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Location: Usually Alaska, now MSP.
Gender: Male
Hypocrite
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<Reply # 40 on 2/12/2008 5:44 AM >
|  | | | In Alaska we just nail old WWII runways to buildings:
http://en.wikipedi.../wiki/Marston_mats
This stuff is freakin' everywhere. WWII prefab quonset huts are also everywhere, re-used as stores and warehouses. I hope someday to find an abandoned quonset hut secured with abandoned Marsden matting, which will cause a huge military surplus irony explosion.
Turn off the internet and go play outside.
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JeepXJ
  
Location: San Jose, CA
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 41 on 2/13/2008 12:19 AM >
| | | | Yeah, it must not be very common out here, because this is the first time i had seen anything like it. The two buildings on either side were just covered in 3/4" plywood, but this one looked quite intimidating. I'm sure that we could get in if we really tried, but we weren't feeling very much like breaking crap, and there were at least 3 junkies hanging around the property. Didn't really want to attract their attention to our shiny camera equipment. People seem to agree that its fairly simple to get off, so we may just have to try it. The only problem is that if we do get it off then there is most likely a locked door or window underneath, and those i'm not too keen on smashing. Who knows though, maybe they left a window open for ventilation or something thinking that it was secure with all this steel crap.
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TurboZutek
King Dick
Location: Scotland
Gender: Male
Giant octo-penised rapephant
| |  | | Re: VPS The new enemy of UE?
<Reply # 42 on 2/13/2008 8:54 AM >
| | | | Posted by JeepXJ
The only problem is that if we do get it off then there is most likely a locked door or window underneath, and those i'm not too keen on smashing. Who knows though, maybe they left a window open for ventilation or something thinking that it was secure with all this steel crap.
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Normally how they work (in the UK) is that there are steel bands going THROUGH the open window / door behind, fitting into a support frame BEHIND the wall - this allows ventilation and makes for a good fit.
90% of the time once the Sitex is removed you have an entrance the size of whatever is behind.
Chris...
We all had ostriches. My dad had an ostrich farm! I remember one day someone came in and said the high altitude bombing of Kosovo had been a limited success, so we all went out and celebrated… by killing an ostrich and boiling it in kiwi fruit. |
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insainly sound
Location: Bay Area, CA
Gender: Female
How'd we get here, and how are we getting out of here?!
| | | Re: VPS The new enemy of UE?
<Reply # 43 on 2/14/2008 5:56 PM >
| | | | Posted by Control
Awesome. Now scrappers can make money before they even get inside!
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I can't believe I'm saying this, but that could be great! They take the VPS crap off for us to get it, they've made their money, so there is no reason for them to enter the building and screw it up. Basically if it works out that way, more intact sites for us and easy access, but I think that's a pipe dream...
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Clockwork
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Gender: Male
I WILL KILL THIS MONKEY! I'M CRAZY!
| |  | Re: VPS The new enemy of UE?
<Reply # 44 on 2/14/2008 6:01 PM >
| | | | Posted by insainly sound
They take the VPS crap off for us to get it, they've made their money, so there is no reason for them to enter the building and screw it up. |
Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahaahaha!!!!!! That's hillarious. Too bad scrappers aren't so easily satisfied in real life.
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insainly sound
Location: Bay Area, CA
Gender: Female
How'd we get here, and how are we getting out of here?!
| | | Re: VPS The new enemy of UE?
<Reply # 45 on 2/14/2008 6:08 PM >
| | | | Posted by Clockwork
Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahaahaha!!!!!! That's hillarious. Too bad scrappers aren't so easily satisfied in real life.
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I figure they scrap till their car is full.. from looking at this stuff it doesn't take THAT much to fill up a car with this shit... Besides it's a good idea
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Clockwork
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Gender: Male
I WILL KILL THIS MONKEY! I'M CRAZY!
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<Reply # 46 on 2/14/2008 6:18 PM >
| | | | Yeah, maybe if scappers just drove around in little Ford Escorts.
In reality, it's usually big old pickup trucks. And they return to the building over and over again, until there's nothing left to steal. They'll knock out whole exterior walls to accomplish their goals. You've never been to Gary, Indiana, have you?
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insainly sound
Location: Bay Area, CA
Gender: Female
How'd we get here, and how are we getting out of here?!
| | | Re: VPS The new enemy of UE?
<Reply # 47 on 2/14/2008 6:21 PM >
| | | | Can't say that I have EVER been to Indiana... Got pictures of the damage? I guess I wasn't thinking about the mentality of a scrapper, but the mentality of a sane person... One who works (or in their case) takes what the need they lays low for a while....
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SpookyDan
Location: Baltimore, MD
Gender: Male
Reality Hacker
| | | | Re: VPS The new enemy of UE?
<Reply # 48 on 2/14/2008 9:27 PM >
| | | | Ive been in a few buildings "protected" by this.
I fart clouds of asbestos!
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Clockwork
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Gender: Male
I WILL KILL THIS MONKEY! I'M CRAZY!
| | | Re: VPS The new enemy of UE?
<Reply # 49 on 2/14/2008 9:38 PM >
| | | | Posted by insainly sound
Can't say that I have EVER been to Indiana... Got pictures of the damage? |
No, I don't have any specific pictures uploaded showing that kind of damage. But if you're curious, do a search for pictures of the ambassador apartments in Gary. The damage to the building is extensive, and it was done by scrappers, not vandals. I've seen a lot of buildings like it, sadly.
Scrappers cannot be understood from the perspective of "sane" people. Scrappers will do anything to get scrap metal. They'll even steal copper gutters off of active buildings. Some scrappers are now targeting pickup trucks and raised vehicles and stealing the catylitic converters for the few ounces of platinum contained inside. There was even a couple scrappers in canada who cut down a huge copper statue in a city park and chopped it up to sell for scrap. They are nuts.
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insainly sound
Location: Bay Area, CA
Gender: Female
How'd we get here, and how are we getting out of here?!
| | | Re: VPS The new enemy of UE?
<Reply # 50 on 2/15/2008 9:21 AM >
| | | | You know I remember talking to a police officer out here in California who was saying that scrappers getting into active construction sites has become the number one crime in their area. That if they don't dry wall the wall before leaving for the night, all the copper will be gone by morning, and if they do, it's not uncommon to have the wall ripped apart again. That and the rural areas having problems with generators being stolen for the copper....
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