In article , frozenNorth123
@gm.nospam.ail.com says...

On 5/31/11 1:13 PM, Robatoy wrote:
On May 30, 11:20 pm, 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.

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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 bull****.

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".