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Old 03-07-2008, 16:46   #1
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i have just read in the observer. that some people have started to help
them selves to petrol.it was stolen by drilling into the fuel tank of a car to drain it of. so be ware
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Old 03-07-2008, 17:17   #2
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Re: fuel stolen

Thieving gits, wonder who? For a change.
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Old 03-07-2008, 17:48   #3
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Unfortunately this is something we are likely to hear more of in the coming months
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Old 03-07-2008, 17:53   #4
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i have just read in the observer. that some people have started to help
them selves to petrol.it was stolen by drilling into the fuel tank of a car to drain it of. so be ware
That’s because modern cars have anti-syphoning filler tubes.

However the worst hit are those people who have oil tanks for oil fired central heating and farmers with tanks of Diesel on the farm. They get drilled, the thieves take what they can and leave the rest to pour away thus adding insult to injury by polluting the ground. You can’t just weld a patch over the hole. Not without taking a major explosion risk you can’t.
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Old 03-07-2008, 18:46   #5
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Re: fuel stolen

Was just going to say this Jambutty, that was a sad case last week when the farmer's wife (?) died from a heart attack trying to stop these thieves.
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Old 05-07-2008, 23:11   #6
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i have just read in the observer. that some people have started to help
them selves to petrol.it was stolen by drilling into the fuel tank of a car to drain it of. so be ware
For some reason this does not supprise me!! hope the sad people get blown up and the poor person is fully comp!
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Old 05-07-2008, 23:18   #7
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When things get really hard they start stealing spuds off allotments
Petrol is just a start
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Old 06-07-2008, 00:19   #8
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When things get really hard they start stealing spuds off allotments
Petrol is just a start
They would be hard up if they stole any of my horticultural endeavours. I learn fast tho, next year I will padlock me spuds

No "Wise Guy" comments please
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Old 06-07-2008, 00:22   #9
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Drive offs on forecourts are increasing too not surprisingly.
At work we had to have a police car sat there all day for a while to try and deter them but it was only a temporary measure,as long as the prices remain as they are this problem isn't going to go away.
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Old 06-07-2008, 00:30   #10
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Drive offs on forecourts are increasing too not surprisingly.
At work we had to have a police car sat there all day for a while to try and deter them but it was only a temporary measure,as long as the prices remain as they are this problem isn't going to go away.
Is that why there is a cop car sat on the forecourt of the Spar/Shell garage on Burnley Rd all day every few weeks. Seems like a waste of cash if it is. Get some cops in the ****** and use the motor ( highly modified at the taxpayers expense) for the purpose it was intended.
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Old 06-07-2008, 00:32   #11
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Probably but this was at Tesco express on Abbey St.
Agree about the waste of cash but hey i just work there!
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Old 06-07-2008, 00:38   #12
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Probably but this was at Tesco express on Abbey St.
Agree about the waste of cash but hey i just work there!
Kinda makes a mockery of lines like “Police resources are stretched to the limit”
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Old 06-07-2008, 00:42   #13
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Kinda makes a mockery of lines like “Police resources are stretched to the limit”
Yeah i know!
I doubt very much whether Esso would miss the odd tenner here or there but priorities eh!
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