froggyfrenchman
5th March 2006, 18:45
Yesterday, the local oil distributers caught fire. It is on the same block as my house and damn this whole neighborhood reeks of burnt oil!:sick:
During the fire, the neighborhood was evacuated. Next to the oil warehouse on one side is a paint warehouse, that was emptied by fire crew. On the other side is a mobil gas station:gob: They used sepitic tank "shit sucker" trucks to take all the gas out of the underground tanks. Hate to think what that must have ended up costing them.
Now get this for capitalist thinking... On the sign pic, i have circled a Gull service station. It was in this very gas station, just metres from the fire, that my fiancee was working. While the entire neighborhood was getting as far from these flames and toxic smoke as possible, gull stayed open to cater for those who had gotten through bfore the police blocked the roads. There they were, just metres from the a burning oil and racing fuel warehouse, with just another gas station between the fire and them and the stayed open. Stsanding over thousands of litres of petrol! When i asked her why they didnt get out of there she told me "We never thought of it, i mean Gull never closes":scratch:
Anyway, if any of you want to get high on the stench of burnt oil, come see me and have a beer.
During the fire, the neighborhood was evacuated. Next to the oil warehouse on one side is a paint warehouse, that was emptied by fire crew. On the other side is a mobil gas station:gob: They used sepitic tank "shit sucker" trucks to take all the gas out of the underground tanks. Hate to think what that must have ended up costing them.
Now get this for capitalist thinking... On the sign pic, i have circled a Gull service station. It was in this very gas station, just metres from the fire, that my fiancee was working. While the entire neighborhood was getting as far from these flames and toxic smoke as possible, gull stayed open to cater for those who had gotten through bfore the police blocked the roads. There they were, just metres from the a burning oil and racing fuel warehouse, with just another gas station between the fire and them and the stayed open. Stsanding over thousands of litres of petrol! When i asked her why they didnt get out of there she told me "We never thought of it, i mean Gull never closes":scratch:
Anyway, if any of you want to get high on the stench of burnt oil, come see me and have a beer.