First mow of the year - The Firearms Forum

SouthernMoss · 03-04-2007, 07:33 PM

Well, I've been putting it off for several days, but this afternoon I finally got out and mowed the yard.

idocdave · 03-04-2007, 08:11 PM

Would have to use the snowblower to even see my grass.

johnston3407 · 03-04-2007, 09:26 PM

Not yet, thank goodness!

Pistolenschutze · 03-04-2007, 09:35 PM

Mow?????? SoMo, you just uttered the horrible "M" word!!! That one's even more vile than any of George Carlin's infamous "Seven Words!"

Well, at least we more fortunate folks here in Colorado won't have to worry about using it for at least another month.

Bruce FLinch · 03-04-2007, 09:51 PM

Not trying to one-up you, SoMo, but I did the 2nd mow of theyear & weed-whacked, too. Never did make it up to the Range

pickenup · 03-04-2007, 11:29 PM

Mow? I don’t even own one of those critters.
There is a reason that I moved to the ROCKY Mountains.

We still have about a foot and a half of snow covering the yard.

358 winchester · 03-05-2007, 04:32 AM

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Originally Posted by pickenup

Mow? I don’t even own one of those critters.
There is a reason that I moved to the ROCKY Mountains.

We still have about a foot and a half of snow covering the yard.

Now that is an Idea I could just fill my yard with rocks and not mow any more

Lead Lobber · 03-05-2007, 05:13 AM

Now tell us you use one of the old fashioned push mowers. I have not seen one in years. No gas required, just legs and arms, then both to rake the clippings. Please don't mention leaf blowers - it should be legal to destroy them peacefully, by diverting groups of tree huggers that don't take kindly to farm work by diverting subsidies to popcorn and candy, before such monstrosities grew to spawn horrible nightmares that paid for food not to be grown. Whatever happened to that doorway into summer, with tree houses, wooded hills, and high meadows with streams?

Nothing personal here, I'm just agin anything that burns gas that can be powered by humans that need the excercise. Oh, and I'm agin the Arabs, too. Get out and push your car? Silly, but it may come to that, if we allow the Bush family to continue making love to the Saudis.

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rosierita · 03-05-2007, 07:42 AM

i'm still putting off mowing our yard.

Oneida Steve · 03-05-2007, 09:29 AM

You're not making any friends up north here, SM

Maybe when the 3 feet of snow melts I'll find my lawn and mow it. I figure "first mow" around April 30th. For now I still have half-a-tank of gas in the snowblower that needs burning off.

Crpdeth · 03-05-2007, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by SouthernMoss

Well, I've been putting it off for several days, but this afternoon I finally got out and mowed the yard.

I just got off of a 10 1/2 Mile center median near Dallas...Count your blessings.

Crpdeth

ken w. · 03-05-2007, 06:09 PM

I saw my garden poking thru the snow the other day.Now its buried again. I can't wait to rototill.

Nighthawk · 03-05-2007, 08:19 PM

my wife did some mowing last week and planted some tomatoes. if you don't get them in ground quick it gets too hot. we sometimes don't have spring, goes from winter to summer

Bruce FLinch · 03-05-2007, 09:17 PM

I have a fairly small yard, so I use an electric one. Real quiet, too. I do have to push it,

SouthernMoss · 03-05-2007, 10:04 PM

Mine's electric too, Bruce. I also have an electric weed-eater and a small electric chain saw. I HATE fooling with gasoline.

Texman · 03-05-2007, 10:30 PM

Shoot, already done one and a half,, that was just the trimming the wife wanted.
Also had to till the garden area to get the onions in.. I should have mowed aging already but keep telling the wife I need to sharpen the mower blades. :-)

Marlin T · 03-06-2007, 12:40 AM

AL MOUNT · 03-06-2007, 04:48 AM

I'm so sick of winter, (thank you very much Al Gore).....

I'd almost be willin to do the 1st cut of the year with a pair of scissors

and wer're on 2 1/2 ac. .....

03-04-2007, 07:33 PM	#1
SouthernMoss Admin Tech Staff Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: SW MS Contributor Posts: 10,651	First mow of the year Well, I've been putting it off for several days, but this afternoon I finally got out and mowed the yard. __________________ My Second protects your First "I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand." - Susan B Anthony -->

03-04-2007, 08:11 PM	#2
idocdave V.I.P. Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 62	Re: First mow of the year Would have to use the snowblower to even see my grass. __________________ You shoot the first one, the rest will leave you alone

03-04-2007, 09:26 PM	#3
johnston3407 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: South Coast of Mississippi Posts: 592	Re: First mow of the year Not yet, thank goodness!

03-04-2007, 09:35 PM	#4
Pistolenschutze Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 13,094	Re: First mow of the year Mow?????? SoMo, you just uttered the horrible "M" word!!! That one's even more vile than any of George Carlin's infamous "Seven Words!" Well, at least we more fortunate folks here in Colorado won't have to worry about using it for at least another month. __________________ --Pistolenschutze (Pistol Shooter)

03-04-2007, 09:51 PM	#5
Bruce FLinch Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bay Point, Kali..aka Gun Point Posts: 5,016	Re: First mow of the year Not trying to one-up you, SoMo, but I did the 2nd mow of theyear & weed-whacked, too. Never did make it up to the Range __________________ A bad day @ the Range, is better than a good day @ work.

03-04-2007, 11:29 PM	#6
pickenup Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains Posts: 6,838	Re: First mow of the year Mow? I don’t even own one of those critters. There is a reason that I moved to the ROCKY Mountains. We still have about a foot and a half of snow covering the yard. __________________ The gene pool needs chlorine

03-05-2007, 05:13 AM	#8
Lead Lobber Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Central California coastal area Posts: 965	Re: First mow of the year Now tell us you use one of the old fashioned push mowers. I have not seen one in years. No gas required, just legs and arms, then both to rake the clippings. Please don't mention leaf blowers - it should be legal to destroy them peacefully, by diverting groups of tree huggers that don't take kindly to farm work by diverting subsidies to popcorn and candy, before such monstrosities grew to spawn horrible nightmares that paid for food not to be grown. Whatever happened to that doorway into summer, with tree houses, wooded hills, and high meadows with streams? Nothing personal here, I'm just agin anything that burns gas that can be powered by humans that need the excercise. Oh, and I'm agin the Arabs, too. Get out and push your car? Silly, but it may come to that, if we allow the Bush family to continue making love to the Saudis. LL - Commentary not sponcered by this forum - just free speech, big mouth stuff, see? Last edited by Lead Lobber; 03-05-2007 at 05:16 AM.. Reason: insert missed word: to

03-05-2007, 07:42 AM	#9
rosierita Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: South Carolina Posts: 5,218	Re: First mow of the year i'm still putting off mowing our yard. __________________

03-05-2007, 09:29 AM	#10
Oneida Steve Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 1,028	Re: First mow of the year You're not making any friends up north here, SM Maybe when the 3 feet of snow melts I'll find my lawn and mow it. I figure "first mow" around April 30th. For now I still have half-a-tank of gas in the snowblower that needs burning off.

03-05-2007, 06:09 PM	#12
ken w. V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Buffalo,New York Posts: 216	Re: First mow of the year I saw my garden poking thru the snow the other day.Now its buried again. I can't wait to rototill.

03-05-2007, 08:19 PM	#13
Nighthawk Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: South Central Texas Posts: 3,330	Re: First mow of the year my wife did some mowing last week and planted some tomatoes. if you don't get them in ground quick it gets too hot. we sometimes don't have spring, goes from winter to summer __________________ Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives." --John Adams, letter to Benjamin Rush, April 18, 1808 NRA Life TSRA Life GOA Member

03-05-2007, 09:17 PM	#14
Bruce FLinch Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bay Point, Kali..aka Gun Point Posts: 5,016	Re: First mow of the year I have a fairly small yard, so I use an electric one. Real quiet, too. I do have to push it, __________________ A bad day @ the Range, is better than a good day @ work.

03-05-2007, 10:04 PM	#15
SouthernMoss Admin Tech Staff Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: SW MS Contributor Posts: 10,651	Re: First mow of the year Mine's electric too, Bruce. I also have an electric weed-eater and a small electric chain saw. I HATE fooling with gasoline. __________________ My Second protects your First "I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand." - Susan B Anthony

03-05-2007, 10:30 PM	#16
Texman V.I.P. Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 362	Re: First mow of the year Shoot, already done one and a half,, that was just the trimming the wife wanted. Also had to till the garden area to get the onions in.. I should have mowed aging already but keep telling the wife I need to sharpen the mower blades. :-)

03-06-2007, 12:40 AM	#17
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03-06-2007, 04:48 AM	#18
AL MOUNT Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Cleaning my Thompson in The Foothills of the Ozark Mountains Posts: 3,108	Re: First mow of the year I'm so sick of winter, (thank you very much Al Gore)..... I'd almost be willin to do the 1st cut of the year with a pair of scissors and wer're on 2 1/2 ac. ..... __________________ 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment 101st Airborne Division Vietnam 67-68