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Seemed simple enough at the time
« on: May 16, 2010, 03:25 pm »
Mowing the lawn that is.

I just wanted to mow the grass verge and last years old weeds.

The grass verge in front of my place has steep sides and is flat at the bottom, but on the flat part there is a fence.  So going down the slope to mow the bottom part was OK, but getting out again...................

In the end I had to cut down some caragganas so that I could take a less steep route.

Then I came round the back to cut down the weeds and got stuck on a bit of high ground.  I tried reverse but that didn't get m anywhere.  I got off and pushed, forwards, backwards.  Nothing.  Zip, zilch, nada, the thing won't move.  It is well and truly stuck.  So I have abandoned it (temporarily) while I gather some strength, and the motivation to go and move the thing.

I should stick with quadrupedal lawnmowers, they're less trouble
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Re: Seemed simple enough at the time
« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2010, 03:47 pm »
i would definately stick with the lawnmowers with a pulse.  granted they might raid the vegie garden on occasion and other pain in the ass things, but they wont leave you stranded at the bottom of your property with no reverse...
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Re: Seemed simple enough at the time
« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2010, 11:43 pm »
Well it is still stuck.  I have abandoned it until next weekend when I will have to pull it out with the truck.
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Never hit your mother with a shovel.  It will leave a dull impression on her mind.

“In the end we will conserve only what we love.
We will love only what we understand.
We will understand only what we are taught.”
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“The natural history programmes you do must cost an awful lot of money and you’re using it to show this sort of thing. It would be much better if you took that money and used it to train lions to eat grass.”
Excerpt from a letter someone wrote to Sir David Attenborough


Quote from: That's Not Broccoli on January 19, 2011, 10:26 pm
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Re: Seemed simple enough at the time
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2010, 07:20 am »
Damn.

Maybe grab a backhoe to level that land out a bit too?
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Re: Seemed simple enough at the time
« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2010, 09:00 am »
Quote from: Nice Cuddly Dave on May 17, 2010, 07:20 am
Damn.

Maybe grab a backhoe to level that land out a bit too?

that would be nice.  Not likely though.
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Never hit your mother with a shovel.  It will leave a dull impression on her mind.

“In the end we will conserve only what we love.
We will love only what we understand.
We will understand only what we are taught.”
Baba Dioum

“The natural history programmes you do must cost an awful lot of money and you’re using it to show this sort of thing. It would be much better if you took that money and used it to train lions to eat grass.”
Excerpt from a letter someone wrote to Sir David Attenborough


Quote from: That's Not Broccoli on January 19, 2011, 10:26 pm
Save a carrot: Eat a bunny
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