DachsieSlave Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 Ok I know it is ultimately my decision but, it looks like next week I finally get to order my KK so do I wait 4 to 5 weeks for a Bronze Beauty (thanks Doc) or settle (can you use that word talking about a KK?) for one of the other colors I was debating before the Bronze made it's appearance that are already state side and I can have in 4 or 5 days? I have never been accused of being very patient. I had a ring on my wifes finger three months after we met. Of course that was because ever girl before her dumped me in about three months and I wanted to try and keep her. I guess it worked, we just celibrated out 25th in Jan. Is it normal for a 50 year old man to feel uh... giddy over buying a grill???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linuxwrangler Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 Wait. A year from now you will have forgotten about the wait but you will enjoy your choice forever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdbower Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 I opted to wait for my matched set - while I'm happy I did I can identify with your hesitation at the word "settle" since really any color cooks just the same. Of course it was easier for me to wait since it was late fall and not peak grilling season, but that didn't stop me from many winter cooks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firemonkey Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 I would order and wait for what you really want...6 weeks is nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conodo12 Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 Yup! What the pimp monkey said! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryan Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 Over the next 20 years you will spend a lot of time with this new friend. It is a nice feeling to say I'm glad you are mine every time you open the lid. It is just so much better than saying "Wish I Had" Follow your heart. There is no such thing as a bad Komodo-Kamado. Get the one that blows your skirt up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DachsieSlave Posted April 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 Get the one that blows your skirt up. Not sure the neighbors would appreciate that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisLinkletter Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 Does this help or hurt? Dueling Bronze Beauties Does this help or hurt? If it helps great.. if it hurts.. Suffer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DachsieSlave Posted April 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 All right, I have been waiting about 8 months now whats a few more weeks. Even the wife who had been showing a slight preference for the cobalt blue, also a very nice color I might add, is telling me to get the one I want. I think she has a little guilt for killing my GD, and thinks I deserve a little something from the wreck. Yes a kid ran a stop sign and rolled me a few times. I was not hurt too bad, just needed shoulder surgery, and hopefully someday it may be completely pain free but you can't convince me of that yet. The insurance is finally coming through Monday after a year and a half. So thats how to get a KK sooner than you planned just put yourself in front of that speeding car. P.S Dennis, just please don't send it through the pirate infested waters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryan Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 Happy days are here again. Congrats on your choice. It feels good to just walk by and pat it once in a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mguerra Posted April 14, 2009 Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 another dilemma Bert, my friend and patient, sells Primo. I felt really bad I didn't buy one from him. He doesn't know I bought the KK. So I'm telling Skip, the Anaesthesiologist, all about the KK the other day during surgery. He gets all jacked up hearing about this ceramic cooking deal, goes home and scours the internet, and finds Primo. One week later we're in surgery and this guy has become the ceramic and barbeque knowledge expert! He's telling me all about how he's going to Minion Method this and Finney that and spatchcock this. How this lump makes more ash but burns hotter than that lump. How he's going to use Mapp torches, and Stokers, and Maverick ET-73's. He's already plotting how he's going to hack the Stokerlog software. I mean, this guy went crazy! In a week. Nobody is worse than me on New Hobby Total Immersion and Obsession Disorder. Except maybe Skip. As much as I want Dennis to sell product, I kind of pushed Skip toward the Primo, and specifically told him to tell Bert that I sent him. And Skip, DON'T tell Bert I got a KK! Once Bert sells one Primo from my referral, my duty is done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanny Posted April 14, 2009 Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 Re: another dilemma ...I kind of pushed Skip toward the Primo' date=' and specifically told him to tell Bert that I sent him. And Skip, DON'T tell Bert I got a KK! Once Bert sells one Primo from my referral, my duty is done.[/quote'] All well and good, until Skip sees your bronze beauty. Then you're screwed. You held out on him! Minion, Finney, Stoker, Guru, and lump ash aside, you held out! Oh, the humiliation.... I'm sure glad I'm not you... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryan Posted April 14, 2009 Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 Oh Yea. What Sanny said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mguerra Posted April 14, 2009 Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 Can't get no satisfaction Oh, I told him about the KK alright, and sent him to this forum. But I kind of nudged him Bert's way. Skip went over to Hill Country Propane and peered through the window; they were closed on Good Friday. It was kind of like old school porn for him, he could sort of get a glimpse at the grills through the tinted glass, but not really see what he wanted. Which riled him up even more! My guess: he'll have a Primo or a KK by the end of the month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryan Posted April 14, 2009 Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 Re: Can't get no satisfaction [ My guess: he'll have a Primo or a KK by the end of the month. I know it will be hard, but I am sure you will make the sale and turn him loose on us. Who knows he might talk so much about all the bennies of a 2009 unit that we all up-grade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linuxwrangler Posted April 14, 2009 Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 Re: another dilemma So I'm telling Skip' date=' the Anaesthesiologist, all about the KK the other day during surgery. He gets all jacked up...[/quote'] Oh, that must be a fun OR. Why is we can't ever see real-life interactions like that on Grey's Anatomy or ER. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trish Posted April 14, 2009 Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 mguerra wrote: It was kind of like old school porn for him that is just too funny...I really think if he is that obsessive into the whole thing, and he is the kind of guy that wants the best of everything, he would like a KK better.... if he is visiting this forum, he probably is gonna see what you posted anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisLinkletter Posted April 15, 2009 Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 Re: another dilemma New Hobby Total Immersion and Obsession Disorder Very funny.. My father was the poster child of NHTIOD! Ranching Diving Photography Street bikes Dirt bikes Street bicycles Planes Sailing Kayaks both river and ocean Sculpting Yoga To name a few off the top of my head.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mguerra Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 Hooray! My other buddy, Russell, also an obsessive freak, and an ophthalmologist to boot, has full on Stage 4, NHTIOD. We played golf yesterday and I'm going on and on about my KK. Still feeling guilty about stiffing Bert, and seeing Russell's reaction to over 3 grand for a KK, I mentioned Primo. I got a text about 5 minutes ago: "Bringing home my Primo." I'm off the hook now, better have Skip come over and play with the KK, and eat some KK chow. I'll never mention Primo again. Thanks Russell. And to top it off, Russell opined he would eventually move the Primo to his place over in College Station and maybe get a KK for here in Kerrville. It's all going according to plan... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linuxwrangler Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 Re: another dilemma New Hobby Total Immersion and Obsession Disorder Very funny.. My father was the poster child of NHTIOD! To name a few off the top of my head.. Let's see how I do, here: Ranching - Check Diving - Check Photography - Check Street bikes - Check (not really a racer-style but a BMW R75/6) Street bicycles - Check Planes - Check Sailing - Check (incl. 3 SF to Hawaii races with one win) Around here we call it NTS (New Toy Syndrome). For too many years I would try to respond to questions like "why do you need a welder?", with "rational" answers like "well, I'll save money fixing things around the house..." Unfortunately this always lead to followup questions like, "how many repairs do you need to make to pay for that thing?" and so on. I finally realized I was playing the wrong game. It has nothing to do with anything practical so my answer shouldn't imply that it does. I now respond to such questions with, "it's a toy." and the usual response is, "Oh." There's really nothing to argue at that point. His new table-saw/flashlight/weather-station (toys) is every bit as practical and necessary as her china/silver/linen (toys). It's actually more often friends and neighbors who tend to ask "why" - my wife accepts my taste in toys and I accept hers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
