FARK.com: (6847940) Late entry for 2011 Darwin Award electrocuted after trying to steal copper from abandoned textile mill. "The mills have been closed for several years, (but) it appears the electricity was still going into the power pole"

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		Late entry for 2011 Darwin Award electrocuted after trying to steal copper from abandoned textile mill. "The mills have been closed for several years, (but) it appears the electricity was still going into the power pole" (ajc.com)		33
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EnviroDude

2011-12-28 09:58:24 AM

Career tip to would be copper thieves: Invest in a $40 power meter from Home Depot. CuLater.

Bahleted

2011-12-28 10:06:10 AM

Is it still stealing if its "abandoned"?

seadoo2006

2011-12-28 10:08:57 AM

Copper is like what $3.50/pound at the most? These people are criminally STUPID ... for about 1/10th the energy they use scouting, obtaining, and scrapping copper, I could make 10x as much as they do.

video man

2011-12-28 10:11:44 AM

EnviroDude: Career tip to would be copper thieves: Invest in a $40 power meter from Home Depot. CuLater.

How about "Don't ever try to get the copper from transformers. Ever."? People fail to realize that 'Electrical Insulator' != 'Won't conduct electricity". With enough volts, you can overcome the resistance of any material, and with enough amps behind said volts, it will kill you. Here's (NSFW!) what happens if you fark around with a live transformer. Needless to say, unless you want to die in a painful, gruesome, shameful, ball of flames, you don't fark around with live transformers. It's not worth the copper inside. Hell, if they made the transformer with pure gold, it still wouldn't be worth it.

Pwnchubr

2011-12-28 10:11:48 AM

EnviroDude: Career tip to would be copper thieves: Invest in a $40 power meter from Home Depot. CuLater.

Came here to say this, leaving satisfied.

bim1154

2011-12-28 10:14:14 AM

I love it when thieves die violent and horrible deaths.

numbone

2011-12-28 10:15:16 AM

Darwin made solid contact.

offacue

2011-12-28 10:17:45 AM

That big ol' building was the textile mill
It fed our kids and it paid our bills
But they turned us out and they closed the doors
We can't make it here anymore

the opposite of charity is justice

2011-12-28 10:23:51 AM

The Darwin Awards (dying before you can pass on your stupidity via children) are for the most part a young man's game, would need some confirmation this 46 year old didn't breed before being officially eligible.

LDM90

2011-12-28 10:25:15 AM

How can it be a Darwin award when we don't know if he has reproduced?

Pe-what-ic?

Mentalenemasquad

2011-12-28 10:31:38 AM

Jack Black 62: Good. Another dead thief. I love it when thieves die.

I see someone is up on the current events...

Spartan Dave

2011-12-28 10:42:49 AM

Here in Flint, Michigan, they've been going into substations to steal copper. At a closed GM plant, they tried to steal the copper bus duct that handles 1500 amps at 480 volts while the power was still on.
Darwin is alive & well in Flint.

FizixJunkee

2011-12-28 10:44:01 AM

video man: EnviroDude: Career tip to would be copper thieves: Invest in a $40 power meter from Home Depot. CuLater.

How about "Don't ever try to get the copper from transformers. Ever."? People fail to realize that 'Electrical Insulator' != 'Won't conduct electricity". With enough volts, you can overcome the resistance of any material, and with enough amps behind said volts, it will kill you. Here's (NSFW!) what happens if you fark around with a live transformer. Needless to say, unless you want to die in a painful, gruesome, shameful, ball of flames, you don't fark around with live transformers. It's not worth the copper inside. Hell, if they made the transformer with pure gold, it still wouldn't be worth it.

Whoa. That's some charred copper thief in that there picture.

humanshrapnel

2011-12-28 10:59:05 AM

$20

ReverendJasen

2011-12-28 10:59:09 AM

[haha.jpg]

Fry, thieves, fry.

I am not a Limivore

2011-12-28 11:04:14 AM

humanshrapnel: [ecx.images-amazon.com image 300x300]

$20

Hand held meter from Harbor Freight Tools: $10. $10 left over for meth: PRICELESS.

/ It's 4 minutes after the hour. You're listening to the Clark Howard Show.

Loren

2011-12-28 11:05:33 AM

Jack Black 62: Good. Another dead thief. I love it when thieves die.

Yup, dead copper thieves are a good thing.

the opposite of charity is justice: The Darwin Awards (dying before you can pass on your stupidity via children) are for the most part a young man's game, would need some confirmation this 46 year old didn't breed before being officially eligible.

You can win a Darwin despite having reproduced. However, you can't win a Darwin for dying stealing copper--too many have done so.

Amusement

2011-12-28 11:12:23 AM

brantgoose

2011-12-28 11:18:07 AM

There's still power going to the old mill? Smithers, to the main switches!

(Once again, Simpsons did it.)

BarbadoSlim

2011-12-28 11:52:00 AM

.....thankfully nothing of value was lost that day. And all the copper was accounted for.

The end.

Hassan Ben Sobr

2011-12-28 11:54:07 AM

He should anode it was a bad idea.

Arcturus72

2011-12-28 12:28:34 PM

[I'mokwiththis.jpg]

destrip

2011-12-28 12:30:25 PM

Rectifier? No, killder!

bukketmaster

2011-12-28 01:11:09 PM

seadoo2006: Copper is like what $3.50/pound at the most? These people are criminally STUPID ... for about 1/10th the energy they use scouting, obtaining, and scrapping copper, I could make 10x as much as they do.

Yeah, I don't get it either. If you're going to steal something, steal something that's worth maybe getting killed for. If your big payday is a few hundred bucks you're doing it wrong.

Maturin

2011-12-28 01:21:38 PM

Meth. Is there anything it cannot do?

Mi-go amigo

2011-12-28 02:21:51 PM

A tragedy of this nature warms the cockles of my heart.

PunchDrunkPanda

2011-12-28 02:59:15 PM

Future bar exam question. Book it.

Ronin_S

2011-12-28 03:22:42 PM

bukketmaster: seadoo2006: Copper is like what $3.50/pound at the most? These people are criminally STUPID ... for about 1/10th the energy they use scouting, obtaining, and scrapping copper, I could make 10x as much as they do.

Yeah, I don't get it either. If you're going to steal something, steal something that's worth maybe getting killed for. If your big payday is a few hundred bucks you're doing it wrong.

[RicRomero.jpg]

Thieves and other criminals, particularly ones hopped up on meth and drugs, aren't all that smart or rational.

beerfrog3

2011-12-28 06:10:17 PM

Power pole extend!

phatrabt

2011-12-28 06:13:16 PM

Griffin is full of these old mills (my hometown). Griffin and Thomaston used to have a large textile presence and then all the work went to China. They've tried renovating some of the mills for apartments and such but it hasn't worked out, especially since most of them are in not-so-nice parts of town. I'd love to own one and have a nice area built inside with a garage and shop (and maybe a micro-brew setup), but they just want too much money.

JuggleGeek

2011-12-28 07:39:03 PM

Dead thieves deserve the

tag.