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Comments on: Surprise! Google Earth used for robbery

A British man decides that he wants to steal some lead. Where is lead? On the roofs of buildings. And how can you find buildings with lead roofs? Why, on Google Earth.

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by ajhoughton March 16, 2009 7:41 AM PDT: While the article raises a serious point, it's a shame about the bad English on the sign, don't you think? Have these people not heard of sentences? Not to mention the silly and unnecessary mention of "health and safety". Apparently good English and common sense are no longer expected of the inhabitants of the British Isles.; Like this Reply to this comment


by HITMAN1659 March 16, 2009 9:26 AM PDT: tats not cool man tat sign in picture; Like this Reply to this comment

by lifeshard March 16, 2009 9:42 AM PDT

$140,000 worth of lead? there appears to be an error in this report. The person must of been selling them for Tiles or Art or something other than just as recycled lead. Current USA price for lead is about 25 cents a pound to make $140,000 USA at .25cents a pound thats 560000 pounds of lead or 280 tons of lead. To carry 280 tons of tiles off roofs is a lot of work, how would he transport it? A one ton truck parked beside the building and he did it 250 times?? Being a USA scrap seller I just having trouble understanding how that much weight and volume was being removed and hauled away. Then again he got caught right? Must of been the ldling dump trucks parked on peoples lawns.
Just wondering.
lifeshard

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by Dalkorian March 16, 2009 10:04 AM PDT: It would only be 90 trips if he had a 3 ton truck.
;-); Like this


by clamenza March 19, 2009 1:31 PM PDT: One of my pet peeves is typing things like "must of". It's "must've", or "must have". "Must of" is nonsensical.; Like this


by jafarm66 March 17, 2009 4:27 PM PDT: Sarcasm on - If his trial was in the US, his defense attorney would have said "He was protecting tots from lead exposure" which would lead to the tiles being banned from use. - Sarcasm off; Like this Reply to this comment


by Tomofumi March 17, 2009 8:57 PM PDT: yet another creative use of Google Earth.... :); Like this Reply to this comment


by nicmart March 18, 2009 5:50 AM PDT: This has nothing to do with "free enterprise," and the association is foolish.; Like this Reply to this comment


by W1gglesnarf March 18, 2009 11:47 AM PDT: Whats sad is I know people who were suprised by this....; Like this Reply to this comment

by myles taylor March 19, 2009 9:13 AM PDT

pleaded? Shouldn't it be pled?

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by spacydog March 19, 2009 9:28 AM PDT: Both past tense forms are correct.; Like this


by myles taylor March 19, 2009 2:01 PM PDT: I understand that they are both correct (I checked before I posted) but it sounds better to say pled.; Like this


by zhok March 20, 2009 3:53 AM PDT: looking for some weird and secret places from google earth? try this...
http://www.caughtfromabove.com
Hope you enjoy ;); Like this Reply to this comment

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