Thursday, May 8, 2008

Economic indicators

More signs of a struggling economy?

Atlanta police charge men with stealing manhole covers
'Not a prank': 28 manhole covers still missing in Cherokee

Manhole covers are apparently disappearing because they bring in approximately $15 each when sold as scrap metal. I'd heard of thieves stripping copper wiring and pipes from vacant buildings, but copper sells for a lot more per pound than cast iron. Things are indeed getting tight when the crooks start hunting out the low value metals.

2 comments:

  1. you know the world is going to hell in a handbasket when they start stealing man hole covers...or is that one of the 7 signs the world is coming to an end?...tsk tsk.

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  2. Wow! And those things are heavy, too! These really are desperate times, I guess!

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