“OLD TIMERS” Are you, am I? Is it age or did you grow up on the original Egg forum?

Mickey

Today noticed @JohnInCarolina posted on the forum looking for someone and thought maybe the “OLD TIMERS” might remember and included my name. 

Even after 10+ years of retirement i just never thought of myself in the “OLD TIMERS” but damn I must be. I remember thinking (long ago apparently) about the “OLD TIMERS”.

So at 76 and approximately 35 EGG years I accept that. 

I know plenty in this forum who have me beat in both AGE & EGG EXPERIENCE (time). 

Let’s just see how many of us are out there. 

RRP

Welcome back, Mickey! I thought maybe you too got caught up in that unforgiving tangle element of time! So I am glad to see you are still kicking somebodies tires some where!!!

Mickey

RRP said:

Welcome back, Mickey! I thought maybe you too got caught up in that unforgiving tangle element of time! So I am glad to see you are still kicking somebodies tires some where!!!

Ron i was talking with LAWNRANGER today and now you. Life is good. 

How about your age and EGG years

Gulfcoastguy

Mickey a few years ago my Aunt got an XL. As a warm up gift I gave her a quart of your coffee rub and included a paper copy of the recipe. It turns out that they used up the quart and remade the rub multiple times. Gradually her kids got Eggs.

Mickey

Gulfcoastguy said:

Mickey a few years ago my Aunt got an XL. As a warm up gift I gave her a quart of your coffee rub and included a paper copy of the recipe. It turns out that they used up the quart and remade the rub multiple times. Gradually her kids got Eggs.

Thanks but about 5 others came up with that recipe and i made a small change, put on the forum and WOW. 
I still use it. 

RRP

Mickey said:

RRP said:

Welcome back, Mickey! I thought maybe you too got caught up in that unforgiving tangle element of time! So I am glad to see you are still kicking somebodies tires some where!!!

Ron i was talking with LAWNRANGER today and now you. Life is good. 

How about your age and EGG years

Then after talking with Mike today you know...

As for me my odometer rolled over to 80 back in July. As for BGE eggperience I still just have my 4 eggs all purchased back in the "golden" era of and around the 2000's. And back when there was no corporate forum and their rules which "Mr Miller's"forum didn't need. Hang in there buddy!

fishlessman

only been here about 25 years now, almost half of my 60 years

Mickey

fishlessman said:

only been here about 25 years now, almost half of my 60 years

Many years ago you got me hooked on sugar maple wood from a seller in Maine. Was it Maine Grilling Wood?

They seem out of business now. Do you have another supplier?
thanks
Mickey

Foghorn

I'm 61 and was never on the old forum.  I've been here since 2012 so that doesn't qualify as old timer by either count.

That's good because I don't identify as old.

fishlessman

Mickey said:

fishlessman said:

only been here about 25 years now, almost half of my 60 years

Many years ago you got me hooked on sugar maple wood from a seller in Maine. Was it Maine Grilling Wood?

They seem out of business now. Do you have another supplier?
thanks
Mickey

havent bought smoking wood in years, just what i can find around the house. predator pee in maine used to carry it but dont see it online anymore. maine grilling woods facebook hasnt updated since 2016.  this place carries it but damn those prices seem high, seems to look fresh though

https://www.flamegrillingproducts.com/products/maple-chunks?srsltid=AfmBOopesPibOhwjgJTkkhCEa4VVIAR5XhaqkeZhjtElkWMW7n5u2U1x

mikelove

Been on the forum since 1990....Had eggs since then too. I  remember lots of the "old guys
LoveHandles----Arizona

RRP

mikelove said:

Been on the forum since 1990....Had eggs since then too. I  remember lots of the "old guys
LoveHandles----Arizona

Great to see your post, Mike! I still laugh every time I think about that story you told me about our other AZ friend Bordello B.

WeberWho

I caught the last 3-4 years of the old forum. I never planned on sticking around after my initial questions but those old jokers kept me stopping back. Here I am 14 years later.  

Canugghead

I'm old and old.

billyray

I've been here since 2011 and am 77. I learned many things from some of the older guys, especially VI. 

caliking

Nice to see you back, @Mickey. You've been missed.

bluebird66

I've only been here since 2014 so I guess I'm not an old guy.

Ike

75 here. Mostly lurked the old board, as I do here.  I give you guys credit for all the good cooks and take the blame for the others.  Still learning to cook while enjoying the adult beverages .

GoldenQ

I am 83 and been with BGE since 2013 when my wife bought me one and said cook.  Also Mickey's post on Brisket was my first try and I still use a modified version of it.  I have learned much here.

Gandolf

I’m 79. Been at this since very early 2000’s. Was more active on the Old Forum,  but finally found my way over here. Have a Large and Medium that are in action a lot.  Elder Ward’s brisket and pulled pork rubs are still a staple, as are Cat’s Ribs. Got a grid/grate lifter from LawnRanger that I still use constantly. 

alaskanassasin

Cool thread! Get off my lawn!!

RRP

Gandolf said:

I’m 79. Been at this since very early 2000’s. Was more active on the Old Forum,  but finally found my way over here. Have a Large and Medium that are in action a lot.  Elder Ward’s brisket and pulled pork rubs are still a staple, as are Cat’s Ribs. Got a grid/grate lifter from LawnRanger that I still use constantly. 

Hey stranger! Eggers Elder Ward and Cat are really  foreign names to most folks here and even Lawn Ranger hasn’t posted for mucho years if even ever on this forum. Many didn’t make the transition. I date back to 2000 myself on Mr Miller’s original forum.

Ozzie_Isaac

RRP said:

Gandolf said:

I’m 79. Been at this since very early 2000’s. Was more active on the Old Forum,  but finally found my way over here. Have a Large and Medium that are in action a lot.  Elder Ward’s brisket and pulled pork rubs are still a staple, as are Cat’s Ribs. Got a grid/grate lifter from LawnRanger that I still use constantly. 

Hey stranger! Eggers Elder Ward and Cat are really  foreign names to most folks here and even Lawn Ranger hasn’t posted for mucho years if even ever on this forum. Many didn’t make the transition. I date back to 2000 myself on Mr Miller’s original forum.

Been here since around 2014. I recognize LawnRanger and Cat, but not Eggers Elder Ward.  Recognize Cat not from posts but from mentions about recipes.

fishlessman

Cats ribs are very unique, worth trying if you have never had them. The only recipe for ribs I've seen juniper berries. I like that spice but it's not for everybody

Gulfcoastguy

I can’t exactly remember, pre Katrina by a year or 2 . I posted on the old forum for a while before I switched to this one.

GrateEggspectations

fishlessman said:

Cats ribs are very unique, worth trying if you have never had them. The only recipe for ribs I've seen juniper berries. I like that spice but it's not for everybody

Cat ribs?

That a recipe outta Springfield?

Gulfcoastguy

I have 4 feral cats that hang out near my Egg. The Karen’s that feed them might object though.

lousubcap

Check out the following re: the old days and recipes including Elder Ward's  https://www.nakedwhiz.com/ceramic.htm.
Landed here (old forum) in late 2010 after being exposed to the BGE several years prior (1994). Yep-slow on the uptake by a good friend who lived a couple of thousand mies away at the time. Since moved to the same town but life (kids) got in the way.  After launching the last one outbound I came to my senses and here I am.  
As Leroy "Stachel" Paige said, "How old would you be if you didn't know how old you were?"
And my guiding principle: "Don't look back. Something might be gainin' on you."
Seven plus decades of laps around the sun and good to go for a few more.
Happy Friday Eve.

REB17

Started lurking on old forum in 2000 just after my first egg.  Remember the old fire brick set up for indirect cooks. Seem to remember an egger who had a set up in OBX, maybe GFW? Also Sally and Wess B. Too many others to thank for their contribution and help for a newbie, Nature Boy for sure. 63 yrs young 

Canugghead

Don't forget AZRP's The Chicken.

RRP

REB17 said:

Started lurking on old forum in 2000 just after my first egg.  Remember the old fire brick set up for indirect cooks. Seem to remember an egger who had a set up in OBX, maybe GFW? Also Sally and Wess B. Too many others to thank for their contribution and help for a newbie, Nature Boy for sure. 63 yrs young 

No, Gfw lived .25 mile from me here in Dunlap, IL. BTW Gordon retired and moved to the Gold Coast in Chicago and gave away his egg since grills were not allowed in their high rise condo.