BEC Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 A guy came up to my house today saying he had run out of gas about a half mile down the road from me. He asked if he could buy a couple of gallons of gas to get going and back to a station. I had (I thought) a couple of 2 gallon plastic cans of gas for my lawn mower in the shed. In fact I had 4 2 gallon cans with one empty, one with about 1 gallon and 2 full cans a couple of days ago. All are gone now except for the empty one. Someone has taken all my lawn mower gas in the last couple of days. I guess with the price of gas these days, need to lock that stuff up. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Spinner Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 damn nieghborhood kids ..which one just got his own wheels ....??? too bad it wasn't .... Diesel .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedball Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 That kind of thing burns me up. My brother and myself ran out of gas in a boat one time on the Ohio river and we made it to shore at a tiny town just as the sun was setting. We started knocking on doors until one nice lady said to take their 5 gallon can. We used the gas and returned it empty with a twenty dollar bill tucked underneath the lid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 Wow. That's pretty low. All that for about $15 worth of gas. Kill the ba$tard!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEC Posted August 12, 2005 Author Share Posted August 12, 2005 ---------------- On 8/12/2005 8:00:45 PM Duke Spinner wrote: damn nieghborhood kids ..which one just got his own wheels ....??? too bad it wasn't .... Diesel .... ---------------- There was a five gallon can full of diesel for the tractor right next to the gas cans. Guess the thief was not completely stupid. I wish he had poured that diesel in his Ford Tempo. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Spinner Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 MMMMNNN .... Ford Tempo ... so , BOb .... you have a SUSPECT ...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sputnik Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 My company does environmental remediation. As part of a fuel spill clean-up at an old bulk plant, we recovered thousands of gallons of mixed gasoline and diesel fuel from several groundwater wells. We set up a locked storage tank to hold about 500 gallons at a time for transport to a disposal facility. Now this is an old, degraded mixture of rotten fuel and scum that costs our clients about $4.00 per gallon to dispose of. Yup, we were robbed several times of hundreds of gallons. Saved our clients some money and thieves got justice at the same time. Their vehicles must have been coughing blood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEC Posted August 12, 2005 Author Share Posted August 12, 2005 Well, yes I have a suspect. An employee quit a couple of days ago after only working three days. He said his reason for quitting was that he found out he was eligible to draw unemployment compensation and needed to not have a job to do that. Since I called the employment office to inform them that he had had worked for me but had quit, I may have been subjected to a bit of retaliation. Can't prove that though. If I could prove it, I would be even more generous to him. I know where he lives and would take the 5 gallons of diesel he left and pour it into his Tempo myself just to show there are no hard feelings. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS Button Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 Do you have a lawn tractor Bob? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEC Posted August 12, 2005 Author Share Posted August 12, 2005 Yes, it won't fit in a Tempo. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS Button Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 Why don't you mow his yard on setting 1? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEC Posted August 12, 2005 Author Share Posted August 12, 2005 Can't. Don't have any gas. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS Button Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 Too funny! LMAO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T2K Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 You were robbed twice Bob. The first time was at the pump. Keith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEC Posted August 12, 2005 Author Share Posted August 12, 2005 Yes, it is rough at the pump. But, you can fight back on that one a bit. Around here, you have to pre-pay or use a credit card at the pump at almost all stations. Might as well get one of the specific cash back gas cards that are out there now and use it specifically for gas and pay it off each month. I have two of them. I put $52.00 in diesel in my truck today. Only good thing about that is that Discover will give me back $2.60 on that. If you use a lot of gas or diesel, those cards are a no-brainer. They save time at the pump and give you some of your money back. There is a 5% gas card from Discover and a 6% from Chase. There are likely more of them. Just don't ever fail to pay them off monthly. Bad interest rate on them if you carry a balance. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunburnwilly Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 ---------------- On 8/12/2005 8:00:45 PM Duke Spinner wrote: damn nieghborhood kids ..which one just got his own wheels ....??? too bad it wasn't .... Diesel .... ---------------- Or a Lawn Boy 2 cycle mower with the oil added to the gas ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 Maybe the fellow who stole the pressure washer out of my carport took your gas to run the pressure washer. But, I hope my thief was in the hospital. Just took the prime suspect up to the VA to get in treatment. Thought I might put the word out at the neighborhood crack head C-Store that I'm looking for a good deal on a nice used pressure washer... hoping I could buy it back cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Spinner Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 ---------------- On 8/12/2005 10:18:34 PM BEC wrote: I put $52.00 in diesel in my truck today. Bob ---------------- that ain't bad .... i put $ 42 in my Ranger ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEC Posted August 13, 2005 Author Share Posted August 13, 2005 ---------------- On 8/13/2005 11:27:13 AM Duke Spinner wrote: ---------------- On 8/12/2005 10:18:34 PM BEC wrote: I put $52.00 in diesel in my truck today. Bob ---------------- that ain't bad .... i put $ 42 in my Ranger ..... ---------------- Yeah, but I did that three times this week on the same truck, Can you top that? Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike stehr Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 "Someone has taken all my lawn mower gas in the last couple of days." When I was a rotten little twit, I snarfed the lawn mower gas to get to town to get drunk. Took it out of the lawn mower itself. The next morning mother told me the step-old-man needs to rap with you out in the shop. I didn't get that sliding door open 6 inches and BAM!! right in eye. I had a nasty ol' shiner for 2 weeks. I asked for that big time...... With the price of gas lately, It would be wise to lock up gasoline. Can't take it for granted anymore I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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