Robbers lure Electricians to vacant house

[flintlock]

Chalk one up for the electricians. What were they expecting to steal? Copper?

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/22533912/detail.html

[GRG55]

Chalk one up for the electricians. What were they expecting to steal? Copper?

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/22533912/detail.html

Good thing that second electrician grabbed the pistol and not the lineman's pliers out of his tool belt at that critical moment...:p

[don]

I subbed on a job in Richmond, Ca (one time only!) where several contractors were strapped. Everybody with a dog had them tied in the bed of their trucks. Not a high efficiency environment.

[don]

Another time, in Vallejo, I was working in an alley way, instructing a female apprentice. Four locals approached. Anybody in the trades knows his tools are weapons (see War Hammer- Middle Ages) They didn't bother us. We found out after they passed that the carpenters were peeking out the door, hammers in hand. It would have been a massacre.

[KGW]

What were they after? Exotic Klein sidecutters?

[GRG55]

What were they after? Exotic Klein sidecutters?

Klein wire strippers. That's my guess.

Just happens I started wiring the bunker in January...and if Canada didn't have gun control laws I too would immediately shoot any sumb'tch that tried to take away my Klein 11062 wire strippers...they're that good. :cool:

[don]

Klein wire strippers. That's my guess.

Just happens I started wiring the bunker in January...and if Canada didn't have gun control laws I too would immediately shoot any sumb'tch that tried to take away my Klein 11062 wire strippers...they're that good. :cool:

Oh the heartbreak when those Kleins are sacrificed when inadvertently cutting through a hot cable. Damn apprentices ;)

[GRG55]

Oh the heartbreak when those Kleins are sacrificed when inadvertently cutting through a hot cable. Damn apprentices ;)

No danger of that with us amateurs don. We're so scared of the stuff that we don't do anything with the power on. That's why I like the Klein's, because I can operate them with one hand while I hold the flashlight with the other...

For years I used to believe that the reason the power came into our house on an overhead service was because electricity had to flow downhill into the appliances.

And all those plastic child-safe plugs in the unused electrical outlets...well I'm still convinced they're really to keep the electrons from spilling out all over the floor and ruining the living room carpet...;)

[lakedaemonian]

If Hyenas are nature's equivalent to big money hunting down, killing, and eating our tired old economic carcass, I would think the mongrels ready to kill their fellow human beings for some copper would equate to the maggots feasting on our dead economic carcass.

"And the circle of life continues..."

[strittmatter]

Yea, make a run for my Klein stripers and you'll have trouble plenty,

now, if you're dumb enough to reach for the T&B StaKon cutter/crimper, oh the pain that awaits you!

[Andreuccio]

That's why I like the Klein's, because I can operate them with one hand while I hold the flashlight with the other...

You should consider buying a couple of these head flashlights

http://www.professionalequipment.com...CMP=KNC-Google

if you don't have them already. I bought a few a couple of years ago, (from Costco, not here. This was just the first site that came up when I Googled it.), and they're great. Good strong light with both hands free. Awesome for camping, too, and the kids love 'em. :cool:

[flintlock]

I bought one of those head lamps a few months ago. LED, works pretty good.

[ThePythonicCow]

Yea, make a run for my Klein stripers and you'll have trouble plenty,

I'm still happily using the Utica Tools StripWright SW-1 that I purchased 40 years ago (this image scarfed from eBay; easier than taking my own picture):

[BadJuju]

I bought one of those head lamps a few months ago. LED, works pretty good.

Yeah, I love mine.