GDG- Concern over bronze statues...off topic

[TangoGee at aol.com]

In a message dated 04/03/2007 16:02:16 GMT Standard Time,  
alan.brunelle at hp.com writes:

I was  listening to NPR this morning, and there is something called 
"Industrial  Theft" which is growing, people stealing copper (typically 
cables,  unfortunate side effect for the stupid thief: actual 
electrocutions of  some trying to steal live wires) and bronze (typically 
large statues that  are being melted down - one artist had 8 
larger-than-life statues taken  recently, and a major statue in 
downtown(?) Toronto was just taken down,  cut up and smelted).

Notwithstanding the concerns over the defacing of  the statues last year, 
does anyone know if the park is concerned regarding  the safety of the 
statues in general?



Sorry to go off topic here but I thought this might amuse.
 
I used to work as an engineer in an oxygen plant in Sheffield. around the  
city is a 12 inch diameter pure oxygen pipeline running at that time I  believe 
around 23 miles or so feeding all the steelworks pure oxygen. The police  were 
called to som suspicious behavior at one of the remote storage sites only  to 
find a group of Gypsy's light acetylene cutters ready to burn off the bolts  
holding the 12 inch bronze safety valve to the pipeline. 
 
Would have been a heck of a big bang.
 
Granville