Last week I posted about the neighbour's dog stealing my BBQ spit. The
other day we lost a nice heavy duty lifter (spatula?). Neither of us
remembered bringing it in from the shelf on the BBQ after grilling dinner
and eating on the patio. It was a really nice heavy duty lifter with a
wooden handle. This morning when the I saw the neighbour come in I went
over and asked about it. Sure enough, it was there. She had recognized the
prongs of the spit for what they were last week, but a wooden handled
lifter with no handle was a mystery to her. So now I am going to have to go
out and get a new one. She offered to replace it, but it's not her fault
that we leave meat flavoured utensils where the dogs can get them. If it
hadn't been their dogs it would have been a racoon.


So today I will have to find a nice new lifter.... and remember not to
leave it outside, at least for the next two weeks until they move.

Dave Smith wrote:
>
> So today I will have to find a nice new lifter.... and remember not to
> leave it outside, at least for the next two weeks until they move.

Actually, it's a good thing they are moving. I know the dogs are nice and
all that but it's rather inconvenient to have to remember to bring
everything inside just because of them

Jill

On Aug 3, 10:44 am, Dave Smith > wrote:
> Last week I posted about the neighbour's dog stealing my BBQ spit. The
> other day we lost a nice heavy duty lifter (spatula?). Neither of us
> remembered bringing it in from the shelf on the BBQ after grilling dinner
> and eating on the patio. It was a really nice heavy duty lifter with a
> wooden handle. This morning when the I saw the neighbour come in I went
> over and asked about it. Sure enough, it was there. She had recognized the
> prongs of the spit for what they were last week, but a wooden handled
> lifter with no handle was a mystery to her. So now I am going to have to go
> out and get a new one. She offered to replace it, but it's not her fault
> that we leave meat flavoured utensils where the dogs can get them. If it
> hadn't been their dogs it would have been a racoon.
>
> So today I will have to find a nice new lifter.... and remember not to
> leave it outside, at least for the next two weeks until they move.

Fewer beers at dinner perhaps? I've never heard the term "lifter"
before.

My dogs used to take the meat that was cooking off the grill if you
didn't watch them. My cat took the basting brush that was being used
to baste a turkey cooking on the grill with butter/spices. He ate the
nylon bristles off of it. He had a thing for turkey.

Susan B.

On 2007-08-03, sueb > wrote:

> Fewer beers at dinner perhaps?

Blasphemy!

> I've never heard the term "lifter" before.

Yeah, that's a new one on me. Flipper, spat, etc, but never lifter.
Oh, those whacky Brits and Ozzy's.

nb

sueb wrote:
>

> >
> > So today I will have to find a nice new lifter.... and remember not to
> > leave it outside, at least for the next two weeks until they move.
>
> Fewer beers at dinner perhaps? I've never heard the term "lifter"
> before.

Then I might as well cook inside. :-)

Steve Wertz wrote:
> On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 10:44:59 -0400, Dave Smith wrote:
>
>> So today I will have to find a nice new lifter.... and remember not to
>> leave it outside, at least for the next two weeks until they move.
>
><sigh> In an ideal world, people feed their dogs and keep them on
> their property.
>
> ObFood: 6oz of Salmon sashimi and some spinach/parmesean dip with
> crackers.

Quite a spread -- what kind of dog do you you have?


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On Aug 3, 9:44 am, Dave Smith > wrote:
> Last week I posted about the neighbour's dog stealing my BBQ spit. The
> other day we lost a nice heavy duty lifter (spatula?).

I think it's kinda funny. I saw a picture at some news/photo site
yesterday - this lady's cat kept bringing home garden gloves and
leaving them on the doorstep as an offering. She had so far received
9 pairs of gloves and 5 singles. I've never heard of a retriever-
breed cat.

N.

Michael "Dog3" Lonergan wrote:
> "jmcquown" > dropped this turd
> : in rec.food.cooking
>
>> Dave Smith wrote:
>>>
>>> So today I will have to find a nice new lifter.... and remember not
>>> to leave it outside, at least for the next two weeks until they
>>> move.
>>
>> Actually, it's a good thing they are moving. I know the dogs are
>> nice and all that but it's rather inconvenient to have to remember
>> to bring everything inside just because of them
>>
> Not where I live. If it's left outside it's fair game for the 'coons
> and opossums. Of course my dog is legendary for her grill snatchings
> but she's never swiped a utensil.
>
I only had one instance in 10 years of a raccoon coming sniffing around my
trash can. My patio is fenced and so is the area where my trash can is. My
trash can has a flip up handle that locks the lid down. I know raccoons are
smart but by the time I heard one trying to get into the trash can I'd run
outside to confront it and it ran away. It gave up and didn't come back.

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...4240-4145/24LW

http://tinyurl.com/ytftry

Jill

On Aug 4, 6:29 am, "jmcquown" > wrote:
> Michael "Dog3" Lonergan wrote:
> > "jmcquown" > dropped this turd
> :in rec.food.cooking
>
> >> Dave Smith wrote:
>
> >>> So today I will have to find a nice new lifter.... and remember not
> >>> to leave it outside, at least for the next two weeks until they
> >>> move.
>
> >> Actually, it's a good thing they are moving. I know the dogs are
> >> nice and all that but it's rather inconvenient to have to remember
> >> to bring everything inside just because of them
>
> > Not where I live. If it's left outside it's fair game for the 'coons
> > and opossums. Of course my dog is legendary for her grill snatchings
> > but she's never swiped a utensil.
>
> I only had one instance in 10 years of a raccoon coming sniffing around my
> trash can. My patio is fenced and so is the area where my trash can is. My
> trash can has a flip up handle that locks the lid down. I know raccoons are
> smart but by the time I heard one trying to get into the trash can I'd run
> outside to confront it and it ran away. It gave up and didn't come back.
>
> http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...ductId=176274-...
>
> http://tinyurl.com/ytftry
>
> Jill

Probably wouldn't last day. Some of those racoons carry their own
tool kits.

John Kane, Kingston ON Canada

John Kane wrote:
>
> Probably wouldn't last day. Some of those racoons carry their own
> tool kits.
>
> John Kane, Kingston ON Canada

They don't wear masks for nothing! They're definitely burglars alright.

Sky

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Michael \"Dog3\" Lonergan wrote:
>
> Not where I live. If it's left outside it's fair game for the 'coons and
> opossums. Of course my dog is legendary for her grill snatchings but she's
> never swiped a utensil. I've even seen tree rats snatch up a grilling fork
> once. He couldn't get a grip on it and dropped it but gave it his all.
> After dropping the fork he scampered back to the picnic table and latched
> onto a bologna sandwich and ran up a utility pole with it. The 'coons are
> the worst nuisance around here. They're greedy and really nosy. One never
> leaves the garage unattended after dark lest one of the little sneaks comes
> in to browse around.


I am surprised that we do not have a problem with racoons getting into our
garbage. It is kept in a bin behind the house. There are lots or racoons
around, and the two carcasses across the road would indicate the local
population is down by at least two. I still hear them across the street
almost every night when I let the dogs out before bedtime, and I often see
them along the road and I see lots of tracks in the field behind. It amazes
me that in the 30 years I have lived here we have never had a problem with
them. Maybe it is because it is a rural area and they can find enough to
eat without eating trash.

They can ne destructive little buggers. A family of them moved into a
friend's cottage one winter and really made a mess of the place.
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