Yard Work

**markwoll** · 04-14-2023

Originally Posted by hippypants

What brand is it? I'd probably run over the chord. I did cut into a extension chord once when trimming bushes with a hedge trimmer.

Black & Decker. It might be possible to cut the cord by running over it, but i mow at the highest setting.
Back in my youth I worked as a groundskeeper for an estate.
Do not miss that.
They had several hundred yards of tall hedges that had to be kept squared off.
We would drag a generator out and trim away. I had a friend working with me for part of a summer who drew the hedge duty one day.
I worried that he might 'cut the cord' but my fears were unfounded. He did suddenly drop the trimmer and run when he cut into a hornets nest. It was a big one.

**mozo-pg** · 04-14-2023

Originally Posted by Klonk

The resident PEer who does this shit for a living. I'm hiring...anyone interested? You'll work hard, step in shit, get stung by bees, but I'll pay you well and laughs will be had. I'll buy beers at the end of the day as well. If so call me at...

1-800-TOOFUCKINGOLDFORTHISCRAP

Hey Klonk - WTF - I called the 1-800 but it was a porn line.

**Dave (in MA)** · 04-14-2023

A couple of years ago my doorbell rang and it was a couple of kids up the street who said they were looking for summer work and wanted to know if I would like them to mow my lawn. Before I could even respond, my wire yelled YES! from behind me.

After the first mowing, the younger of the two kids stopped helping, but the older kid has been doing it ever since. He doesn't do as good a job as I would do, but it's nice to have a kid doing work these days, so I don't complain. I think he's a senior this year and he's involved with all kinds of sports, so I expect him to quit at any point. I wonder if my mower will start?

**Garyhead** · 04-14-2023

My Dad stopped doing yardwork (& washing / waxing the car) when I was about 12. Three sons = forced labor! At 52, he had to get his ass back out there and mow when the youngest kid left home.

**Klonk** · 04-14-2023

Originally Posted by mozo-pg

Hey Klonk - WTF - I called the 1-800 but it was a porn line.

oops!

**Dave (in MA)** · 04-14-2023

Originally Posted by markwoll

I worried that he might 'cut the cord' but my fears were unfounded. He did suddenly drop the trimmer and run when he cut into a hornets nest. It was a big one.

I have a circular driveway with about 20 bushes around the inside, and I get at least one yellowjacket or bald faced hornet nest that I have to deal with every year.

**MudShark22** · 04-15-2023

Originally Posted by Klonk

The resident PEer who does this shit for a living. I'm hiring...anyone interested? You'll work hard, step in shit, get stung by bees, but I'll pay you well and laughs will be had. I'll buy beers at the end of the day as well. If so call me at...

1-800-TOOFUCKINGOLDFORTHISCRAP

It's takes me long enuff to do mine - got no time fo your customers!

But the beer sounds good

**hippypants** · 04-15-2023

Originally Posted by markwoll

Black & Decker. It might be possible to cut the cord by running over it, but i mow at the highest setting.
Back in my youth I worked as a groundskeeper for an estate.
Do not miss that.
They had several hundred yards of tall hedges that had to be kept squared off.
We would drag a generator out and trim away. I had a friend working with me for part of a summer who drew the hedge duty one day.
I worried that he might 'cut the cord' but my fears were unfounded. He did suddenly drop the trimmer and run when he cut into a hornets nest. It was a big one.

Thanks, yeah, wasp aren't fun. I had cut off my cable last year, and to check to see if they had actually done, I notice the cable box open. I climbed up my ladder and opened the box, and there were two wasp nest in there full of wasp. Thankfully it was a cool cloudy day and they did fly out at me. I just about jumped off the ladder though trying to get down. Went and got the wasp shot stuff and sprayed them.

**Garyhead** · 04-15-2023

When we cleaned out the folks home in 2015, I noticed ALL the female ends of the Extension Cords were taped together about 24" from the plug! I guess Dad didn't know about the "throw the cord over your shoulder" trick.

I have properly made weatherproof splices on these cords. When I'm trimming, I look down at the splice and think about Pops.....gone 13 years now but still gives me a grin.

Lord help us if we kids would have cut that cord!

**Vic2012** · 04-15-2023

I picked up coconuts and downed branches in my yard today, thanks to that hellacios rain and wind we had on Wednesday......lol

**markwoll** · 04-15-2023

Originally Posted by Vic2012

I picked up coconuts and downed branches in my yard today, thanks to that hellacios rain and wind we had on Wednesday......lol

I talked my mom into cutting down a coconut palm in her front yard.
It was by the driveway and dropped at random. Dangerous, and expensive to keep trimmed, etc.
The real estate guy across the street was all, "People Expect Coconut Palms, Your Home Will Loose Value!"
However he did not offer to pay the insurance bill, so down it came.

**progmatist** · 04-15-2023

Originally Posted by Vic2012

I picked up coconuts and downed branches in my yard today, thanks to that hellacios rain and wind we had on Wednesday......lol

Coconuts? In Mercia?

Originally Posted by markwoll

I talked my mom into cutting down a coconut palm in her front yard.
It was by the driveway and dropped at random. Dangerous, and expensive to keep trimmed, etc.
The real estate guy across the street was all, "People Expect Coconut Palms, Your Home Will Loose Value!"
However he did not offer to pay the insurance bill, so down it came.

Here in the Phoenix area, some people allow the dead palm fronds to build until they're quite thick. Occasionally the landscaper hired to finally trim them will get trapped in the mess. Losing his life.

**Vic2012** · 04-15-2023

Yeah if I wasn't diabetic I'd keep the coconuts and drink the water they produce. I had mango trees decades ago. They've been cut down. I haven't eaten mangos in 20 years. I like mangos but my glucose can't handle it......lol

**moecurlythanu** · 04-15-2023

Originally Posted by progmatist

Coconuts? In Mercia?

By order of King Offa.

**Vic2012** · 04-15-2023

I'm coconuts right now....

..

**Shadow** · 04-21-2023

The frogs are back.

**progmatist** · 04-22-2023

Originally Posted by Shadow

The frogs are back.

Are they crunchy?

**Vic2012** · 04-22-2023

About 2 years ago I had an invasion of grasshoppers in my yard. It was creepy. Lol. I tried to avoid stepping on them but I killed a few by accident.

**moecurlythanu** · 04-22-2023

^ Our cat used to catch them and eat them. Talk about crunchy.

**mozo-pg** · 04-22-2023

Originally Posted by moecurlythanu

^ Our cat used to catch them and eat them. Talk about crunchy.

Cover them in chocolate and I'll try it.

**Garyhead** · 04-28-2023

Hell with it today! It's 80 degrees in the Seattle area..............I didn't scoop up the Deer Crap......I just ran over it with the Mower! Git Off My Lawn!

**Shadow** · 04-28-2023

Rained all day. Ball game postponed and it wasn't even a home game.

**ronmac** · 04-28-2023

Originally Posted by Garyhead

Hell with it today! It's 80 degrees in the Seattle area..............I didn't scoop up the Deer Crap......I just ran over it with the Mower! Git Off My Lawn!

If I bothered with cleaning deer shit, I'd never get anything else done.