It's true the fire gods were definitely not smiling on me this morning. We were going to have burgers so, as usual, I went out back with the Firebox and loaded it with charcoal. I had matches that went out after the flare they wouldn't stay alight when hit with a lighter the charcoal wouldn't catch even when hit with a butane torch. I ran that out of gas.
So I guessed the charcoal had got damp I removed that and loaded the Firebox with wood pellets made a small hole in the pellets and used some tinder as a birds nest and some small dry twigs as kindling to catch a flame. Well the birds nest and kindling caught and and was burning a treat I thought I was on the way to a couple of juicy burgers so I came inside to see how my wife was doing with the rest of the meal I went outside to see...a burnt divot in the wood pellets. The pellets had failed to catch
Okay now it was personal So I grabbed some tinder quicks and used them thinking they would burn long and hard enough to catch the wood. Nope the damn tinder quicks went out I tried three in one go thinking that would work nope they ALL went out
That's never happened. Third time lucky I used a home made cotton pad and wax firelighter. in the center of the pellets. This time it was burning long and hard and turning the pellets next to it a nice shade of burnt black......then it went out. 
I said "Oh [censored] it I give up...Honey turn the grill on I'm coming in."
Over the years I've been lucky enough to make a fire in the most adverse of conditions.....but not today apparently.
I couldn't have stared a fire in an oil refinery with my luck at the moment.
So I guessed the charcoal had got damp I removed that and loaded the Firebox with wood pellets made a small hole in the pellets and used some tinder as a birds nest and some small dry twigs as kindling to catch a flame. Well the birds nest and kindling caught and and was burning a treat I thought I was on the way to a couple of juicy burgers so I came inside to see how my wife was doing with the rest of the meal I went outside to see...a burnt divot in the wood pellets. The pellets had failed to catch
Okay now it was personal So I grabbed some tinder quicks and used them thinking they would burn long and hard enough to catch the wood. Nope the damn tinder quicks went out I tried three in one go thinking that would work nope they ALL went out
That's never happened. Third time lucky I used a home made cotton pad and wax firelighter. in the center of the pellets. This time it was burning long and hard and turning the pellets next to it a nice shade of burnt black......then it went out. I said "Oh [censored] it I give up...Honey turn the grill on I'm coming in."
Over the years I've been lucky enough to make a fire in the most adverse of conditions.....but not today apparently.
I couldn't have stared a fire in an oil refinery with my luck at the moment.
