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pam1

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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;)
 
pam1 said:
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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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.
 
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.
 
pam1 said:
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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For some reason this does not supprise me!! hope the sad people get blown up and the poor person is fully comp!
 
When things get really hard they start stealing spuds off allotments
Petrol is just a start:(
 
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.
 
Loz said:
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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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 bugger and use the motor ( highly modified at the taxpayers expense) for the purpose it was intended.
 
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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