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Permalink Reply by Bob on May 22, 2010 at 4:41am

moved from the burbs to the city just to have a smaller lawn to mow!,,,well maybe that was just one of the perks!

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Permalink Reply by Mike Zumwalt on May 22, 2010 at 12:30pm

I should have taken a pic of the one I saw downstate, the front wheel was off and the frame welded to a mower just like that.

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on May 23, 2010 at 5:30am

Interesting idea. I wish that more of my neighbors had push mowers or electric mowers. One major downside to living in a neighborhood with large lawns is all the annoying lawnmower noise.

Even worse - too many people use lawn services that use leafblowers to get the little stray bits of grass off the sidewalks. WTF?!? How stupid is that?!

We are gradually replacing areas of lawn with perennials to reduce mowing. Some of it will be drought-tolerant stuff to reduce watering.

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on May 26, 2010 at 4:43am

Truly!

H3N3 said:

Leaf blowers are without a doubt the greatest evidence that humanity has more technology than it has the sense for. Stupidity on parade . . .

Anne Alt said:

Interesting idea. I wish that more of my neighbors had push mowers or electric mowers. One major downside to living in a neighborhood with large lawns is all the annoying lawnmower noise.

Even worse - too many people use lawn services that use leafblowers to get the little stray bits of grass off the sidewalks. WTF?!? How stupid is that?!

We are gradually replacing areas of lawn with perennials to reduce mowing. Some of it will be drought-tolerant stuff to reduce watering.

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Permalink Reply by Mark Kenseth on May 26, 2010 at 5:51am

i guess we need a bike leaf-blower. :)

yeah, the bike lawn-mower seems a little complex and may be a struggle for the lumbar. and i'd rather have sheep and goats mowing my lawn...if i ever have a lawn. i think lawns are ugly. we don't have green carpets in our homes, but a green carpet outside? give me prairie grass and perenials any day. drought-tolerant is a good idea. perhaps some wild onions. ;)

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Permalink Reply by dan brown on May 26, 2010 at 8:52am

Leaf blowers are without a doubt the greatest evidence that humanity has more technology than it has the sense for. Stupidity on parade . . .

Anne Alt said:
The Sharper Image once had a 'talking tire gauge' - WTF !!!

I assume that would be for _blind drivers_ ???

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