My Research Project

By Jim Hagarty

How long can a full tank of barbecue propane last?

This is a question I have wanted the answer to for years.

Finally, I found a way to solve the puzzle.

I brought home a full tank last weekend and we had our first barbecue of the season. It was great. I went outside after supper and fired up all three burners full blast to burn off the grease from the grills.

Next morning I walked over in the vicinity of the barbecue and remarked to myself that it seemed unusually warm in that corner of our yard. We have a nice big lot but generally the climate remains fairly constant from one side to the other.

Strange.

It was then I noticed that the barbecue was still busy barbecuing grease.

I am pleased to report that a full tank of propane will last at least 14 hours.

Somebody should pay me for my research.

So I can get the tank refilled.

Author: Jim Hagarty

I am a 72-year-old retired journalist, busy recovering from a lifelong career as an unretired journalist. This year marks a half century of my scratching out little fables about life. My interests include genealogy, humour and music. I live in a little blue shack in Canada and spend most of my time trying to stay out of trouble. I am not that good at it. I also spent years teaching journalism. Poor state of journalism today: My fault. I have a family I don't deserve, a dog that adores me, and two cars the junk yard refuses to accept. My prized possessions include my old guitar and a razor my Dad gave me when I was 14 and which I still use when I bother to shave. Oh, and my great-great-grandfather's blackthorn stick he brought from Ireland in the 1850s. I have only one opinion but it is a good one: People take too many showers.