"Your wire or your life!"

I'm waving good-bye to you (the USA) as you circle the drain.

Don't let the gangplank hit you in the ass on the way out.

the only difference is hemoroid guy can't put a cap in their ass if he catches them. He gets to give them cookies and milk instead

I'm not going anywhere.

It's the USA that's "on the way out".

You forget that we're looking down at you from where we are.

And the view is getting somewhat disturbing.

Not "much" better?

Find me a Canadian story where copper theft happened in conjuction with battery / assault / attempted murder.

Although I realize that murder death kill is nothing out of the ordinary for you folk.

A phrase that was invented in the USA as delinquent and forclosed homes get stripped of anything of value.

That would only be relevant if copper theft was as rampant here in Canada as it is in the USA.

Here's one source.

Read this and feel ashamed for your country:

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My stepfather, ?Dad? Earl Thelander, suffered second- and third-degree burns over 80% of his body in the explosion. Four days later, he lost his life over less than $20 worth of stolen copper.

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A thief who stripped copper tubing from a propane tank is blamed for a gas buildup and house explosion that severely burned an 80-year-old Onawa man, authorities said Wednesday.

Earl Thelander suffered third-degree burns over nearly half his body in Tuesday?s blast. Investigators say the gas buildup was linked to the disappearance of the tubing, which has increasingly been the target of so-called ?urban miners? who hope to cash in on the high price of certain scrap metals.

The thief who hit Thelander?s rural home ?maybe got $15 worth of copper,? Monona County Sheriff Jeff Pratt said. ?They cut the propane line going to the furnace of the house in an attempt to steal the copper.? ===================

If you can find an earlier Canadian reference to "urban mining" - be my guest.

And you might want to look for any occurrances of catalytic-convertor theft in Canada while you're at it. Cutting out the catalytic convertors from cars using battery-operated saws is another example of urban mining in the USA.

"The damage from the theft left an unsafe work environment which could have placed employees of the plant in jeopardy had they not discovered the theft."

The thieves were merely "lucky" that no one was injured/killed. It's not like they cared anymore than the Home Depot thieves. In fact, they were more cowardly since they didn't even bother to face the people they could have killed.

Home Guy has a hardon for America.

Well then stop looking.

Glad I could help. :-)

You'll still be waving when you arm rots off in your coffin.

He can't He's one of the insecure types always trying to peek over the urinal screens to check if he makes the grade.

Now we see the moving goalposts in action.

All restaurants are Taco Bell. ^_^

TDD