I broke the damn mower.

[Guest]

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[glynndah]

Ooh. I broke three of the suckers in one day. Iron rebar buried in the yard is even worse than railroad ties.

 

[Roxanne Appleby]

Although it goes against my nature, I've decided to pay someone to do it. It's rather stunning - one man drives a super-duper tractor, another uses a weed whip to trim edges, and they are in and out in 15 minutes. It's an hour of dreaded drudgery when I do it with the little hand hand job.

 

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[cloudy]

There's a guy that does ours for us: every other week, front and back + edging for only $30. He even moves the trampoline.

eta: granted, our yard's not all that big with the pool in it, but still...

 

[starrkers]

Unless the mower fairies come, I'm gnna have to mow 2 acres witha push mower very soon. The ride-on has four flat tyres, a flat battery and I think I blew the engine last run last season...

 

[slyc_willie]

Son of a bitch.

Well, I suppose it's my fault. I was the one using it when it decided to cease functioning.

I wonder if it had something to do with me hitting a railroad tie?

I dunno.

Guess I didn't want to mow the back yard anyway.

It was Providence. You were not intended to mow the yard this day.

 

[Guest]

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[slyc_willie]

I like that.

Karma hasn't been too kind lately.

Then again, I'd really rather not have to pay to fix the fucking mower.

Simple resolution: Put it out on the curb and wait for someone to offer to buy it

Then go get a new one.

 

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[slyc_willie]

But I liked this one.

Self-propelled, nice wide mower path.

Dang it.

Self-propelled mowers make me uneasy. They always remind me of that scene from Maximum Overdrive . . . .

 

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[BlackShanglan]

Ooh. I broke three of the suckers in one day. Iron rebar buried in the yard is even worse than railroad ties.

I really cannot fathom how this could possibly be true. You kept trying after the first?

If anything whatsoever goes wrong with the mower, I assume that it is a sign from God that He prefers me not to mow that day. Some might just empty the bag, true, but I prefer not to question His divine wisdom.

It was Providence. You were not intended to mow the yard this day.

See?

 

[BlackShanglan]

Unless the mower fairies come, I'm gnna have to mow 2 acres witha push mower very soon. The ride-on has four flat tyres, a flat battery and I think I blew the engine last run last season...

Have you checked the air filter? The SO and I were presented with this question from a kindly mower repairman to whom we'd brought our machine. We sheepishly indicated a complete lack of knowledge that the device *had* an air filter. He showed us where it is and how to clean / replace it, and we now have a working mower. That total cost was about five dollars.

 

[drksideofthemoon]

But I liked this one.

Self-propelled, nice wide mower path.

Dang it.

It might start in the morning....I would think the railroad tie is soft enough to prevent something in engine breaking...

 

[starrkers]

Have you checked the air filter? The SO and I were presented with this question from a kindly mower repairman to whom we'd brought our machine. We sheepishly indicated a complete lack of knowledge that the device *had* an air filter. He showed us where it is and how to clean / replace it, and we now have a working mower. That total cost was about five dollars.

Unless air filters go "Bang, wocka wocka, bang" it's not a filtering problem It's a seriously old sucker that we got cheap, didn't want to wreck a new one on the rocks/wire/old horseshoes/lumps of iron etc hidden on the paddock when we bought it. Seems it got the last laugh though.

 

[slyc_willie]

"Bang, wocka wocka, bang"

Oh my God . . . I got the most disturbing image of Fozz E. Bear doing Miss Piggy when I read this . . . .

I think I need a therapist.

 

[starrkers]

Oh my God . . . I got the most disturbing image of Fozz E. Bear doing Miss Piggy when I read this . . . .

I think I need a therapist.

Oh dear God ROFL!
Have you any idea how difficult this is to explain to inquisitive children who want to know what just made you snort coffee out your nose??

 

[BlackShanglan]

Oh my God . . . I got the most disturbing image of Fozz E. Bear doing Miss Piggy when I read this . . . .

I think I need a therapist.

Thank God the SO is out of town. I would have woken the dead laughing at this.

 

[slyc_willie]

That's all I can say.

 

[Guest]

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[Guest]

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[Guest]

when I do it with the little hand hand job.

This truly blows.

It occurs to me you ladies are dancing around a solution, or don't they make horny teenage neighbor boys anymore?

 

[Guest]

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[Vermilion]

I should lend out The Fiance.

Not only is he an engineer and thus (hopefully) capable of fixing mowers (though the jury is still out on this, cos we've had some shelves needing putting up for like 9 months and still nothing) but he actually *enjoys* mowing the lawn.

When my dad found this out he looked like Christmas had come...well, except he's an atheist, so ok, he looked like Bacon sandwiches followed by steak and chips followed by coffee ice cream had come...

or Mariella Frostrup...
http://astream.net/images/frostrup.jpg

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