jyo
No Chillin' Like a Villain.
We have families in our area who genuinely experience financial hardship and look forward to our council verges to stock up on household items. This is absolute shit.
I thought that too, but for two things, one that they don't take the whole cord, and also that its a load of work stripping insulation (from experience as a teenager with Sparky scraps.
Odd re not taking whole cord. There is an easy way to get the copper; I imagine a very hot flame would melt the plastic, leaving behind the copper...
Exactly what I was going to say.
Growing up in Melbourne, seem typical of Victorian police. I don't think much of the commity has respect for police in this day and age. You certainly can't rely on them to the right thing!
I was traveling in traffic at the speed limit (90) last week and soon found myself being tailgated by a truck. It was bad weather so I couldn't make out the interior of the cab, but I reckon he was within 15ft of my tail as I'm in a van and I couldn't see he's headlights he was so close. When I came to my exit, he passed and to my dis-belief it was a big police truck (I assume an RBT station). As they passed, the passenger side officer (uniform and all) gave me the "wanker" signal. We'll, he's the copper! not me. Hahah.
Write a letter of complaint. I was tailgated by a motorcycle cop, he failed to indicate and then cut in front of me. After my letter he had his motorcycle privileges revoked, had the letter filed in his personnel folder and I was met by his superior officer to ensure that I thought my complaint had been handled effectively.
They are very sensitive to their public image, take advantage of it and report the idiots in the RBT bus!
A friend of a friend said to me that motorcycle cops are where they put those who don't get on with other policeman...Write a letter of complaint. I was tailgated by a motorcycle cop, he failed to indicate and then cut in front of me. After my letter he had his motorcycle privileges revoked, had the letter filed in his personnel folder and I was met by his superior officer to ensure that I thought my complaint had been handled effectively.
They are very sensitive to their public image, take advantage of it and report the idiots in the RBT bus!
Insulated wire, still in the pv,c is typically the lowest form of copper scrap you'd be looking at around 60c/kgYou'd get a fair bit of coin from a trailer load of copper wire i'd imagine.
Burnt copper wire is a little better than non stripped wire, but you'd only be looking at a little less than $2/kgOdd re not taking whole cord. There is an easy way to get the copper; I imagine a very hot flame would melt the plastic, leaving behind the copper...
1+ been there done that, my old man used to supervise a lot of construction sites so I'd end up with mountains of sparky crap, then I'd spend the WHOLE summer holidays stripping it for a couple of hundred bucks spending money, not a great way to get money, a job is way easier, but for a 10-15year old lad it was easy money! Plumbers crap was more profitable, but harder to get at....
I have spent many, many, many hours when we had a family scrap business for about 15years, standing at the back of one of these;
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And well it might be, but I still hold that one mans trash is another treasure, and UNTIL the council picks it up it's abandoned goods, so as long as make a reasonable attempt to locate the owner (knock on the front door and ask) I'm ok with picking it up, because then the onus is on council to PROVE that it was their stuff and not the original owner's to give away.
I know that seems a bit contradictory, but that's my stand and I sticking to it!
Thomas.
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