Holiday Robbery

Being a big kid at heart (and engineer at mind) the thing I look forward to most other than opening gifts is putting things together that need assembly. The bigger and more difficult a project the better!

This year we got a new barbeque grill. Yes, my eyes were all a glow with the anticipation of conquering yet another construction project. It's time to build!

Step one, open box. My eyes widened and my pulse quickened as I glared into the sea of styrofoam and cardboard packaging. Step two, take out contents and find nuts and bolts.
Step 3, start with assembly of grill cabinet. Er, what? The wheels are already attached on the bottom? After bolting the 3 sides to the base I was done with this part. Well that was easy! My pulse slowed and pupils went back to normal. Huh! Okay then the top grill part should be fun, right? The top and bottom of the main grill section was already together but packed full of boxes and more styrofoam. Yeah! This looks good! Pulse quickens again... at least until I take out the boxes and find that the burners are already in place, and the boxes only contained the grates and shelves that go in pre-slotted spots. Even the knobs are already attached for crying out loud! Time to clean the grates. Game over.

The last grill had required hooking up dangerous gas lines, installing the burners, and assembling and attaching the regulators! They are apparently making barbeque grill assembly stupid proof these days, leaving absolutely no challenge for me. I have effectively been robbed this holiday.

I sincerely hope the rest of you out there have had a wonderful holiday. Cheers!