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JohnEggGio
JohnEggGio Posts: 1,430
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You ignore the oncoming storm, and tall vodka drink in hand, you go ahead and put the wings on.  Check the temperature on the egg and run in the house to check on the 4 pounds of ground beef you have going for the lunch at work tomorrow.  All's good in the house but it's starting to rain, so in a moment of brilliance you wheel the egg so it's under the eaves, just outside the door to the garage.  Each step along the way is preceded with a generous draw on the vodka drink.  Storm hits, no worries, no thoughts of leaving your post - well, until the wind starts coming sideways from a whole new direction - "please stop".

Ok, run to the basement - squeegee the water toward the sump.  Run up and flip the wings.  Back to the basement for more squeegee.  Back to the kitchen to stir the chili!

Oh, it stopped raining!  Check the walkout - about 10 inches of water!  Grab a 5 gallon bucket, and bale about 50 buckets out of the walkout.  Run inside to get the sauce for the wings - stir the chili.  Sauce the wings, but get a pic for the Eggheads first...  Back to the basement...yada, yada, yada (as they say). 

Almost nailed the cook.  Chili is perfect.  Snarfled 3 wings and fixed an extra tall, extra strong vodka drink!

Cheers, mates!
Maryland, 1 LBGE
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  • sumoconnell
    sumoconnell Posts: 1,932
    Like Jordan Speith, brought it in on the last third of the course despite earlier difficulties.  +1!
    +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
    Austin, Texas.  I'm the guy holding a beer.
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  • Rte1985
    Rte1985 Posts: 304
    Man card.......check
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  • Toxarch
    Toxarch Posts: 1,900
    I never knew a basement was that much work. So I guess you are squeegeeing water in the basement because of the water in the walkout? Maybe it's time to add a sump to the walkout cause that's a lot of water.
    Aledo, Texas
    Large BGE
    KJ Jr.

    Exodus 12:9 KJV
    Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.

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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 34,222
    @JohnEggGio - great writing talent and wings right there.  Welcome aboard and enjoy the journey.
    Above all, continue to have fun, weather be dam-ed.
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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  • JNDATHP
    JNDATHP Posts: 461
    I'm impressed. You obviously don't have HDHD - and your cook looks great!
    Michael
    Large BGE
    Reno, NV
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  • THEBuckeye
    THEBuckeye Posts: 4,232
    I'm impressed with the 50 buckets.
    New Albany, Ohio 

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  • PoppasGrill
    PoppasGrill Posts: 364
    edited July 2017
    Cook looks great.
    They say if it doesn't kill you... it might cripple you. That's a lot of running around and multi tasking.
    good job.
    Glad I don't have a basement anymore.
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 33,586
    i probably would have said, we got water ;) and drank more ;)
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • northGAcock
    northGAcock Posts: 15,172
    Man I am worn out just reading this post.
    Ellijay GA with a Medium & MiniMax

    Well, I married me a wife, she's been trouble all my life,
    Run me out in the cold rain and snow
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  • JohnEggGio
    JohnEggGio Posts: 1,430
    First, thanks for the kind and encouraging words - greatly appreciated!

    Oddly, the drain at the bottom of that walkout runs into the sump in my basement, then the sump pumps it back out again.  This isn't the first "flood", but I do think it's time that I came up with a permanent solution.  It might not have been 50 buckets, but it was enough that I had to stop twice to catch my breath.

    On to the next cook - one more night before the girls come home!
    Maryland, 1 LBGE
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  • tenpenny_05
    tenpenny_05 Posts: 286
    Not an Egg, but I understand the thought process of dragging your cooker under the eaves so you can cook with a dry back!
    Kansas City, Kansas
    Second hand Medium BGE, Second hand Black Kamado Joe Classic, Second hand Weber Kettle, Second hand Weber Smokey Mountain
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  • JohnEggGio
    JohnEggGio Posts: 1,430
    tenpenny_05 said:
    Not an Egg, but I understand the thought process of dragging your cooker under the eaves so you can cook with a dry back!
    Yup, here it is

    Maryland, 1 LBGE
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  • Skiddymarker
    Skiddymarker Posts: 8,523
    When the going gets tough the tough get egging. That is a lot of water in that walkout, surely that didn't all fall directly into the walkout? Could it be be seeping/running back in though the sidewall? Damn, I'd roof that puppy in a hurry. 
    Delta B.C. - Whiskey and steak, because no good story ever started with someone having a salad!
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  • JohnEggGio
    JohnEggGio Posts: 1,430
    Skiddymarker said:
    When the going gets tough the tough get egging. That is a lot of water in that walkout, surely that didn't all fall directly into the walkout? Could it be be seeping/running back in though the sidewall? Damn, I'd roof that puppy in a hurry. 
    It fell, but not directly.  The gutter overflowed - totally my bad - I had the gutters cleaned out last fall, but failed to do it again after the spring leafing - beech, oak, hickory, walnut, poplar - they take turns dropping stuff all spring.  Some kind of roof is plan A.
    Maryland, 1 LBGE
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  • kl8ton
    kl8ton Posts: 5,824
    tenpenny_05 said:
    Not an Egg, but I understand the thought process of dragging your cooker under the eaves so you can cook with a dry back!
    Hey I think we have that same broom!   Sometimes I like to see what thread is about to "fall off" page 100. Most of the time it is a thread I missed. 

     Bump. 
    Large, Medium, MiniMax, 36" Blackstone
    Grand Rapids MI
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  • XC242
    XC242 Posts: 1,208
    JohnEggGio said:
    tenpenny_05 said:
    Not an Egg, but I understand the thought process of dragging your cooker under the eaves so you can cook with a dry back!
    Yup, here it is

    Awwww, they look so sad.  Like they wanted to come in out of the rain and you guys made them stay outside...
    LBGE (still waitin' for my free T-Shirt), DIgiQ DX2 (In Blue, cause it's the fastest), Heavy Duty Kick Ash Basket, Mc Farland, WI. :glasses:  B)
    If it wasn't for my BGE I'd have no use for my backyard...
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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 32,915
    You wake up with wood.
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,088
    you know when...you drive a vehicle proudly displaying custom made decals on each side of your rear windows that only another egghead would understand!

    BTW you might ask if what I posted was correct...yes...one on each side so whether I was passing or being passed a true egghead would see it and understand the meaning!
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  • mEGG_My_Day
    mEGG_My_Day Posts: 1,658
    Cheers back at you from Memphis.  Great cook and better story.  Keep it up!
    Memphis, TN 

    LBGE, 2 SBGE, Hasty-Bake Gourmet
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  • Kent8621
    Kent8621 Posts: 843
    RRP said:
    you know when...you drive a vehicle proudly displaying custom made decals on each side of your rear windows that only another egghead would understand!

    BTW you might ask if what I posted was correct...yes...one on each side so whether I was passing or being passed a true egghead would see it and understand the meaning!

    do you sell those decals to ron?

    2 Large Eggs - Raleigh, NC

    Boiler Up!!

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  • thetrim
    thetrim Posts: 11,377
    Great adventure!
    =======================================
    XL 6/06, Mini 6/12, L 10/12, Mini #2 12/14 MiniMax 3/16 Large #2 11/20 Legacy from my FIL - RIP
    Tampa Bay, FL
    EIB 6 Oct 95
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  • td66snrf
    td66snrf Posts: 1,838
    When you buy your 5th egg and then wife stays with you. 
    XLBGE, LBGE, MBGE, SMALL, MINI, 2 Kubs, Fire Magic Gasser
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  • vb4677
    vb4677 Posts: 687
    Kent8621 said:
    RRP said:
    you know when...you drive a vehicle proudly displaying custom made decals on each side of your rear windows that only another egghead would understand!

    BTW you might ask if what I posted was correct...yes...one on each side so whether I was passing or being passed a true egghead would see it and understand the meaning!

    do you sell those decals to ron?
    I'd buy two!
    Kansas City: Too Much City for One State - Missouri side
    2 Large BGE's, Instant Pot, Anova Sous Vide, and a gas smoker...
    Barbeque, Homebrew and Blues...
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  • vb4677
    vb4677 Posts: 687
    td66snrf said:
    When you buy your 5th egg and then wife stays with you. 
    When you like blowing black gunk into a Kleenex...
    Kansas City: Too Much City for One State - Missouri side
    2 Large BGE's, Instant Pot, Anova Sous Vide, and a gas smoker...
    Barbeque, Homebrew and Blues...
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  • Hungry Joe
    Hungry Joe Posts: 1,574
    When you have no arm hair or eyebrows.
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,088
    Kent8621 said:
    RRP said:
    you know when...you drive a vehicle proudly displaying custom made decals on each side of your rear windows that only another egghead would understand!

    BTW you might ask if what I posted was correct...yes...one on each side so whether I was passing or being passed a true egghead would see it and understand the meaning!

    do you sell those decals to ron?
    sorry, but no I don't. I believe any people with the equipment called vinyl cutters or something like that can produce them. Just be careful about producing many, and stay under the BGE radar as this is a BGE design and they will want their pound of flesh if anybody makes them...

    Kinda nuts, huh? Producing something to promote the BGE and they want to sue you if you want to help them!
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  • DMW
    DMW Posts: 13,833
    RRP said:
    Kent8621 said:
    RRP said:
    you know when...you drive a vehicle proudly displaying custom made decals on each side of your rear windows that only another egghead would understand!

    BTW you might ask if what I posted was correct...yes...one on each side so whether I was passing or being passed a true egghead would see it and understand the meaning!

    do you sell those decals to ron?
    sorry, but no I don't. I believe any people with the equipment called vinyl cutters or something like that can produce them. Just be careful about producing many, and stay under the BGE radar as this is a BGE design and they will want their pound of flesh if anybody makes them...

    Kinda nuts, huh? Producing something to promote the BGE and they want to sue you if you want to help them!
    Yeah, copyright protection is weird and stuff.
    They/Them
    Morgantown, PA

    XL BGE - S BGE - KJ Jr - HB Legacy - BS Pizza Oven - 30" Firepit - King Kooker Fryer -  PR72T - WSJ - BS 17" Griddle - XXL BGE  - BS SS36" Griddle - 2 Burner Gasser - Pellet Smoker
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,088
    DMW said:
    RRP said:
    Kent8621 said:
    RRP said:
    you know when...you drive a vehicle proudly displaying custom made decals on each side of your rear windows that only another egghead would understand!

    BTW you might ask if what I posted was correct...yes...one on each side so whether I was passing or being passed a true egghead would see it and understand the meaning!

    do you sell those decals to ron?
    sorry, but no I don't. I believe any people with the equipment called vinyl cutters or something like that can produce them. Just be careful about producing many, and stay under the BGE radar as this is a BGE design and they will want their pound of flesh if anybody makes them...

    Kinda nuts, huh? Producing something to promote the BGE and they want to sue you if you want to help them!
    Yeah, copyright protection is weird and stuff.
    Got to agree with you to an extent, BUT unless a person is blatantly ripping off a company in MASS for the purpose of making money via VOLUME I still wonder why go after "Violet and Vinnie Vinyl" for creating a few window decals. I recall the guy who made these didn't even charge me for them nor even the postage! 
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  • DMW
    DMW Posts: 13,833
    RRP said:
    DMW said:
    RRP said:
    Kent8621 said:
    RRP said:
    you know when...you drive a vehicle proudly displaying custom made decals on each side of your rear windows that only another egghead would understand!

    BTW you might ask if what I posted was correct...yes...one on each side so whether I was passing or being passed a true egghead would see it and understand the meaning!

    do you sell those decals to ron?
    sorry, but no I don't. I believe any people with the equipment called vinyl cutters or something like that can produce them. Just be careful about producing many, and stay under the BGE radar as this is a BGE design and they will want their pound of flesh if anybody makes them...

    Kinda nuts, huh? Producing something to promote the BGE and they want to sue you if you want to help them!
    Yeah, copyright protection is weird and stuff.
    Got to agree with you to an extent, BUT unless a person is blatantly ripping off a company in MASS for the purpose of making money via VOLUME I still wonder why go after "Violet and Vinnie Vinyl" for creating a few window decals. I recall the guy who made these didn't even charge me for them nor even the postage! 
    Probably something about if you don't protect your trademarks and copyrights, you forfeit them. 
    They/Them
    Morgantown, PA

    XL BGE - S BGE - KJ Jr - HB Legacy - BS Pizza Oven - 30" Firepit - King Kooker Fryer -  PR72T - WSJ - BS 17" Griddle - XXL BGE  - BS SS36" Griddle - 2 Burner Gasser - Pellet Smoker
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