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Posted on 04/20/2006 2:10:46 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
Yeah... what fun is it without the WHOOOSH...?
In fact, done properly, it's more like a FaaWUUMPH.
...and the winders should rattle a bit. :-)
Yeah, that's what we get with our gas grill when the starter button don't work.
Turn the gas on full blast, step back a bit and throw on a match...
We once had a bad squash bug infestation...Steve took all our squash vines and piled them up and poured *gasoline* on them. Tossed a match on 'em and man...what a WHOOSH that was! Made a hugh fireball and loud noise and the jedis took off running. Big ol' black cloud of smoke went up.
Matthew even commented "I though Dad was a pollution monitor!"
Heh heh.
Speaking of squash...our yellow straight neck has a blossom! I don't know what will become of it, no male blossoms.
OK Understood. Life's too short to spend it with people you don't like!
Reminds me of the time I needed to burn a twenty foot 'round pile of brush on the beach. Poured on about two gallons of gas all over and around it...
...did I mention that it was a really hot day...?
The 'ohnosecond' is measured as the time between when you start to strike the match and the time when it just barely flares and you realize that maybe this isn't a good idea...
But it did make an impressive mushroom cloud.
I don't think we've ever used charcoal starting fluid with it. If you get the good briquettes that are supposed to start without the stuff, it should work fine.
Especially if I had a pair of very pointy shoes.
LOL!
I've got a spaghetti squash plant in a four-inch pot that has a baby squash! I need to get the plant in the ground...
Methinks these guys are heading that way as well.
Heh heh! I can laugh now...but I imagine I did look a sight. When the animal control guy said he was going to give the lady a ticket then come and get my statement, I told him I was going to get dressed and I'd meet him in my driveway.
I mean, I hadn't even brushed my hair! I literally had just got out of bed, put on my robe and was heading out of my room when Matthew said "What's wrong with the chickens??"
We got a bad storm coming right now...
Gas is bad. Lots of very nearly bad things have happened to me trying to start things with gas.
Starter fluid isn't nearly as explosive. It should just ~light~. But you can't pour it on it when it's already burning. The only dangerous thing is trying to add more when it's going but you want "more".
The trick, I've found with starter fluid, or gas for that matter is you can't wait... it evaporates quick. And with gas, that means it's the surrounding AIR that's gonna blow, not the wood.
Rosie, propane is just so much easier to make a quick dinner on... I think charcoal, with the time, mess, and hassle, is worth it at a party when it keeps the menfolk entertained, but not for every day. In a sense, I'm a little bit like your mom, I'm afraid of fire, but propane, assuming it's not leaking, is a lot safer to light.
LOL...
Pippin on the other hand, is a cad. Love the goatee... He's very "boy". He'd have toads in his pockets, if he had pockets.
Guess I should save my pennies for a bit then, huh?
I think you're probably right...but charcoal is everywhere and cheaper. On the flipside, there's a good chance that if I got a charcoal grill, I'd use it about ever three years when I had brothers around to get it going. Not really worth it.
Awww...pretty portraits!
"Cad" is a good word for Pippin. ;-)
Well, that test was a fiasco. Fortunately, everyone else I've talked to (half the class, at least) thought so too.
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