All right........

Oh, look for sewing machine parts and attachments in the metal objects.
Even if old and rusty, there may be some treasure that can be cleaned
and brought back to productive life. You could probably take the garage
apart and sell the wood with Singer on it for wall decoration.
Collectors are crazy people. I know. I are one. ;-)

> Spouse wants to seed or turf the small plot. Even if he's successful and it

> survives it won't need mowing, we have three bantams, there isn't a blade of

> grass anywhere in our back garden.

>>I also lobby for a higher cut, and wish for a pushmower in place of the

>>gasoline driven monster. I am outnumbered.

> That's a pity. Preach global warming, carbon footprint ... responsibility to

> the Earth.

> Or remove a small but vital part from the engine :-)

> Scythes make a man look very manly ...

Here in the colonies, lawns and lawnmowers have great meaning to the
male of the species. If I were to disable the mower, it would either go
off to the shop (again) or be replaced with a bright new one (again.)
Since we live in the desert, we have taken out the grass in many parts
of the yard, and replaced it with bricks, stone, or wood chips, but the
remaining patches must be pristine and emerald green (in summer) and to
do that, we have an automatic sprinkler system that runs in the wee
hours of the night. If we water a bit more than we are permitted, the
water police are not patrolling at 3 A.M.
--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/

Posted by Mary Fisher on February 11, 2008, 5:29 am

> Mary Fisher wrote:

>> Spouse and grand-daughter who's living with us at the moment (her parents

>> live in France and she's doing a college course in our city) broke up an

>> already cracked concrete patch at the top of the garden. It turned into

>> an exciting archaeological dig, finds included (getting back to something

>> appropriate for this ng!) several large frame members from industrial

>> Singer sewing machines, keys and unidentifiable metal objects. Oh, and a

>> bucket full of broken glass. My uncle, who bought this house from new,

>> worked for Singer. Our original wooden garage was built from packing

>> cases, the word 'Singer'' was evident on many of the planks, from inside.

> Oh, look for sewing machine parts and attachments in the metal objects.

> Even if old and rusty, there may be some treasure that can be cleaned and

> brought back to productive life. You could probably take the garage apart

> and sell the wood with Singer on it for wall decoration. Collectors are

> crazy people. I know. I are one. ;-)

So are I! The old garage was taken down and was mostly rotten, we rebuilt in
concrete blocks, years ago. And I doubt that the assortment of machine
parts will make a complete object. Grand daughter is cleaning off the
accretions with a hammer - very carefully. She wants the parts. They were
used as the base for a concrete pad in 1938.

>>>I also lobby for a higher cut, and wish for a pushmower in place of the

>>>gasoline driven monster. I am outnumbered.

>> That's a pity. Preach global warming, carbon footprint ... responsibility

>> to the Earth.

>> Or remove a small but vital part from the engine :-)

>> Scythes make a man look very manly ...

> Here in the colonies, lawns and lawnmowers have great meaning to the male

> of the species.

I can't understand it - I thought it was a peculiarly English thing!

Mary

Posted by Pogonip on February 11, 2008, 3:31 pm

Mary Fisher wrote:

>>Here in the colonies, lawns and lawnmowers have great meaning to the male

>>of the species.

> I can't understand it - I thought it was a peculiarly English thing!

> Mary

I think it has the same roots. Only the well-to-do can afford fallow
land. A place to play croquet and badmitten - both of which I probably
mispelled. A pasture without a cow or a goat or even some chickens must
be an indicator of wealth, right? Even more so if the growth is cut but
not put to use. Aspirations of grandeur.
--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/

Posted by Mary Fisher on February 12, 2008, 5:09 am

> Mary Fisher wrote:

>>>

>>>Here in the colonies, lawns and lawnmowers have great meaning to the male

>>>of the species.

>> I can't understand it - I thought it was a peculiarly English thing!

>> Mary

> I think it has the same roots. Only the well-to-do can afford fallow

> land. A place to play croquet and badmitten - both of which I probably

> mispelled. A pasture without a cow or a goat or even some chickens must

> be an indicator of wealth, right? Even more so if the growth is cut but

> not put to use. Aspirations of grandeur.

Perhaps ... but which modern lawn-tenders would think like that?

Mary

Posted by Pogonip on February 12, 2008, 2:21 pm

Mary Fisher wrote:

>>Mary Fisher wrote:

>>>

>>>>Here in the colonies, lawns and lawnmowers have great meaning to the male

>>>>of the species.

>>>

>>>I can't understand it - I thought it was a peculiarly English thing!

>>>

>>>Mary

>>I think it has the same roots. Only the well-to-do can afford fallow

>>land. A place to play croquet and badmitten - both of which I probably

>>mispelled. A pasture without a cow or a goat or even some chickens must

>>be an indicator of wealth, right? Even more so if the growth is cut but

>>not put to use. Aspirations of grandeur.

> Perhaps ... but which modern lawn-tenders would think like that?

> Mary

Well, it hasn't been so long, like only maybe 100 years or less? Look
at all of the things humans do that come out of behavior established
when we were still living in caves....or trees.
--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/

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