Re: Why do people break things?

Posted by rustyj14 on April 06, 2005 at 19:17:28 from (209.195.143.134):

In Reply to: Why do people break things? posted by 37 chief on April 02, 2005 at 21:03:08:

Many years ago (well, not that many) i drove a Studebaker Hawk. I always parked it in our side driveway. (Don't laugh!! I dusted off many Mustangs and Camaros at traffic lights! Ya had to know how to shift the automatic tranny! And a stock 289 engine!)
Next door lived 2 young fellers who had cars but no jobs! Their folks ran a local beer joint, and i'd go there in the evenings.
Now, this time was when gas was in one of those spells when it was hard to get, and there were long lines to get it!
I noticed whenever i bought gas, several days later it was going down faster than ever. and one morning, i found the gas cap laying on the ground, under the fender! The fender had a gas door in it. So, i wired in a large rat trap, set it, and put it on top of the gas cap, and closed the door! didn't take long to find it had been tripped!
That evening, I went down to the bar, and one of their boys had large band-aids on his fingers! I asked him what happened--he said his brother had closed the car door on them. BUT!! No more of my gas disappeared!
by Rustyj

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