Well, it lasted 29 days, but last night when i got home from work, the proverbial "shit" hit the fan, and i had enough.

29 days of anger every time i looked at it.

29 days of pure hatred directed towards a collection of metal and nuts and bolts.

29 days of hazardous grilling, which led to numerous burnt fingers, and the loss of most of the hair on both of my forearms.

29 days..

I got home from work last night, went out and lit my "T-Bone Sahara Deluxe Grill". As i started to clean off the actual grill, it once again fell of its mountings and into the flame.

Not cool.

When you live on the east coast of Canada, with a combined population that is less than most large cities in the rest of this big world, it is very rare that you get to see a world class rock band in its prime. Sure, we get lots of great Canadian bands that blow through the region on their yearly "College and University" tours. We also get bands that are a little bit [or way past] their prime, doing their "buy our greatest hits" album. Mostly though, we miss the really great bands. Well, the really great bands that I want to see.

But..

Every once in a blue moon, all the stars align, and the Gods of Rock smile upon us as some local promoter makes a phone call at the right time, and we end up with one of those world class bands playing in one or two of our little maritime provinces.

Generally, i am the kind of person who doesn't really skimp on products when i purchase something. I usually don't mind paying a little extra for something of quality rather than save a few bucks and end up with an inferior product.

For some reason, yesterday, I decided to go against my usually buying habits, and purchase a "T-Bone Sahara Deluxe Gas BBQ" from Walmart. I enjoy cooking meat over a nice propane flame, but I just could not justify paying $200 or more for a decent grill, so I decided to go the route of the bargain grill. It was $79 and it was a very large mistake.

It took me three hours to put the friggin thing together. THREE HOURS! The worst part of that is that it was PARTIALLY ASSEMBLED! And there is a fairly large, somewhat important looking piece left over, which I wasn't able to put into place, even using brute force. After 3 hours, it was together [mostly], a little wobbly, but together none the less. It was 9:30pm when I finished, and I decided to check the freezer for some delicious meat to grill.

All I had was hot dogs. And no buns or bread.

I couldn't christen the new grill [no matter how crappy is might be] with hot dogs. So at 9:30pm I headed for Nicks Groceries on St Peters Rd to purchase some steak, and new potato's. My supper was ready to eat at around 10:30pm. It was tasty.

I'm hoping this BBQ will at least last me the summer, though i have to admit, every time i look at it, I am filled with a small amount of rage at my stupidity for going for the bargain. It is quite possible that before the summer is out, I will take a sledgehammer to the whole thing. Or if someone out there wants a bargain grill, give me a call. I'll let this sucker go pretty cheap, and you wont have to waste 3 hours putting it together.