What is going on here? That's the question to ask of this photo. About two months ago, Mark and I woke up to the incessant ringing of the doorbell. It was our neighbor, and the reason for ringing was immediately obvious. Our water meter and the pipes connected to it were gone! The neighbor had seen the culprit ride away on a bicycle. After asking around, we found out that they are stolen for the copper inside, which is fetching an all-time high price. In our neighborhood, there were five stolen the same morning. You gotta wonder what the guy who buys copper thought when someone brought him five water meters! The water company showed up an hour later with their special key to turn off the water at the street, and fixed it later that day. But it makes you think: if someone can ride their bike by at 6 AM, hop my five-foot fence, break my water pipes off at the ground, and ride off without being caught...maybe we would be better off living in an apartment again!