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JohnEggGio
JohnEggGio Posts: 1,430
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So, lovely evening in Maryland - setting up for a pizza cook - sipping my second scotch & soda with a twist (hey, it's summer!).  I left the vent screen open just to get the heat going a little quicker.  Out bounces a red-hot glowing coal onto my fancy new man-made decking material!  So, I grabbed my trusty wire bristle brush and swatted it off the deck - right into my fancy new hardwood mulch. Well, since I was only halfway through the second beverage, I only paused about 10 seconds before figuring I'd better get the watering can, rather than wait until a bigger issue arose.  I'll make a point of "watering" that spot several times as the evening progresses...
Maryland, 1 LBGE
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    Sh!t happens. 

    Anticipate that.  You can put a mat on the ground to protect the deck, or something you don't like as much as the man-made deck. 
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  • bucky925
    bucky925 Posts: 2,054
    edited August 2017
    Sweet pre drunk post.  Sounds like my house. 

    The best things in life are not things.  

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  • Zeiger88
    Zeiger88 Posts: 171
    Drink on like me since 4 pm
    BGE XL June 2017 Flameboss 300 February 2018 Mini max July 2018 Lima, Ohio 
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,866
    Gotta cipher the increase in air-flow with the screen open vs closed.  Maybe @Ozzie_Isaac  has the data somewhere.  Can't be enough to even deal with the issue from my perspective on an approaching LEO Friday night.  FWIW-
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  
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  • JohnEggGio
    JohnEggGio Posts: 1,430
    lousubcap said:
    Gotta cipher the increase in air-flow with the screen open vs closed.  Maybe @Ozzie_Isaac  has the data somewhere.  Can't be enough to even deal with the issue from my perspective on an approaching LEO Friday night.  FWIW-
    I like the use of "cipher".
    Maryland, 1 LBGE
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  • Mattman3969
    Mattman3969 Posts: 10,458
    @lousubcap - nailed it and I don't care what Ozzie's research says.  I'm on a concrete slab patio and still keep my screen closed at all times.  Over cautious or parinoid ?   Doesn't matter as long as I have no fire at me casa 

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    analyze adapt overcome

    2008 -Large BGE. 2013- Small BGE and 2015 - Mini. Henderson, Ky.
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  • henapple
    henapple Posts: 16,025
    Don't put a Rutland gasket around... It'll catch fire 
    Green egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN 
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  • Mattman3969
    Mattman3969 Posts: 10,458
    henapple said:
    Don't put a Rutland gasket around... It'll catch fire 
    And release wild strands of asbestos 

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    analyze adapt overcome

    2008 -Large BGE. 2013- Small BGE and 2015 - Mini. Henderson, Ky.
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  • JohnEggGio
    JohnEggGio Posts: 1,430
    I definitely made it heart-shaped on purpose - it's our first night after delivering the princess unto University of Maryland.  To those keeping count - one follow-up watering...
    Maryland, 1 LBGE
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