the grass is always taller
on my side of the fence
A well maintained lawn is said to be a sign of a civilized life. As a fool with little time for civilized living, civilization or civility in general, lawn maintenance has slipped from the list of ‘important things to do’.
For most of the summer, I didn’t have a mower. Well. I didn’t have a mower that works.
Well. That’s not true either.
I have one mower. It’s a rotary, manual mower. Given how long my lawn has become, I’d have a better chance of eating the grass short myself than pushing this spinning nightmare through the hay.
I have a gas mower as well. It wasn’t working. I planned on fixing it - even going so far as taking it fully appart. I took the cylinder head off and have played with the push rods and valves and everything.
Unfortunately before I could get it back together, I found another mower on the side of the road. This mower worked instantly - first pull!
Now I have a mower in the shed that I don’t like to use, another mower that’s in pieces that I might repair and still another that works but needs new wheels and a pull cord.
And some people wonder how on earth someone could live with a yard with a half dozen cars on blocks…
The lawnmower connundrum is a fine expression of my essence. There’s part of me that could work but is a bit dull and requires too much work. There’s a part of me that’s in pieces. I could put it all back together, but that’s a lot of work too.
Finally, there’s a part of me that’s imperfect, public and functions well enough.
Well.
Though it functions, I’m not so sure I even want to use it to begin with.
Sure, it’s my ticket into the civilized world, but in reality, a well maintained lawn is all about style, not substance.
For substance?
You need a chainsaw.
Happy cutting my friends.
Choose your tools wisely.
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