[Bill1701]

Originally Posted by MrChip72

I'm considering adding a barbeque to my back patio. Not inside the lanai. I've heard people saying that you will get snakes in your barbeque in Florida all the time. Is this true at all?

Haven't had any snakes, but I did find a mouse in mine.

[PurePeach]

Originally Posted by thevillages2013

I would use a grill if I were you

Us southerners use grills, too. We eat barbecue!

[PurePeach]

Originally Posted by ElDiabloJoe

I see what you did there, you made fun of the guy who is probably from the west coast.

Clearly, the poster is not from the midwest or the northeast. In the west, specifically California, BBQ is both a noun and a verb. BBQ is the item you cook upon (which many others call a grill), and BBQ-ing is also what you are doing when you cook on a BBQ, regardless of whether BBQ sauce is involved.

Kinda like all soft drinks are cokes; "You want a coke? Great, what kind? Oh, a Sprite, OK."

They also nominize freeways. Just like Floridians call the Turnpike, THE Turnpike,
Californians will call it the 5 freeway, or the 110 freeway, or the 405 freeway. The freeways are iconic members of the landscape, just like a building might be THE Empire State Building.

What makes it harder for a non-native to understand is freeways are also given names. Not just one, but two. One for each direction (approximate terminus) of said freeway. The 10 is the Santa Monica Fwy AND the San Bernardino Fwy. The 110 is both the Harbor Fwy AND the Pasadena Fwy. The 5 is the Santa Ana Fwy AND the Golden State Fwy. You describe it to others based on the direction you were traveling. You don't need to say you were going north on the 110 when you can say you took the Pasadena Fwy to the Ave 52 exit. The 110, by the way, was the first freeway opened in the nation. It is sometimes called (Especially in the northern terminus / Pasadena area) the Arroyo Seco Pkwy, in a nod to its initial name prior to being a freeway.

While the 10 does not terminate in San Berdoo but in Jacksonville, FL., it is still called the San Bernardino Fwy because when it opened, most of the great basin's civilization ended in the Inland Empire, of which San Bernardino is a large part. Beyond that, was just desert until you reached Palm Springs, hours of dry expanse past San Bernardino.

Next we can talk about SigAlerts if anyone is interested. What, why am I hearing crickets?

The Turmpike is not a freeway, it’s a toll road – nothing free about that highway!

[kcrazorbackfan]

Originally Posted by ElDiabloJoe

I see what you did there, you made fun of the guy who is probably from the west coast.

Clearly, the poster is not from the midwest or the northeast. In the west, specifically California, BBQ is both a noun and a verb. BBQ is the item you cook upon (which many others call a grill), and BBQ-ing is also what you are doing when you cook on a BBQ, regardless of whether BBQ sauce is involved.

Kinda like all soft drinks are cokes; "You want a coke? Great, what kind? Oh, a Sprite, OK."

They also nominize freeways. Just like Floridians call the Turnpike, THE Turnpike,
Californians will call it the 5 freeway, or the 110 freeway, or the 405 freeway. The freeways are iconic members of the landscape, just like a building might be THE Empire State Building.

What makes it harder for a non-native to understand is freeways are also given names. Not just one, but two. One for each direction (approximate terminus) of said freeway. The 10 is the Santa Monica Fwy AND the San Bernardino Fwy. The 110 is both the Harbor Fwy AND the Pasadena Fwy. The 5 is the Santa Ana Fwy AND the Golden State Fwy. You describe it to others based on the direction you were traveling. You don't need to say you were going north on the 110 when you can say you took the Pasadena Fwy to the Ave 52 exit. The 110, by the way, was the first freeway opened in the nation. It is sometimes called (Especially in the northern terminus / Pasadena area) the Arroyo Seco Pkwy, in a nod to its initial name prior to being a freeway.

While the 10 does not terminate in San Berdoo but in Jacksonville, FL., it is still called the San Bernardino Fwy because when it opened, most of the great basin's civilization ended in the Inland Empire, of which San Bernardino is a large part. Beyond that, was just desert until you reached Palm Springs, hours of dry expanse past San Bernardino.

Next we can talk about SigAlerts if anyone is interested. What, why am I hearing crickets?

Yawn 🥱…

[Joe C.]

The way to get rid of pests inside the grill, is to turn the gas on, but don't ignite it. Let it run for a minute or two, then shut it off and open the cover. Whatever is inside it will be dead or it will have left the grill as soon as it smelled the propane.
Leave the cover open for a few minutes to vent it out before igniting it to cook.

[ElDiabloJoe]

Originally Posted by MrChip72

Nope, northeast. As someone that had a career working with people from all over North America and Europe I guess it's just a habit that use more generic terms than regional ones when asking a question online.

Ahhh, makes sense. Exposed to so much and so many makes it hard to establish your own baseline regionality. You've picked up a little bit from everywhere you have gone. A man of the world, so to speak.

[ElDiabloJoe]

Originally Posted by kcrazorbackfan

Yawn ������…

Lol, I see. Better to learn a little something about people you will encounter than to wallow in all things Sooey. See what I did there - wallow. boars and pigs. Razorback. Nevermind, I think I heard the sonic boom as it went over your head.

[Rwirish]

Expect to get snakes. No pythons, yet.

[Blueblaze]

If you found a snake in your BBQ its probably because he was looking for rats.

I opened my BBQ one time after not using it for a while and surprised a rat on the grill. He had turned the base into his house and filled it with trash and leaves. After that I set the tank on the ground to close the hole so he couldn't get in, and put some poison inside. Found him dead in the yard a week later.

[tedquick]

That is just too funny!

[Rodneysblue]

Originally Posted by Chi-Town

I haven't had any, but I heard they taste just like chicken.

You beat me to it.

[Spalumbos62]

Originally Posted by ElDiabloJoe

I see what you did there, you made fun of the guy who is probably from the west coast.

Clearly, the poster is not from the midwest or the northeast. In the west, specifically California, BBQ is both a noun and a verb. BBQ is the item you cook upon (which many others call a grill), and BBQ-ing is also what you are doing when you cook on a BBQ, regardless of whether BBQ sauce is involved.

Kinda like all soft drinks are cokes; "You want a coke? Great, what kind? Oh, a Sprite, OK."

They also nominize freeways. Just like Floridians call the Turnpike, THE Turnpike,
Californians will call it the 5 freeway, or the 110 freeway, or the 405 freeway. The freeways are iconic members of the landscape, just like a building might be THE Empire State Building.

What makes it harder for a non-native to understand is freeways are also given names. Not just one, but two. One for each direction (approximate terminus) of said freeway. The 10 is the Santa Monica Fwy AND the San Bernardino Fwy. The 110 is both the Harbor Fwy AND the Pasadena Fwy. The 5 is the Santa Ana Fwy AND the Golden State Fwy. You describe it to others based on the direction you were traveling. You don't need to say you were going north on the 110 when you can say you took the Pasadena Fwy to the Ave 52 exit. The 110, by the way, was the first freeway opened in the nation. It is sometimes called (Especially in the northern terminus / Pasadena area) the Arroyo Seco Pkwy, in a nod to its initial name prior to being a freeway.

While the 10 does not terminate in San Berdoo but in Jacksonville, FL., it is still called the San Bernardino Fwy because when it opened, most of the great basin's civilization ended in the Inland Empire, of which San Bernardino is a large part. Beyond that, was just desert until you reached Palm Springs, hours of dry expanse past San Bernardino.

Next we can talk about SigAlerts if anyone is interested. What, why am I hearing crickets?

I was about to say OMG to this post, and so appreciated that you realized, at tthe end, how boring you were. And much to my surprise I learned something! Lol...pls stay cool folks.

[airdote22]

Black Racers are very tame & harmless to people but may bit in self defence if picked up. They are much more afraid of humans than you are of them, just leave them alone as the hawks are killing them off for lunch fast enough.

[Lea N]

Originally Posted by MrChip72

I'm considering adding a barbeque to my back patio. Not inside the lanai. I've heard people saying that you will get snakes in your barbeque in Florida all the time. Is this true at all?

We've been in Florida since the 90's. My husband had lived in Florida during the 80's and always had a barbecue until about three years ago. Never, ever did he find a snake in or even near the barbecue.

[joelfmi]

That is a new amenity which know one wants to talk about