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Old 05-23-2015, 08:07 PM
 
Location: Edina, MN, USA
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Visited a friend in Arizona a few years ago and her lawnmower had a headlight. She could mow in the dark!
Critters and icky things come out after dark.
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Old 05-23-2015, 08:18 PM
 
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Critters and icky things come out after dark.
Growing up I cut 1.5 acres with a non selfpropelled 21" Lawnboy. Many times I came upon 'icky things' like snakes or mouse nests when I was mowing. the whirling 21" blade solved the problem every time :-)
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Old 05-23-2015, 08:22 PM
 
Location: Lost in Montana *recalculating*...
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I have to admit, my old push mower was an exercise in frustration. It would have been more efficient to cut the grass with a scissors
For a brief period I owned a home on a 1/4 acre lot in town back in WV. I used a Scotts reel mower. Sloped yard, thick grass- kept the blades in tune and sharp no problems cutting the yard. TWICE a week.

Apparently you cannot master a simple machine.
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Old 05-24-2015, 01:59 AM
 
Location: South Texas
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Gee it's day time and the guy is taking care of his yard. Would you prefer he mow at night? Be thankful that he is taking care of his yard!
This.

People need to stop looking for ways to be annoyed.
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Old 05-24-2015, 02:16 AM
 
Location: Meggett, SC
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I have a new neighbor who mows her grass about four times a week. She really likes to scalp it which I find odd because she's constantly trying to get new grass to grow too. Perhaps if she didn't scalp it all the time but I guess logic isn't everyone's strong suit.

The frequency doesn't annoy me too much except for a while there she kept mowing our grass right up to our house. Having a hubby in landscaping who takes great pride in his "perfect" lawn, he was none too excited to have this woman scalping his yard all the time. Finally had to say something to her.
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Old 05-24-2015, 06:25 AM
 
Location: Spring Hill, Florida
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This.

People need to stop looking for ways to be annoyed.
Exactly.

Honestly, I am having a hard time believing this isn't just a troll thread.
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Old 05-24-2015, 06:55 AM
 
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Exactly.

Honestly, I am having a hard time believing this isn't just a troll thread.
Well it started out being a mild complaint/gripe, but a bunch of trollish people with apparently nothing better to do started piling on. Really, I would close the thread if there were a way.
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Old 05-24-2015, 07:53 AM
 
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Our next door neighbor has a riding mower, and literally mows every three days. It doesn't bother me in the least. I would much rather live next to someone who takes great care of their lawn, rather than neighbors who let their grass grow a foot tall and have weeds in their gravel driveway (like the renters we used to live next to).
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Old 05-24-2015, 08:10 AM
 
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For a brief period I owned a home on a 1/4 acre lot in town back in WV. I used a Scotts reel mower. Sloped yard, thick grass- kept the blades in tune and sharp no problems cutting the yard. TWICE a week.

Apparently you cannot master a simple machine.
Then come mow my yard!
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Old 05-24-2015, 08:55 AM
 
Location: On the Chesapeake
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This thread reminds of something that happened here a few years ago.

We had a guy move to Town, a renter, onto a stereotypical tree lined residential street who worked from home. He was a meteorologist or something. It wasn't a month before he started writing letters to the Mayor and Town Council complaining about things.

First it was the traffic on his street. The street might see cars numbering in the low couple or three dozen in an 8 hour day because it really doesn't connect to anything.

Then it was kids riding bicycles.

Then it was a neighbor kid two or three houses away on another street who had a basketball pad and hoop.

Then it was people cutting their yards (most of the yards are 50X100 with quite a few being 25X100. It's an older beach town so many of the houses were only used in the summer originally so had small lots).

Then it was roofers.

Then it was someone getting a new fence installed.

As the year wore on it became our snowplows and salters and kids walking down the street to go sledding.

I was glad when his lease was up and he relocated to somewhere more amenable.
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