So true...and people are really something else aren't they?

Well, i cleaned the grill and replaced the igniter. Just have to hook up a bottle, and it'll be good to go! Or to cook! Wife saw a warning about decks falling down. I went out on mine, jumped up and down on it--still standing. If put up right-they stay up!
Previously, i raised that 8x12 wolmanised lumber deck up from the ground, and into place, by my self! And, all assembled, too, except the railing. And didn't break a sweat, and didn't use a hi-lift! About 6ft! Curious as to how i did it?

That was when you were young and foolish.
You're not young anymore.

Yeah, but---So far nobody has asked how i did it. Except my son did ask how much i paid a hi-lift operator to lift it. Of course, i finally had to let him in on my method!

Okay, I'll bite:

How did you do that, Rusty?

Well, after getting the holes in the ground dug, and a hard base put in them, I set to raising the deck.
I set the deck over the holes with the concrete bases.
To wit: I removed four deck floor 2x4's, and wrapped chains around each joist. I bought 4 12 ft. 6x6's, stuck each one down thru the deck, into the holes in the ground. Short cross pieces kept the up-rights in line. I had already drilled holes in the top ends of the Wolmanized 6x6's. Into those holes went 4 large heavy eye bolts. I had also drilled holes in the inside, next to the house sill, 2x12's, to bolt the deck to the house.
I borrowed 3 cable come-alongs, and hung each one from an eye bolt. I already had one of my own. Then, after getting all of the cables tight, i carefully gave each come-along 2 clicks upward. I had the weight leaning towards the house, and in a short amount of time, i had it up to the lines, so i went under the deck and lag screwed the sill plate to the house sill plate, then screwed the posts to the deck joists. I cut off the 6x6's and reinstalled the floor boards
I put all of the visible tools and parts away, just in time to see my son coming in to help raise it.
Later on, i made the railing and installed it. That job was done 20 years ago, and it hasn't sagged a bit! And, son still doesn't know how i did it!

Great story. You shoulda been a
enganeer, Rusty J.

I couldn't understand that engineering class in high school, so i went to the college of hard knocks, and after my return from WW II, i got a job at the local Ford Dealers shop, and stuck with the auto trade until i retired! My Grand-fathers' built steam boats for the river trade, along with barges, and other water craft. I think they attended the same college that i went to. ;o)