[TheForge] why church bells are not stolen was Re: the theft of metal public

[Andrew Vida]

On 4/18/15, 9:33 PM, Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer wrote:
> We’ve always had thieves and how well armed and and nasty folks are only thins them out.

Better than nothing. :)
> It’s gone way up with the popularity of meth. Seems to weaken the fear instinct.
As much as I advocate for complete decriminalization of all drugs, the 
meth deal is very problematic I must say.  Users become... I don't know 
what... zombies?  Worse.
> A couple of meth heads tried to dig up and steal the heavy copper leads that ran power to the Santa Barbara marina a few years back. Fried them both..Had to giggle.

Certainly cannot cry for them... though it is always a shame to see the 
choices people make for themselves at times.  What can you do?