FOILED!!!

Have been looking for 55 galllon steel barrels to make a 'bio-char production oven.'  Let some folk know that I was looking for barrels.  They suggested a salvage yard about 30 minutes away.  I called said salvage yard and asked them if they had any barrels for sale, 'yup' they said, I asked if the barrels had lids, '(slight hesitation) yup' they said.  'I'm on the way' I said.  Drove 30 min out there and sure enough, the barrels had lids, on both sides, that were non-removable. Not what I was looking for. 2 hours down the drain. Spent the rest of the day cleaning out the chicken coop nest boxes, and preparing some row markers in anticipation of bean planting coming up later this week.