Crow Video, New Grill, and Early September
I wanted to start this talking about the wonderful early Fall weather... But the flesh is weak. Here is a nice video of some crows chowing down on old pizza. (I swear that one of these days we'll have one of our old "Coffee-Table Discussions", but for now the birds are just too much fun.) Keep an eye open for the great play of sunlight, and the vision of crows descending from heaven, as it were.
Once again, the food was eatable, just not very palatable. (To be completely honest, given the fact that crows eat August road kill, I imagine the corvid's gut is pretty rugged.) Anywho, as the video clearly shows, the birds didn't seem to care.
Onward, and on a completely different topic...
Looks like we got us a new grill!
The old one was almost 10 years old, the burners were disintegrating, and it was just plain tired. Oh, I could have rebuilt it yet again, but that would have cost another $60, and the frame holding the old one together was rusted to the point of being unsafe - so, goodbye. Besides... This one was on sale for about the same price... No brainer.
Details of the build:
* Usual stamped-steel frame with heavy aluminum firebox.
* Usual claim of "No Tools Needed For Assembly!!!" which was shattered by the time I reached Step 2.
* Usual instructions printed in three languages, one of which pretended to be English
* And so it went...
Hopefully,I can finish getting this baby put together by the time Jeopardy! is over, and the wife and I can be cooking pork chops by dark. (I'll post photos of the finished product in an upcoming entry.)
See you by the feeders, grilling like crazy...
CapeCodAlan
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Comments
How can those crows fly with such a load of groceries in their beaks??? One guy looked as though he was carrying a Double Whopper! (And how can you guys afford the groceries?)
Posted by: Josie | September 5, 2009 10:59 PM
Hi Josie,
We can afford the "crow groceries" because we just don't eat everything that comes in the front door. (Granted, we freeze most of the leftovers and eat them later, but some just ain't that tasty... This from a guy who likes cold leftover liver and lima beans with a side of A1...) For the stuff I can't stomach... Off to the crows!
CCA
Posted by: CapeCodAlan
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September 7, 2009 11:49 PM