Frustrating day.

[Jocool]

I'm sure you have all had plans thay don't go the way they should. I just thought I would share mine with you.

I spotted what looked like a neat Blue 22 on Gumtree for $10. And knowing they don't last too long I pounced without giving a second thought to the fact that there was only one picture, and it was sideways.

I sat in traffic for over an hour to get to this thing. And when I got there it was such a dissappointment! The lid was all beaten up and the bowl was chipped. The legs were frozen in place abd the triangle was solid mass of rust. The wheels were pretty poor and lettering all gone. And then I opened it up.

The grate was shot and the charcoal grate was nearly nonexistent. Although the charcoal rails were there, they looked ready to dissolve. And then I looked past all that and noted that the One touch systwm was completely MIA!

FML!

But I paid the $10 and took. 'Cos I'll be fucked if I'm going to drive all that way, and sit in another hour plus of traffic going home, and have nothing to show for it!

At least I got a battered old twist ash catcher out of it.

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[Jocool]

Oh, and I drove for another hour and a half to pick up another grill for a mate, and that was missing parts even though advertised as new and complete!

Some days you just can't win.

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[MINIgrillin]

Well crap!!  2 points towards kettle-karma. Make a water fountain. Or a lamp.

[Golly]

Oh, and I drove for another hour and a half to pick up another grill for a mate, and that was missing parts even though advertised as new and complete!

Some days you just can't win.

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thanks mate really appreciate it

clean that blue up and get cooking and pics

[Bman]

But I paid the $XX and took. 'Cos I'll be fucked if I'm going to drive all that way, and sit in another hour plus of traffic going home, and have nothing to show for it!

Been there...
http://weberkettleclub.com/forums/weber-kettles-accessories/i'm-done-done!-i've-learned-my-lesson/msg21290/#msg21290

[Jocool]

Dave, I think it's also missing the ash tray. But it just so happens I have a new one here you can have if you don't have one.

I should have enough bits to make a decent cooker out of the Blue. But now that I have my SS and my double barrelled table, I don't think I got room to cook with it.

Yeah I know.....First world problems.

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[Duke]

Sorry to hear of your woes JC. Would you mind sharing a few pictures? I picked a blue 18 up by the beach a couple years back that was in the type of condition you described (roached). I met the guy at a fast food joint and just paid the agreed $35 and bailed. The good news was after a really extensive clean up and repair it went for $80.

[OGlenn]

Sounds to me like it is destined to become a cooker.  Beat the hell out of it and get your retribution that way.

[kako5256]

Just use it for the "family" pictures! It will be worth the ten bucks when you make us all feel like we need more kettles because your weber family is bigger than ours.

[Jocool]

Kako, that's a crack up. I may do just that.

I'll try and get some decent shots of it before I do any work.

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