I got it assembled without too many problems. Noticed a couple of spots that need touching up with paint, but nothing horrendous. These grills are basically ex-demo – they have never been cooked on, but they have been standing around, and to be honest, I expected more dings than there are. Of course, that is what got me the superb price, and I won’t obsess about scratching/denting my new toy, because it comes already christened. This is good – with my Weber kettle, I’ve been wanting to fit a dome thermometer for a couple of years, but couldn’t bring myself to drill the shiny new(ish) thing. With this, I’ll have no hesitation about making any minor changes I think of.
Month: September 2010
Ashford looks a lot closer on the map, than it is – 3 hours drive there, and 3 hours back. But it was mostly motorway, and easy driving. Having got on the road just belfore 11am, I arrived at the American BBQ Company just after 2, and Jackie had my new pellet grill out ready to show me. It is mostly preassembled, all I have to do is fix the pellet hopper to the BBQ unit (4 bolts), and fix on the chimney (4 bolts) and I am ready.
Excellent parody of online science reporting.
Ed Milliband is now leader of the Labour party and has declared that New Labour is dead, although there are no plans for a “lurch to the left”.
The holiday started well – went down to visit and provide a support act for her house-concert. The concert went very well, everyone seemed to have a good time, and I got some really nice comments about my mini-set.
In ‘A Journey: My Political Life’, he quotes the Queen as telling him “You are my 10th Prime Minister. The first was Winston [Churchill]. That was before you were born”.
But something that really put a smile on my face today was to see a proper hinged panelled door, opening into the kitchen, to replace the stupid (and ugly) flush sliding door that used to dominate a wall in my lounge and – when open – actually obscured a light switch.
To be fair, there was never any argument from Glasses Direct, and they have been very pleasant on the phone, despite all this hassle. I have also heard good things from other people about them, so I am willing to believe that I have just been extremely unlucky.
They have only been here two days, but already the walls are stripped, the hideous brick fake fireplace has gone, and the awful artex ceiling is now under a layer of plasterboard, waiting to be plastered over.