>>> Out of pure curiosity did the suppliers of your new oven take the old 
>>> one away for free?
>>
>> Actually no.
> 
> Was it pure gas or did it have an electric hob?

Nope, just gas.

[Did have an electric timer and temperature meter - but both of these 
elements were Fraggle-rocked.]

>> It's quite irritating really. I've been hearing all kinds of stories 
>> on the news about people stealing metal. (Not to be confused with 
>> "steeling metal".) Apparently one house had their roof stolen (?!), 
>> and a church had their bell stolen. But *we* leave an old oven and a 
>> sink sitting on our front lawn for a week or two and does anybody 
>> steal it? NO. In the end we had to *pay money* for the Council to come 
>> and take it away... grr!!
> 
> Too hard to dismantle into useable parts for melting down.

Er... a *sink* needs dismantling?? It's a sheet of metal! o_O


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