Doing what you always do – that’s The Golfer’s attitude.
Things not working right – get the spanner and find out why
‘Vroom vroom’ thingy not working – fit a new one
(that’s the thingy on the side of the mower that makes the engine run faster)
Yes there’s life in the old ‘dog’ yet 🙂
The Golfer is still good with his hands and the old mower is fit for another season of ‘mowing’
Have you seen the cost of lawn mowers these days ??
Still Waters 
Yes they are expensive. You should see the 2 acres of land my husband has to mow. Of course he has a ride on mower. Takes him a good part of a day to do it. Oh well we are getting older. We will soon have to down size.
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I think I’d be doing as Andrew suggested and getting in a ‘little man’ to do it if we had that much acreage to mow lol
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$225? My older partner tells me I live in the past.
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Ok, need to adjust for inflation. $275. For goodness sake, get a little man in to mow.
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Oh yes Andrew and the rest! Oh and little men don’t do it the way I like it 🙂
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My DH is just the same – take it apart and fit a new thingy. If he can’t find what he’s looking for he’ll have a go at making it himself. There’s life in my old dog too.
xx
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Surprising the way some of them just keep on going 🙂
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DH already looking at the new riders… Pricey toys that break down easily 😦
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Thank g…we don’t need a ride on – think of the hours he’d spend with that lol
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good for you guys!
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My father had a love/hate relationship with his mower. In a fit of pique he threw it into the fishpond. And it took him a very, very long time to get it going again. Lucky that he too was good with his hands. The smaller portion isn’t.
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I do believe some things don’t work too well after being dunked in a fish pond lol. Was anyone there to witness his act of sheer madness?
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Oh yes. We all saw it. The lawn mower (which was older than god) had been reluctant to start. Father picked it up and hurled it into the pond. It was a tribute to his skills that he could get it going again. And wouldn’t have been needed if he had better control over his temper.
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Mr. Fix-it hereabouts has 5,000 projects lined up….
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Looks like a lifetime of work ahead of him – well actually nearly 14yrs worth if he does one a day 🙂
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Well, glad the mower is fixed and he can mow the lawn.
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You made me laugh when I read that you had done the math for your reply to SchmidlersScribbling’s comment! And you 14 years didn’t allow for much time off, either. Glad your mower is working now.
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I do not want to have to look at the price of a new mower. So far my wonderful mower repair guy has kept my riding mower moving. Plus he is very reasonable in the cost.
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That was a fun read!
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The company was formed as a merger between two existingg
farm equipment manufacturers in 1953, with the Massey Ferguson namesake being used in 1958.
A clean tractor runs more efficiently and looks sharp while mowing the lawn.New Holland is making use
of these efficiently in their 50 hp and larger tractors.
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