Posted on 06/22/2018 1:27:34 PM PDT by Gamecock
Except the pennies have to be made before 1982....
Darwin Winner First Class.
Was it the Tom Russell song: There's A Mexican Dead On A Powerline?
Yes, it was! But if we played it today, we would be truly deplorable, maybe even Nazis. Notice how I cleaned it up?
Actually, I misremembered the lyrics. Thanks for help with the artist. It’s not really as bad as I remembered.
https://genius.com/Tom-russell-stealing-electricity-lyrics
The Range out of McKinney used to play it.
Some wire appears to be copper, but it’s really copper clad steel wire. Probably would get steel prices for it since the copper is not much more than a coating.
More power to these thieves.
Someone should write “Stealing Copper Wire for Dummies.”
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That would GENERATE some interest.
““copper pennies have been mostly zinc (97.5%) since 1983”
I have about 5,000 pre 1983 pennies that I completely forgot about from my childhood that were left behind at dear old Mom’s house. I just rediscovered them. Copper weight value is over $1000. Unless the Gov. stops pressing Pennies it’s illegal to melt them down. No doubt that isn’t stopping some people from doin just that.
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