Caught a thief!!

[Kitz]

I had a problem with beer that I stored under the shop a few years ago, It kept going missing, well one night I bought a 6 pack of Bud bottles, and was able to refill 5 of them and recap them. I then placed the 6 pack -1 back under the shop. The next morning it was gone, and later in the day I found out that a local kid was beat up for selling beer that tasted like piss.

Works every time

 

[Redneck in training]

Dennis, you might be right about the scrap metal aspect. You just KNOW a scrap yard has to suspect a kid with a load of good t-posts and other good fencing. It's like the copper thieves. Scrap yards have to know, but turn a blind eye. I was shocked to see on the TV news last week about a street with no operating street lights because thieves had stolen the copper wire.

Several years I was working in Russia. Thieves were stealing high voltage lines. They would throw a cable over the line to trip the protection. They had to do it two times because the protection would reset once after the first cable is burned. When the power company figured out what they were doing they reprogrammed the protection. It tripped twice as before then waited 20minutes to allow them to climb the towers, reset again and killed the thieves.

 

[RadarTech]

I had a problem with beer that I stored under the shop a few years ago, It kept going missing, well one night I bought a 6 pack of Bud bottles, and was able to refill 5 of them and recap them. I then placed the 6 pack -1 back under the shop. The next morning it was gone, and later in the day I found out that a local kid was beat up for selling beer that tasted like piss.

So the question that comes to my mind...
How do people know what piss tastes like?
did I miss the sample tasting kiosk?
If I did, I'm so GLAD!!!!:thumbsup:

For those that Partook... uh

anyway-- I could not pass that up...

 

[groundcover]

If I remember right from back in my drinking days some beer came from the factory tasting that way !

 

[bearhawk]

If I remember right from back in my drinking days some beer came from the factory tasting that way !

Miller Low Life comes to mind.. :drink:

 

[bullbreaker]

So the question that comes to my mind...
How do people know what piss tastes like?
did I miss the sample tasting kiosk?
If I did, I'm so GLAD!!!!:thumbsup:
For those that Partook... uh
anyway-- I could not pass that up...

I also found it interesting that "Peter" Judd set up the theives ! :laughing:
Boone

Originally Posted by Pete Judd
I had a problem with beer that I stored under the shop a few years ago, It kept going missing, well one night I bought a 6 pack of Bud bottles, and was able to refill 5 of them and recap them. I then placed the 6 pack -1 back under the shop. The next morning it was gone, and later in the day I found out that a local kid was beat up for selling beer that tasted like piss.

Peter
Good thing they never knew you did it,or with all the bleeding heart liberals in U.S now adays they might of got you for attempted manslaughter . :laughing:

Boone

 

[Taylortractornut]

THeres a big commercial scrap yard in the nexttown that has lot of business its well organized but the grind everything as it comes in. some farm equipmentis left out. I went there this morning to ask to walk around and look for a 250 gallon stainless milk tank and a JD planter that was stolen friday. Nope they refused I saw a planter and a tank that resembled them and they still did . I had to call the law. THey let me ID it. THey should have been able to tell the planter wasnt scrap its like new 4 row unit.


Im glad you caught the thif lots of folks are walking the fence lines gettin old drums and things. I was at work running the new dozer and dressing up for the end of the day and everyone helse had gone. I was on the other side of the hill when I came up over the hill I saw a pick up and a trailer and 2 grown ups and 3 little kids on the working face. THey were picking out card boadr and steel scraps. I walked the dozer down there and told them to get off the face. They just kept on till I started over there with the machine. THey acted like I was a jerk about it but aI told them those 14 signs that said keep out meant them to. I made them un load all the cardboard and metal that I knew that had come from us. THey even tried to cal lthe parent company to tell on me. THe number listed is mine lol.
I found out through another person that works for us that they were fired from their last job for stealing iron and drums of oil.

 

[heehaw]

several years ago, when scrap metal was at its highest: i had a 2 bottom plow, 2 ea 5ft disk, 4ft brush hog an a bunch of other miscellanious metal stuff stolen: like you said, the scrap yard had to know it was not scrap: one of the disk was almost like new...but they don't seem to care.
heehaw

 

[ultrarunner]

several years ago, when scrap metal was at its highest: i had a 2 bottom plow, 2 ea 5ft disk, 4ft brush hog an a bunch of other miscellanious metal stuff stolen: like you said, the scrap yard had to know it was not scrap: one of the disk was almost like new...but they don't seem to care.
heehaw

We have several scrap yards here... they require drivers license, log the license number of the vehicle and mail the person a check 10 days later.

It has helped because most low-life are not going to go through the steps...

 

[irvingj]

"If I remember right from back in my drinking days some beer came from the factory tasting that way !" Groundcover-- right on! Remember when you could tell where Bud came from by the label?:laughing: (Didn't take 'em long to catch on to that one!)

But stealing is no laughing matter. Glad Western actually caught some red-handed, but, as others have pointed out, our justice system may or may not be effective.

What is it? Why are our children just not learning how to be civilized?? TracTrac may have hit the nail on the head, but there must be more going on here; not everyone is addicted to drugs.... (And, is it just our children?)

Sorry, I feel an "Arrrghh!!" coming on.... OK, end of rant (maybe).