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[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 42 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Car had a half-full 10 gallon tank. The limit was 25 gallons, so I came prepared with four, 5-gallon gas cans and filled those up.

[–] sangriaferret@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 day ago

That's the most frugal shit I've seen on here. Well done.

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

How much did the cans cost? We need all the math here.

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 40 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The cans cost "borrowed them from my dad" dollars each lol.

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

The true frugal achievement.

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Built em hisself outta some old scrap metal.

^don't do this^

[–] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 17 hours ago

There was a feller local to my area that got himself involved in stolen credit cards. He had welded himself together something that could only be called a vat in the bed of his truck that could hold 300+ gallons. They caught him at the station when he came back for the fourth time.

[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nonsense! My old buddy "Three Fingers" Donovan told me it's perfectly safe and you don't need to empty the cans before you start welding.

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I wonder if he's related to my old buddy "Uninjured Hand" Donovan. Been a while since I checked in on him...