Saturday, September 25, 2010

Jews and Lawn Care Don't Mix

Despite renting, we're in charge of the lawn maintenance chez Sincoff, so we went to Lowe's today to get some supplies. The "carriage house" in the backyard came equipped with an electric lawnmower, so we needed to get an outdoor extension cord, hedge trimmers, etc.


Kayly will be sad to hear that I decided against ordering the Nut Wizard and opted for a Shop Vac to deal with our acorn problem. I did inquire at Lowe's whether or not they sold the Nut Wizard, however. They had never heard of it and looked at me as though they weren't sure if I was taking the piss or not. I figure the Shop Vac is multi-purpose whereas the Nut Wizard is not.


When Tobin saw the row of riding mowers he went BERSERK. He houdinied himself out of the cart and barely paused to let me put his shoes on before he ran straight for them. I'm not sure if it's just a boy thing or his gentile/country half burbling to the surface, but he went straight for the John Deere. I thought the Husqvarna was way sexier, but what do I know? Now I know where to take him on rainy days.


It's in his genes!!


I took the mower out to the front yard to give it a whirl. It worked just fine for the first 2/3 of the lawn, then promptly stopped working after Ethan took over from me. I'm not saying he did anything wrong--that's just when it happened to crap out. We checked the connection, unplugged it and cleared out the clumpy grass and tried again. The motor runs, but it doesn't cut. I didn't have enough guts to turn it over and see if the blades were spinning. Luckily, I found the user manual online, so I'll consult it to see if there's anything we can do other than just saying "fuggit" and buying a new one.

I did trim the hedges in the front yard and didn't do too bad a job, if I do say so myself. They look very neatly shaped. From a distance. I did not get around to cleaning the gutters, but will do that tomorrow. If I'm feeling really adventurous, I might even take the Shop Vac for a spin and suck some nuts!

2 comments:

kaylynuke said...

No, I liked the shopvac idea better because I thought it would work better and *everyone* should have a shopvac, anyway. I just liked saying but wizard, lol.
The yellow and green gets the littluns every time, but we are straight up cub cadet peeps. A brand among champs.
"[T]rim the hedges in the front yard "???? I prefer to do that in the privacy of my bathroom, but whatever floats your boat. (That's what she said.)

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