[jaynjeep]

Originally Posted by Alvy

That’s funny, sinner. Reminds me of my dad. He used to make us spread the used oil out on the dirt driveway. I asked him one day, “dad, why do we do this? There’s got to be a different/better place that it should go.”

He said “nope, oil comes from the ground so we are just putting it back after we use it”

My dad said they used to pour the old burned motor oil around all the old farm buildings.. claimed it kept the dirt from washing away from the footings, kept weeds from growing up, and kept the termites away.. probably some truth in all that!