I saw on the news that thieves are breaking people’s air conditioning units to steal the copper wiring inside. I’d be so ticked if that happened to me. I’d be like Liam Neeson in Taken:
“I don’t know who you are. I don’t know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don’t have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills that I have acquired mostly while enjoying air conditioning. Skills that make me a nightmare for people who break my air conditioning. If you fix my AC right now that will be the end of it; I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don’t, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kick you in the crotch then hurriedly run away before you have a chance to get up.”*
*Actual Liam Neeson quote from the movie Taken. Possibly paraphrased.
Seriously though, I wanted to warn all of you about this so you could booby trap your AC units or something. Maybe set a milk jug full of pennies on top of your units. That way the thief will be all “Oh, I will just take this jug of copper money rather than going through the trouble of breaking this air conditioning unit.” Because I think even thieves can be reasonable too if given the opportunity.
However, this is risky because I am pretty sure pennies are not even of made copper anymore which means they may not be a temptation to the thief at all, only proving how worthless they really are. If pennies can't avert burglars from breaking your air conditioning unit, do they even serve a purpose?
No matter what pennies are made of, chances are the thief will take your milk jug of pennies and steal your copper wiring. But the joke is really on them because you can put one of those paint ball things in your jug that explode when the jug is opened. Like banks do. Then they will get arrested for being painted. I think that is how the judicial system works. Don't quote me on that though.
But for real, y'all, please don’t break my AC unit. It’s hot.
How would you deter criminals from thieving your copper wiring?
“I don’t know who you are. I don’t know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don’t have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills that I have acquired mostly while enjoying air conditioning. Skills that make me a nightmare for people who break my air conditioning. If you fix my AC right now that will be the end of it; I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don’t, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kick you in the crotch then hurriedly run away before you have a chance to get up.”*
*Actual Liam Neeson quote from the movie Taken. Possibly paraphrased.
Seriously though, I wanted to warn all of you about this so you could booby trap your AC units or something. Maybe set a milk jug full of pennies on top of your units. That way the thief will be all “Oh, I will just take this jug of copper money rather than going through the trouble of breaking this air conditioning unit.” Because I think even thieves can be reasonable too if given the opportunity.
However, this is risky because I am pretty sure pennies are not even of made copper anymore which means they may not be a temptation to the thief at all, only proving how worthless they really are. If pennies can't avert burglars from breaking your air conditioning unit, do they even serve a purpose?
No matter what pennies are made of, chances are the thief will take your milk jug of pennies and steal your copper wiring. But the joke is really on them because you can put one of those paint ball things in your jug that explode when the jug is opened. Like banks do. Then they will get arrested for being painted. I think that is how the judicial system works. Don't quote me on that though.
But for real, y'all, please don’t break my AC unit. It’s hot.
How would you deter criminals from thieving your copper wiring?
4 Comments:
I don't know what to do to protect my copper wiring, and, frankly, it's too hot to go outside and try to rig up anything. However, today I did buy a battery powered fan in case of copper wiring theft. No, actually I am paranoid that the power is going to go out because of massive a/c overuse, so I bought this fan. Like that's going to do alot of good, stirring up hot air. I guess it would be better than nothing.
Man, that's an easy question. Put a big bag of candy by the air conditioner. Then when they get near your unit to steal the copper wiring, they will see the candy and take it instead. Warning: get candy that isn't covered in chocolate - it will melt and not be as appealing as other forms of candy, like laffy taffy
Pennies minted today at 2.5% copper, 97.5% zinc....older pennies have more copper in them (except for 1943 steel pennies) so it would take some figuring on your part and a note to explain this to the burglar.
That is too much work. I will just stay inside and enjoy my air conditioning will I can.
I'll use Brandon's idea and set Laffy Taffy out there. If that doesn't work I will use Mary Ann's idea and buy a fan.
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