We were just talking about this at poker night with some old timersToyz wrote:I remember as a kid we had our fuel tanks out by the "road" for easy access by the tank truck. Gasoline kept disappearing. You can guess my dad's solution. He found the culprit's car a ways down the road. As far as I know he never even spoke to them about it, but I don't think we lost any more fuel!
Paul
I said leave a 5 gallon can with 3 gallon water & 2 gallon gas n it
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One guy said that is exactly what a neighbor had done years ago.....
Plan backfired....
The guy who stole the gas , got a powerful lawyer
The guy that was getting gas stolen lost the case
And ended up PAYING FOR A NEW ENGINE
I asked how a little water would ruin an engine ?
He didn't know... But it cost him almost a $1000
Happened in 60s or 70s he said