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 Posted by waltm, on June 8th, 2010, at 7:11 amToday, state Republicans will meet to mend fences, count ballots, possibly recount and eventually decide who will be the party’s candidates in the run-off election. However, a brief diversion, maybe an idea for a summer project. How about the world’s fastest lawnmower? Project Runningblade (flash required) has claimed the title and [...] Posted by Danny, on March 14th, 2010, at 8:12 pmIf they can make a chocolate powered Formula 3 racer, why not a chocolate powered lawn mower? The boys in the back have had a good time talking about this story from Reuters.
Posted by Danny, on October 9th, 2009, at 10:30 am
Here are some of the odds and ends bouncing around here like a fumbled football on an Auburn punt return.
Posted by Danny, on May 29th, 2009, at 10:59 am
Notes…
Posted by Danny, on May 25th, 2009, at 11:29 am
Take care of your lawn mower, and it may take care of you. You never know when it might protect you from the full blast of a hand grenade. Posted by Danny, on April 17th, 2009, at 10:56 am
Spring has sprung, and most of you have already pulled the lawn mowers out this season. If you haven’t already sharpened your blades this season, there is no time like the present. Sharp blades and quick cuts promote healthier grass! Posted by Danny, on July 2nd, 2008, at 7:55 am
We at the Home of Lawn Mower Repair are not the only ones seeing problems with small engines likely caused by ethanol in gasoline. Just like this Tuscaloosa News article last week says, ethanol in gasoline is capable of hurting lawn mowers, chain saws, gas-powered weed trimmers and leaf blowers. If the gasoline [...] Posted by Danny, on April 25th, 2008, at 4:07 pm
Alabama has 60,000 acres of an invasive and intensely flammable weed: cogon grass. From the Washington Post this week:
Nationwide, over 1 [...] Posted by Danny, on April 4th, 2008, at 8:53 am
Spring… songbirds are tuning up, trees are budding, baseballs are popping into catchers mitts… Speaking of baseball (can you ever do that enough?)… the Sacramento Bee has an article of lawn care tips including some from Dave Vander Heyden, grounds manager for the baseball home of the Sacramento River Cats baseball team
Posted by Danny, on January 15th, 2008, at 9:29 am
When you make your resolutions for 2008, don’t forget your yard buddy, your lawn mower. Here is a link to four simple service tips that can help keep your lawn mower a cut above the rest. For example, here’s #1:
Posted by Danny, on November 23rd, 2007, at 10:48 am
Before you put your lawn mower away for the winter, you can put them to good use this fall…
Posted by Danny, on July 27th, 2007, at 7:57 am
If you want Doc and the rest of the back room gang to put down their tools for a moment and maybe even get glassy-eyed, ask them about last week’s lawn mower pull in Oak Grove and what they would do with a lawn mower if they had five or six thousand dollars [...] Posted by Danny, on July 5th, 2007, at 8:33 amTwo tips for your lawn mower especially related to our disastrous drought.
Posted by Danny, on February 23rd, 2007, at 12:24 pmIn the back of the shop, the usual crowd was gathered around an old Evinrude 2-cycle that Doc had pulled apart, when talk came around, as it often does, to politics. Lots of jawing over many days, lots of input from people across the political spectrum, and pretty soon they figured that they’d answered [...] Posted by Danny, on February 15th, 2007, at 8:33 am
Lawn mower stories… In a story reminiscent of the movie The Straight Story (itself based on a true story), a man sets out to travel across Texas on a riding lawn mower (and expects to finish this week). 624 miles. On a riding lawn mower. To call attention to his favorite [...] |
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