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13th April 2016, 01:39 AM
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Hi Louis.
God I'd be dead by now if I had a push mower with the size of some of the lawns I have had, even the one I have now takes me most of the day to mow, and that still leaves the Council frontage, which; if you don't mow it it wouldn't get done; at 84 soon it keeps me stuffed.
Cheers Des
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13th April 2016, 02:22 AM
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I've had a ride on mower for years spend more time fixing the bloody thing than riding it! 'j
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13th April 2016, 02:31 AM
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Originally Posted by
Charlie Hannah
I've had a ride on mower for years spend more time fixing the bloody thing than riding it! 'j
###thats true charlie if it was damp grass the bloody thing choked up the suction pipe and it spluttered to a halt.....but i could happily sit and look very busy as i revved it up thinking the beloved thought i was working.....then she learned to ride it and once more iwas lowered to the weeding etc......hows skeeter regards cappy
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13th April 2016, 02:54 AM
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Des Taff Jenkins
Hi Louis.
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Cheers Des
not so bad des when its cooler but it must be hard work in the heat.....regards cappy......ps just thinking ...the change in communication now a 60 years ago when we ist went to sea and down to oz it was like going to the moon.......now i can talk almost instantly by a key board.....and yet the young ones just take it all in there stride......changing world ...regards cappy
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13th April 2016, 06:02 AM
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Cappy, todays world is truly amazing with all the newways of communication. before, on trips over here, I would have to phone home to get news updates, and have fight with the phone company over their rates and double billing. now it's e-mail and skype, can skype the long haired one couple of times a day and get important messages by email instantly. truly a wonderful world. maybe!!!!!!!!
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13th April 2016, 06:05 AM
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Lawnmower, what the bloody hell is that? It is so dry where I live we got rid of the grass 15 years ago, now stones pavers and succulents. Give me more time for serious stuff such as testing the amber fluid.
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14th April 2016, 04:02 AM
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cappy
###thats true charlie if it was damp grass the bloody thing choked up the suction pipe and it spluttered to a halt.....but i could happily sit and look very busy as i revved it up thinking the beloved thought i was working.....then she learned to ride it and once more iwas lowered to the weeding etc......hows skeeter regards cappy
Have a guy comes in and does it now,he is interested in my ride on going to give me a price next time he gets here. Cappy,as for Skeeter he is a very smart dog take him for his walk every morning get back home feed him and myself breakfast he goes for another walk on his own but crafty b**** Goes out the back gate opens the latch his self but wont go back in same way, no way.He must come through the front door,
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14th April 2016, 06:11 AM
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Charlie Hannah
Have a guy comes in and does it now,-.He must come through the front door,
A guy was interested in my brothers ride on, but he was glad to see the back of her in the end. I did not like here either.


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14th April 2016, 06:52 AM
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Charlie Hannah
Have a guy comes in and does it now,he is interested in my ride on going to give me a price next time he gets here. Cappy,as for Skeeter he is a very smart dog take him for his walk every morning get back home feed him and myself breakfast he goes for another walk on his own but crafty b**** Goes out the back gate opens the latch his self but wont go back in same way, no way.He must come through the front door,
always said some dogs are brighter than some kids .....as for lawn mowers when i retired i moved to a house with a smaller garden......so as we got older it wasnt a chore .....i gave my sit on to the local cricket club......where it was appreciatd ...i believe it is still in use as i retired 15 years ago best wishes cappy
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14th April 2016, 09:23 AM
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In the days of the witch my big fat capitalist brother in law was boasting that because of all the unemployment caused by Maggie he could hire a gardener for £2 per hour , he thought this was wonderful. One day when him and his wife were at work the gardener arrived in a van and cleaned out his house but did not cut the grass.
Justice was served.
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