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    Re: Thieves stole my internet !

    It's the bloody gypos again.

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    Re: Thieves stole my internet !

    Guys lets not use offensive terms towards the proletariats.
    throw new ArgumentException (String, String, Exception)

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    Re: Thieves stole my internet !

    Quote Originally Posted by TheAnimus View Post
    Guys lets not use offensive terms towards the proletariats.
    Ok....diddycoys

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    Re: Thieves stole my internet !

    It appears that the cable would have a scrap value of about £1500. I wonder how much it cost BT to fix it.

    I bet it has cost local businesses a fortune.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sputnik View Post
    It appears that the cable would have a scrap value of about £1500. I wonder how much it cost BT to fix it.

    I bet it has cost local businesses a fortune.
    how did you get that value?

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    Re: Thieves stole my internet !

    Anybody wanna buy some copper wire ?

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    Re: Thieves stole my internet !

    This was a fun day at work:
    "1,600 feet of copper cable stolen"
    http://archive.burnleycitizen.co.uk/...8/1028750.html

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    Re: Thieves stole my internet !

    Some people have broken into a couple of the repossessed houses in the area I live in and stolen the boilers and pipework - scum!

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    Re: Thieves stole my internet !

    I've heard of external pipework on houses being nicked...

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    Re: Thieves stole my internet !

    Worries you when they'll steal copper gas pipes though :S

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    Re: Thieves stole my internet !

    omg my nieghbor had his roof tiles stolen? they worth anything?

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    Re: Thieves stole my internet !

    Not unless he's got metal roof tiles...

    ... if they're from an older house, tell him to do a search for a "reclamation" company so he can get matching tiles

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    Re: Thieves stole my internet !

    Quote Originally Posted by noveltylamp View Post
    This was a fun day at work:
    "1,600 feet of copper cable stolen"
    http://archive.burnleycitizen.co.uk/...8/1028750.html
    i think they werent captured on cctv because they stole the cable that leads to it
    Quote Originally Posted by MadduckUK View Post
    now that i think about the word "throttled" in a certain light... its not so far different to strangled really

    our boiler broke so we has no heating or hot water, this is the bloody result ^^

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    Re: Thieves stole my internet !

    Quote Originally Posted by noobieocer View Post
    how did you get that value?
    That is all the Scrappy offered me for it hahaha.

    Joking aside if you google 'phone cable stolen' it comes up with lots of incidents like this http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/...d_from_ground/

    I wonder where they are getting rid of it? Some of the scrappies must know it is stolen.

    they had to change the 2pence coins from copper to steel because they were worth 3pence as scrap metal.

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    Re: Thieves stole my internet !

    cant they just get rid of 2ps and 1ps completely? or even possibly even 5ps
    Quote Originally Posted by MadduckUK View Post
    now that i think about the word "throttled" in a certain light... its not so far different to strangled really

    our boiler broke so we has no heating or hot water, this is the bloody result ^^

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    Re: Thieves stole my internet !

    Quote Originally Posted by TheAnimus View Post
    Guys lets not use offensive terms towards the proletariats.
    That is a phrase used to describe people that actually do work. Not criminal scum.
    Pikeys are criminal scum.
    "In a perfect world... spammers would get caught, go to jail, and share a cell with many men who have enlarged their penises, taken Viagra and are looking for a new relationship."

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