I mowed today

[ozwinner]

I mowed today.

No big deal I hear you say.

But I absolutley HATE mowing, the only reason I mowed was that we got a mower in with a job lot that didnt work.

So I set about trying to get it to work, I even bought :eek: a part for it to help to it get to work..

Guess what, the bugger fired up and I was so proud that it did, that I mowed some grass with it.

Never again.....:o

Al :cool:

[havenoideaatall]

me too, and finished as the rain arrived. This is the earliest I've had to mow at my 'summer' rates. Also pleased the rain is soaking into the Kikiyu I have sowed in an area where I had to burnoff last year.

I mow an acre with a pushy $500 Rover from Bunnies. I actually believe myself when I say it is keeping me fit.

If anyone in Melbourne is selling a rideon let me know.

Haveno.

[RufflyRustic]

Ah geez Al you crack me up sometimes :D

HWMBO shocked me silly the other weekend when he went and bought himself a lawnmower!!!! He came in after 5 minutes of mowing and told me it was my turn!! Silly Darling Bugger he is, I don't 'do' lawns......... or change tap washers, an honorary bloke has to draw the line somewhere you know.:rolleyes: :cool:

[Ashore]

me too, and finished as the rain arrived. This is the earliest I've had to mow at my 'summer' rates. Also pleased the rain is soaking into the Kikiyu I have sowed in an area where I had to burnoff last year.

I mow an acre with a pushy $500 Rover from Bunnies. I actually believe myself when I say it is keeping me fit.

If anyone in Melbourne is selling a rideon let me know.

Haveno.
Come to the dark side young havenoideaatall come to the dark side
I use a push mower , no motor just me against the grass, no probs

[MajorPanic]

Al, the mowing expert! ;)

I'm really glad you have overcome your mowing phobia!

Now git yer azz up here... I've got a blunt pair of scissors & a ½ acre block that needs your special touch :eek: :eek: :eek: :cool:

[JDarvall]

Thats good Al.

Sounds like a better mower than mine. Mines missing the catcher flap thing on the right, such that when ever I run over gravel, it throws projectiles right at my neighbors house..... did you know ! that in 4 years I haven't of yet, even ONCE, managed to smash one of his windows. Disappointing that is.

[ian]

Ashore
where's your detention basin??

ian

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

Sounds like a better mower than mine. Mines missing the catcher flap thing on the right, such that when ever I run over gravel, it throws projectiles right at my neighbors house..... did you know ! that in 4 years I haven't of yet, even ONCE, managed to smash one of his windows. Disappointing that is.

I liked my old wind-up Victa. The motor was salvaged from a bingled racing go-kart and it didn't have the flap either... didn't throw stones though, just stone dust. ;)

Didn't miss a beat when it converted one o' the neighbour's chooks (bloody things were always digging up my seedlings! :mad: ) into blood'n'bone either. :D

[bsrlee]

:d Roundup :d

[Daddles]

I'm thinking I should probably mow my backyard - the dog no longer runs around it, he has to leap around it if he wants to see where he's going :eek:

Richard

[Waldo]

G'day,

Mowing? Hate the stuff - takes away from my shed time and more often than not gives me hayfever.

Have one of those old Victas that you wind the ratchet handle up, flick it and open up the throttle. Worse part of it that it's so reliable and starts every time.

Meant to mow today, I was meant to mow last week but had a cold - need some way of getting out of the mowing today damnit. :(

[Waldo]

he has to leap around it if he wants to see where he's going :eek:

Richard

G'day,

I'd be leaping too, I wouldn't like the grass tickling my bits either. :D

[Daddles]

G'day,

I'd be leaping too, I wouldn't like the grass tickling my bits either. :D


It was higher than that :eek:
Operative word being 'was'. I've just staggered in from creating a grass clipping mountain in the back corner. I've only got a normal type back yard but still went through a tank and a half of fuel. Bugger the edges - scruffy is good, and I've decided the front lawn is more decorative in its 'natural' state.

The sad part is, only a couple of weeks back, it just looked 'scruffy' - a bit of light rain and a bit of warm sun and the clover went stupid. Of course, I could mow every week, but that'd be consciencious :confused:

Richard

[Pat]

Gunna mow tomorrow. My step son had his 20th birthday last Thursday and decided on a BBQ at our place on Sunday. So I have to clean up the yard etc. At least I'll get the food I want, I'm head chef and bottle washer:D

[Termite]

I don't have a lawn, I have front and back weeds. At the moment I have a good crop and my excuse for not mowing them at this time of year is that it's the wild birds mating season and they need the seeds to feed their young. :rolleyes:

[Iain]

We have 9 ride on mowers, various sizes, just opened the gate amd let one in to cut the grass, they fight if they are in together.
6 are for sale, make an offer.

[ozwinner]

We have 9 ride on mowers, various sizes, just opened the gate amd let one in to cut the grass, they fight if they are in together.
6 are for sale, make an offer.

Dats da biggest bug I ever did see.

Al :eek:

[Rocker]

He came in after 5 minutes of mowing and told me it was my turn!! Silly Darling Bugger he is, I don't 'do' lawns......... or change tap washers, an honorary bloke has to draw the line somewhere you know.:rolleyes: :cool:

My SWMBO mows 2 acres plus the nature strip in 2 1/2 hours:D She was brought up on a farm:)

Rocker

[Sturdee]

We don't have any lawns but being on a corner we have a big nature strip which need to be cut.

Cut it today (4th time this year) which took half an hour and the next mowing is due just before Christmas.

May be I should send a bill to the Council for all this work.:D


Peter.

[ozwinner]

We don't have any lawns but being on a corner we have a big nature strip which need to be cut.

Cut it today (4th time this year) which took half an hour and the next mowing is due just before Christmas.

May be I should send a bill to the Council for all this work.:D


Peter.

Maybe you should, maybe we all should, seeing as how the rules state that its up to the councils to keep the roadside reserve mowed.

Al :D

[Doughboy]

Could you imagine the amount of money that the government would have to shell out if that one was legit.....!!!!


Pete

[Tex79]

did you know ! that in 4 years I haven't of yet, even ONCE, managed to smash one of his windows. Disappointing that is.<!-- / message --><!-- sig -->

Apricot, Do you realise that now you have said this you've shot yourself in the foot and the neighbours window is doomed!!

[reybec]

I mowed today.



well done:rolleyes:

http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~geoffo/humour/flattery.html

[JDarvall]

well done:rolleyes:

http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~geoffo/humour/flattery.html

:D :D :D yes Al, well done.

And I know what you mean Tex. There'd be a rule out there alongside Murphy's rules to cover that isn't there?

hope it doesn't actually happen though. Mate of mine hit a rock, which threw a blade right into his foot. Out of work for 3 months.

[AlexS]

I believe that in NSW, you're covered by council insurance for damage to 3rd party property while mowing the verge. Don't know about personal injury.

[ozwinner]

The Victorian goverment did some legislation a coupla years ago about mowing the verge, they tryed to put the onus on the land owner, they mis wrote it. :D

Now land owners who were sued for having weeds on the roadside reserve want the fines paid back to them.

It was in the farmers paper the Weekly Times a few weeks back.

Al :)

[Bleedin Thumb]

Its wierd aint it that we maintain an area of land that we dont have any rights over. I have a few neighbours that refuse to mow the nature strips so the council comes and does it for them.
Personally I recon mowing is for the birds, I pay someone to do ours but theyre so unreliable that the neighbours that use the council get better service than me.