Old Stuff

I can hear the boys as clearly as if they weren't a two day drive away, "You bought a what? Why?"

Yes I bought another old school tool, a Weber charcoal barbeque. And it's awesome. And all the kidding about old stuff I will just shrug off, they just don't get it. Just like my push mower, my 1974 single speed bike and a host of other things they see as 'out there'.

After years with propane I got tired of replacing tanks because the valves were 'out of date', at least three times over the life of the barbeque. I got tired of burners so cheap that they last maybe a year. The hot spot on the most recent burner (second rebuild) was big enough to cook one burger so when tasked with cooking four it meant constant rotation over the miniscule spot that actually worked. With charcoal the entire 'burner' is replaced every time. But it takes to long to heat the charcoal they will say, get a chimney and the charcoal is ready to go in 15-20 minutes.

Last night I grilled some chicken and it was juicy and very tasty, no fuss no muss. Just add fries, salad and a glass of Famous Grouse.

I culled one bike from the quiver over the weekend, Bonnie went for full asking price. I haven't ridden her since the Marinoni has been built so it was time to make more room in the garage.

   

Major League Amnesia

There was a lot of buzz on the sports highlight shows this morning as Alex Rodriguez approaches Willie Mays on the all time list of home runs. It seems everyone has forgotten or maybe already forgiven the fact that he just came off a year's suspension for using performance enhancing drugs.

Whenever they show the all time list lead by Barry Bonds, another well known chemically enhanced slugger, it makes me wonder: where are the asterisks? Half of those names got there with chemical help while Hank Aaron got there under death threats and more than half of the country not cheering him on.

Major League Baseball has such a rich history it's a shame they don't separate the legitimate record holders from the cheaters. I for one won't be cheering for A-Rod no matter how far up the list he travels.