Life is like that

Husband (having finished with chook shed building) has turned his attentions to the ride on mower we bought off the last owners. As the lawn is now three or four inches long this is probably a timely move.

First I should mention that husband has a deep distrust of the way other people may have maintained anything mechanical - any car we buy will get an oil change, tune up, gearbox service and general check up before it goes anywhere. The same thing applies to the ride on, it has been oiled, lubed, had the aircleaner replaced, taken to pieces and the grass taken out of the obscure places grass collects, had it's headlight bulbs replaced (obviously he is planning on late night lawn mowing) and I suspect - since the polish was sitting on top of it earlier today - that he may have given it a cut and polish too.

Checking the sharpness of the blades was last on the list - and I guess that is what he should have looked at first because the blades are in definite need of replacing - last owners obviously mowed the gravel and the paving stones as well as the grass. Not sure if it does cut grass at the moment, inspection of those blades would suggest it shouldn't....

So his dream of reducing the danelion and paspalum infested paddock (err I mean lawn) to a manicured showpiece in the space of ten minutes will have to be postponed.

Actually I was sort of looking forward to having a turn myself. It has five speeds, which makes you wonder how fast it goes....