WHen you go out to grill steaks....

RendeR · 10-19-2009, 05:52 PM

JUST GRILL THE FUCKING STEAKS.

I was happily grilling away when in a fit of boredom I remembered that my garage door needed adjusting. So I test the cables on one side, very light tension (door was up in the resting position) no problem, popped off the S bolt holding the chains, moved it up 2 rungs and popped it back on. Bing Bang, no problem!

Moved to the opposite side and as I have the cables off the weight of the door starts inexoribly pulling the cables out of my hands. Like any typical male I grit my teeth and pull harder....

TWANG!

The S bolt and chains whip out of my hands tearing the fingernail half off my right ring finger and zooming inches past my eyes. I got that slow motion effect as the S bolt crossed right before both eyeballs.

Thankfully its a fairly minor injury, hurts like a bitch but it should heal fine. My nerves are fucked after that massive shot of adrenilin, I will probably sleep very well this evening.

Moral of the story, ALWAYS ALWAYS prop the door up with something before trying to adjust the chain tensioners.

Night folks!

terpkristin · 10-19-2009, 05:54 PM

Hope your steaks were good at least?

At my parents' house (years ago) we had one of our garage door opener springs break, punched a nice hole in the garage wall. Glad you're OK!

/tk

RendeR · 10-19-2009, 05:55 PM

THe steaks came out perfectly =) and thanks!

MacroGuru · 10-19-2009, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by RendeR

JUST GRILL THE FUCKING STEAKS.

I was happily grilling away when in a fit of boredom I remembered that my garage door needed adjusting. So I test the cables on one side, very light tension (door was up in the resting position) no problem, popped off the S bolt holding the chains, moved it up 2 rungs and popped it back on. Bing Bang, no problem!

Moved to the opposite side and as I have the cables off the weight of the door starts inexoribly pulling the cables out of my hands. Like any typical male I grit my teeth and pull harder....

TWANG!

The S bolt and chains whip out of my hands tearing the fingernail half off my right ring finger and zooming inches past my eyes. I got that slow motion effect as the S bolt crossed right before both eyeballs.

Thankfully its a fairly minor injury, hurts like a bitch but it should heal fine. My nerves are fucked after that massive shot of adrenilin, I will probably sleep very well this evening.

Moral of the story, ALWAYS ALWAYS prop the door up with something before trying to adjust the chain tensioners.

Night folks!

Where was the invite that I could stand there and drink a beer and watch you do this?

Coffee Warlord · 10-19-2009, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by MacroGuru

Where was the invite that I could stand there and frink a beer and watch you do this?

I do not know of this frinking of beers. Please explain.

RendeR · 10-19-2009, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by MacroGuru

Where was the invite that I could stand there and drink a beer and watch you do this?

Honestly I didn't know you were home =) I coulda had you holding the Fracking DOOR

We should line up a night to hang out here at teh house and do some gaming. I'll get some steaks out for us =)

MacroGuru · 10-19-2009, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by RendeR

Honestly I didn't know you were home =) I coulda had you holding the Fracking DOOR

We should line up a night to hang out here at teh house and do some gaming. I'll get some steaks out for us =)

Actually I was flying out of Buffalo when you made this post...right now I am sitting in Detroit waiting for the rest of my team to show up so we can get to the hotel.

Lathum · 10-19-2009, 06:30 PM

Whenever I grill anything all I do is drink a beer.

Schmidty · 10-19-2009, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Lathum

Whenever I grill anything all I do is drink a beer.

What do you grill? Carrots? Lettuce? Tofu?

Swaggs · 10-19-2009, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Schmidty

What do you grill? Carrots? Lettuce? Tofu?

Bunny legs?

terpkristin · 10-19-2009, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Schmidty

What do you grill? Carrots? Lettuce? Tofu?

Can't speak for Lathum but some of my favorite stuff to grill are mushrooms, onions, zucchini, apples, peaches, corn on the cob....I could go on quite a bit.

/tk

Lathum · 10-19-2009, 07:08 PM

Portabella, veggie skewers

My wife is a carnivore so I grill for her.

RendeR · 10-19-2009, 07:13 PM

I love me some marinated portabella's on the grill.

Schmidty · 10-19-2009, 07:15 PM

I do grill mushrooms and eggplant at times.

Kristin - Apples and peaches??? That sounds gross.

RendeR · 10-19-2009, 07:21 PM

Actually grilled fruit is very good, I enjoy grilled pineapple rings.

terpkristin · 10-19-2009, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Schmidty

Kristin - Apples and peaches??? That sounds gross.

They're GREAT. Pineapple, too. Ever sauteed peaches or apples? Same principle, flavor-wise (taste wise, too, if you use butter to ensure they don't stick to the grill...)

/tk

Schmidty · 10-19-2009, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by terpkristin

They're GREAT. Pineapple, too. Ever sauteed peaches or apples? Same principle, flavor-wise (taste wise, too, if you use butter to ensure they don't stick to the grill...)

/tk

Ah, ok. That makes since, although smoky fruit makes me wary....

DanGarion · 10-19-2009, 07:33 PM

I'm grilling carrots tonight!

Sorry to hear about that RendeR, but be more cautious next time!

Dr. Sak · 10-19-2009, 07:35 PM

Anyone else think Jon sabotaged his garage door....

RendeR · 10-19-2009, 07:39 PM

Oh I fixed the door after bandaging my hand. If I hadn't Telle wouldn't have gotten the car out for work tomorrow!

Funniest moment was immediately after it happened, I'm standing in the driveway bleeding on the concrete trying to decide "Do I turn the steaks and then go inside or do I go inside and then turn teh steaks?"

I turned the steaks first.

Schmidty · 10-19-2009, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by RendeR

I turned the steaks first.

That's gross. I like my steak rare, but not human blood rare.

RomaGoth · 10-20-2009, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by RendeR

JUST GRILL THE FUCKING STEAKS.

I was happily grilling away when in a fit of boredom I remembered that my garage door needed adjusting. So I test the cables on one side, very light tension (door was up in the resting position) no problem, popped off the S bolt holding the chains, moved it up 2 rungs and popped it back on. Bing Bang, no problem!

Moved to the opposite side and as I have the cables off the weight of the door starts inexoribly pulling the cables out of my hands. Like any typical male I grit my teeth and pull harder....

TWANG!

The S bolt and chains whip out of my hands tearing the fingernail half off my right ring finger and zooming inches past my eyes. I got that slow motion effect as the S bolt crossed right before both eyeballs.

Thankfully its a fairly minor injury, hurts like a bitch but it should heal fine. My nerves are fucked after that massive shot of adrenilin, I will probably sleep very well this evening.

Moral of the story, ALWAYS ALWAYS prop the door up with something before trying to adjust the chain tensioners.

Night folks!

I thought the moral of the story was to just grill the steaks and ignore the other shit going on, like a garage door needing to be fixed...

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Originally Posted by RendeR

Oh I fixed the door after bandaging my hand. If I hadn't Telle wouldn't have gotten the car out for work tomorrow!

Funniest moment was immediately after it happened, I'm standing in the driveway bleeding on the concrete trying to decide "Do I turn the steaks and then go inside or do I go inside and then turn teh steaks?"

I turned the steaks first.

Excellent call. This is along the same lines of never, ever putting your beer down when you leave the room at a party.

Pumpy Tudors · 10-20-2009, 09:07 AM

Can't believe there was bloodshed in Buffalo and it wasn't during the semi-hourly FOFC meetup.

DaddyTorgo · 10-20-2009, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by terpkristin

Hope your steaks were good at least?

At my parents' house (years ago) we had one of our garage door opener springs break, punched a nice hole in the garage wall. Glad you're OK!

/tk

we had a garage door guy out to fix ours one time and he told us he knew somebody who died from a broken spring hitting them

Mike D · 10-20-2009, 09:23 AM

Well...I thought you were going to tell us that the garage door swung shut and locked your ass in the garage while your steaks were threatened with over-searing. Now if that had been the case, I was then hoping to read that you pushed *through* the garage door to make the save. Basically I had the whole post worked out based strictly on the title. In any event, glad it was just a fingernail.

DaddyTorgo · 10-20-2009, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Lathum

Whenever I grill anything all I do is drink a beer.

beer? or mimosa?

DaddyTorgo · 10-20-2009, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

Can't believe there was bloodshed in Buffalo and it wasn't during the semi-hourly FOFC meetup.

QFT

Passacaglia · 10-20-2009, 09:26 AM

I thought he was going to whine about all sorts of ridiculous marinades and whatnot.

RendeR · 10-20-2009, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Passacaglia

I thought he was going to whine about all sorts of ridiculous marinades and whatnot.

I've got your marinade right here buddy...

DanGarion · 10-20-2009, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

Can't believe there was bloodshed in Buffalo and it wasn't during a Bills game.

Fixed that for you.

RendeR · 10-20-2009, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by DanGarion

Fixed that for you.

No see, there is bloodshed at Bills games anytime. Winning or losing. Bills fans can be some obnoxious buggers.

Galaxy · 10-20-2009, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by MacroGuru

Where was the invite that I could stand there and drink a beer and watch you do this?

+1

Galaxy · 10-20-2009, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by DanGarion

Fixed that for you.

You need PLENTY of beer during the Bills game.

M GO BLUE!!! · 10-20-2009, 02:56 PM

At least the steaks came out good!

I was BBQ'ing some country ribs once, went into the house to work on the rest of the food & my neighbor came to the door. He wanted me to look at something at his place real quick... A few minutes later I realize the beeping I hear is my smoke alarm! Cleaning up the mess on the stove it suddenly hit me... MY RIBS! The grill was engulfed in flames. As I throw it open & use the tongs to flip the rack off & get the fire away from the propane tank, the next door neighbor yells from the window "IS IT DONE YET?"

Karlifornia · 10-21-2009, 02:00 AM

Here's some home video from my last cookout

flere-imsaho · 10-21-2009, 08:20 AM

Dude, not cool.

RendeR · 10-21-2009, 01:29 PM

I dunno, it was a pretty cool scene, the explosion was a bit weak, but its not a top budget series of movies after all.

RendeR · 10-21-2009, 01:30 PM

Everyone remember the scene in SPiderman when the thug is trying to punch Peter out and Peter dodges his fist and watches it go back and forth?

See that with a steel wire holding a 2 inch S bracket and a foot of chain on the end of it flying by.

I can't ever UNsee that....

10-19-2009, 05:54 PM	#2
terpkristin Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ashburn, VA	Hope your steaks were good at least? At my parents' house (years ago) we had one of our garage door opener springs break, punched a nice hole in the garage wall. Glad you're OK! /tk __________________ GO TERPS! Find me on XBLA and PSN as terpkristin I'm trying to update the blog more often: http://gimpygal.blogspot.com Kristin's Nav Space: http://kristin.seidelmann-owners.com/

10-19-2009, 05:55 PM	#3
RendeR Coordinator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Buffalo, NY	THe steaks came out perfectly =) and thanks! __________________ http://wotlabs.net/s...8/signature.png http://wotlabs.net/sig_dark/na/banichi18/signature.png

10-19-2009, 07:13 PM	#13
RendeR Coordinator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Buffalo, NY	I love me some marinated portabella's on the grill. __________________ http://wotlabs.net/s...8/signature.png http://wotlabs.net/sig_dark/na/banichi18/signature.png

10-19-2009, 07:15 PM	#14
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10-19-2009, 07:21 PM	#15
RendeR Coordinator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Buffalo, NY	Actually grilled fruit is very good, I enjoy grilled pineapple rings. __________________ http://wotlabs.net/s...8/signature.png http://wotlabs.net/sig_dark/na/banichi18/signature.png

10-19-2009, 06:30 PM	#8
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Madeira, Oh	Whenever I grill anything all I do is drink a beer.

10-19-2009, 07:08 PM	#12
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Madeira, Oh	Portabella, veggie skewers My wife is a carnivore so I grill for her.

10-19-2009, 07:33 PM	#18
DanGarion Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Orange, CA	I'm grilling carrots tonight! Sorry to hear about that RendeR, but be more cautious next time! __________________ Los Angeles Dodgers SF 49ers Anaheim Angels Check out the FOFC Groups on Facebook! and Reddit! DON'T REPORT ME BRO! Come Join the Peanuts and Cracker Jack Baseball League (PCJBL)

10-19-2009, 07:35 PM	#19
Dr. Sak Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Stuck in Yinzerville, PA	Anyone else think Jon sabotaged his garage door.... __________________ I throw yellow flags

10-19-2009, 07:39 PM	#20
RendeR Coordinator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Buffalo, NY	Oh I fixed the door after bandaging my hand. If I hadn't Telle wouldn't have gotten the car out for work tomorrow! Funniest moment was immediately after it happened, I'm standing in the driveway bleeding on the concrete trying to decide "Do I turn the steaks and then go inside or do I go inside and then turn teh steaks?" I turned the steaks first. __________________ http://wotlabs.net/s...8/signature.png http://wotlabs.net/sig_dark/na/banichi18/signature.png

10-20-2009, 09:07 AM	#23
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10-20-2009, 09:23 AM	#25
Mike D "Dutch" Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Tampa, FL	Well...I thought you were going to tell us that the garage door swung shut and locked your ass in the garage while your steaks were threatened with over-searing. Now if that had been the case, I was then hoping to read that you pushed through the garage door to make the save. Basically I had the whole post worked out based strictly on the title. In any event, glad it was just a fingernail. Last edited by Mike D : 10-20-2009 at 09:24 AM.

10-20-2009, 09:26 AM	#28
Passacaglia Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Big Ten Country	I thought he was going to whine about all sorts of ridiculous marinades and whatnot.

10-20-2009, 02:56 PM	#34
M GO BLUE!!! Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Detroit, MI	At least the steaks came out good! I was BBQ'ing some country ribs once, went into the house to work on the rest of the food & my neighbor came to the door. He wanted me to look at something at his place real quick... A few minutes later I realize the beeping I hear is my smoke alarm! Cleaning up the mess on the stove it suddenly hit me... MY RIBS! The grill was engulfed in flames. As I throw it open & use the tongs to flip the rack off & get the fire away from the propane tank, the next door neighbor yells from the window "IS IT DONE YET?" __________________ Speramus Meliora; Resurgent Cineribus.

10-21-2009, 02:00 AM	#35
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10-21-2009, 08:20 AM	#36
flere-imsaho Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: MS Paint	Dude, not cool. __________________ The NFL in Cartoons: http://profootballcartoons.com/

10-21-2009, 01:29 PM	#37
RendeR Coordinator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Buffalo, NY	I dunno, it was a pretty cool scene, the explosion was a bit weak, but its not a top budget series of movies after all. __________________ http://wotlabs.net/s...8/signature.png http://wotlabs.net/sig_dark/na/banichi18/signature.png

10-21-2009, 01:30 PM	#38
RendeR Coordinator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Buffalo, NY	Everyone remember the scene in SPiderman when the thug is trying to punch Peter out and Peter dodges his fist and watches it go back and forth? See that with a steel wire holding a 2 inch S bracket and a foot of chain on the end of it flying by. I can't ever UNsee that.... __________________ http://wotlabs.net/s...8/signature.png http://wotlabs.net/sig_dark/na/banichi18/signature.png Last edited by RendeR : 10-21-2009 at 01:31 PM.

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