Posted on 01/18/2006 9:32:09 AM PST by freepatriot32
Vlasic pickles said yes and got killed. Once people could get a gallon jar for two bucks at WM no one wanted to pay four bucks in the grocery store.
365 days of paid vacation for Congress.
I never owned a Snapper, but have seen plenty of them. My brother in law has two; one he keeps up on blocks waiting for parts and the other he tries to start once in a while. This is the extreme case because he is the worst owner of anything mechanical. Neglect, abuse and disuse are his middle names.<P.
The thing I didn't like about the classiscal riding snapper was the "you gotta pull it crank" and the interlocks all over the damn thing. No electric start (that is, cheaply) and a very flimsy front carriage. Engine in the rear gives good traction, but when I was a kid we used to do wheelies with them because the front end was too light. I now cut grass on a 30 degree hill and if I had a Snapper I'd have to do it sideways with my ass halfway off the seat. It's kinda like squatting to pee for a man....a good mower will go up that hill straight and not 'wheelie' on you.....
If I can figure it out, surely an "expert" can. That's the point.
Moreover, expertise is not an indicator of intellectual capacity.
An expert is someone who paints blue houses but refuses to paint a house beige because he's not an expert in beige paint.
I notice this thread took an 8-month nap before some Wally-basher woke it up.
My new mower is a Honda HR215. The mower deck is cast steel. The exit chute is 8" x 10". It rarely jams. The engine is a very smooth Honda product. It is less noisy than the old Brigss & Stratton. The rear bag is easier to remove, empty and replace. I can leave the engine running after disengaging the blade. The multi-speed rear wheel drive can be engaged/disengaged with the motor running and blade moving or it can be used with the blade stationary. My old mower required killing the engine to stop the blade. A real waste of time when tall grass makes it necessary to empty the bag after one circuit around the yard.
I expect the Honda mower will be the last one I need to buy in my lifetime. Most owners are getting 15 to 20 years out of them. I'm 50 now. By the time is ceases to be serviceable, I'll probably be willing to pay a gardner.
Gourmet lawn mowers?
Forget it....
;-)
Well, you got the lawn-mower croud excited, looks like! I suppose I could chime in about my 12-yr old MTD rider, but I hate mowing the lawn. :>)
Our cats love walking through the long grass.........
;-)
"I told our daughter that I did not know what we would do if he ever retired. He is the most reliable person we ever had."
My guy is the same way. He is Mr. Reliable. I tried doing it when I first bought my house and it took so long that I figure my income was probably $1.78/hour. My guy is one of the hardest working people I know. I had to make him leave on Christmas one year. It was embarassing...somebody working on your yard on Christmas. I politely asked him to leave.
Some people don't care about comparing costs, though. For them, there is additional psychic value from lawn work. Seeing the finished product...the straight lines...actually finishing a project in one day is invigorating, as opposed to being at work and having projects last for months. Many things.
That's why I think this discussion is interesting. Everybody can have a different opinion, but still be right. Everybody does not get that psychic feedback. There area those that like to buy one good product and have it last 10 years and there are those that prefer a cheap product and have it last 1-3 years.
That's why they make BMW's and Buicks...Zegna and Walmart suits...etc.
This is the article I was talking about. New Walmart CEO and new not so great corporate policies for manufactures, consumers, or our nation in general.
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