stolen gas tank

[Don_Papenburg]

Rockin H , so you would refuse to use my trouble light?  How about one of them old electric fencers .  I mean old the kind that where around when DanG was a pup .   The ones that never pulsed ,constant voltage continuously till the power went out or you unpluged it .  Bulldozer is a brand my dad had .

[Fla._Deadheader]

 Gheeze, nobody noticed my call for a Model T coil   Am I THAT old  

[beenthere]

No FDH
You were just active busy at an early age. 

[twoodward15]

DanG, that was so funny I can't stop laughing.   "Besides, it would be great fun to just give the guy a good old fashioned asskicking. "

[Tim L]

I had a boss years ago that had a welder stolen. So on his big welding trailer he installed a sure shock electric fence charger  ! As far as I know nothing ever went missing after that. In my neck of the woods we carry guns, (all of us) the crime rate seems lower here than nearby Concord.

[Don_Papenburg]

Have you explained that to your politions yet?   Seems most of them miss that point . Or maybe not as most of them are crooks ,and skeared of constituants with guns.

[Tim L]

It's not uncommon to hear gunfire as the neighbors target shoot or take care of a varmint. Sometimes we target shoot together. If outsiders hear the noise and it's a deterrent , all the better. Around my small lot (16 acres) or the neighbors several hundred we carry sidearms. You know the story, better to have and not need than need and not have ! As far as thieves I do believe it comes around I just hope you get to hear about it. I had a friend years ago who had a bunch of power tools stolen from his steel shop along with a monogrammed sweater (it was fall and cold) The police actually caught this clown with the sweater ! (guess he liked it ) and solved numerous burglaries from the contents of his garage .

[Rockn H]

Now Don, I said I liked the extension cord idea.   I just think I would like a picture or two of'em so that I could go with DanGs idea.  I just like his better.

[Don_Papenburg]

     I like DanGs idea to but they don't stick around long enough to get an asskicken.

[Don P]

About every other year some kids take out the mailboxes. Well, the neighbor reported it after they got smashed recently. Word came back not to worry, they had some ideas. A new mailbox was sitting down at the mill the other day.
Small town, from another grapevine I know who did it ... thats 1  .

I went to check on a potential job at a house a few years ago. The missus was the only one home besides the pets. I was invited in and toured the place accompanied by a massive but friendly great dane. We got along fine till I took a motion towards the door. It seems he was trained in the hotel california style. You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave  . We were fine again as long as she let me out, I liked that dog.

[asy]

One of my favourite songs there Don.

Sounds like just the dog Swampy needs!

asy

[Don_Papenburg]

Years ago  a guy had a dog that would be so nice till you picked up one of the guys tools then all hell broke loose . 

[sawguy21]

News report yesterday said the police tried to pull over a scooter because the guy had no helmet. He made a run for it, crashed the stolen scooter then took off on foot...right into a steel pole. He woke up in custody.

[sawdust]

Neighbour of mine ran a tow truck, he had spare 5 gal cans on the back. He was pretty sure the kid next door was stealing the gas and putting the cans back! He put a whole bunch of styrofoam cups in the gas where they dissoved and dissapeared. Terry said the best part was he got the call to tow the truck with a dead motor back home.   

sawdust

[PineNut]

Several years ago, a pipeline company around here discovered a tap on one of their lines. They came out one night with a cement pump, disconnected the pipe and pumped cement through the pipe and back into the thief’s equipment. I am sure he had a surprise when he found his tanks filled up with cement.

[Murf]

I used to have a problem with someone emptying fuel cans and mowers, etc., of any gas, they even went so far as to break into my shop to do it. Everybody suspected who was doing it, a neighbours kid, the parents were talked to but denied, in fact were offended, that anyone would even suggest "Little Johnny" had anything to do with it.

Most annoying was listening to him incessantly racing up & down on his dirt bike (which was why he was 'borrowing fuel from every body in the area).

So I brought home about 10 gallons of real hot aviation fuel from the airport. 

Saturday morning Little Johnny was again racing up & down on his bike..... for about 5 minutes. 

Strangley though, Dad had to winch his Lawn Deere onto the trailer too, seems the almost new engine was kaputski. Strange. 

I've never lost an ounce fuel since then.   

[rebocardo]

ROTF Murf