...And Then He Knew

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Sometimes you read a post around here and it just reminds you of something. Take @jstory07 who told us about an appliance bulb she bought for her oven that melted the first time she cooked something in it. "I am going to look for a light bulb that says oven on it. Or stove bulb," she said in response to my comment. To which I said, "This would be a good idea." But I remember a neighbor of mine some years back who rebuilt and shined up his old propane grill. Boy, did it look nice. He replaced all the guts inside and cleaned it all up nice and good. On the outside, he put a nice, new coat of paint on it and made it look almost brand spanking new. I had to admit. It was a really nice job. The problem was, he didn't get a special "heat resistant" paint made specifically for something like painting... A propane grill. And so, the first time he fired it up, thankfully not for guests, his grill became the creator of massive clouds of billowing black smoke as the paint, never intended to be subjected to 400 degrees of meat searing heat, was burned off. Of course, when he told me what had happened, I did say to him, "You know they make a special paint for that, right?" Which, in hindsight, was not only a dumb question at the time, but it was also obvious that before his grill became a literal chemical smokestack, he did not in fact know that they made a special paint for that. He does now.