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"Stormin Mormon" wrote:

After reading the others replies, I think the longest term solution is
to take a couple troopers, and go visit the local scrap yards. When
the scrap yards stop buying, the thieves will stop, we hope.


We should all be happy we don't live in Beijing. My friend there says
people steal the manhole covers all the time, and it can be months
before they're replaced. In the meantime, no effort is made to cordon
off the hole.