WHen you go out to grill steaks.... [Archive] - Front Office Football Central

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

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

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

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

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

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

What do you grill? Carrots? Lettuce? Tofu?

Bunny legs? ;)

terpkristin

10-19-2009, 07:06 PM

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

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

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

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

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...:confused: :confused:

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

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

Dutch

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

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

beer? or mimosa?

DaddyTorgo

10-20-2009, 09:25 AM

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

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

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

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

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

+1

http://hollywoodphony.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/king_of_the_hill_alley.jpg

Galaxy

10-20-2009, 01:10 PM

Fixed that for you.

:D

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

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flere-imsaho

10-21-2009, 08:20 AM

Dude, not cool.

:D

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....