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Decomposed - Lessons in Propane

By: kathy_s17 in POPE 5 | Recommend this post (0)
Sun, 11 Nov 18 9:54 AM | 62 view(s)
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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.

THIS IS JUST THE BIGGEST COINCIDENCE OF MY LIFE!

I am going to be on Jeopardy next week! I hope Alex asks me about the weight of a propane tank.

I am afraid of propane. Hey, I don't even like this gas stove I have right now. If you can get it turned on (there is a system), it POOFS out at ya and it really does scare me.

We had propane for our grills when we owned a home.
I never once started it. Not one time. If anyone is capable of blowing up a gas grill, it is me.

For example, last year I almost burned the house down because I turned the knob on the toaster oven, but I didn't realize that I had turned it all the way down, but not OFF.

So, if this ever happens to you, don't say, "hey, do I smell smoke out there?" Say this; OH MY GOD, IT'S A FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YEP, AND A FIRE IT WAS.

I didn't even get yelled at.

I wonder about that man.

Ohgod, FIRE. I come from a very long line of firemen (and law enforcement), so you would think I would know better.

Apparently not.

oh carp.

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Lessons in Propane
By: Decomposed in POPE 5
Sat, 10 Nov 18 11:43 PM 		Msg. 12884 of 62138

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.

...

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

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