tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713908623268184440.post8385276521869952703..comments2023-07-05T08:04:35.813-05:00Comments on TECHNOBABE'S ADVENTURES: Mowing The LawnCiCihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08615265608675467505noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713908623268184440.post-40573670986009074802009-07-18T10:25:53.719-05:002009-07-18T10:25:53.719-05:00I beg your pardon, my dear spouse. When we arrived...I beg your pardon, my dear spouse. When we arrived here in the small mid-western town with a yard, you apparently missed the Order Of The Toro Ceremony. It happened while you were sleeping.<br /><br />After the induction, which involves hot chili and gas passed in the same key, one must immediately go to Sears and buy the reddest mower on sale, then try to figure out that nozzle on the hyper-red gas can. There is also the Craftsman Craftsmen Code of Lawncraft. Same campfire song, just pitched a bit lower.<br /><br />In the early spring, one lifts nostrils and perks ears, scenting fresh-cut grass and listening for well-maintained mowers in action. If a mower isn't in perfect running order, we all join voices, yelling our specific tribe's code, put our mowers in our big-ass pickup trucks, and descend en masse upon the local lawnmower repair place. <br /><br />We bow to the butt-crack of all the assembled lawnmower workers, and drool over the riding mowers we will never need, until the guy behind the counter gives us the estimate, and by definition it cannot be less than the original purchase price.<br /><br />But it doesn't matter. We belong. We can make loud noises and run over branches. Once finished, we can begin the most mystifying of all our ceremonies:<br /><br />The Weed Whacker Whammy.JamesRavenhttp://www.bipolarshaman.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713908623268184440.post-24535115138636257032009-07-18T08:51:56.824-05:002009-07-18T08:51:56.824-05:00Hi there, nice to meet you! I love the way you wri...Hi there, nice to meet you! I love the way you write and the the topics you write about.<br />psst. funny enough, i do not care for lawnmowers, can i say that softly?:)jozienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10212900310477832041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713908623268184440.post-43294570328881246492009-07-17T07:52:06.673-05:002009-07-17T07:52:06.673-05:00Hi Jennster, this has been a learning experience f...Hi Jennster, this has been a learning experience for me to see the neighborhood men and the pride in their lawns.<br /><br />Jo, I have been to Vancouver a few times. Really like it there actually. If we hadn't moved here to Nebraska Vancouver was my second choice. There are plenty of riding lawn mowers here too.CiCihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08615265608675467505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713908623268184440.post-35554783908686336182009-07-17T00:44:18.754-05:002009-07-17T00:44:18.754-05:00You know, in Vancouver in the summer, it gets so h...You know, in Vancouver in the summer, it gets so hot and dry, the lawns go dormant. No one mows the lawn from early June until mid-September. I have a friend in Iowa who has a riding lawn mower and it takes him five hours to mow the lawn. I think he lives on a golf course. :-)Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03382221688268676914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713908623268184440.post-1779276858623755682009-07-16T18:48:45.329-05:002009-07-16T18:48:45.329-05:00omfg, that is hilarious. i guess i should um.... ...omfg, that is hilarious. i guess i should um.... grow some grass? lolj.sterlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07704830625784773198noreply@blogger.com