On 23/03/2010 19:21, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Onetap wrote:
On 23 Mar, 18:36, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:
Clive George wrote:
On 23/03/2010 16:49, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Clive George wrote:
On 23/03/2010 12:12, js.b1 wrote:
Plastic pipes do not
help - they go after the taps for brass, even taking the grid covers
in street, in carpark& in the building.
This is all getting a bit reminiscent of the great leap forward.
Which great leap forward was that, then?
There's only one sufficiently famous and relevant to the conversation
about melting down everything for scrap.
well its not sufficiently famous for me to recall it.

Probably this one;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_leap_forward


Sorry, but I cant see how that relates to scarp thefts at all.

There there.

The relevant bit is that they melted down anything they could get their
hands on to make iron, and destroyed much while doing so. Same as with
the scrap thefts.