Replying to a message of Cindy Haglund to Bob Ackley:

 CH> 0n (28 Apr 07) Bob Ackley wrote to Roger Nelson...

 BA>> Replying to a message of Roger Nelson to Cindy Haglund:

 CH>>>> But for big yards ... any otherwise able bodied  person who buys
 CH>>>> big riding mower for a tiny yard is ... oh. (shaking head).

 RN>> They could use it to make money on weekends by mowing someone else's
 RN>> lawn and it's also a good way to meet neighbor

 BA>> 20+ years ago I had a riding mower for my tiny lot in Plattsmouth.  I
 BA>> found it didn't take any longer for me to mow my next door
 BA>> neighbor's yard (no fences at the time), she was about 75 at the
 BA>> time.  After a short time I started mowing the fellow's yard next to
 BA>> her - he had a double lot and couldn't mow it himself as he was
 BA>> disabled by age (80-ish) and infirmity; he insisted on paying me, so
 BA>> I let him give me $1.

 CH>  I'd do the same. :) In fact I'd do the whole neighborhood hehe..

Uh, that would be twelve lots per city block.  Fences become a problem (I
fenced the back yard because I wanted my dogs to stay in it).  FWIW the fellow
who bought the lady's house next to mine after she passed on (in 1999, at 98)
used to cut four of the lots on his little rider (or his wife would).

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