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12950 Decomposed - Lessons in Propane
   A little trivia: Propane tanks are called "20-pound," "... 		kathy_s17   POPE 5   11 Nov 2018
 9:54 AM
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   Decomposed > My wife just checked the weather forecast. She says it's... 		Zimbler0   POPE 5   11 Nov 2018
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   Well forget all that cooking stuff, find your boots and sled and hit t... 		capt_nemo   POPE 5   11 Nov 2018
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Lessons in Propane

By: Decomposed in POPE 5
Sat, 10 Nov 18 11:43 PM
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I'm barbecuing right now. I'm using the Coleman propane barbecue because there could be rain coming tonight. The hibachi burns coal and would probably still be 300° tomorrow morning. Besides, I have no charcoal. I'd have to go to the store. I don't want to go to the store.

I have propane, lots of it. I've been accumulating propane for so long that I've actually found camp-stove cannisters in my garage that are empty even though they were never used. That takes a while.

I have two 100 pound tanks, each with a significant amount of propane inside. The travel trailers came with one and two 30 pound tanks, respectively. I have a dozen or so 20 pound tanks. 20 pound tanks are what most people have on small trailers or on their patio barbecues.

I have one other 30 pound tank sitting outside, probably destined for the junkyard. It came with the Solaris trailer and was empty. I went out to have it refilled since we needed it for the trailer and found that no one will refill these things ten years after the manufacturing date stamped on their caps. No one. By law.

%@#$ and ^#$%!@!%^&# #/$~ %"#$^!!!

Except for the 30 pound tank I just bought, my propane tanks are all more than 10 years old. I won't be able to refill any of them. Thank you, government.

A little trivia: Propane tanks are called "20-pound," "30-pound" or whatever not based on how much they hold, or the pressure of the contents, but based on how much the tank weighs when it is full. I learned that when I was out buying and filling the new 30 pound tank. Knowing it might win one of you some money on Jeopardy one day.

So I'm barbecuing. At least this is a good opportunity for me to use some of that propane I've got in the 20 and 30 pound cans, right? Unfortunately, no. While I can get to most of the cans and to most of the adapters, the actual rubber hose I'd need is still attached to a 20 pound tank deeply buried within the cargo trailer. It's not reachable. Not today, with evening setting in, high winds, and a temperature that my wife says has a "feels like" of 17°.

I pulled out one of the $2.50 propane cans and am cooking with it. It's working fine except for the frost on its side that indicates it's nearly empty.

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My wife just checked the weather forecast. She says it's going to snow in half an hour. Figures.


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