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Gas theft is a sign of the times
M Sneed
Aug 12, 2008

I know gas prices have gone down a little, but just before the most recent drop I went out to jump into my 1984 Chevy Caprice for a weekly ride and smell gas fumes.
I didn’t think much about it.
The car had sit in the same spot for a week. I had filled it up on Friday, drove it home and now on the following weekend I was going for a Saturday morning yard sale tour.
As I got up the road, I noticed that the gauge showed I only had three-quarters of a tank.
I hadn’t even drive five miles since I filled up. The Gray Ghost drinks a lot of gas, but that was a little much.
When I got home I noticed there was a little puddle where gas has spilled on the driveway.
It appeared as though someone had siphoned gas out of the car. It has a rear gas tank, with the cap behind the license plat. With the rear end parked downhill, it made for an easy target.
By my guestimate, they got a little more than five gallons of gas.
That’s pretty bold if you ask me. Taking gas in front of someone’s house, where anyone who drove by would have seen it.
Maybe they needed it to get to work. Glad I could help out someone in need I guess.

SAD NEWS: You know you are getting older when you hear the age of people who passed away and think they are so you. With the untimely passing of Bernie Mac over the weekend at the age of 50, the first thing I said was, “Man, he was so young.”
Three years younger than me.
He was a regular guy who had made it by just being himself. You have to admire that. He said what we all thought. He made us laugh. He was too young to go.

MORE SADNESS: Speaking on people passing, I hated to hear about Isaac Hayes. Who of my generation didn’t have a vinyl copy of “Black Moses?” He had the shaved head and gold chains before Mr. T even thought about climbing into the ring with Sylvester Stallone. He was so cool and those long talking versions of the classics, that was rap before rap had a name. He will be missed.

THIS JUST IN: I just saw this from AP.
“GATLINBURG, Tenn. — Officials at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park say a black bear mauled an 8-year-old Florida boy and the boy’s father was injured while defending him.
Park rangers later killed a bear matching the description of the one in the attack.”
My question, wouldn’t every black bear have about the same description?
They don’t have tattoos, different color hair or blue eyes. They shot the first bear they saw if you ask me.