I wasn’t even going to bring this up, but a certain rank newbie recently make a snide remark about me not being permitted to light the barbecue. The explanation is simple.
A couple of weeks ago, I was having trouble lighting the barbecue, and my next door neighbour saw me struggling and said that the sparky thingmabob is weak. He suggested that I open the propane and keep the lid closed for a couple of seconds and then press the sparky. That way even a weak spark would ignite the propane.
Okay, so maybe I left the lid down too long, and when I pressed the button, there was sort of an explosion and it kind of blew the lid right off into the air. If you wanted to get into the unimportant little details, you could say that the grill rack wound up sort of warped, and I guess the lava rocks got rearranged.
Which worked out just great, because I bought a new barbecue. It’s a beauty.
I think having this certain newbie around will benefit us all quite a bit. Wally, don’t feel bad, MommaRiddles forgot to turn off the propane once and did almost the same thing. She refused to touch a barbeque until a new one with an electric starter was aquired.
After hearing all of these stories about Wally, I can only come to the conclusion that he is actually Clark W. Griswold. If you think about it, it all starts to make sense.
Wally… I don’t want to come across as being rude. But to me you do seem to know what you’re doing around the house. Now, I have a question. Can you use wood filler to fill the holes in wall board? I know, I know… I’m just a girly girly, but hey!! I’m trying to do some things around the house, and who else better to come too??
I like cooking with charcoal (when I bother to 'Q). No lighter fluid though. I use one of tthose metal chimnies that you put newspaper in the botton of, with the coals on top. Fewer hydrocarbons that way.
When I was a kid, I remember my dad made a chimney of his own with a 3-lb. coffee can, a coat hanger, and a “church key”.
Dammit Wally this time you’ve done it. Not only did I splort coffee on the keyboard I fell off the chair laughing. You don’t know what it’s like being stared at like that. Wait a minute… I guess you do.
Actually I did the barbecue thing once. The plate on the bottom of the grill where the rocks are has a nice 45 degree bend on one corner.
Keith
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Can you use wood filler to fill the holes in wall board?
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No, hon; Go to the hardware store and ask them for some light weight spackling. That’ll do the trick, but if your hole in the wall is too big, you’ll to put some backing behind it first.
If we didn’t know it already, I’d say you were Wally’s daughter.
So, Amy. What other tales can you share with us about ole’ dad? Sure, he can ground you, but we can laugh heartily at the Adventures of Clark. (Wally, I REALLY think you should change your name…)
I’ve done that slightly differently. My sparker is notoriously iffy. So I click and click and click it until I hear the flames start. But if it’s taking too long, the gas builds up, even with the lid open.
Once I was too curious as I kept clicking. (I should been standing further and further back.) I looked in, and then got the tell-tale “woof”. My face felt warm, and I had to go ask my wife if she smelled burning hair. Fortunately, she didn’t.
