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[Jarlaxle]

It is currently 57 degrees in El Paso. It is 25 and snowing like crazy here.

I need to move to Texas.

[oldr_n_wsr]

Does the term "inside-out" mean the same thing as "outside-in"? or are they opposites?

[Crackpot]

Filling out my first invention disclosure form.

[RayThom]

Filling out my first invention disclosure form.

Cold fusion or perpetual motion?

[Joe Guy]

A spell-checker?

[Crackpot]

If those are my choices perpetual motion.

[Crackpot]

Mmmm I can taste barbecue season coming.

[oldr_n_wsr]

I b-b-q all year.
I could use a new grill. My weber is 19 years old. Never did anything to it other than give it a cleaning every year but this past year the cart portion started rusting through along with the "guard (flavor?)" bars. Had to do a little angle iron repair to keep the burner box from falling through the cart.

Burners and controls all still work so I hate to get a new one. If I do get a new one, it will be another weber.

[MajGenl.Meade]

Somehow, it's a bit frightening that "Shaving Ryan's Privates" is almost 20 years old. Even worse, "Time Bandits" was made 36 years ago. Who Knows Where the Time Goes? (lyrics and music by Sandy Denny, 50 years ago)

[Big RR]

Oldr--it's not cheap, but you can get replacement flavorizer bars and other parts through Weber fro far less than buying a new grill. I am replacing the bars and burners this year, and in the past replaced the brackets that held the bars and grates; the system is pretty modular, so most parts are replaceable. Mine is about as old as yours and is always outside (although I do cover it.

[Long Run]

All true, BigRR, but I am still voting for the position that Oldr deserves a new one!

[Big RR]

Deserves? sure; but from what he writes I think oldr gets far more pleasure out of fixing an old product than buying a new one.

[oldr_n_wsr]

Oldr--it's not cheap, but you can get replacement flavorizer bars and other parts through Weber fro far less than buying a new grill. I am replacing the bars and burners this year, and in the past replaced the brackets that held the bars and grates; the system is pretty modular, so most parts are replaceable. Mine is about as old as yours and is always outside (although I do cover it.

The bars are not the problem, as you said cheap and easy. The real problem is the cart itself. Had to add angle irons to the cross members that go across the front and back that hold up the grill box. Also the bottom of the legs that hold the small front casters have rusted to the point the casters have broken out.

It does pain me to spend $500+ on another. This one was a 40th birthday gift from friends so it has some sentimental value too. And (big AND) the burners and grill box and even the grills are all still working and usable. Gotta take a look around the nieghborhood and see if anyone is throwing a similar one away and if the cart is in good shape. Although I am afraid of disruppting the rust under the control knobs.

I'm going to show Long Runs post to my wife.

All true, BigRR, but I am still voting for the position that Oldr deserves a new one!

Deserves? sure; but from what he writes I think oldr gets far more pleasure out of fixing an old product than buying a new one.

True that.

[oldr_n_wsr]

Acually my wife has been suggesting getting me a new grill for my birthday (june 18) for the last three years and I keep saying, "I'll fix it and get another year out of it".
Grilled up steaks this past weekend on it and hot dogs last night, so it still "fires up". Have to light with a match though. The piezo sparker is down to the ceramic with no metal left sticking out (not even near the end of the ceramic).

[oldr_n_wsr]

Gimme a couple of evenings and I'll get it back to as good as new. Maybe not quite "new", but close enough. And I'll do it for only the cost of the flavor bars and sparker. The rest I probably have bits and pieces I can use. I think I even have some agled aluminum so it won't rust out again on me.

[MajGenl.Meade]

New theory... oldr is actually Joe Guy

[Joe Guy]

No. But I am older and wiser....

[MajGenl.Meade]

... than what?

[oldr_n_wsr]

No. But I am older and wiser....

My sons middle name is Joe and someone yelled "Hey Guy" at me the other night.
But I don't think that counts.

For the record I am not Joe Guy ....... nor anyone else.

But I am older than I was yesterday.
The Wiser part is up for debate.

[Joe Guy]

One day I'm going to let the only other person who actually posts at Plan B know that I'm everybody else.

That's going to upset you, so be prepared.