Would you consider this stealing.

cena · 14-03-2012 06:12PM #1

So there and empty house next to ous that has never been lived in and the oil tank is full.

What I want to you is you consider it stealing by tanking oil from that tank.
I seen a neighbour do it one night.

Daemos · 14-03-2012 06:13PM

"a neighbour"

Sure...

I Heart Internet · 14-03-2012 06:14PM

I think you know the answer to that OP.

Boards has your IP address now. Remain where you are while the Gardai are alerted.

Hande hoche! · 14-03-2012 06:14PM

Urinate in the tank, just in case.

I am pie · 14-03-2012 06:14PM

Stealing, or as it is also known 'taking something which doesn't belong to you'

Not much to consider really.

Go figure.

Duggy747 · 14-03-2012 06:14PM

Saw my neighbour kill the other neighbour's cat once....

*cough*

lividduck · 14-03-2012 06:14PM

cena wrote: »

So there and empty house next to ous that has never been lived in and the oil tank is full.

What I want to you is you consider it stealing by tanking oil from that tank.
I seen a neighbour do it one night.

OP are you seriously asking if taking something that belongs to someone else, eithout the owners permission, is stealing?
Isn't the answer self evident?

Biggins · 14-03-2012 06:15PM

The tank didn't fill itself.
Someone put it in there for a reason.
Yes, it is most certainly stealing.

mackg · 14-03-2012 06:17PM

Purely for the sake of argument I'll say no.

Evie90 · 14-03-2012 06:17PM

If you take something that doesn't belong to you it's stealing the fact that nobody lives in the house is irrelevant.

Owen_S · 14-03-2012 06:18PM

This is a prime candidate for those anti-piracy ads on DvD's.

You wouldn't steal a car
You wouldn't steal a handbag

You wouldn't steal the oil from the tank of an uninhabited house.

cena · 14-03-2012 06:18PM

lividduck wrote: »

OP are you seriously asking if taking something that belongs to someone else, eithout the owners permission, is stealing?
Isn't the answer self evident?

The house has been up for sale for more than 5yrs. The owner is living in England and is never seen around. There's talk of the bank taking it as he cant pay them back. Was talking to the local auctioneer that is selling the house.

hondasam · 14-03-2012 06:19PM

cena wrote: »

So there and empty house next to ous that has never been lived in and the oil tank is full.

What I want to you is you consider it stealing by tanking oil from that tank.
I seen a neighbour do it one night.

Unless they are borrowing it and intend to replace it it's stealing. The reason the owners have the oil is to keep the house from getting damp.

Feeona · 14-03-2012 06:20PM

If it's semi detached, you should knock the dividing wall down. You'll have double the space you have now!

AngryBollix · 14-03-2012 06:20PM

If the house has never been lived in who filled the fuel tank and why?

cena · 14-03-2012 06:21PM

hondasam wrote: »

Unless they are borrowing it and intend to replace it it's stealing. The reason the owners have the oil is to keep the house from getting damp.

It's never on. No power on in the house. It's only builders finish

AngryBollix · 14-03-2012 06:21PM

cena wrote: »

So there and empty house next to ous that has never been lived in and the oil tank is full.

What I want to you is you consider it stealing by tanking oil from that tank.
I seen a neighbour do it one night.

Have sex with it

cena · 14-03-2012 06:22PM

AngryBollix wrote: »

If the house has never been lived in who filled the fuel tank and why?

I was wondering that myself

Kurz · 14-03-2012 06:22PM

I heard that the oil is made in a sweatshop in China and the only people who make money from it are the bleeedin' bankers. And Joseph Koney.

It would be wrong not to steal it OP.

BLACKEN · 14-03-2012 06:27PM

Well personally i don't steal from the average Joe.......... however i do have a rule for these types of things! i think it acceptable to take from banks, the government and insurance companies because the simple fact is these institutions steal from me and everybody else on a daily basis...... my eyes are open so to speak!

Big Nasty · 14-03-2012 06:28PM

Petrol goes off over time. Diesel technically doesn't but if there's any air in the tank you'll get bacteria growing inside it and if you're syphoning off the fuel you'll suck up that too. Could well fcuk up your bolier!

Karma.

EDIT: Yes, of course it's fcukin' stealing!

ejmaztec · 14-03-2012 06:30PM

It's probably full of piss, which is why it hasn't been nicked.

the_syco · 14-03-2012 06:30PM

cena wrote: »

The house has been up for sale for more than 5yrs

Keep in mind that if the oil has been sitting there that long, it not be in the best of shape, and thus harm your boiler.

So steal away, and let karma rape ya sideways!

LiamKK1982 · 14-03-2012 06:31PM

If no one has lived there for a long time then take it if you're in a tight spot, maybe put a thank you note or an iou on the tank.

hondasam · 14-03-2012 06:31PM

cena wrote: »

It's never on. No power on in the house. It's only builders finish

It's still not theirs to take so it's stealing.

strobe · 14-03-2012 06:34PM

I am pie wrote: »

Stealing, or as it is also known 'taking something which doesn't belong to you'

Not much to consider really.

Go figure.

Actually I'm pretty sure it'd be 'taking something that belongs to someone else'.

M cebee · 14-03-2012 06:35PM

you can put cash into the oil tank-coins only

that's acceptable

danslevent · 14-03-2012 06:36PM

strobe wrote: »

Actually I'm pretty sure it'd be 'taking something that belongs to someone else'.

It is the same really, if it it belongs to someone else then it doesn't belong to you.

Biggins · 14-03-2012 06:40PM

cena wrote: »

It's never on. No power on in the house. It's only builders finish

The lights might not come on but the boilers might at night for some reason?

Liamario · 14-03-2012 06:42PM

It's only stealing if you get caught!

M cebee · 14-03-2012 06:45PM

Liamario wrote: »

It's only stealing if you get caught!

correct!
important to point that out here
no crime has yet been committed

Would you consider this stealing.

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