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Post by Liz n Dick the Halls on Jul 27, 2017 20:15:39 GMT -5
Yes, I suppose it is - but why would I want to grill with something that can explode when I could just get some like, wood, or charcoal? How do I get rid of this thing? I've always used charcoal for that very reason! Also, grilling on charcoal tastes better. So I have no idea how to get rid of it... Maybe call a home improvement store? I think you can get them filled at places like that, so surely you can recycle them there? A cursory googling suggests that retailers of those things should have a take-back policy in place. If not there, then contact your local municipality about whether they take propane tanks with the standard hazardous waste pickups? |
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Post by Floyd Dinnertime Barber on Jul 28, 2017 10:05:52 GMT -5
Yes, I suppose it is - but why would I want to grill with something that can explode when I could just get some like, wood, or charcoal? How do I get rid of this thing? I've always used charcoal for that very reason! Also, grilling on charcoal tastes better. So I have no idea how to get rid of it... Maybe call a home improvement store? I think you can get them filled at places like that, so surely you can recycle them there? A cursory googling suggests that retailers of those things should have a take-back policy in place. If not there, then contact your local municipality about whether they take propane tanks with the standard hazardous waste pickups? Propane tanks are generally pretty safe. I have even seen some consumed during a building fire, and they didn't explode. A pressure valve released, and they did shoot flames about 10 feet, but no explosions. The little 20 pound tanks are mostly used for BBQ grills, and the larger ones, like 500 gallons, are used for home heating. moimoi Propane tanks are valuable. used 20 pounders are worth maybe $20-40 if they have the modern valve, and can be updated to the new style valve for around $20. I'd try to sell it, if you aren't going to use it, especially if it is a large home heating type. Those go for typically a few hundred dollars, if it's in good shape. The tall, slender 100 pound tanks are used for cook stoves and other utility uses, and used sell for maybe $50-100 (as near as I can recall, I haven't bought any lately) |
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Post by moimoi on Jul 28, 2017 12:06:33 GMT -5
I've always used charcoal for that very reason! Also, grilling on charcoal tastes better. So I have no idea how to get rid of it... Maybe call a home improvement store? I think you can get them filled at places like that, so surely you can recycle them there? A cursory googling suggests that retailers of those things should have a take-back policy in place. If not there, then contact your local municipality about whether they take propane tanks with the standard hazardous waste pickups? Propane tanks are generally pretty safe. I have even seen some consumed during a building fire, and they didn't explode. A pressure valve released, and they did shoot flames about 10 feet, but no explosions. The little 20 pound tanks are mostly used for BBQ grills, and the larger ones, like 500 gallons, are used for home heating. moimoi Propane tanks are valuable. used 20 pounders are worth maybe $20-40 if they have the modern valve, and can be updated to the new style valve for around $20. I'd try to sell it, if you aren't going to use it, especially if it is a large home heating type. Those go for typically a few hundred dollars, if it's in good shape. The tall, slender 100 pound tanks are used for cook stoves and other utility uses, and used sell for maybe $50-100 (as near as I can recall, I haven't bought any lately) Thanks Floyd! I'm totally going to try to sell this thing. It's only 20lbs I think, but if somebody will take it off my hands for $20 that would be awesome 😀 |
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Post by haysoos on Jul 28, 2017 13:35:27 GMT -5
These caterpillars in a tree in my yard. They all died in a fire, let me tell you.  Poor little uglynest caterpillars. It's not their fault their nest is so ugly. Oh wait, maybe it is their fault. |
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Post by heroboy on Jul 28, 2017 13:45:37 GMT -5
These caterpillars in a tree in my yard. They all died in a fire, let me tell you. Poor little uglynest caterpillars. It's not their fault their nest is so ugly. Oh wait, maybe it is their fault. So what do these particular caterpillars turn into, anyways? |
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Post by haysoos on Jul 28, 2017 13:51:08 GMT -5
Poor little uglynest caterpillars. It's not their fault their nest is so ugly. Oh wait, maybe it is their fault. So what do these particular caterpillars turn into, anyways? A pretty boring little brown moth  |
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Post by ganews on Jul 28, 2017 16:03:58 GMT -5
These caterpillars in a tree in my yard. They all died in a fire, let me tell you. Poor little uglynest caterpillars. It's not their fault their nest is so ugly. Oh wait, maybe it is their fault. But it's cute how they come out of their little nests three times a day for mealtimes. |
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Post by songstarliner on Jul 29, 2017 11:46:53 GMT -5
This green monster, swallowing my back yard.  |
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Post by Pastafarian on Jul 29, 2017 18:53:15 GMT -5
Someone walking a Cane Corso, a type of Mastiff that I'm pretty sure shares a common ancestry with the grizzly bear. The thing was HUGE. But also I wanted to give it a hug and say "who's a good boy?"
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Post by Pastafarian on Jul 29, 2017 19:02:11 GMT -5
So what should I do with the random propane tank left by the previous owners of my house? I don't use it for anything and I don't want wasps. What do you use propane for anyway? I am very urban. What do you use propane for? Well, I'm reasonably confident that I'm using it to eventually cause my house to be destroyed by an enormous conflagration.  I'm utterly terrified of propane tanks, being both staggeringly afraid of my house burning down and having been told, at an impressionable age*, about how a friend witnessed her father being killed by an exploding propane tank. But we don't have gas in my neighborhood, and when my shitty electric cooktop died a few years ago I decided to stop being so afraid and get a propane replacement. Once we were plumbed for one little tank next to the house for cooking, it wasn't THAT huge a step to get the four enormous tanks to run a whole-house generator off of (after going a week without electricity -- meaning no running water -- after Hurricane Sandy). Basically, now stately Dick n Hisses Manor is a ticking time bomb.  (Is the tank at your place one of those little portable ones? You use those for grilling!) *I was 27. As long as you don't house any members of Project Treadstone*, or have one of them hunting down another around your place you should be fine. *Yes, I realize that's pretty far to go to make a joke that most people won't find funny or even understand. |
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Post by Liz n Dick the Halls on Jul 31, 2017 9:39:55 GMT -5
As long as you don't house any members of Project Treadstone*, or have one of them hunting down another around your place you should be fine. *Yes, I realize that's pretty far to go to make a joke that most people won't find funny or even understand. If you knew how many times I've seen those movies, you'd know that I think of that every time I contemplate those propane tanks. WELL PLAYED. |
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Post by Pastafarian on Jul 31, 2017 14:03:01 GMT -5
As long as you don't house any members of Project Treadstone*, or have one of them hunting down another around your place you should be fine. *Yes, I realize that's pretty far to go to make a joke that most people won't find funny or even understand. If you knew how many times I've seen those movies, you'd know that I think of that every time I contemplate those propane tanks. WELL PLAYED. Thanks you! I saw not a single response or upvote and was even considering amending my post to make a Clive Owen reference. Me of little faith. |
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Post by heroboy on Jul 31, 2017 14:56:40 GMT -5
This green monster, swallowing my back yard. Oh my god, you didn't let Stephen King touch your meteorite, did you? |
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Post by songstarliner on Jul 31, 2017 16:04:02 GMT -5
Oh my god, you didn't let Stephen King touch your meteorite, did you? Jordy Verrill, you lunkhead! |
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Post by Powerthirteen on Jul 31, 2017 17:04:08 GMT -5
I saw this parked on a side street a block from Wrigley Field. I have some questions about this person's understanding of how being a fan works.  |
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Post by MyNameIsNoneOfYourGoddamnBusin on Jul 31, 2017 17:29:44 GMT -5
I don't know if Amish Cosplay is a thing, but if it is, I saw that.
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Post by Dr. Rumak on Jul 31, 2017 22:39:57 GMT -5
Yes, I suppose it is - but why would I want to grill with something that can explode when I could just get some like, wood, or charcoal? How do I get rid of this thing? I switched to propane this summer, because, for me, at least, grilling with charcoal is an event. One I get the fire going, I am going to spend hours cooking as much as I can, because otherwise, I will have wasted the charcoal. With a propane grill, I turn it on, light it up, and then turn it off after cooking whatever we feel like eating that night. |
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Post by Baron von Costume on Aug 1, 2017 10:36:27 GMT -5
This was the other day but... Kristen Stewart because she is apparently shooting a movie here
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Post by Some Kind of Munster on Aug 1, 2017 12:28:32 GMT -5
Yes, I suppose it is - but why would I want to grill with something that can explode when I could just get some like, wood, or charcoal? How do I get rid of this thing? I switched to propane this summer, because, for me, at least, grilling with charcoal is an event. One I get the fire going, I am going to spend hours cooking as much as I can, because otherwise, I will have wasted the charcoal. With a propane grill, I turn it on, light it up, and then turn it off after cooking whatever we feel like eating that night. If I had the room for two grills in my backyard I would absolutely get a charcoal BBQ for "event" cooking to go with my propane BBQ for day to day grilling. The flavour is so much better, but like you said, it's a pain in the ass lighting coals, especially if I just want to cook up a few burgers or something when I get home from work. Also, on the safety front, I'd imagine charcoal grills are waaaaaay more likely to start a fire than a propane grill, which has a steady, controlled flame and generally doesn't involve the willy-nilly squirting of lighter fluid. I'll have to check but I think my condo board actually prohibits charcoal BBQs due to the fire safety concerns |
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Post by Dellarigg on Aug 1, 2017 15:07:21 GMT -5
A main road near me is closed to traffic while it's widened from two to three lanes; a bridge over it is also being rebuilt. Today, at rush hour, I was able to walk down the middle of the road and see in the distance the bridge as just a huge pile of rubble blocking it. It was eerie, like I was in The Stand.
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Post by songstarliner on Aug 1, 2017 20:52:06 GMT -5
A main road near me is closed to traffic while it's widened from two to three lanes; a bridge over it is also being rebuilt. Today, at rush hour, I was able to walk down the middle of the road and see in the distance the bridge as just a huge pile of rubble blocking it. It was eerie, like I was in The Stand. Pretty much every time I drive through a tunnel, I think of how Larry has to walk through the pitch-black Lincoln Tunnel to get out of Manhattan - and there are a lot of tunnels in Pittsburgh. |
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Post by moimoi on Aug 2, 2017 12:34:33 GMT -5
Children climbing up and sliding down a Picasso sculpture to the thumping strains of House music
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Post by Liz n Dick the Halls on Aug 2, 2017 14:14:48 GMT -5
If I had the room for two grills in my backyard I would absolutely get a charcoal BBQ for "event" cooking to go with my propane BBQ for day to day grilling. The flavour is so much better, but like you said, it's a pain in the ass lighting coals, especially if I just want to cook up a few burgers or something when I get home from work. Also, on the safety front, I'd imagine charcoal grills are waaaaaay more likely to start a fire than a propane grill, which has a steady, controlled flame and generally doesn't involve the willy-nilly squirting of lighter fluid. I'll have to check but I think my condo board actually prohibits charcoal BBQs due to the fire safety concerns Lighter fluid is for chumps. |
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Post by repulsionist on Aug 2, 2017 14:34:34 GMT -5
A brown squirrel fending off a crow and gray squirrel for its nut cache.
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Post by songstarliner on Aug 2, 2017 15:34:25 GMT -5
A brown squirrel fending off a crow and gray squirrel for its nut cache. I'm rooting for the crow. |
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Post by Jimmy James on Aug 6, 2017 12:55:48 GMT -5
Guy must have been absolutely blasting his stereo, because even with the windows up I can tell he's listening to Wilson Phillips' "Hold On" . I'm on the sidewalk, and as his car drives past I can read the vanity plate "SUP BABE". At Trader Joe's, there was an older fella who looked like Lawrence Tierney (of Reservoir Dogs and "Marge Be Not Proud" fame). He's wearing black slacks and a black dress shirt, wide tie, and black fedora with a snakeskin hatband. Big gold ring on his pinky, and the only thing that indicates he's not on his way to shoot up Jimmy Cagney in a movie scene is the gleaming police badge hanging in the middle of his chest. He's parked a couple cars away from me, so as I leave I see him get into a Mustang that says PA State Constable on the back. I didn't even know our state had a constable. |
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Post by Ben Grimm on Aug 6, 2017 14:47:05 GMT -5
I didn't even know our state had a constable. It doesn't. That was his cover story. |
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Post by Floyd Dinnertime Barber on Aug 6, 2017 18:23:58 GMT -5
Today at the county fair parade I saw three different Santa Clauses in three different convertibles, one after the other, each with a sign advertising the Illinois Professional Santa Association.
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Post by Jean-Luc Lemur on Aug 7, 2017 16:25:54 GMT -5
A contractor’s old Tacoma with a Starfleet arrowhead and rainbow heart stickers on the back window
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