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2022-03-17 -Lurid Crime Tales-

This just doesn't seen like a good idea...

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Posted by M. Murcek 2022-03-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

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Have seen the 10 penny nail, rubber hammer, and a few Mop buckets used for "emergency collection">

Posted by NN2N1 2022-03-17 06:49|| 2022-03-17 06:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Locking gas caps were introduced in mass during the '70s gas crisis.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-03-17 08:11|| 2022-03-17 08:11|| Front Page Top

#3 Thinking about getting one again now.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-03-17 08:15|| 2022-03-17 08:15|| Front Page Top

#4 The issue is with the brushless motors used in battery drills. They're 'sparky'.

That and dripping fuel is not a good mix.

Posted by Mullah Richard OTR 2022-03-17 09:14|| 2022-03-17 09:14|| Front Page Top

#5 Shoot the hole in the gas tank.

Posted by Glenmore 2022-03-17 09:21|| 2022-03-17 09:21|| Front Page Top

#6 Read a story some years back of two guys trying to steal gas with a shop vac. That didn't end well either.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-03-17 09:27|| 2022-03-17 09:27|| Front Page Top

#7 Many years ago I caught 2 weinerheads doing that to my car. I heard some noise outside my house around 1:00 AM. My dogs woke me up. They were very afraid of my .45 colt. They were both 18. I don't think they enjoyed their stay in the County jail.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2022-03-17 10:37|| 2022-03-17 10:37|| Front Page Top

#8 I have seen a weld done on a fuel tank containing fuel, TW. Heard of such a couple of times by some old timers. Nitrogen or CO2 purges to force out Oxygen. Still very unsafe. Only done for dire straits. Lots of tight buttholes on the one I saw. The weld was below the fuel line too. A brass punch and brass hammer are faster than a drill and dont spark. I was reluctant to say that, but any thief reading here will know that. The good folks here should know how for myriad reasons.

Posted by Lowspark 2022-03-17 18:30|| 2022-03-17 18:30|| Front Page Top

#9 So nice to have my hypothesis confirmed, Lowspark.

Both of them, actually — what would happen and that someone here would actually know. ;-)

Posted by trailing wife 2022-03-17 18:38|| 2022-03-17 18:38|| Front Page Top

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