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JenTay 08-30-2004 10:56 AM

Moral and Civil duty or None of my Business
 
A guy at school found out today that I drive a diesel. apparently he does too. blah blah blah. brag brag brag. he's a kind of guy you try to avoid.

Anyway, he continues on to brag that he uses the red dyed farm diesel and pays only $1 a gallon. no road tax i guess.

Question. should i report this guy? will reporting this guy ruin my good karma or is it my moral obligation to report cheaters. I pay the road tax, and so do you. But this guy does not.

What would you do?

R Leo 08-30-2004 11:08 AM

Baaaad karma to narc but, remind him that it's illegal and, expensive if caught. Then, as a sidebar, mention that one of the Forumites you occasionally correspond with is a Federal agent. :D

GermanStar 08-30-2004 11:20 AM

I would just leave it alone. What goes around comes around -- no need for you to give him a push in that direction -- it will happen of its own accord.

TwitchKitty 08-30-2004 11:24 AM

He will brag to the wrong person and cut his own throat, keep your karma, pity the fool.

odie 08-30-2004 11:46 AM

maybe he has farm plates. Registered owner could be the family farm and it's considered a farm vehicle that his daddy just lets him drive to school.

Or not...but don't mess with karma. a dick always gets dicked in the end, an ******* always gets the **** squeezed outta it.

Habanero 08-30-2004 11:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by odie
maybe he has farm plates. Registered owner could be the family farm and it's considered a farm vehicle that his daddy just lets him drive to school.

Doesn't matter in most states how it is registered, if it is driven on the road, it must be using clear diesel.

P.E.Haiges 08-30-2004 12:30 PM

JenTay,

How many users of WVO and homemade BioDiesel pay tax on those fuels.

Don't give the Federalies a chance to harass another citizen.

I'd warn the guy that if he doesn't stop bragging, he's going to hang himself.

P E H

engatwork 08-30-2004 01:22 PM

I'm with PEH here. If the guy runs around bragging with the loud mouth of his long enough it will eventually catch up with him. Sounds like the kind of guy I would avoid. Wonder how he tips;)?

84300DT 08-30-2004 01:23 PM

loose lips sink ships
 
leave it alone. as peh said he will eventually hang himself if he goes around talking, without any help from you!

Alan Hamm 08-30-2004 01:47 PM

I agree. I would like the ability to use untaxed veggie oil someday without feeling guilty. :cool: Are there degrees of guilt? Are you less guilty for using veggie oil or biodiesel than for using "farm use" diesel? :confused:

leathermang 08-30-2004 02:49 PM

LOL... I was wondering if any of you Veggie Oil guys were going to speak up...
I agree that this guy is going to sink his own ship with his loose lips...
Speaking of using public roads without paying any fuel taxes.... how about those bicycle riders out on winding hilly roads that are a real hazard to either getting hit or driving a car into the ditch to avoid them.....

Diesel Power 08-30-2004 03:00 PM

Biodiesel should be able to be used under the same loophole that allows electric only vehicles on the road without paying road use taxes. First, it's technically an experimental fuel, and second, when used in pure form, it's an alternative fuel that is not drived from fossil fuel sources. IMO, it should be tax exempt under the same premise as electric cars. Since nobody is dying the stuff red when they're cooking it up in their garages, it would be difficult for any tank dippers to prove on the fly that the fuel was indeed non taxed fuel.

As for mr big mouth, personally, I feel that I have much bigger fish to fry with my own daily problems and foibles to worry about him. :D

As other's have said. He'll be bragging up to the wrong person one day, and he'll get his due rewards.

Alan Hamm 08-30-2004 03:07 PM

I am not a veggie guy yet. Just a lurker, wanna be.

What gets me is that they scream that they should be allowed to share the road, but NEVER follow the rules of the road. We have parkway roads in DC that have groups of 100 bikers that just blow through stop signs enmass while cars have to follow the rules.

Don't get me started.

JenTay 08-30-2004 03:19 PM

Well, I just got back from class and this guy just seems to keep going. I've decided to not turn rat on him. I have a feeling he will do it to himself.

Now he wants to drive my car to see how much slower the 4 cylinder version is. Not going to happen. It's ok to look, just can't touch.

About his tipping. I don't know nor care to find out.

leathermang 08-30-2004 03:21 PM

Sorry Alan, Did not mean to get you started..... I live in " Lance Armstrong Country" ... and the road I live on seems to be the right distance from Austin.... to attract yellow wristband people on bicycles a lot.... it is just a two lane road with some hills.... and lots of belly dump gravel trucks to boot....


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