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Today’s stuff:
Things have a way of changing in this life. Standards,
guidelines, morals, mowers and even house styles. I
have heard the term “They moved the goal post!” I
think I understand that.
I saw a big truck yesterday, front raised high. When I was 16 I would have thought that is the coolest thing ever. Now? It looked stupid and the COST came to mind, who can afford that and still buy groceries?
AS a kid pushing a lawn mower (no motor!), I got paid 50 cents to mow a small yard. Today the cost can be $100 and the guy is using a $5000 zero turn mower.
We had a little (comeuppance) experience with buying a used mower awhile back. I wanted a zero turn mower. They look cool when ‘someone else’ is driving. WE finally
I said, ok I will go to the bank and get cash. (I was in another town it was 3PM). “Our banks close at 2 o’clock every day.” he said. It was past that time. He agreed to hold it until the next day when we could arrange payment.
Truth is, I could not believe ANY bank closing at that time during the week. So we drove by a bank and I checked the time. Sure enough, closing daily 2PM. As I said, things change.
Now to the mower. I can usually adapt to mechanics or physical actions, BUT A ZERO TURN MOWER IS CRAZY TO DRIVE. First notice, there is NO steering wheel, just two handles Left and Right. I am finally getting it a little, in the meantime I have cut down two Azalea bushes I planted 25 years ago when I built that house. LOL
Nite Shipslog
PS: I have only paid to have a lawn cut when someone needed the money. I need the exercise and yes I am cheap. ALSO I have never paid that kind of money for a mower, but I did not want to buy another standard riding mower, the zero turn looked COOL! ??!!?? LOL
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6 comments:
I always wondered how those old push mowers worked on high grass. It seems to me that if you let the grass get too high you would never be able to push that thing. I still use a push mower but the kind with a motor and self propelled. My neighbors seem to get a chuckle when they see me mowing. They all have the big zero turn mowers.
Yes, the times keep changing things. Some for good, some not so good I never had a riding mower, but it was a power lawnmower, not a push one, At one time I did own one, but that was a long time ago, We have a small yard here in Texas so no riding mower is required,
A friend of ours has organic mowers. A small heard of goats. He hires them out to cut your lawn if you wish.
God bless.
I am lucky I never really have cut a lawn. That mover without handles looks complicated. I guess you said you got used to it. I'd need a steering wheel.
I always enjoyed mowing the lawn and it's been my job throughout our marriage. I remember those push mowers and used one when we first got married. Had a very small yard though.
When we lived in town here we lived on an acre and I had a Zero turn mower and loved it. I used to zoom around the yard!! We now live in the woods and have no grass to mow.
Gosh, that old push mower looks familiar! I think I, too, was paid 50-cents to mow our little patch of grass ... no doubt, I probably complained the entire time. Thankfully, Tom's able to handle our John Deere; for some reason, it intimidates me. If something were to happen to him, I'd probably buy one of Victor's goats!
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