On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:22:24 +0000, Ian Jackson wrote:

In message , Bob Eager
writes
On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:49:46 +0000, Ian Jackson wrote:

In message , Steve O
writes
On 20/01/2012 18:51, harry wrote:
Not for the faint hearted this one!
http://www.thegaragegazette.com/index.php?topic=8130.0


Judging by the dried foam on his head and the fire spread, it looks as
if these two were still alight or smouldering nicely when the
emergency services arrived.
I think it would be useful for police to consider using these images
in a warning campaign to deter metal thieves.

Even the inhabitants of Ambridge have had problems with cable thieves.
This very week, most of the village lost its broadband and telephone
connections after "200 meters" of cable was purloined. As a result,
for several days, many were temporarily reduced to a Stone Age way of
living. However, I believe that normal service had been restored by
Friday.

See the "Ambridge" thread!

It's not in uk.d-i-y and legal.uk, so presumably it's in
uk.rec.gardening.

Sorry! Got my groups mixed up. It's in uk.telecom....



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