I've had it with gasoline engines, their myriad parts, and (at least some)
maintenance. So when I saw an electric mower advertised on my local
Craigslist for twenty bucks (!), I jumped on it.
The machine was made by SUNBEAM, sometime in the 50s or 60s! No ground wire.
No polarized plug. Sounds like the hinges on the gates of hell. Icky yellow
color and one of the wheels is held in place by a nail instead of a
cotter-ping.
But it works swell!
I don't think the person from whom I bought it had all his marbles lined up.
In addition to selling a functional mower for cheap, he's moving from
Houston to Santa Barbara.
I just have to be careful where I'm mowing - I don't think running over the
extension cord would be a good idea.
On Jun 2, 10:09=A0pm, "Artemus" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:d6099d53-b851-45ac-ad22-8c014e2fb89f@c41g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
> On Jun 2, 9:14 pm, Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote:
>
> > Dallas has long
> > been considered the arm pit of the region.
>
> I been warped by the rain, driven by the snow
> I'm drunk and dirty don't ya know, and I'm still, willin'
> Out on the road late at night, Seen my pretty Alice in every head
> light
> Alice, Dallas Alice
> .
> .
> .
> And I been from Tuscon to Tucumcari
> Tehachapi to Tonapah
>
> Tuscon? =A0Never heard of it. =A0Where's that?
> Art
Lookatchoo!!! You found a typo!!!!
On Jun 3, 4:06=A0pm, "Artemus" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]...
> On Jun 2, 10:09 pm, "Artemus" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > "Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> >news:d6099d53-b851-45ac-ad22-8c014e2fb89f@c41g2000yqm.googlegroups.com..=
.
> > On Jun 2, 9:14 pm, Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote:
>
> > > Dallas has long
> > > been considered the arm pit of the region.
>
> > I been warped by the rain, driven by the snow
> > I'm drunk and dirty don't ya know, and I'm still, willin'
> > Out on the road late at night, Seen my pretty Alice in every head
> > light
> > Alice, Dallas Alice
> > .
> > .
> > .
> > And I been from Tuscon to Tucumcari
> > Tehachapi to Tonapah
>
> > Tuscon? Never heard of it. Where's that?
> > Art
>
> Lookatchoo!!! You found a typo!!!!
>
> I was being nice. =A0I wasn't sure if it was a typo or if
> you were one of the legions of idiots who are too
> stupid to bother (or care about?) knowing the
> correct spelling. =A0The most glaring of these are the
> ones on the national (U.S.) TV news organizations.
> Having lived in Tucson for 29 years this spelling
> stands out to me and I wonder "Typo or idiot?".
> Art
Howsabout Cut & Paste? I went to look for the lyrics, found them and
C&V'd them to here.
IOW.. *I* didn't even MAKE the farking typo, but, hey, who cares?
.
..
oops..seems you do...
..and that's okay, Tucson people need all the help they can get.
Take it up with Rondstadt's people.
"HeyBub" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> [email protected] wrote:
>>>
>>
>> I used an electric mower (from Sears, I think) when I was in high
>> school becuase it was my Dad's choice. If you need more than 50 feet
>> of extension cord, it becomes an art to lay out long sections of cord
>> to get the most area cut with the least cord movement.
>>
>> I think some of the Sunbeam mowers had a "flip-over" handle so you
>> could cut in the "other" direction by flipping the handle to the other
>> side and walking around to it instead of turning the mower around and
>> needing to flip the cord out of the way.
>>
>
> Yep. This one has a "flip-over" handle (needs a little lubrication on the
> locking mechanism).
>
> I found a picture of the beast (Google: sunbeam electric mower [images])
>
> http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://img.orbitbid.com/2010/03/17/NGOC%2520Dinh%2520Dang%25203-25%2520070.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.repocast.com/details.cfm%3Bjsessionid%3D5e301e408fc0e0cd58fe5c332d138781f362TR%3FID%3D81878%26CFID%3D464640%26CFTOKEN%3D35374865%26jsessionid%3D5e301e408fc0e0cd58fe5c332d138781f362TR&usg=__F9OXgqvBoInFS1q3yNeDQCNBy40=&h=480&w=640&sz=102&hl=en&start=57&sig2=wcSCx1d7FUz7dZvZeKGRRA&zoom=1&tbnid=gDzTqVF8zYDOaM:&tbnh=145&tbnw=185&ei=Ts_jTdWXGdS_gQfW17y7Bg&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dsunbeam%2Belectric%2Bmower%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox%26rlz%3D1I7GGLL_en%26biw%3D1004%26bih%3D624%26tbm%3Disch&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=129&vpy=276&dur=94&hovh=194&hovw=259&tx=154&ty=91&page=5&ndsp=14&ved=1t:429,r:4,s:57&biw=1004&bih=624
>
> The picture is from an auction in Michigan. The winner got the machine for
> TEN BUCKS!
>
> I was robbed!
Sure was, the individual wheel adjustment and the wheels alone would cost
that much
but, you would have to deduct 25% for the missing red plastic cap on the
wheel adjuster
On May 31, 2:43=A0pm, "J. Clarke" <[email protected]> wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>, frozenNorth123
> @gm.nospam.ail.com says...
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > On 5/31/11 1:13 PM, Robatoy wrote:
> > > On May 30, 11:20 pm, willshak<[email protected]> =A0wrote:
> > >> HeyBub wrote the following:
>
> > >>> willshak wrote:
>
> > >>>>> The picture is from an auction in Michigan. The winner got the
> > >>>>> machine for TEN BUCKS!
>
> > >>>>> I was robbed!
>
> > >>>> I don't think so. There is no cord attached.
>
> > >>>> I think you would need one with that one.
>
> > >>>> -
>
> > >>> My mower didn't come with a cord either.
>
> > >>> In fact, I had to scrounge around to find an extension cord that wo=
uld fit
> > >>> in the mower's power recess. This mower was manufactured before gro=
und wires
> > >>> were invented, so an ordinary extension cord simply could not be pr=
essed
> > >>> into the cavity containing the male plug.
>
> > >>> Truely, it's an adventure to be operating an electrical device devo=
id of a
> > >>> ground wire or polarized plug - and not even double insulated!
>
> > >>> A thrill-a-minute, I tell you!
>
> > >> Back around 1984-85, I used to travel down into Westwood, NJ to mow =
my
> > >> aunt's small lawn (she was a widow with no kids) . She had an electr=
ic
> > >> mower which was a PITA to operate. It had a long (maybe 25') orange
> > >> electrical cord, so it didn't blend in with the green grass. .I hate=
d
> > >> it. After I used it a couple of times, I started bringing my own gas
> > >> powered mower to do the job.
>
> > > You rode your mower from Hamptonburgh to Westwood???? I call bullshit=
.
>
> > He did it at 100 MPH in traffic too =A0:-)
>
> My mower went 100 MPH in traffic once. =A0It was in the back of a Corvett=
e
> (it's amazing what you can fit in an '84 Corvette) but it went 100 MPH
> in traffic.
>
> Not sure why you think that someone would have to ride their mower from
> one location to another. =A0A walk behind
A walk behind... wiishak can walk 100 MPH??? Naaaa...
On May 31, 5:44=A0pm, willshak <[email protected]> wrote:
> J. Clarke wrote the following:
>
>
>
>
>
> > In article <[email protected]>, frozenNorth123
> > @gm.nospam.ail.com says...
>
> >> On 5/31/11 1:13 PM, Robatoy wrote:
>
> >>> On May 30, 11:20 pm, willshak<[email protected]> =A0wrote:
>
> >>>> HeyBub wrote the following:
>
> >>>>> willshak wrote:
>
> >>>>>>> The picture is from an auction in Michigan. The winner got the
> >>>>>>> machine for TEN BUCKS!
>
> >>>>>>> I was robbed!
>
> >>>>>> I don't think so. There is no cord attached.
>
> >>>>>> I think you would need one with that one.
>
> >>>>>> -
>
> >>>>> My mower didn't come with a cord either.
>
> >>>>> In fact, I had to scrounge around to find an extension cord that wo=
uld fit
> >>>>> in the mower's power recess. This mower was manufactured before gro=
und wires
> >>>>> were invented, so an ordinary extension cord simply could not be pr=
essed
> >>>>> into the cavity containing the male plug.
>
> >>>>> Truely, it's an adventure to be operating an electrical device devo=
id of a
> >>>>> ground wire or polarized plug - and not even double insulated!
>
> >>>>> A thrill-a-minute, I tell you!
>
> >>>> Back around 1984-85, I used to travel down into Westwood, NJ to mow =
my
> >>>> aunt's small lawn (she was a widow with no kids) . She had an electr=
ic
> >>>> mower which was a PITA to operate. It had a long (maybe 25') orange
> >>>> electrical cord, so it didn't blend in with the green grass. .I hate=
d
> >>>> it. After I used it a couple of times, I started bringing my own gas
> >>>> powered mower to do the job.
>
> >>> You rode your mower from Hamptonburgh to Westwood???? I call bullshit=
.
>
> >> He did it at 100 MPH in traffic too =A0:-)
>
> > My mower went 100 MPH in traffic once. =A0It was in the back of a Corve=
tte
> > (it's amazing what you can fit in an '84 Corvette) but it went 100 MPH
> > in traffic.
>
> > Not sure why you think that someone would have to ride their mower from
> > one location to another. =A0A walk behind will fit in the trunk of any
> > decent sized car, and a rider will fit in the bed to even a small picku=
p
> > truck or can be towed on a cheap trailer.
>
> > What I can't figure out is why anyone would want the cord to "blend wit=
h
> > the grass".
>
> Thanks for the voice of reason.
> The other guy said the cord blended into the grass. The one I mowed with =
had an orange cord and I assume my Aunt did not buy the cord separately. It=
was a walk behind, not a rider.
> It was the first time I used an electric mower.
> I don't know where the others got the impression that I rode the mower to=
Westwood, NJ.
Sorry Bill, I was just being a douchebag.
On Jun 3, 10:53=A0pm, Larry Jaques <[email protected]>
wrote:
Know and like all those tunes.
>Pure Prairie League's "Amy"....
Vince is sure doing Amy now, the sunnuvabitch. But damn that man can
pick, almost Skaggs grade.
"George W Frost" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>"HeyBub" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> I've had it with gasoline engines, their myriad parts, and (at least some)
>> maintenance. So when I saw an electric mower advertised on my local
>> Craigslist for twenty bucks (!), I jumped on it.
>>
>> The machine was made by SUNBEAM, sometime in the 50s or 60s! No ground
>> wire. No polarized plug. Sounds like the hinges on the gates of hell. Icky
>> yellow color and one of the wheels is held in place by a nail instead of a
>> cotter-ping.
>
>
>I have an idea they were made in OZ during the 50's, they also made a twin
>bladed model
>
http://preview.tinyurl.com/3bmktm3
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://pmimages.worthpoint.com/thumbnails2/2/0804/24/2_bf21050ab271e57acf5daa591ef8c6a5.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/lawn-mower-sunbeam-electric-double-blade&usg=__Xcv1zAg4fMH5dkTf79uUuBvv__A=&h=150&w=150&sz=9&hl=en&start=8&zoom=0&itbs=1&tbnid=R_TtgxQIs8kMtM:&tbnh=96&tbnw=96&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dsunbeam%2Bmower%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG%26as_st%3Dy%26tbm%3Disch&ei=rFXjTbTvFoussAPq_awW&biw=1280&bih=839
Might be this one.
Ours had a twin tube frame.
Purchased "second-hand" the mower that
"always started" was fitted with a hard rubber lead
that quickly cracked, well relatively quickly in the tropics.
Electricity being some foreign unwilling beast in the
50s/60s the mower was still in the shed when the block
was sold - circa 1964.
The contraption looked like a floor polisher on
wheels. I say "vintage" is a tad generous
as a descriptor.
>
>> But it works swell!
>>
>> I don't think the person from whom I bought it had all his marbles lined
>> up. In addition to selling a functional mower for cheap, he's moving from
>> Houston to Santa Barbara.
>>
>> I just have to be careful where I'm mowing - I don't think running over
>> the extension cord would be a good idea.
>
>
>Hey, you are not supposed to mow backward, if you do, then you run over the
>cord,
heh... all good as long as you have your
"double plugger" thongs fitted to soles<g>
>
Owning some considerable electrical experience
I am always amused by the "Square D" logo on modern
garden appliances. Our youngest recently handed
over a hedge trimmer, on being posted to a base
where there were no hedges, complete with beaming
smile and a "here ya go, old fella, rest your arms from
all that clipping".
You do not do downward strokes with an electric
hedge trimmer.
The tool may well be double insulated, the extension
lead however is as always "power belong
rope" and - as seen - a death trap for the unwary.
george
Somebody wrote:
>> I don't think the person from whom I bought it had all his marbles
>> lined up. In addition to selling a functional mower for cheap, he's
>> moving from Houston to Santa Barbara.
-----------------------------
If you have grass in Santa Barbara, you also have a gardener to take
care of it.
BTW, I sold Sunbeam electric mowers in the early '50s.
Have a little respect for your mower elders <G>.
Lew
Lew
On 5/29/2011 8:00 PM, HeyBub wrote:
> I've had it with gasoline engines, their myriad parts, and (at least some)
> maintenance. So when I saw an electric mower advertised on my local
> Craigslist for twenty bucks (!), I jumped on it.
>
> The machine was made by SUNBEAM, sometime in the 50s or 60s! No ground wire.
> No polarized plug. Sounds like the hinges on the gates of hell. Icky yellow
> color and one of the wheels is held in place by a nail instead of a
> cotter-ping.
>
> But it works swell!
>
> I don't think the person from whom I bought it had all his marbles lined up.
> In addition to selling a functional mower for cheap, he's moving from
> Houston to Santa Barbara.
>
> I just have to be careful where I'm mowing - I don't think running over the
> extension cord would be a good idea.
>
...yeah, Santa Barbara is a definite downturn compared to Houston. Gotta
be crazy to move *there*...
cg
> HeyBub wrote:
> In addition to selling a functional mower for cheap, he's moving
> from
>> Houston to Santa Barbara.
--------------------------------------
"Charlie Groh" wrote:
> ...yeah, Santa Barbara is a definite downturn compared to Houston.
> Gotta be crazy to move *there*...
------------------------------------
Now Charlie, ya gotta cut the stupid some slack, for they know not
what they are spouting off about.
Lew
On May 31, 8:58=A0pm, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
> On May 31, 8:15=A0pm, "J. Clarke" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > In article <[email protected]>, willshak@
> > 00hvc.rr.com says...
>
> > > Robatoy wrote the following:
> > > > On May 30, 11:20 pm, willshak <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > >> HeyBub wrote the following:
>
> > > >>> willshak wrote:
>
> > > >>>>> The picture is from an auction in Michigan. The winner got the
> > > >>>>> machine for TEN BUCKS!
>
> > > >>>>> I was robbed!
>
> > > >>>> I don't think so. There is no cord attached.
>
> > > >>>> I think you would need one with that one.
>
> > > >>>> -
>
> > > >>> My mower didn't come with a cord either.
>
> > > >>> In fact, I had to scrounge around to find an extension cord that =
would fit
> > > >>> in the mower's power recess. This mower was manufactured before g=
round wires
> > > >>> were invented, so an ordinary extension cord simply could not be =
pressed
> > > >>> into the cavity containing the male plug.
>
> > > >>> Truely, it's an adventure to be operating an electrical device de=
void of a
> > > >>> ground wire or polarized plug - and not even double insulated!
>
> > > >>> A thrill-a-minute, I tell you!
>
> > > >> Back around 1984-85, I used to travel down into Westwood, NJ to mo=
w my
> > > >> aunt's small lawn (she was a widow with no kids) . She had an elec=
tric
> > > >> mower which was a PITA to operate. It had a long (maybe 25') orang=
e
> > > >> electrical cord, so it didn't blend in with the green grass. .I ha=
ted
> > > >> it. After I used it a couple of times, I started bringing my own g=
as
> > > >> powered mower to do the job.
>
> > > > You rode your mower from Hamptonburgh to Westwood???? I call bullsh=
it.
>
> > > WTF is your problem with me Robatoy?
> > > There is a Westwood in NJ. It is about a 1 hour drive from me.
> > > The mower was put in the trunk of my car. Yes, I did have to leave th=
e
> > > trunk lid open.
>
> > Robatoy seems to have a problem with just about anybody who says
> > something that he doesn't agree with.
>
> > Personally I killfiled the jackass a long time ago.
>
> Which is why you know that I have a problem with those who disagrees
> with me... you killfiled me..yea right.
> You and willshak need a sense-of-humour adjustment.... frikkin' stick-
> in-the-muds...
I meant sticks-in-the-mud...
FrozenNorth wrote:
> On 5/31/11 1:13 PM, Robatoy wrote:
>> You rode your mower from Hamptonburgh to Westwood???? I call
>> bullshit.
> He did it at 100 MPH in traffic too :-)
Hey - dont' be laughing too loudly. A friend of mine locally, operates a
race track for riding mowers. The upper classes run the track at 70mph. On
a freakin' lawn mower! Seriously cool to watch the races. It's like
Saturday Night Stock Car Racing, only smaller.
--
-Mike-
[email protected]
On May 30, 11:20=A0pm, willshak <[email protected]> wrote:
> HeyBub wrote the following:
>
>
>
>
>
> > willshak wrote:
>
> >>> The picture is from an auction in Michigan. The winner got the
> >>> machine for TEN BUCKS!
>
> >>> I was robbed!
>
> >> I don't think so. There is no cord attached.
>
> >> I think you would need one with that one.
>
> >> -
>
> > My mower didn't come with a cord either.
>
> > In fact, I had to scrounge around to find an extension cord that would =
fit
> > in the mower's power recess. This mower was manufactured before ground =
wires
> > were invented, so an ordinary extension cord simply could not be presse=
d
> > into the cavity containing the male plug.
>
> > Truely, it's an adventure to be operating an electrical device devoid o=
f a
> > ground wire or polarized plug - and not even double insulated!
>
> > A thrill-a-minute, I tell you!
>
> Back around 1984-85, I used to travel down into Westwood, NJ to mow my
> aunt's small lawn (she was a widow with no kids) . She had an electric
> mower which was a PITA to operate. It had a long (maybe 25') orange
> electrical cord, so it didn't blend in with the green grass. .I hated
> it. After I used it a couple of times, I started bringing my own gas
> powered mower to do the job.
>
You rode your mower from Hamptonburgh to Westwood???? I call bullshit.
Lew Hodgett wrote:
> Somebody wrote:
>
>>> I don't think the person from whom I bought it had all his marbles
>>> lined up. In addition to selling a functional mower for cheap, he's
>>> moving from Houston to Santa Barbara.
> -----------------------------
> If you have grass in Santa Barbara, you also have a gardener to take
> care of it.
Oops! You are correct.
Still, the seller was not totally off the rails. He told me residential
housing rents for as much as $3/sq ft in Santa Barbara. He and his wife
found some "commercial" property (a former art studio) that he got for $1/sq
ft for 2600 sq ft. "How are you going to handle the requirements that, you
know, you actually HAVE an art studio?" I asked. "Easy," said he. "We'll
hang some of our kids crayon drawings on the wall with somewhat reasonable
prices, say $10/sq inch."
Now that kind of subterfuge would work in Houston, but I'll bet the
California bureacracy will ruin his life and the life of everybody he ever
knew.
>
> BTW, I sold Sunbeam electric mowers in the early '50s.
>
> Have a little respect for your mower elders <G>.
>
I do! As I said, the mower works swell.
willshak wrote:
> Robatoy wrote the following:
>>
>> You rode your mower from Hamptonburgh to Westwood???? I call
>> bullshit.
> WTF is your problem with me Robatoy?
> There is a Westwood in NJ. It is about a 1 hour drive from me.
> The mower was put in the trunk of my car. Yes, I did have to leave the
> trunk lid open.
Psssstttt... I think he was joking. Around here we call him the Merry
Prankster. Or, the Fairy Wankster. Or... Oh hell, does anyone know what
we call him? Do we call him anything? Damned I hate not being able to
remember these things...
--
-Mike-
[email protected]
willshak wrote:
>>
>> My mower didn't come with a cord either.
>>
>> In fact, I had to scrounge around to find an extension cord that
>> would fit in the mower's power recess. This mower was manufactured
>> before ground wires were invented, so an ordinary extension cord
>> simply could not be pressed into the cavity containing the male plug.
>>
>> Truely, it's an adventure to be operating an electrical device
>> devoid of a ground wire or polarized plug - and not even double
>> insulated! A thrill-a-minute, I tell you!
>
> Back around 1984-85, I used to travel down into Westwood, NJ to mow my
> aunt's small lawn (she was a widow with no kids) . She had an electric
> mower which was a PITA to operate. It had a long (maybe 25') orange
> electrical cord, so it didn't blend in with the green grass. .I hated
> it. After I used it a couple of times, I started bringing my own gas
> powered mower to do the job.
On the other hand, I'll no longer have to go get gas; the power company
delivers electricty right to my home!
On Thu, 2 Jun 2011 23:11:38 +0000 (UTC), [email protected]
(Larry W) wrote:
>In article <[email protected]>,
>Scott Lurndal <[email protected]> wrote:
>>"HeyBub" <[email protected]> writes:
>>
>>>
>>>I don't think the person from whom I bought it had all his marbles lined up.
>>>In addition to selling a functional mower for cheap, he's moving from
>>>Houston to Santa Barbara.
>>
>>Now _that_ is a gloat. Moving from the armpit of the southeast
>>to one of the most beautiful places on earth.
>>
>>scott
>
>As someone who lives in an Atlantic coastal state, south of the Mason-Dixon
>line, I have a real problem with characterizing Houston as being in the
>"southeast." I don't argue with the "armpit" part, though. :)
The proposition that three hundred miles West of the Mississippi is the "East"
is quite a mind-bender. Texas, in the East? Wow!
Robatoy wrote the following:
> On May 30, 11:20 pm, willshak <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> HeyBub wrote the following:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> willshak wrote:
>>>
>>>>> The picture is from an auction in Michigan. The winner got the
>>>>> machine for TEN BUCKS!
>>>>>
>>>>> I was robbed!
>>>>>
>>>> I don't think so. There is no cord attached.
>>>>
>>>> I think you would need one with that one.
>>>>
>>>> -
>>>>
>>> My mower didn't come with a cord either.
>>>
>>> In fact, I had to scrounge around to find an extension cord that would fit
>>> in the mower's power recess. This mower was manufactured before ground wires
>>> were invented, so an ordinary extension cord simply could not be pressed
>>> into the cavity containing the male plug.
>>>
>>> Truely, it's an adventure to be operating an electrical device devoid of a
>>> ground wire or polarized plug - and not even double insulated!
>>>
>>> A thrill-a-minute, I tell you!
>>>
>> Back around 1984-85, I used to travel down into Westwood, NJ to mow my
>> aunt's small lawn (she was a widow with no kids) . She had an electric
>> mower which was a PITA to operate. It had a long (maybe 25') orange
>> electrical cord, so it didn't blend in with the green grass. .I hated
>> it. After I used it a couple of times, I started bringing my own gas
>> powered mower to do the job.
>>
>>
>
> You rode your mower from Hamptonburgh to Westwood???? I call bullshit.
>
>
WTF is your problem with me Robatoy?
There is a Westwood in NJ. It is about a 1 hour drive from me.
The mower was put in the trunk of my car. Yes, I did have to leave the
trunk lid open.
--
Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
To email, remove the double zeroes after @
Robatoy wrote the following:
> On May 31, 1:27 pm, FrozenNorth <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> On 5/31/11 1:13 PM, Robatoy wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> On May 30, 11:20 pm, willshak<[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> HeyBub wrote the following:
>>>>
>>>>> willshak wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> The picture is from an auction in Michigan. The winner got the
>>>>>>> machine for TEN BUCKS!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I was robbed!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't think so. There is no cord attached.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think you would need one with that one.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -
>>>>>>
>>>>> My mower didn't come with a cord either.
>>>>>
>>>>> In fact, I had to scrounge around to find an extension cord that would fit
>>>>> in the mower's power recess. This mower was manufactured before ground wires
>>>>> were invented, so an ordinary extension cord simply could not be pressed
>>>>> into the cavity containing the male plug.
>>>>>
>>>>> Truely, it's an adventure to be operating an electrical device devoid of a
>>>>> ground wire or polarized plug - and not even double insulated!
>>>>>
>>>>> A thrill-a-minute, I tell you!
>>>>>
>>>> Back around 1984-85, I used to travel down into Westwood, NJ to mow my
>>>> aunt's small lawn (she was a widow with no kids) . She had an electric
>>>> mower which was a PITA to operate. It had a long (maybe 25') orange
>>>> electrical cord, so it didn't blend in with the green grass. .I hated
>>>> it. After I used it a couple of times, I started bringing my own gas
>>>> powered mower to do the job.
>>>>
>>> You rode your mower from Hamptonburgh to Westwood???? I call bullshit.
>>>
>> He did it at 100 MPH in traffic too :-)
>>
>>
> ..and NO accident!
Lights and siren seem to move people out of the way.
--
Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
To email, remove the double zeroes after @
On 6/2/2011 6:19 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Jun 2011 23:11:38 +0000 (UTC), [email protected]
> (Larry W) wrote:
>
>> In article<[email protected]>,
>> Scott Lurndal<[email protected]> wrote:
>>> "HeyBub"<[email protected]> writes:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I don't think the person from whom I bought it had all his marbles lined up.
>>>> In addition to selling a functional mower for cheap, he's moving from
>>>> Houston to Santa Barbara.
>>>
>>> Now _that_ is a gloat. Moving from the armpit of the southeast
>>> to one of the most beautiful places on earth.
>>>
>>> scott
>>
>> As someone who lives in an Atlantic coastal state, south of the Mason-Dixon
>> line, I have a real problem with characterizing Houston as being in the
>> "southeast." I don't argue with the "armpit" part, though. :)
>
> The proposition that three hundred miles West of the Mississippi is the "East"
> is quite a mind-bender. Texas, in the East? Wow!
After I moved to California there were a few gestalt changes. One was what is
considered east versus west. There was a local grocery store chain that was
advertising "eastern corn fed pork" for sale. I was wondering about where they
meant. In this case 'eastern' meant Iowa.
Robatoy wrote:
>
> Sorry Bill, I was just being a douchebag.
Douchebag!
There - take that...
--
-Mike-
[email protected]
In article <[email protected]>, frozenNorth123
@gm.nospam.ail.com says...
>
> On 5/31/11 1:13 PM, Robatoy wrote:
> > On May 30, 11:20 pm, willshak<[email protected]> wrote:
> >> HeyBub wrote the following:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> willshak wrote:
> >>
> >>>>> The picture is from an auction in Michigan. The winner got the
> >>>>> machine for TEN BUCKS!
> >>
> >>>>> I was robbed!
> >>
> >>>> I don't think so. There is no cord attached.
> >>
> >>>> I think you would need one with that one.
> >>
> >>>> -
> >>
> >>> My mower didn't come with a cord either.
> >>
> >>> In fact, I had to scrounge around to find an extension cord that would fit
> >>> in the mower's power recess. This mower was manufactured before ground wires
> >>> were invented, so an ordinary extension cord simply could not be pressed
> >>> into the cavity containing the male plug.
> >>
> >>> Truely, it's an adventure to be operating an electrical device devoid of a
> >>> ground wire or polarized plug - and not even double insulated!
> >>
> >>> A thrill-a-minute, I tell you!
> >>
> >> Back around 1984-85, I used to travel down into Westwood, NJ to mow my
> >> aunt's small lawn (she was a widow with no kids) . She had an electric
> >> mower which was a PITA to operate. It had a long (maybe 25') orange
> >> electrical cord, so it didn't blend in with the green grass. .I hated
> >> it. After I used it a couple of times, I started bringing my own gas
> >> powered mower to do the job.
> >>
> >
> > You rode your mower from Hamptonburgh to Westwood???? I call bullshit.
> >
> He did it at 100 MPH in traffic too :-)
My mower went 100 MPH in traffic once. It was in the back of a Corvette
(it's amazing what you can fit in an '84 Corvette) but it went 100 MPH
in traffic.
Not sure why you think that someone would have to ride their mower from
one location to another. A walk behind will fit in the trunk of any
decent sized car, and a rider will fit in the bed to even a small pickup
truck or can be towed on a cheap trailer.
What I can't figure out is why anyone would want the cord to "blend with
the grass".
In article <[email protected]>, willshak@
00hvc.rr.com says...
>
> Robatoy wrote the following:
> > On May 30, 11:20 pm, willshak <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> HeyBub wrote the following:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> willshak wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>> The picture is from an auction in Michigan. The winner got the
> >>>>> machine for TEN BUCKS!
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I was robbed!
> >>>>>
> >>>> I don't think so. There is no cord attached.
> >>>>
> >>>> I think you would need one with that one.
> >>>>
> >>>> -
> >>>>
> >>> My mower didn't come with a cord either.
> >>>
> >>> In fact, I had to scrounge around to find an extension cord that would fit
> >>> in the mower's power recess. This mower was manufactured before ground wires
> >>> were invented, so an ordinary extension cord simply could not be pressed
> >>> into the cavity containing the male plug.
> >>>
> >>> Truely, it's an adventure to be operating an electrical device devoid of a
> >>> ground wire or polarized plug - and not even double insulated!
> >>>
> >>> A thrill-a-minute, I tell you!
> >>>
> >> Back around 1984-85, I used to travel down into Westwood, NJ to mow my
> >> aunt's small lawn (she was a widow with no kids) . She had an electric
> >> mower which was a PITA to operate. It had a long (maybe 25') orange
> >> electrical cord, so it didn't blend in with the green grass. .I hated
> >> it. After I used it a couple of times, I started bringing my own gas
> >> powered mower to do the job.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > You rode your mower from Hamptonburgh to Westwood???? I call bullshit.
> >
> >
> WTF is your problem with me Robatoy?
> There is a Westwood in NJ. It is about a 1 hour drive from me.
> The mower was put in the trunk of my car. Yes, I did have to leave the
> trunk lid open.
Robatoy seems to have a problem with just about anybody who says
something that he doesn't agree with.
Personally I killfiled the jackass a long time ago.
[email protected] wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Jun 2011 23:11:38 +0000 (UTC),
> [email protected] (Larry W) wrote:
>
>> In article <[email protected]>,
>> Scott Lurndal <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> "HeyBub" <[email protected]> writes:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I don't think the person from whom I bought it had all his marbles
>>>> lined up. In addition to selling a functional mower for cheap,
>>>> he's moving from Houston to Santa Barbara.
>>>
>>> Now _that_ is a gloat. Moving from the armpit of the southeast
>>> to one of the most beautiful places on earth.
>>>
>>> scott
>>
>> As someone who lives in an Atlantic coastal state, south of the
>> Mason-Dixon line, I have a real problem with characterizing Houston
>> as being in the "southeast." I don't argue with the "armpit" part,
>> though. :)
>
> The proposition that three hundred miles West of the Mississippi is
> the "East" is quite a mind-bender. Texas, in the East? Wow!
Well, Houston IS closer to Florida than it is to El Paso (and El Paso is
closer to San Diego than it is to Houston), so I suppose it depends on where
you stand.
All agree Houston is a cultural wasteland. Our big cultural event is the
annual livestock show and rodeo whose attendance, during its ten-day run,
exceeds the attendance of our three professional sports teams combined.
Contrary to popular belief, we didn't build the first air-conditioned sports
stadium to be ostentatious - the weather REQUIRED it. Oh, we're not as bad
in that regard as New Orleans, but, being at the same latitude as Cairo...
In fact today, June 2nd, the temperature reached 97 degrees.
There are some things Houston has to recommend it: The world's largest
medical center (18 hospitals, two medical schools, a dental school, etc.),
NASA, the 2nd largest port in the nation, low taxes, no zoning, 2nd highest
number of Fortune 500 companies (after NYC), 2nd highest number of consular
offices (after D.C.), 70% of the nation's refining capacity, and so on.
You'll note that many of these high-ranked attributes have to do with
money - or making money. Houston's a good place for that. But if you want
temperate weather, majestic redwoods, pristine beaches, Civil War
battlefields, or state-funded psychoanalysis for your dog, you won't find
them here.
I recall my first visit to Harvard Square. After lunch, my client asked what
I thought of the crowd.
I replied: "I'm willing to admit you have more PhD's per square foot, more
books in your libraries, and greater educational endowments than back home.
But on the two things that are important in this life, Texas has you beat!"
"What's that?" my client asked.
"Pretty girls and football teams" I responded.
"I'd believe that and I've never been to Texas," he said. "Did you notice
their socks don't match?"
"My friend, if these women were running loose in Texas, there'd be a bounty
on 'em," I concluded.
"HeyBub" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I've had it with gasoline engines, their myriad parts, and (at least some)
> maintenance. So when I saw an electric mower advertised on my local
> Craigslist for twenty bucks (!), I jumped on it.
>
> The machine was made by SUNBEAM, sometime in the 50s or 60s! No ground
> wire. No polarized plug. Sounds like the hinges on the gates of hell. Icky
> yellow color and one of the wheels is held in place by a nail instead of a
> cotter-ping.
I have an idea they were made in OZ during the 50's, they also made a twin
bladed model
> But it works swell!
>
> I don't think the person from whom I bought it had all his marbles lined
> up. In addition to selling a functional mower for cheap, he's moving from
> Houston to Santa Barbara.
>
> I just have to be careful where I'm mowing - I don't think running over
> the extension cord would be a good idea.
Hey, you are not supposed to mow backward, if you do, then you run over the
cord,
"Lobby Dosser" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "HeyBub" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> I've had it with gasoline engines, their myriad parts, and (at least
>> some) maintenance. So when I saw an electric mower advertised on my local
>> Craigslist for twenty bucks (!), I jumped on it.
>>
>> The machine was made by SUNBEAM, sometime in the 50s or 60s! No ground
>> wire. No polarized plug. Sounds like the hinges on the gates of hell.
>> Icky yellow color and one of the wheels is held in place by a nail
>> instead of a cotter-ping.
>>
>> But it works swell!
>>
>> I don't think the person from whom I bought it had all his marbles lined
>> up. In addition to selling a functional mower for cheap, he's moving from
>> Houston to Santa Barbara.
>>
>> I just have to be careful where I'm mowing - I don't think running over
>> the extension cord would be a good idea.
>>
>
> Doesn't seem to matter. Took out a no ground wire cord with hedge trimmers
> once. Took 15 minutes to discover the cord was cut and it wasn't some
> other fault. The bushes were dense and the cord sorta blended in ...
>
> --
> "I'm the man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo ..."
Are you the man who broke your leg in your back yard when you tripped over
the blended in power cord ?
On 6/2/2011 8:52 PM, Robatoy wrote:
> On Jun 2, 9:14 pm, Leon<lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote:
>
>> Dallas has long
>> been considered the arm pit of the region.
>
> I been warped by the rain, driven by the snow
> I'm drunk and dirty don't ya know, and I'm still, willin'
> Out on the road late at night, Seen my pretty Alice in every head
> light
> Alice, Dallas Alice
> .
> .
> .
> And I been from Tuscon to Tucumcari
> Tehachapi to Tonapah
I still have Shure 57 that Lowell used ... probably still has his DNA on
it. That's was one dude worth cloning ... just in case.
--
www.e-woodshop.net
Last update: 4/15/2010
KarlC@ (the obvious)
On May 30, 7:18=A0am, "HeyBub" <[email protected]> wrote:
> George W Frost wrote:
>
> > Hey, you are not supposed to mow backward, if you do, then you run
> > over the cord,
>
> Oooh! Good idea.
>
> Beats my first thought of some overhead drop-down extension cord (think
> clothesline with a pully or a cable-type dog run).
Solar power retrofit with several deep-cycle golf cart batteries. You
might be able to get an energy conservation tax break. An added
advantage is that the mower will be self-propelled as long as you
remember to mow downhill.
If your property is dead flat and square - you live in Texas, right? -
rig a drive wheel off of the shaft so it is self-propelled, stick a
stake in the middle of the lawn and tie a cord to the mower and let
the mower cut an ever decreasing spiral until the lawn is fully mowed.
R
willshak wrote:
>> The picture is from an auction in Michigan. The winner got the
>> machine for TEN BUCKS!
>>
>> I was robbed!
>
> I don't think so. There is no cord attached.
>
> I think you would need one with that one.
>
> -
>
My mower didn't come with a cord either.
In fact, I had to scrounge around to find an extension cord that would fit
in the mower's power recess. This mower was manufactured before ground wires
were invented, so an ordinary extension cord simply could not be pressed
into the cavity containing the male plug.
Truely, it's an adventure to be operating an electrical device devoid of a
ground wire or polarized plug - and not even double insulated!
A thrill-a-minute, I tell you!
On May 31, 1:27=A0pm, FrozenNorth <[email protected]>
wrote:
> On 5/31/11 1:13 PM, Robatoy wrote:
>
>
>
> > On May 30, 11:20 pm, willshak<[email protected]> =A0wrote:
> >> HeyBub wrote the following:
>
> >>> willshak wrote:
>
> >>>>> The picture is from an auction in Michigan. The winner got the
> >>>>> machine for TEN BUCKS!
>
> >>>>> I was robbed!
>
> >>>> I don't think so. There is no cord attached.
>
> >>>> I think you would need one with that one.
>
> >>>> -
>
> >>> My mower didn't come with a cord either.
>
> >>> In fact, I had to scrounge around to find an extension cord that woul=
d fit
> >>> in the mower's power recess. This mower was manufactured before groun=
d wires
> >>> were invented, so an ordinary extension cord simply could not be pres=
sed
> >>> into the cavity containing the male plug.
>
> >>> Truely, it's an adventure to be operating an electrical device devoid=
of a
> >>> ground wire or polarized plug - and not even double insulated!
>
> >>> A thrill-a-minute, I tell you!
>
> >> Back around 1984-85, I used to travel down into Westwood, NJ to mow my
> >> aunt's small lawn (she was a widow with no kids) . She had an electric
> >> mower which was a PITA to operate. It had a long (maybe 25') orange
> >> electrical cord, so it didn't blend in with the green grass. .I hated
> >> it. After I used it a couple of times, I started bringing my own gas
> >> powered mower to do the job.
>
> > You rode your mower from Hamptonburgh to Westwood???? I call bullshit.
>
> He did it at 100 MPH in traffic too =A0:-)
>
..and NO accident!
On May 31, 8:15=A0pm, "J. Clarke" <[email protected]> wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>, willshak@
> 00hvc.rr.com says...
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > Robatoy wrote the following:
> > > On May 30, 11:20 pm, willshak <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > >> HeyBub wrote the following:
>
> > >>> willshak wrote:
>
> > >>>>> The picture is from an auction in Michigan. The winner got the
> > >>>>> machine for TEN BUCKS!
>
> > >>>>> I was robbed!
>
> > >>>> I don't think so. There is no cord attached.
>
> > >>>> I think you would need one with that one.
>
> > >>>> -
>
> > >>> My mower didn't come with a cord either.
>
> > >>> In fact, I had to scrounge around to find an extension cord that wo=
uld fit
> > >>> in the mower's power recess. This mower was manufactured before gro=
und wires
> > >>> were invented, so an ordinary extension cord simply could not be pr=
essed
> > >>> into the cavity containing the male plug.
>
> > >>> Truely, it's an adventure to be operating an electrical device devo=
id of a
> > >>> ground wire or polarized plug - and not even double insulated!
>
> > >>> A thrill-a-minute, I tell you!
>
> > >> Back around 1984-85, I used to travel down into Westwood, NJ to mow =
my
> > >> aunt's small lawn (she was a widow with no kids) . She had an electr=
ic
> > >> mower which was a PITA to operate. It had a long (maybe 25') orange
> > >> electrical cord, so it didn't blend in with the green grass. .I hate=
d
> > >> it. After I used it a couple of times, I started bringing my own gas
> > >> powered mower to do the job.
>
> > > You rode your mower from Hamptonburgh to Westwood???? I call bullshit=
.
>
> > WTF is your problem with me Robatoy?
> > There is a Westwood in NJ. It is about a 1 hour drive from me.
> > The mower was put in the trunk of my car. Yes, I did have to leave the
> > trunk lid open.
>
> Robatoy seems to have a problem with just about anybody who says
> something that he doesn't agree with.
>
> Personally I killfiled the jackass a long time ago.
Which is why you know that I have a problem with those who disagrees
with me... you killfiled me..yea right.
You and willshak need a sense-of-humour adjustment.... frikkin' stick-
in-the-muds...
On Jun 2, 9:14=A0pm, Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote:
> Dallas has long
> been considered the arm pit of the region.
I been warped by the rain, driven by the snow
I'm drunk and dirty don't ya know, and I'm still, willin'
Out on the road late at night, Seen my pretty Alice in every head
light
Alice, Dallas Alice
.
.
.
And I been from Tuscon to Tucumcari
Tehachapi to Tonapah
On Jun 2, 7:08=A0am, "HeyBub" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Robatoy wrote:
>
> >> On the other hand, I'll no longer have to go get gas; the power
> >> company delivers electricty right to my home!
>
> > They don't here.
>
> I wonder. Do you have to take your own containers to the electric store o=
r
> do they provide sacks or something?
Vacuum bottles. And because of safety concerns, you have to buy a new
stopper every 2 years.
You also need a special license if you want to carry 240 volt 3 phase.
HeyBub wrote the following:
> willshak wrote:
>
>>> The picture is from an auction in Michigan. The winner got the
>>> machine for TEN BUCKS!
>>>
>>> I was robbed!
>>>
>> I don't think so. There is no cord attached.
>>
>> I think you would need one with that one.
>>
>> -
>>
>>
>
> My mower didn't come with a cord either.
>
> In fact, I had to scrounge around to find an extension cord that would fit
> in the mower's power recess. This mower was manufactured before ground wires
> were invented, so an ordinary extension cord simply could not be pressed
> into the cavity containing the male plug.
>
> Truely, it's an adventure to be operating an electrical device devoid of a
> ground wire or polarized plug - and not even double insulated!
>
> A thrill-a-minute, I tell you!
Back around 1984-85, I used to travel down into Westwood, NJ to mow my
aunt's small lawn (she was a widow with no kids) . She had an electric
mower which was a PITA to operate. It had a long (maybe 25') orange
electrical cord, so it didn't blend in with the green grass. .I hated
it. After I used it a couple of times, I started bringing my own gas
powered mower to do the job.
--
Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
To email, remove the double zeroes after @
HeyBub wrote the following:
> [email protected] wrote:
>
>> I used an electric mower (from Sears, I think) when I was in high
>> school becuase it was my Dad's choice. If you need more than 50 feet
>> of extension cord, it becomes an art to lay out long sections of cord
>> to get the most area cut with the least cord movement.
>>
>> I think some of the Sunbeam mowers had a "flip-over" handle so you
>> could cut in the "other" direction by flipping the handle to the other
>> side and walking around to it instead of turning the mower around and
>> needing to flip the cord out of the way.
>>
>>
>
> Yep. This one has a "flip-over" handle (needs a little lubrication on the
> locking mechanism).
>
> I found a picture of the beast (Google: sunbeam electric mower [images])
>
> http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://img.orbitbid.com/2010/03/17/NGOC%2520Dinh%2520Dang%25203-25%2520070.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.repocast.com/details.cfm%3Bjsessionid%3D5e301e408fc0e0cd58fe5c332d138781f362TR%3FID%3D81878%26CFID%3D464640%26CFTOKEN%3D35374865%26jsessionid%3D5e301e408fc0e0cd58fe5c332d138781f362TR&usg=__F9OXgqvBoInFS1q3yNeDQCNBy40=&h=480&w=640&sz=102&hl=en&start=57&sig2=wcSCx1d7FUz7dZvZeKGRRA&zoom=1&tbnid=gDzTqVF8zYDOaM:&tbnh=145&tbnw=185&ei=Ts_jTdWXGdS_gQfW17y7Bg&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dsunbeam%2Belectric%2Bmower%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox%26rlz%3D1I7GGLL_en%26biw%3D1004%26bih%3D624%26tbm%3Disch&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=129&vpy=276&dur=94&hovh=194&hovw=259&tx=154&ty=91&page=5&ndsp=14&ved=1t:429,r:4,s:57&biw=1004&bih=624
>
> The picture is from an auction in Michigan. The winner got the machine for
> TEN BUCKS!
>
> I was robbed!
I don't think so. There is no cord attached.
I think you would need one with that one.
-
Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
To email, remove the double zeroes after @
On May 30, 6:32=A0pm, RicodJour <[email protected]> wrote:
> On May 30, 7:18=A0am, "HeyBub" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > George W Frost wrote:
>
> > > Hey, you are not supposed to mow backward, if you do, then you run
> > > over the cord,
>
> > Oooh! Good idea.
>
> > Beats my first thought of some overhead drop-down extension cord (think
> > clothesline with a pully or a cable-type dog run).
>
> Solar power retrofit with several deep-cycle golf cart batteries. =A0You
> might be able to get an energy conservation tax break. =A0An added
> advantage is that the mower will be self-propelled as long as you
> remember to mow downhill.
>
> If your property is dead flat and square - you live in Texas, right? -
> rig a drive wheel off of the shaft so it is self-propelled, stick a
> stake in the middle of the lawn and tie a cord to the mower and let
> the mower cut an ever decreasing spiral until the lawn is fully mowed.
>
> R
You mean.. like the flight of the WhiffleSnipe?
On Jun 3, 4:43=A0pm, "Artemus" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:1baf6d54-1fb1-429a-9c16-1b49a6412224@n10g2000yqf.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
>
>
> >.On Jun 3, 4:06 pm, "Artemus" <[email protected]> wrote:
> <snip>
> >.> > .
> >.> > And I been from Tuscon to Tucumcari
> >.> > Tehachapi to Tonapah
> >.>
> >.> > Tuscon? Never heard of it. Where's that?
> >.> > Art
> >.>
> >.> Lookatchoo!!! You found a typo!!!!
> >.>
> >.> I was being nice. I wasn't sure if it was a typo or if
> >.> you were one of the legions of idiots who are too
> >.> stupid to bother (or care about?) knowing the
> >.> correct spelling. The most glaring of these are the
> >.> ones on the national (U.S.) TV news organizations.
> >.> Having lived in Tucson for 29 years this spelling
> >.> stands out to me and I wonder "Typo or idiot?".
> >.> Art
> >.
> >.Howsabout Cut & Paste? I went to look for the lyrics, found them and
> >.C&V'd them to here.
> >.IOW.. *I* didn't even MAKE the farking typo, but, hey, who cares?
> >..
> >...
> >.oops..seems you do...
> >...and that's okay, Tucson people need all the help they can get.
> >.
> >.Take it up with Rondstadt's people.
>
> Ronstadt? =A0:~O
Really????
(damn, you're easy...)
On May 31, 8:50=A0am, "HeyBub" <[email protected]> wrote:
> willshak wrote:
>
> >> My mower didn't come with a cord either.
>
> >> In fact, I had to scrounge around to find an extension cord that
> >> would fit in the mower's power recess. This mower was manufactured
> >> before ground wires were invented, so an ordinary extension cord
> >> simply could not be pressed into the cavity containing the male plug.
>
> >> Truely, it's an adventure to be operating an electrical device
> >> devoid of a ground wire or polarized plug - and not even double
> >> insulated! A thrill-a-minute, I tell you!
>
> > Back around 1984-85, I used to travel down into Westwood, NJ to mow my
> > aunt's small lawn (she was a widow with no kids) . She had an electric
> > mower which was a PITA to operate. It had a long (maybe 25') orange
> > electrical cord, so it didn't blend in with the green grass. .I hated
> > it. After I used it a couple of times, I started bringing my own gas
> > powered mower to do the job.
>
> On the other hand, I'll no longer have to go get gas; the power company
> delivers electricty right to my home!
They don't here.
On Jun 3, 4:15=A0pm, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Jun 3, 4:06=A0pm, "Artemus" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > "Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> >news:[email protected]...
> > On Jun 2, 10:09 pm, "Artemus" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > "Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> > >news:d6099d53-b851-45ac-ad22-8c014e2fb89f@c41g2000yqm.googlegroups.com=
...
> > > On Jun 2, 9:14 pm, Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote:
>
> > > > Dallas has long
> > > > been considered the arm pit of the region.
>
> > > I been warped by the rain, driven by the snow
> > > I'm drunk and dirty don't ya know, and I'm still, willin'
> > > Out on the road late at night, Seen my pretty Alice in every head
> > > light
> > > Alice, Dallas Alice
> > > .
> > > .
> > > .
> > > And I been from Tuscon to Tucumcari
> > > Tehachapi to Tonapah
>
> > > Tuscon? Never heard of it. Where's that?
> > > Art
>
> > Lookatchoo!!! You found a typo!!!!
>
> > I was being nice. =A0I wasn't sure if it was a typo or if
> > you were one of the legions of idiots who are too
> > stupid to bother (or care about?) knowing the
> > correct spelling. =A0The most glaring of these are the
> > ones on the national (U.S.) TV news organizations.
> > Having lived in Tucson for 29 years this spelling
> > stands out to me and I wonder "Typo or idiot?".
> > Art
>
> Howsabout Cut & Paste? I went to look for the lyrics, found them and
> C&V'd them to here.
> IOW.. *I* didn't even MAKE the farking typo, but, hey, who cares?
> .
> ..
> oops..seems you do...
> ..and that's okay, Tucson people need all the help they can get.
>
> Take it up with Rondstadt's people.
WHOAAA!!!... I like Feat's version WAY better...but I did C&V'd the
lyrics from ....oh dammit she was some cute back then.....
On Sun, 29 May 2011 22:00:27 -0500, "HeyBub" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>I've had it with gasoline engines, their myriad parts, and (at least some)
>maintenance. So when I saw an electric mower advertised on my local
>Craigslist for twenty bucks (!), I jumped on it.
>
>The machine was made by SUNBEAM, sometime in the 50s or 60s! No ground wire.
>No polarized plug. Sounds like the hinges on the gates of hell. Icky yellow
>color and one of the wheels is held in place by a nail instead of a
>cotter-ping.
>
>But it works swell!
>
>I don't think the person from whom I bought it had all his marbles lined up.
>In addition to selling a functional mower for cheap, he's moving from
>Houston to Santa Barbara.
>
>I just have to be careful where I'm mowing - I don't think running over the
>extension cord would be a good idea.
>
I used an electric mower (from Sears, I think) when I was in high
school becuase it was my Dad's choice. If you need more than 50 feet
of extension cord, it becomes an art to lay out long sections of cord
to get the most area cut with the least cord movement.
I think some of the Sunbeam mowers had a "flip-over" handle so you
could cut in the "other" direction by flipping the handle to the other
side and walking around to it instead of turning the mower around and
needing to flip the cord out of the way.
John
On Thu, 2 Jun 2011 05:25:21 -0700 (PDT), Robatoy
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Jun 2, 7:08Â am, "HeyBub" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Robatoy wrote:
>>
>> >> On the other hand, I'll no longer have to go get gas; the power
>> >> company delivers electricty right to my home!
>>
>> > They don't here.
>>
>> I wonder. Do you have to take your own containers to the electric store or
>> do they provide sacks or something?
>
>Vacuum bottles. And because of safety concerns, you have to buy a new
>stopper every 2 years.
>You also need a special license if you want to carry 240 volt 3 phase.
And, no doubt, 3 separate vacuum bottles. You Canucks are in the Dark
Ages, I swear. It's a wonder you can produce any bananas at all.
--
Remember, in an emergency, dial 1911.
"HeyBub" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I've had it with gasoline engines, their myriad parts, and (at least some)
> maintenance. So when I saw an electric mower advertised on my local
> Craigslist for twenty bucks (!), I jumped on it.
>
> The machine was made by SUNBEAM, sometime in the 50s or 60s! No ground
> wire. No polarized plug. Sounds like the hinges on the gates of hell. Icky
> yellow color and one of the wheels is held in place by a nail instead of a
> cotter-ping.
>
> But it works swell!
>
> I don't think the person from whom I bought it had all his marbles lined
> up. In addition to selling a functional mower for cheap, he's moving from
> Houston to Santa Barbara.
>
> I just have to be careful where I'm mowing - I don't think running over
> the extension cord would be a good idea.
>
Doesn't seem to matter. Took out a no ground wire cord with hedge trimmers
once. Took 15 minutes to discover the cord was cut and it wasn't some other
fault. The bushes were dense and the cord sorta blended in ...
--
"I'm the man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo ..."
In article <[email protected]>,
HeyBub <[email protected]> wrote:
<...snipped...>
>The machine was made by SUNBEAM, sometime in the 50s or 60s! No ground wire.
>No polarized plug. Sounds like the hinges on the gates of hell. Icky yellow
>color and one of the wheels is held in place by a nail instead of a
>cotter-ping.
>
>But it works swell!
<...snipped...>
When my family first moved to suburbia and the old manual push mower
just wouldn't cut it anymore (well. actually, it _would_ cut it but
it was just too much work) my Dad bought an electric Sunbeam mower. As I
recall it was blue and silver in color. This was around 1967. I mowed the
lawn many many times with that thing. It lasted quite a while too, maybe
15 years, well after I had moved out of the house. The deck finally
corroded through and there was nothing left to support the motor.
I remember that thing sounded like a jet engine, except that unlike
a jet, it came up to full RPM in a fraction of a second. It was a really
tough machine. My father looked for one just like it but there was nothing
comparable being produced. He did buy another Sunbeam, but it was a cheaply
made, lightweight POS compared to the old one.
--
Better to be stuck up in a tree than tied to one.
Larry Wasserman - Baltimore Maryland - lwasserm(a)sdf. lonestar.org
On 5/31/11 1:13 PM, Robatoy wrote:
> On May 30, 11:20 pm, willshak<[email protected]> wrote:
>> HeyBub wrote the following:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> willshak wrote:
>>
>>>>> The picture is from an auction in Michigan. The winner got the
>>>>> machine for TEN BUCKS!
>>
>>>>> I was robbed!
>>
>>>> I don't think so. There is no cord attached.
>>
>>>> I think you would need one with that one.
>>
>>>> -
>>
>>> My mower didn't come with a cord either.
>>
>>> In fact, I had to scrounge around to find an extension cord that would fit
>>> in the mower's power recess. This mower was manufactured before ground wires
>>> were invented, so an ordinary extension cord simply could not be pressed
>>> into the cavity containing the male plug.
>>
>>> Truely, it's an adventure to be operating an electrical device devoid of a
>>> ground wire or polarized plug - and not even double insulated!
>>
>>> A thrill-a-minute, I tell you!
>>
>> Back around 1984-85, I used to travel down into Westwood, NJ to mow my
>> aunt's small lawn (she was a widow with no kids) . She had an electric
>> mower which was a PITA to operate. It had a long (maybe 25') orange
>> electrical cord, so it didn't blend in with the green grass. .I hated
>> it. After I used it a couple of times, I started bringing my own gas
>> powered mower to do the job.
>>
>
> You rode your mower from Hamptonburgh to Westwood???? I call bullshit.
>
He did it at 100 MPH in traffic too :-)
--
Froz...
The system will be down for 10 days for preventive maintenance.
willshak wrote:
> Robatoy wrote the following:
>> On May 30, 11:20 pm, willshak <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> HeyBub wrote the following:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> willshak wrote:
>>>>>> The picture is from an auction in Michigan. The winner got the
>>>>>> machine for TEN BUCKS!
>>>>>> I was robbed!
>>>>> I don't think so. There is no cord attached.
>>>>> I think you would need one with that one.
>>>>> -
>>>> My mower didn't come with a cord either.
>>>> In fact, I had to scrounge around to find an extension cord that
>>>> would fit
>>>> in the mower's power recess. This mower was manufactured before
>>>> ground wires
>>>> were invented, so an ordinary extension cord simply could not be
>>>> pressed
>>>> into the cavity containing the male plug.
>>>> Truely, it's an adventure to be operating an electrical device
>>>> devoid of a
>>>> ground wire or polarized plug - and not even double insulated!
>>>> A thrill-a-minute, I tell you!
>>> Back around 1984-85, I used to travel down into Westwood, NJ to mow my
>>> aunt's small lawn (she was a widow with no kids) . She had an electric
>>> mower which was a PITA to operate. It had a long (maybe 25') orange
>>> electrical cord, so it didn't blend in with the green grass. .I hated
>>> it. After I used it a couple of times, I started bringing my own gas
>>> powered mower to do the job.
>>>
>>
>> You rode your mower from Hamptonburgh to Westwood???? I call bullshit.
>>
> There is a Westwood in NJ. It is about a 1 hour drive from me.
> The mower was put in the trunk of my car. Yes, I did have to leave the
> trunk lid open.
>
As long as you you were careful not to mow anyone down...
Bill
In article <[email protected]>,
Scott Lurndal <[email protected]> wrote:
>"HeyBub" <[email protected]> writes:
>
>>
>>I don't think the person from whom I bought it had all his marbles lined up.
>>In addition to selling a functional mower for cheap, he's moving from
>>Houston to Santa Barbara.
>
>Now _that_ is a gloat. Moving from the armpit of the southeast
>to one of the most beautiful places on earth.
>
>scott
As someone who lives in an Atlantic coastal state, south of the Mason-Dixon
line, I have a real problem with characterizing Houston as being in the
"southeast." I don't argue with the "armpit" part, though. :)
--
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation
with the average voter. (Winston Churchill)
Larry Wasserman - Baltimore Maryland - lwasserm(a)sdf. lonestar. org
"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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On Jun 2, 9:14 pm, Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote:
> Dallas has long
> been considered the arm pit of the region.
I been warped by the rain, driven by the snow
I'm drunk and dirty don't ya know, and I'm still, willin'
Out on the road late at night, Seen my pretty Alice in every head
light
Alice, Dallas Alice
.
.
.
And I been from Tuscon to Tucumcari
Tehachapi to Tonapah
Tuscon? Never heard of it. Where's that?
Art
"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
On Jun 2, 10:09 pm, "Artemus" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:d6099d53-b851-45ac-ad22-8c014e2fb89f@c41g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
> On Jun 2, 9:14 pm, Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote:
>
> > Dallas has long
> > been considered the arm pit of the region.
>
> I been warped by the rain, driven by the snow
> I'm drunk and dirty don't ya know, and I'm still, willin'
> Out on the road late at night, Seen my pretty Alice in every head
> light
> Alice, Dallas Alice
> .
> .
> .
> And I been from Tuscon to Tucumcari
> Tehachapi to Tonapah
>
> Tuscon? Never heard of it. Where's that?
> Art
Lookatchoo!!! You found a typo!!!!
I was being nice. I wasn't sure if it was a typo or if
you were one of the legions of idiots who are too
stupid to bother (or care about?) knowing the
correct spelling. The most glaring of these are the
ones on the national (U.S.) TV news organizations.
Having lived in Tucson for 29 years this spelling
stands out to me and I wonder "Typo or idiot?".
Art
"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:1baf6d54-1fb1-429a-9c16-1b49a6412224@n10g2000yqf.googlegroups.com...
>.On Jun 3, 4:06 pm, "Artemus" <[email protected]> wrote:
<snip>
>.> > .
>.> > And I been from Tuscon to Tucumcari
>.> > Tehachapi to Tonapah
>.>
>.> > Tuscon? Never heard of it. Where's that?
>.> > Art
>.>
>.> Lookatchoo!!! You found a typo!!!!
>.>
>.> I was being nice. I wasn't sure if it was a typo or if
>.> you were one of the legions of idiots who are too
>.> stupid to bother (or care about?) knowing the
>.> correct spelling. The most glaring of these are the
>.> ones on the national (U.S.) TV news organizations.
>.> Having lived in Tucson for 29 years this spelling
>.> stands out to me and I wonder "Typo or idiot?".
>.> Art
>.
>.Howsabout Cut & Paste? I went to look for the lyrics, found them and
>.C&V'd them to here.
>.IOW.. *I* didn't even MAKE the farking typo, but, hey, who cares?
>..
>...
>.oops..seems you do...
>...and that's okay, Tucson people need all the help they can get.
>.
>.Take it up with Rondstadt's people.
Ronstadt? :~O
Larry Jaques wrote:
> On Fri, 3 Jun 2011 13:16:39 -0700 (PDT), Robatoy
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>On Jun 3, 4:15 pm, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> On Jun 3, 4:06 pm, "Artemus" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> > "Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>
>>>
>news:[email protected]...
>>> > On Jun 2, 10:09 pm, "Artemus" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> > > "Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>
>>> > >news:d6099d53-b851-45ac-
[email protected]...
>>> > > On Jun 2, 9:14 pm, Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote:
>>>
>>> > > > Dallas has long
>>> > > > been considered the arm pit of the region.
>>>
>>> > > I been warped by the rain, driven by the snow
>>> > > I'm drunk and dirty don't ya know, and I'm still, willin'
>>> > > Out on the road late at night, Seen my pretty Alice in every head
>>> > > light
>>> > > Alice, Dallas Alice
>>> > > .
>>> > > .
>>> > > .
>>> > > And I been from Tuscon to Tucumcari
>>> > > Tehachapi to Tonapah
>>>
>>> > > Tuscon? Never heard of it. Where's that?
>>> > > Art
>>>
>>> > Lookatchoo!!! You found a typo!!!!
>>>
>>> > I was being nice. I wasn't sure if it was a typo or if
>>> > you were one of the legions of idiots who are too
>>> > stupid to bother (or care about?) knowing the
>>> > correct spelling. The most glaring of these are the
>>> > ones on the national (U.S.) TV news organizations.
>>> > Having lived in Tucson for 29 years this spelling
>>> > stands out to me and I wonder "Typo or idiot?".
>>> > Art
>>>
>>> Howsabout Cut & Paste? I went to look for the lyrics, found them and
>>> C&V'd them to here.
>>> IOW.. *I* didn't even MAKE the farking typo, but, hey, who cares?
>>> .
>>> ..
>>> oops..seems you do...
>>> ..and that's okay, Tucson people need all the help they can get.
>>>
>>> Take it up with Rondstadt's people.
>>
>>WHOAAA!!!... I like Feat's version WAY better...but I did C&V'd the
>
> Yeah, that's a classic. A few others are Pure Prairie League's "Amy"
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4xp2lgiAjY , Cowboy Junkies' "Sweet
> Jane" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHRFZFmEq9o , Marshall Tucker's
> "Can't You See" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4-a8zh0m9c , and
> Allman Brothers' "In memory of Elizabeth Reed"
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp1nyDF9Wak
>
> They just get under your skin and make you smile, cry, or both.
>
>
>>lyrics from ....oh dammit she was some cute back then.....
>
> Governor Moonbeam sure liked her little button back then, and nobody
> can blame him a bit.
>
> --
> Remember, in an emergency, dial 1911.
Saw Pure Prairie League, Jackson Brown and Dan Fogelburg at Red Rocks
Amphitheater way back in the 70's, great show!!! Think most of the members
are from Boulder Colo. or at least recorded there. Don't forget Little
Feat!!!
--
"You can lead them to LINUX
but you can't make them THINK"
Man. 2010.1 Spring
KDE4.4
2.6.33.5-desktop-2mnb
"HeyBub" <[email protected]> writes:
>
>I don't think the person from whom I bought it had all his marbles lined up.
>In addition to selling a functional mower for cheap, he's moving from
>Houston to Santa Barbara.
Now _that_ is a gloat. Moving from the armpit of the southeast
to one of the most beautiful places on earth.
scott
On Fri, 3 Jun 2011 13:16:39 -0700 (PDT), Robatoy
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Jun 3, 4:15Â pm, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Jun 3, 4:06Â pm, "Artemus" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> > "Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>
>> >news:[email protected]...
>> > On Jun 2, 10:09 pm, "Artemus" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> > > "Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>
>> > >news:d6099d53-b851-45ac-ad22-8c014e2fb89f@c41g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
>> > > On Jun 2, 9:14 pm, Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote:
>>
>> > > > Dallas has long
>> > > > been considered the arm pit of the region.
>>
>> > > I been warped by the rain, driven by the snow
>> > > I'm drunk and dirty don't ya know, and I'm still, willin'
>> > > Out on the road late at night, Seen my pretty Alice in every head
>> > > light
>> > > Alice, Dallas Alice
>> > > .
>> > > .
>> > > .
>> > > And I been from Tuscon to Tucumcari
>> > > Tehachapi to Tonapah
>>
>> > > Tuscon? Never heard of it. Where's that?
>> > > Art
>>
>> > Lookatchoo!!! You found a typo!!!!
>>
>> > I was being nice. Â I wasn't sure if it was a typo or if
>> > you were one of the legions of idiots who are too
>> > stupid to bother (or care about?) knowing the
>> > correct spelling. Â The most glaring of these are the
>> > ones on the national (U.S.) TV news organizations.
>> > Having lived in Tucson for 29 years this spelling
>> > stands out to me and I wonder "Typo or idiot?".
>> > Art
>>
>> Howsabout Cut & Paste? I went to look for the lyrics, found them and
>> C&V'd them to here.
>> IOW.. *I* didn't even MAKE the farking typo, but, hey, who cares?
>> .
>> ..
>> oops..seems you do...
>> ..and that's okay, Tucson people need all the help they can get.
>>
>> Take it up with Rondstadt's people.
>
>WHOAAA!!!... I like Feat's version WAY better...but I did C&V'd the
Yeah, that's a classic. A few others are Pure Prairie League's "Amy"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4xp2lgiAjY , Cowboy Junkies' "Sweet
Jane" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHRFZFmEq9o , Marshall Tucker's
"Can't You See" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4-a8zh0m9c , and
Allman Brothers' "In memory of Elizabeth Reed"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp1nyDF9Wak
They just get under your skin and make you smile, cry, or both.
>lyrics from ....oh dammit she was some cute back then.....
Governor Moonbeam sure liked her little button back then, and nobody
can blame him a bit.
--
Remember, in an emergency, dial 1911.
On 6/2/2011 1:47 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
> "HeyBub"<[email protected]> writes:
>
>>
>> I don't think the person from whom I bought it had all his marbles lined up.
>> In addition to selling a functional mower for cheap, he's moving from
>> Houston to Santa Barbara.
>
> Now _that_ is a gloat. Moving from the armpit of the southeast
> to one of the most beautiful places on earth.
>
> scott
Which Houston are you talking about. The big one is considered to be
in the South central part of the US.
And uh er as much as I dislike Houston in Texas also, Dallas has long
been considered the arm pit of the region.
Charlie Groh wrote:
>
>
> ...yeah, Santa Barbara is a definite downturn compared to Houston.
> Gotta be crazy to move *there*...
>
Didn't mean to be so cruel. The lawnmower seller told me residential rentals
are going for $3/sq ft, then there's the state income tax, a fifty-cent
premium on gasoline, and other expenses making California an much more
expensive place to live.
Heck, I'll bet the city of Santa Barbara even has ZONING (shudder)!
[email protected] wrote:
>>
>
> I used an electric mower (from Sears, I think) when I was in high
> school becuase it was my Dad's choice. If you need more than 50 feet
> of extension cord, it becomes an art to lay out long sections of cord
> to get the most area cut with the least cord movement.
>
> I think some of the Sunbeam mowers had a "flip-over" handle so you
> could cut in the "other" direction by flipping the handle to the other
> side and walking around to it instead of turning the mower around and
> needing to flip the cord out of the way.
>
Yep. This one has a "flip-over" handle (needs a little lubrication on the
locking mechanism).
I found a picture of the beast (Google: sunbeam electric mower [images])
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://img.orbitbid.com/2010/03/17/NGOC%2520Dinh%2520Dang%25203-25%2520070.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.repocast.com/details.cfm%3Bjsessionid%3D5e301e408fc0e0cd58fe5c332d138781f362TR%3FID%3D81878%26CFID%3D464640%26CFTOKEN%3D35374865%26jsessionid%3D5e301e408fc0e0cd58fe5c332d138781f362TR&usg=__F9OXgqvBoInFS1q3yNeDQCNBy40=&h=480&w=640&sz=102&hl=en&start=57&sig2=wcSCx1d7FUz7dZvZeKGRRA&zoom=1&tbnid=gDzTqVF8zYDOaM:&tbnh=145&tbnw=185&ei=Ts_jTdWXGdS_gQfW17y7Bg&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dsunbeam%2Belectric%2Bmower%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox%26rlz%3D1I7GGLL_en%26biw%3D1004%26bih%3D624%26tbm%3Disch&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=129&vpy=276&dur=94&hovh=194&hovw=259&tx=154&ty=91&page=5&ndsp=14&ved=1t:429,r:4,s:57&biw=1004&bih=624
The picture is from an auction in Michigan. The winner got the machine for
TEN BUCKS!
I was robbed!
Robatoy <[email protected]> writes:
>On Jun 2, 9:14=A0pm, Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote:
>
>> Dallas has long
>> been considered the arm pit of the region.
>
>I been warped by the rain, driven by the snow
>I'm drunk and dirty don't ya know, and I'm still, willin'
>Out on the road late at night, Seen my pretty Alice in every head
>light
>Alice, Dallas Alice
>.
>.
>.
>And I been from Tuscon to Tucumcari
>Tehachapi to Tonapah
>
You left out the part about 'weed, whites and wine'.
Robatoy wrote the following:
> On May 31, 5:44 pm, willshak <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> J. Clarke wrote the following:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> In article <[email protected]>, frozenNorth123
>>> @gm.nospam.ail.com says...
>>>
>>>> On 5/31/11 1:13 PM, Robatoy wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On May 30, 11:20 pm, willshak<[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> HeyBub wrote the following:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> willshak wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The picture is from an auction in Michigan. The winner got the
>>>>>>>>> machine for TEN BUCKS!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I was robbed!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I don't think so. There is no cord attached.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I think you would need one with that one.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My mower didn't come with a cord either.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In fact, I had to scrounge around to find an extension cord that would fit
>>>>>>> in the mower's power recess. This mower was manufactured before ground wires
>>>>>>> were invented, so an ordinary extension cord simply could not be pressed
>>>>>>> into the cavity containing the male plug.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Truely, it's an adventure to be operating an electrical device devoid of a
>>>>>>> ground wire or polarized plug - and not even double insulated!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A thrill-a-minute, I tell you!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Back around 1984-85, I used to travel down into Westwood, NJ to mow my
>>>>>> aunt's small lawn (she was a widow with no kids) . She had an electric
>>>>>> mower which was a PITA to operate. It had a long (maybe 25') orange
>>>>>> electrical cord, so it didn't blend in with the green grass. .I hated
>>>>>> it. After I used it a couple of times, I started bringing my own gas
>>>>>> powered mower to do the job.
>>>>>>
>>>>> You rode your mower from Hamptonburgh to Westwood???? I call bullshit.
>>>>>
>>>> He did it at 100 MPH in traffic too :-)
>>>>
>>> My mower went 100 MPH in traffic once. It was in the back of a Corvette
>>> (it's amazing what you can fit in an '84 Corvette) but it went 100 MPH
>>> in traffic.
>>>
>>> Not sure why you think that someone would have to ride their mower from
>>> one location to another. A walk behind will fit in the trunk of any
>>> decent sized car, and a rider will fit in the bed to even a small pickup
>>> truck or can be towed on a cheap trailer.
>>>
>>> What I can't figure out is why anyone would want the cord to "blend with
>>> the grass".
>>>
>> Thanks for the voice of reason.
>> The other guy said the cord blended into the grass. The one I mowed with had an orange cord and I assume my Aunt did not buy the cord separately. It was a walk behind, not a rider.
>> It was the first time I used an electric mower.
>> I don't know where the others got the impression that I rode the mower to Westwood, NJ.
>>
>
> Sorry Bill, I was just being a douchebag.
Ok Robatoy. Thanks.
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J. Clarke wrote the following:
> In article <[email protected]>, frozenNorth123
> @gm.nospam.ail.com says...
>
>> On 5/31/11 1:13 PM, Robatoy wrote:
>>
>>> On May 30, 11:20 pm, willshak<[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> HeyBub wrote the following:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> willshak wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> The picture is from an auction in Michigan. The winner got the
>>>>>>> machine for TEN BUCKS!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I was robbed!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't think so. There is no cord attached.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think you would need one with that one.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -
>>>>>>
>>>>> My mower didn't come with a cord either.
>>>>>
>>>>> In fact, I had to scrounge around to find an extension cord that would fit
>>>>> in the mower's power recess. This mower was manufactured before ground wires
>>>>> were invented, so an ordinary extension cord simply could not be pressed
>>>>> into the cavity containing the male plug.
>>>>>
>>>>> Truely, it's an adventure to be operating an electrical device devoid of a
>>>>> ground wire or polarized plug - and not even double insulated!
>>>>>
>>>>> A thrill-a-minute, I tell you!
>>>>>
>>>> Back around 1984-85, I used to travel down into Westwood, NJ to mow my
>>>> aunt's small lawn (she was a widow with no kids) . She had an electric
>>>> mower which was a PITA to operate. It had a long (maybe 25') orange
>>>> electrical cord, so it didn't blend in with the green grass. .I hated
>>>> it. After I used it a couple of times, I started bringing my own gas
>>>> powered mower to do the job.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> You rode your mower from Hamptonburgh to Westwood???? I call bullshit.
>>>
>>>
>> He did it at 100 MPH in traffic too :-)
>>
>
> My mower went 100 MPH in traffic once. It was in the back of a Corvette
> (it's amazing what you can fit in an '84 Corvette) but it went 100 MPH
> in traffic.
>
> Not sure why you think that someone would have to ride their mower from
> one location to another. A walk behind will fit in the trunk of any
> decent sized car, and a rider will fit in the bed to even a small pickup
> truck or can be towed on a cheap trailer.
>
> What I can't figure out is why anyone would want the cord to "blend with
> the grass".
Thanks for the voice of reason.
The other guy said the cord blended into the grass. The one I mowed with had an orange cord and I assume my Aunt did not buy the cord separately. It was a walk behind, not a rider.
It was the first time I used an electric mower.
I don't know where the others got the impression that I rode the mower to Westwood, NJ.
I can only assume they have a reading comprehension disability.
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