Another Reason to Use Coal...

Ndcoal · Post by **Ndcoal** » Wed. Jan. 22, 2014 11:17 pm

Evidently it takes so much wood to heat that people are resorting to thievery to get enough to stay warm!!

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2014/01/21/nh-thieves- ... -firewood/

PJT · Post by **PJT** » Wed. Jan. 22, 2014 11:54 pm

Until they ban that too...

orrsmills · Post by **orrsmills** » Fri. Jan. 24, 2014 4:08 pm

Nothign suprises me anymore....However, isn't it easier to steal coal than wood?

SMITTY · Post by **SMITTY** » Fri. Jan. 24, 2014 4:15 pm

I'd bet it's MA, or former MA residents ....

Carbon12 · Post by **Carbon12** » Fri. Jan. 24, 2014 4:15 pm

If you own a coal stove and can get in someone's basement!

NJJoe · Post by **NJJoe** » Sat. Jan. 25, 2014 7:12 am

From the comments:

"I was in the army with a guy that lived in the mid west. he told me one winter he started missing some fire wood every few days..so one day he took 3-4 logs into his garage, drilled 2-4 holes in each on and places m-80s in them and packed the holes with saw dust....he found out who was taking his logs that weekend, when the fire dept. pulled up across the street 2 doors down....don't mess with a VET."

Good that serves his neighbors right!

I would guess that nobody steals coal nowadays since it is not widely used. But in the past, I'm sure theft of coal was commonplace.

A similar device exists for coal and that is the "Coal Torpedo" which you can read about here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_torpedo

"The coal torpedo was a hollow iron casting filled with explosives and covered in coal dust, deployed by the Confederate Secret Service during the American Civil War, and intended for doing harm to Union steam transportation. When shoveled into the firebox amongst the coal, the resulting explosion would at the very least damage the boiler and render the engines inoperable. At worst, a catastrophic boiler explosion would kill crewmen, plus passengers, start a fire, or even sink the vessel."

DePippo79 · Post by **DePippo79** » Sat. Jan. 25, 2014 10:52 am

I still stay quiet about burning coal and keep the coal in barn/basement. My neighbors are cool, but still don't need the potential aggravation. Usually all I smell around me is wood smoke. The house next to me will be going on the market soon. I hope and pray the new owners are not liberal transplants. Back to the stealing. I have some railroad track torpedos I could hide in a coal pile. Matt

DePippo79 · Post by **DePippo79** » Sat. Jan. 25, 2014 11:33 am

Just told the wife about the wood thieves and apparently her friend who lives on the other side of town (newer houses and alot more yuppies) had someone drive right into her neighbors driveway and steal wood. Yup, future of America. Sad when people think there entitled to blatantly steal someone else's property. I'm disgusted, Matt

whistlenut · Post by **whistlenut** » Sat. Jan. 25, 2014 12:19 pm

It's in the papers all over the state, and a sad commentary about our society. Mike, I heard the trains all day yesterday while working down your way. Not many steal coal....they might get dirty, and most aren't bright enough to know the advantages anyway. This prolonged cold spell is causing the 'freeze to death factor' to resurface. ProPain is priced much like the first civilian trip to the moon, and oil is up again. I don't think we will be seeing a new Geico Commercial about....happier than a coal burners family on a -20 day.

mmcoal · Post by **mmcoal** » Sat. Jan. 25, 2014 1:16 pm

As tempting as it could be to stick minor explosives like an M-80 in some pieces of firewood that someone might be stealing, it's also a very stupid idea that should not be done. Scaring the crap out of the idiot stealing the wood is one thing, but what if that person is putting your explosive wood in their fireplace that their kids might sit in front of???? What if that explosive wood sets the thief's house on fire and in turn burns others houses???

SMITTY · Post by **SMITTY** » Sat. Jan. 25, 2014 4:58 pm

Then they should've thought twice about taking what wasn't theirs.

tcalo · Post by **tcalo** » Sat. Jan. 25, 2014 5:24 pm

SMITTY wrote:Then they should've thought twice about taking what wasn't theirs.

Agreed!

mmcoal · Post by **mmcoal** » Sat. Jan. 25, 2014 5:24 pm

SMITTY wrote:Then they should've thought twice about taking what wasn't theirs.

Most definitely, but your going to tell me it's perfectly OK to do something that might seriously hurt or even kill innocent people? Over firewood?

coalnewbie · Post by **coalnewbie** » Sat. Jan. 25, 2014 5:27 pm

As tempting as it could be to stick minor explosives like an M-80 in some pieces of firewood that someone might be stealing, it's also a very stupid idea that should not be done. Scaring the crap out of the idiot stealing the wood is one thing, but what if that person is putting your explosive wood in their fireplace that their kids might sit in front of???? What if that explosive wood sets the thief's house on fire and in turn burns others houses???

Geez, so if the vet freezes to death that OK...... geez... excuse me whilst I throw up. I vote for a fragmentation grenade.

SMITTY · Post by **SMITTY** » Sat. Jan. 25, 2014 5:28 pm

You think an M-80 is going to kill someone??

I seriously doubt it.

Will teach them a lesson they won't soon forget though!