In article ,
The Natural Philosopher writes:

I would use lead, myself :-)

Last about 1 day on a ground floor bay, I would think,
and even less in some areas...

In the case of my neighbour, it lasted about 30 seconds,
nicked by a couple of pickies as it was being offloaded from
the roofer's van. Roofer said it's very common, and the last
thing you do is go after them, that is unless you want all
the windows broken overnight.

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Andrew Gabriel
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