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50 foot long bridge stolen

  • 12-10-2011 05:53PM
    #1
    CoolHat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 569 ✭✭✭


    Washington Post:
    NEW CASTLE, Pa. — A 50-foot-long bridge in western Pennsylvania has been stolen, and its owners say they’re baffled by the crime and have no idea who took it.

    New Castle Development spokesman Gary Bruce said Friday that he “couldn’t believe it when they told me it was gone.”

    A state police report says the 20-foot-wide span in North Beaver Township went missing between Sept. 27 and Wednesday.

    The bridge was made out of corrugated steel and valued at about $100,000. Thieves used a blowtorch to cut it apart, presumably to sell it for scrap metal.

    The bridge was used occasionally as a back entrance to the company property. It’s in the woods along a railroad line about 60 miles north of Pittsburgh.

    Bruce says he doubts the company can replace the bridge.


    That expression "they'd rob anything!" yeah. comes into play here :pac:


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  • #2
    4leto
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,940 ✭✭✭4leto


    A Guinness rep told me that 10,000 empty kegs have gone missing in the last 3 months, apparently they have good scrap value.


  • #3
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,029 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    I wonder will it turn up?

    I can't bear the suspension.


  • #4
    jaykay74
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,630 ✭✭✭jaykay74


    CoolHat wrote: »
    New Castle Development spokesman Gary Bruce said Friday that he “couldn’t believe it when they told me it was gone.”

    He should build a bridge.


  • #5
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    jaykay74 wrote: »
    He should build a bridge.

    ...And get over it?


  • #6
    K-9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,305 ✭✭✭✭K-9


    Suppose they'll have to build one now to get over it.

    Sorry.........................

    Mad Men's Don Draper : What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons.



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  • #7
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    K-9 wrote: »
    Suppose they'll have to build one now to get over it.

    Sorry.........................

    * You've gone a bridge too far, too late! :D

    * I suppose the British people will rally around and lend them their supports!

    * Newcastle has now hired two bus conductors to stand at either side.
    Why?
    To keep shouting "Mind the gap please!"

    * These jokes are getting worse - I'm now getting in deep.
    I need help like they need a bridge over troubled waters!

    :D


  • #8
    Hazys
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,510 ✭✭✭Hazys


    Imagine waking up the next morning with the worst hangover and no idea what happened the night before to find a 50ft bridge next to your bed.


  • #9
    Skylinehead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,690 ✭✭✭✭Skylinehead


    Lets not burn bridges people, they might have had a reason for stealing it.


  • #10
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    Hazys wrote: »
    Imagine waking up the next morning with the worst hangover and no idea what happened the night before to find a 50ft bridge next to your bed.

    Wanna be a hell of a big bed room! :eek:


  • #11
    K-9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,305 ✭✭✭✭K-9


    Hazys wrote: »
    Imagine waking up the next morning with the worst hangover and no idea what happened the night before to find a 50ft bridge next to your bed.

    Used to do that with the amber light things, the bridge would be a bit awkward though!

    Mad Men's Don Draper : What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons.



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  • #12
    Napper Hawkins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,903 ✭✭✭Napper Hawkins


    A joke involving bridges.


  • #13
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    Napper Hawkins wrote: »
    A joke involving bridges.

    Aye, have they got your attention span?


  • #14
    Martyn1989
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,561 ✭✭✭Martyn1989


    4leto wrote: »
    A Guinness rep told me that 10,000 empty kegs have gone missing in the last 3 months, apparently they have good scrap value.

    One of the reasons miller have wrapped their kegs in thick rubber, to much effort to get the metal out, shame no-one drinks miller anymore ;)


  • #15
    Oranage2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,129 ✭✭✭✭Oranage2


    No doubt members of the organised crime community.


  • #16
    AnamGlas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 593 ✭✭✭AnamGlas


    Oranage2 wrote: »
    No doubt members of the organised crime community.
    Fianna Fail?


  • #17
    Napper Hawkins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,903 ✭✭✭Napper Hawkins


    Biggins wrote: »
    Aye, have they got your attention span?

    It's been a long day, Biggie.

    50 feet long.


  • #18
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    Oranage2 wrote: »
    No doubt members of the organised crime community.

    ...Whereas others wouldn't have the reach to do this crime? :o

    Napper Hawkins wrote: »
    It's been a long day, Biggie.

    50 feet long.

    Never mind, its drawing to a close! :D


  • #19
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,424 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    It didn't just fall down no?


  • #20
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,369 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    Sounds like it's the start of an anti-troll campaign, driving the feckers out into the open.


  • #21
    K-9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,305 ✭✭✭✭K-9


    Biggins wrote: »
    Aye, have they got your attention span?

    Bravo.
    Biggins wrote: »
    ...Whereas others wouldn't have the reach to do this crime? :o




    Never mind, its drawing to a close! :D

    Groans.

    Mad Men's Don Draper : What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons.



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  • #22
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    K-9 wrote: »
    Bravo.

    Groans.

    All my bridge jokes have their ups and downs! :D


  • #23
    Funkfield
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,603 ✭✭✭Funkfield


    Maybe some students from Unseen University stole it as a prank?


  • #24
    Biggins
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    Funkfield wrote: »
    Maybe some students from Unseen University stole it as a prank?

    Possibly - they might have needed an extension for their theses?

    Baa-dum! :D


  • #25
    AnamGlas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 593 ✭✭✭AnamGlas


    Biggins wrote: »
    Possibly - they might have needed an extension for their theses?

    Baa-dum! :D
    MAKE IT STOP!

    congrats on 25k btw, shame it was wasted on that :P


  • #26
    cocoshovel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,036 ✭✭✭cocoshovel


    Biggins wrote: »
    Possibly - they might have needed an extension for their theses?

    Baa-dum! :D

    I think its time you stopped posting.


  • #27
    Napper Hawkins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,903 ✭✭✭Napper Hawkins


    Biggins wrote: »
    All my bridge jokes have their ups and downs! :D

    Well played, Sir.


  • #28
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    cocoshovel wrote: »
    I think its time you stopped posting.

    Why?
    Do ya think I've reached a cross-over and gone too far?


  • #29
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 597 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Maybe their arch enemy stole it


  • #30
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,369 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    Biggins wrote: »
    Possibly - they might have needed an extension for their theses?

    Baa-dum! :D

    They did it for their gap year.


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  • #31
    AgileMyth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,746 ✭✭✭AgileMyth


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Maybe their arch enemy stole it
    Can't-I-lever hear the end of these jokes?


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