We read how in Iraq, early on after the invasion, theywere tearing down power-lines for the valuable copperthey'd then sell.Seems to be happening here too.Someone stole one of the three 2-story+attic copperdownspouts. Questions:1: Any way to protect the other two (aside from sittingoutside all night (loaded for bear?)?2: What to replace the stolen one with? Copper (god-awfulexpensive, I guess). Plastic? Fiberglass? Aluminum?(I haven't yet gone to look at what's available, whatmaterial they might be made of.)Clearly, what with your and my economy going down fast(while the rich and bankers get richer and richer, onour money and taxes), I don't want anything worth stealing --at least not like copper is.Hey, as time goes on, this kind of thing is going to behappening a lot more often. Go out in the morning andfind your wheel-less car up on concrete blocks -- things likethat. To say nothing of copper downspouts!David

Hmmmmmmmm. Putting up a copper downspout and thinking it NOT an ostentatious demonstration of wealth and whatever. You might as well put a neon sign in your front yard that says, "LOTS OF GOOD STUFF HERE!"Copper downspouts and hardware look cool as hell. And even though I CAN afford them, I would not put them up, as they are a magnet for the undesirable element who are looking for a well-to-do homeowner, rather than the poorer microwave, plasma TV, $800 PC computer crowd.Have you thought of just putting up plain neon signs to show your ostentation?"LOTS OF VALUABLE ITEMS HERE!" - We can afford downspouts that cost XX times the regular unwashed rabble's downspouts.Steve

I didn't say to change the extension.The file name given in the link is Change the 3 to another number. If I remember correctly, the sequenceruns from 001 to 005.

Stolen from house: 2-story COPPER downspout. Replace with what?

Sep 26, 2011 21 Replies

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David Combs 14 years ago

Please explain some more what you said about changing the file extension from .jpg. Change to what? To what effect?

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David

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Home Guy 14 years ago

I didn't say to change the extension.

The file name given in the link is image003.jpg.

Change the 3 to another number. If I remember correctly, the sequence runs from 001 to 005.

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