[neocone]

Hang'em by the neck... same if they steal a horse.

[3rensho]

This is nothing new. Manhole covers have long been a target for thieves in poorer countries. If it has value as scrap it will be stolen.

[neocone]

My point exactly... what is offered for free in our "rich" societies will soon be plundered. Try get a free meal at a food bank or see manhole in Mexico or Somalia... In Africa they even steal tiles from the walls of abandoned buildings, and what little is thrown away in dumps is meticulously recovered by slums dwellers.

No need for recycling or reuse there... and what they are at will be here soon, give it 5 years.

[SILENTTODD]

I do admire the Koran's solution to this problem. Start cutting off their hands!

[Golgo13]

Where are they taking these covers to sell them? They've got to know they're stolen.

[ohanian]

The answer is obvious.
Make manhole covers out of
radioactive materials.

[idiom]

Because Radioactive materials have a lower black market price? Or so that you can track them?

[strider3700]

[frankthetank]

They should just make them out of a plank of wood.

[big_rc]

The worst part about this whole mess is that the thieves can only get about $10 for the manhole. Can you imagine lugging around a freaking 200 lb hunk of metal and only getting $10 for it?

[eastbay]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('big_rc', 'T')he worst part about this whole mess is that the thieves can only get about $10 for the manhole. Can you imagine lugging around a freaking 200 lb hunk of metal and only getting $10 for it?

[Hermes]

I knew some guys back in San Francisco that had their manhole stolen every saturday night.

[emersonbiggins]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Hermes', 'I') knew some guys back in San Francisco that had their manhole stolen every saturday night.

[SILENTTODD]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Hermes', 'I') knew some guys back in San Francisco that had their manhole stolen every saturday night.