On 2/19/2013 1:16 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Feb 19, 9:50 am, The Daring Dufas the-daring-du...@stinky-
finger.net wrote:
On 2/19/2013 8:23 AM, Stormin Mormon wrote:

Destroying currency is a crime, last I knew.

Got to be cold, on your feet, at night. and a
lot of weight on the structure. Won't happen
at my house.

There is talk of the penny going away since it costs The Treasury
Department two cents to make each one. Those pennies could become
collectors items down the road and some enterprising thief could burn
the house to get at them. O_o

TDD

What would the plan be? Burn the house down, let the pennies cool and
then go back to the scene of the arson to collect them from the
charred remains of the structure?

That enterprising thief had better hope that most of the pennies are
pre-1983. Any decent house fire will probably melt the post-82 mostly
zinc pennies.


You might or not be amazed at what the critters will do to steal
anything they think might be worth something. Around here, they
will burn down a house and slink back later in an attempt to salvage
metals. I remember a house in another neighborhood that had aluminum
siding. Every time I drove by, there was more siding missing from the
house until the house was completely trashed then demolished. The metal
termites have even stolen the aluminum tubing from some of the overpass
guard rails. It looks to be 3" tubing in 20 foot long sections. O_o

TDD