Hey Russell!

Feb 15 21:55 07, Russell Tiedt wrote to Maurice Kinal:

 RT> Ouch, well, a magnifing glass helps out here as well, when examinig 
 RT> motherboards, for jumper settings etc.

Tweezers too as my fingers are too fat for the spaces they like to put
those things into.  Good thing it doesn't have to be done more then once.

 MK>> I am hoping to make him the first wireless Fido point here at
 MK>> Kumalockasun soon.

 RT> Nice, real nice ...

For sure.  It is overdue.

 RT> Well here they have kinda perfected the art of stealing high voltage 
 RT> copper/alumium wire, while it is live from the transmission lines and 
 RT> pylons,

I've heard tales.  I think the norm is from construction sites and
suppliers who already have it all nicely spooled up for them.  Also heard
about at least one fire getting out of control for when they burn off the
insulation.  All things considered it seems to me to be a bad way to make a
buck.
 
 RT> me, I think it is much easier earning an honest buck, that doing 
 RT> something 
 RT> like that.

One would hope so.

 RT> Last week, they only stole 25 km's (continuous x 3 
 RT> seperate wires) 
 RT> worth of high voltage transmission wire not to far from here, while 
 RT> it was 
 RT> live.

Unbelievable, but for some strange reason I do believe it.

 RT> Stealing wire might be desperation, getting electrocuted in the 
 RT> process is 
 RT> plain stupididty ... :-)

As far as I am aware stupidity isn't the illegal part but I suppose it
might be part and parcel with this particular activity.  I am willing to
bet that whoever is buying this stuff from the thieves isn't paying that
much for the effort and danger nor taking any of the real risk associated
with it.  I have doubts those people even suffer that much even if caught
and 'punished'.  I have yet to hear of anyone further up the chain even
getting caught.  Have you?

Life is good,
Maurice

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