tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post8761457314880356545..comments2024-03-29T08:17:19.646-04:00Comments on Eaton Rapids Joe: Lessons Acquired During the WeekEaton Rapids Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09102166969915526172noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-76428419930172542302014-04-26T18:45:06.410-04:002014-04-26T18:45:06.410-04:00Busted!
I think most folks up here also call them...Busted!<br /><br />I think most folks up here also call them "riding mowers".<br /><br />But to me, it is still a new-fangled, ostentatious doo-dad. Sort of like the "SEE-ment pond" in Beverly Hillbillies.<br /><br />Figuring an 18" swath, the person mowing with a hand mower must walk 5.5 miles to mow an acre of lawn. At two miles per hour, that takes about three hours which is a pretty light day's work or a solid-but-not-arduous workout.<br /><br />Watching a townie mow their 3000 square feet (about 1/15th acre) with a ride on mower (Sorry, riding mower) is a source of mirth.<br /><br />OK, I have some empathy when the person who is mowing is an octogenarian. But it calls to mind Willard Fox of Dimondale, Michigan who did not go to see his doctor about his hernia until he had the hay in the barn. Willard raised sheep and they are fussy about quality. Willard was 91 when that transpired.<br /><br />Usually, the person riding the mower on that 3000 square foot lawn would benefit from some additional exercise.<br /><br />As Belladonna would conclude, "Just saying."Eaton Rapids Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102166969915526172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-40715536861536356712014-04-26T09:43:45.763-04:002014-04-26T09:43:45.763-04:00A ride on lawnmower? Around here we call those &q... A ride on lawnmower? Around here we call those "riding lawnmowers". Interesting bit of regional syntax, how common names differ around the country.<br /><br />Several years ago my daughter had a teacher from the PacNorWest, who mentioned that her daughter used a "floater" in the pool. Her deep-South students were shocked and dismayed. In these parts, those toys used to provide buoyancy are called "floatees", whereas a "floater" is a corpse you've discovered in a body of water.Pawpawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14959820068377494313noreply@blogger.com