Silliness So what are you doing RIGHT NOW? - Page 434

zelda_pinwheel · 07-20-2009, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

You still have to vacuum the lawn and wash it from sticky dusts.

(Next door neighbour) "What are you doing?"
(Sparrow) "Shampooing my lawn!"

ah, apartment life. it has its drawbacks, but i never have to mow a lawn, even a tiny one.

yvanleterrible · 07-20-2009, 08:19 AM

I like mowing the lawn. By now you all know I'm weird, that just comfirms it!

Sparrow · 07-20-2009, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

You still have to vacuum the lawn and wash it from sticky dusts.

(Next door neighbour) "What are you doing?"
(Sparrow) "Shampooing my lawn!"

I prefer the sound of this:

"Our garden grass is truly maintenance free, you just need to remove debris and leaves to maintain and enjoy a beautiful garden for many years. Cleaning can be achieved with a brush or leaf blower. You never need to water, mow or roll - your garden just sits there and serves you!"

RickyMaveety · 07-20-2009, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Sparrow

Robotic lawn mower?

Artificial grass?

I only have tiny lawns so a robotic mower wouldn't be practical for me, but I'm getting drawn to the artificial grass idea - it'd save a lot of drudgery.
Currently my lawns are more weeds than grass.

They are pushing the artificial grass idea in Austin right now. It was on the news the other night.

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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

I like mowing the lawn. By now you all know I'm weird, that just comfirms it!

Hmmm .... well, you let me know the second your part of the world has a month straight of temperatures over 100 degrees. It's not the mowing so much that I mind, it's the heat exhaustion, and the fire ants. That and having to service my own damn mower!! I really didn't move hear to learn lawn mower repair.

phenomshel · 07-20-2009, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

They are pushing the artificial grass idea in Austin right now. It was on the news the other night.

Hmmm .... well, you let me know the second your part of the world has a month straight of temperatures over 100 degrees. It's not the mowing so much that I mind, it's the heat exhaustion, and the fire ants. That and having to service my own damn mower!! I really didn't move hear to learn lawn mower repair.

And that's when you hire a lawn service.

yvanleterrible · 07-20-2009, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

They are pushing the artificial grass idea in Austin right now. It was on the news the other night.

Hmmm .... well, you let me know the second your part of the world has a month straight of temperatures over 100 degrees. It's not the mowing so much that I mind, it's the heat exhaustion, and the fire ants. That and having to service my own damn mower!! I really didn't move hear to learn lawn mower repair.

Fire ants must be quite a threat to work around... and rattlers too. We have nothing to fear here than the occasional skunk... and squirrel. 100 degrees? afaik it's never happened here.

I bought a corded electric mower this spring. It's a little on the cheap side but it has multiple functions, there's a helicoidal mower, an aerator, a thatch remover an a brush head to collect debris, leaves, sand or pebbles in the driveway. If the motor dies, it goes.

Summer being so short, I mow the lawn from 8 to 12 times a year. That's why it's possible to like the activity and I do it evenings so the grass can recuperate during the night.

badgoodDeb · 07-20-2009, 02:49 PM

I used a corded electric mower, before I switched to buying townhouses instead of houses. The electric mower really seems the way to go. It either works or it doesn't. And your only real effort is in NOT mowing over the cord. Ya keep moving it around, like the cord on your vacuum cleaner!

Ricky -- at least you finally got to the part of the day the rest of us put first: "have a little lie down".

Sparrow · 07-20-2009, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

I used a corded electric mower, before I switched to buying townhouses instead of houses. The electric mower really seems the way to go. It either works or it doesn't. And your only real effort is in NOT mowing over the cord. Ya keep moving it around, like the cord on your vacuum cleaner!

I was only half awake when I first used one - and it occurred to me that they must construct the cable to withstand the mower being pushed over it. I found out the hard way that they don't

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badgoodDeb · 07-20-2009, 03:04 PM

I found that out too, though more by accident. Fortunately, I sliced it fairly near the end. I was able to get a new end and put it on the now 70 ft cord (instead of 100 ft). But the lawn was only half mowed for a few days while I got the part!

RickyMaveety · 07-20-2009, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by phenomshel

And that's when you hire a lawn service.

$3,000 a year to have a bunch of nimwits destroy your yard?? No thanks.

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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

Fire ants must be quite a threat to work around... and rattlers too. We have nothing to fear here than the occasional skunk... and squirrel. 100 degrees? afaik it's never happened here.

I bought a corded electric mower this spring. It's a little on the cheap side but it has multiple functions, there's a helicoidal mower, an aerator, a thatch remover an a brush head to collect debris, leaves, sand or pebbles in the driveway. If the motor dies, it goes.

Summer being so short, I mow the lawn from 8 to 12 times a year. That's why it's possible to like the activity and I do it evenings so the grass can recuperate during the night.

Rattlers aren't really a problem on the lawn so much as they are in the high brush. The fire ants, on the other hand, are beyond hellish. So, each Spring you put down poison anywhere you see their mounds, and just pray like all get out that nothing but fire ants eat the stuff.

The lawn here grows about four or five inches every 10 days. So, the least you can generally get away with is three mows a month from June through October. That's only about 15 mowing sessions, but when the coolest it gets is 90 degrees (and that's around 4 in the morning), you really come to dread those sessions. Most of us break it down into 3-4 sessions of 15 minutes at a go ... rather than to lie there dying in front of the house.

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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

I used a corded electric mower, before I switched to buying townhouses instead of houses. The electric mower really seems the way to go. It either works or it doesn't. And your only real effort is in NOT mowing over the cord. Ya keep moving it around, like the cord on your vacuum cleaner!

Ricky -- at least you finally got to the part of the day the rest of us put first: "have a little lie down".

Unfortunately, here you would need a 200 foot electrical cord ... or longer. Good luck not mowing over that at some point.

My little lie down ended up being rather stressful. I watched "Dog Soldiers." Damned movie scared the living crap out of me!!

badgoodDeb · 07-20-2009, 06:35 PM

Rem to self: stay away from movie "Dog Soldiers"!!

My style is like UP, or the upcoming cartoon animals thing... oh yeah, G-Force ..... Though I am way behind. Haven't watched UP, or any of the cute things in the past 2-3 years. Sigh.

RickyMaveety · 07-20-2009, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

Rem to self: stay away from movie "Dog Soldiers"!!

My style is like UP, or the upcoming cartoon animals thing... oh yeah, G-Force ..... Though I am way behind. Haven't watched UP, or any of the cute things in the past 2-3 years. Sigh.

Oh, I love movies like that as well. But, I just love (love, LOVE) a good scary movie!!

Verencat · 07-20-2009, 09:22 PM

I'm officially in love!
I just spent the evening at my friend's kids soccer practice! How cute can a four year old look when he tries to kick a ball! And then coming to ask, all serious, if he can give you a kiss!
I was about to say I want one, but it much more accurate to say I want to be one!

krisk · 07-20-2009, 09:30 PM

a kiss or 4?

Verencat · 07-20-2009, 09:37 PM

Both?

Four, I want to be a four year old. Badly!

07-20-2009, 08:19 AM	#6497
yvanleterrible Reborn Paper User Posts: 8,616 Karma: 15446734 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Que Nada Device: iPhone8, iPad Air	I like mowing the lawn. By now you all know I'm weird, that just comfirms it!

07-20-2009, 02:49 PM	#6502
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,555 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	I used a corded electric mower, before I switched to buying townhouses instead of houses. The electric mower really seems the way to go. It either works or it doesn't. And your only real effort is in NOT mowing over the cord. Ya keep moving it around, like the cord on your vacuum cleaner! Ricky -- at least you finally got to the part of the day the rest of us put first: "have a little lie down".

07-20-2009, 03:04 PM	#6504
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,555 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	I found that out too, though more by accident. Fortunately, I sliced it fairly near the end. I was able to get a new end and put it on the now 70 ft cord (instead of 100 ft). But the lawn was only half mowed for a few days while I got the part!

07-20-2009, 06:35 PM	#6506
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,555 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Rem to self: stay away from movie "Dog Soldiers"!! My style is like UP, or the upcoming cartoon animals thing... oh yeah, G-Force ..... Though I am way behind. Haven't watched UP, or any of the cute things in the past 2-3 years. Sigh.

07-20-2009, 09:22 PM	#6508
Verencat Wizard Posts: 2,615 Karma: 96491 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Montreal, Qc Device: xxx	I'm officially in love! I just spent the evening at my friend's kids soccer practice! How cute can a four year old look when he tries to kick a ball! And then coming to ask, all serious, if he can give you a kiss! I was about to say I want one, but it much more accurate to say I want to be one!

07-20-2009, 09:30 PM	#6509
krisk Wizard Posts: 2,148 Karma: 8229 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: on the road again Device: kindle	a kiss or 4?

07-20-2009, 09:37 PM	#6510
Verencat Wizard Posts: 2,615 Karma: 96491 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Montreal, Qc Device: xxx	Both? Four, I want to be a four year old. Badly!