top taken off of her bay window what is the world comeing to eh :confused:

 

I don't know about lead but round here someone is nicking parts of cars which contain small amounts of gold and other salable metals....

 

Cycling round the country lanes last week someone had robbed all the cast-iron drain covers council were out quick to cone them off they replaced them this week with some composite ones,unfortunately the ****e-hawks are everywhere.

 

And round my area the kids take the covers of the cable television connections leaving a hole in the middle of the pavement,they don't think what will happen when your dogs leg might go down there [its a definate break,a lot of pain for the dog,and a large vets bill] little ba****rds

 

A memorial plaque was stolen near here last week by some scum
This was the response
http://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/mostpopular.var.2372461.0.offer_to_replace_stolen_plaque.php

 

This kind of stealing is going on over here too.

Copper is very high on the list, but things like man-hole covers, railway ties and tracks, etc, are also stolen. There was even an article recently that reported a priest in Hungary wanted to ring the church bell - only to discover that it had been stolen, and it weighed 300 kilos!!!

How on earth does anyone manage to steal such things and nobody notices it???

 

Its ironic that 12 months ago i bought some cheap sleapers complete with ties and left the ties at the yard I bought them from in order to save weight.... probably close to a half ton of steel!!!!

Around here its lead and frequently also catalitic converters for platignum.

Most of the culprits would apear to be of the pikey fraternity, had a close call this week when i came home for lunch and caught a van hanging around and eying up my trailer and store shed. Still ive set alarm mines and got my spare pick handle ready under the bed should I hear them trying to break in during the night.

 

Im starting to worry people will think im doing it lol another 2 of my customers have had problems there neighbours and one had the lead nicked the other they tried to pull it off and fell off of her bin (hope it hurt to ) but the cops caught em aparently

I dont know whos worse the people who nick the stuff or the scrap yards who buy it

 

Oh and you can get up to 60 quid for a cat on ebay so its little wounder there nicked not heard of it round here yet though and hope i dont!

 

Paul there was a guy not far from us did a few gardens in the area while he was round the back doing the grass someone robbed the rest of his gear off the trailer, he now takes his alsation with him but i'm not sure they wont nick that.