 Posted by Danny, on March 14th, 2010, at 8:12 pm
 If 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.
Fueled by leftover chocolate and with components made from carrots, potato starch and flax, the world’s first sustainable Formula 3 racing [...]
 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.
Choosing the right lawn mower is important. (Here’s help.)
 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 [...]
 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:
“Don’t buy it, don’t dig it up, don’t plant it and just let somebody know if you see it,” said Laurie Reid, forest health specialist for the South Carolina Forestry Commission.
Nationwide, over 1 million acres [...]
 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
Keep the mower blade [...]
 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:
Lawn mower owners should clean their units as often as possible, but minimize the use of water. [...]
 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…
The easiest way to dispose of leaves is to simply mow them into the turf. Regular mowing during the fall will chop the leaves into small pieces and allow them to filter into the turf.
Research at [...]
 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 to [...]
 Posted by Danny, on July 5th, 2007, at 8:33 am
Two tips for your lawn mower especially related to our disastrous drought.
- Raise the blade on your lawn mower. Closely cropped grass requires more water.
- Recycle your grass clippings back into your lawn by using a mulching mower. Your lawn will require less water (and you will also save time while mowing).
 Posted by Danny, on February 23rd, 2007, at 12:24 pm
In 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 [...]
 Posted by Danny, on September 27th, 2006, at 6:58 am
Umm… maybe those Briggs & Stratton jobs leaving Missouri aren’t moving to Auburn after all. Just out: “Auburn’s Briggs & Stratton plant told 200 workers Tuesday their jobs will be gone as of Friday.”
At least in Missouri, the layoffs announced this week do not take effect until November 28.
Just a [...]
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Daily News
By H on March 17, 2010
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Small Town News
By waltm on March 17, 2010
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Legislative Dispatch
By Sen. Steve French on March 10, 2010
I wish my friend Hinton Mitchem godspeed and good luck after his retirement from public service. Hinton, on Monday, announced what many had suspected — he will not seek re-election. I remember meeting Hinton for the first time while I was a student at Auburn University. He served the people of his [...]
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By Rep. Cam Ward on March 8, 2010
 Here is a quick preview of the upcoming week in Montgomery. This week will be a standard legislative schedule for the House. We will be in session on Tuesday and Thursday with committee meetings scheduled for Wednesday.
The House will take up a ten minute calendar this week. A ten minute calendar is [...]
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Purple Dot Connection
By Natalie Davis on March 15, 2010
TOP TEN INDICATIONS OF MARCH MADNESS
10. Eric Massa inviting us to ask the 10,000 Navy men he served with whether he is gay.
9. Larry Langford hitting the jackpot 33 times in one day and not remembering it.
8. Ron Sparks being able to make payments on a $500,000 loan with an income of $80,000.
7. Artur Davis [...]
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Back in the Day...Union Avenue in Ozark in the 1920s
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