Home Repair (alt.home.repair) For all homeowners and DIYers with many experienced tradesmen. Solve your toughest home fix-it problems.

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
  #1   Report Post  
Posted to alt.home.repair,misc.rural
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 1
Default No Gas-No Electric Weed Whacker

No Gas-No Electric Weed Whacker & Other Lawn Care Machines.

I've been trying to find ways to avoid using gas for anything except
the absolutely necessary driving I have to do. One area where I am
looking to save is to avoid using gas for all lawn care. Last summer
I replaced the lawn mower with a Shetland pony. Not only did I save
on gas, but I eliminated a noisy lawn mower. Well, ok, what I saved
on gas, I spent on hay to feed her during the winter, but I have to
consider the fact that she also added fertilizer to my lawn. Then
too, her companionship is priceless, and well worth the times I
stepped in a pile of her fertilizer when walking barefoot on the lawn.

This year I decided it was time to get rid of the weed whacker and
replace it with something that does not need costly gas or
electricity. I was sitting on my lawn chair talking to the pony when
I noticed our female cat tucked down in some tall grass around our
power pole. Her tail was swishing quickly as I noticed a stray
tom-cat approaching. The closer he got, the faster her tail swished.
That's when a lightbulb went on my my head. I immediately went to the
house, grabbed a foot of weed whacker string and some duct tape, and
taped the string to her tail. Sure enough, instant weed whacker,
needing no gas or electricity. Now, if only I could get that tail to
speed up to around 3600 RPM....... Maybe a larger tom-cat????

* Future plans include:
Pet powered rotatiller
Pet powered chainsaw
Pet powered snowblower

HandyDandy
  #2   Report Post  
Posted to alt.home.repair,misc.rural
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 36
Default No Gas-No Electric Weed Whacker

DUCKS ARE GREAT FOR SNAILS AND PRODUCE A
MAGIC FERTILIZER
wrote in message
...
No Gas-No Electric Weed Whacker & Other Lawn Care Machines.

I've been trying to find ways to avoid using gas for anything except
the absolutely necessary driving I have to do. One area where I am
looking to save is to avoid using gas for all lawn care. Last summer
I replaced the lawn mower with a Shetland pony. Not only did I save
on gas, but I eliminated a noisy lawn mower. Well, ok, what I saved
on gas, I spent on hay to feed her during the winter, but I have to
consider the fact that she also added fertilizer to my lawn. Then
too, her companionship is priceless, and well worth the times I
stepped in a pile of her fertilizer when walking barefoot on the lawn.

This year I decided it was time to get rid of the weed whacker and
replace it with something that does not need costly gas or
electricity. I was sitting on my lawn chair talking to the pony when
I noticed our female cat tucked down in some tall grass around our
power pole. Her tail was swishing quickly as I noticed a stray
tom-cat approaching. The closer he got, the faster her tail swished.
That's when a lightbulb went on my my head. I immediately went to the
house, grabbed a foot of weed whacker string and some duct tape, and
taped the string to her tail. Sure enough, instant weed whacker,
needing no gas or electricity. Now, if only I could get that tail to
speed up to around 3600 RPM....... Maybe a larger tom-cat????

* Future plans include:
Pet powered rotatiller
Pet powered chainsaw
Pet powered snowblower

HandyDandy


  #3   Report Post  
Posted to alt.home.repair,misc.rural
Pat Pat is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 657
Default No Gas-No Electric Weed Whacker

On May 5, 4:20*am, wrote:
No Gas-No Electric Weed Whacker & Other Lawn Care Machines.

I've been trying to find ways to avoid using gas for anything except
the absolutely necessary driving I have to do. *One area where I am
looking to save is to avoid using gas for all lawn care. *Last summer
I replaced the lawn mower with a Shetland pony. *Not only did I save
on gas, but I eliminated a noisy lawn mower. *Well, ok, what I saved
on gas, I spent on hay to feed her during the winter, but I have to
consider the fact that she also added fertilizer to my lawn. *Then
too, her companionship is priceless, and well worth the times I
stepped in a pile of her fertilizer when walking barefoot on the lawn.

This year I decided it was time to get rid of the weed whacker and
replace it with something that does not need costly gas or
electricity. *I was sitting on my lawn chair talking to the pony when
I noticed our female cat tucked down in some tall grass around our
power pole. *Her tail was swishing quickly as I noticed a stray
tom-cat approaching. *The closer he got, the faster her tail swished.
That's when a lightbulb went on my my head. *I immediately went to the
house, grabbed a foot of weed whacker string and some duct tape, and
taped the string to her tail. *Sure enough, instant weed whacker,
needing no gas or electricity. *Now, if only I could get that tail to
speed up to around 3600 RPM....... *Maybe a larger tom-cat????

* Future plans include:
Pet powered rotatiller
Pet powered chainsaw
Pet powered snowblower

HandyDandy


What do you have, a pony that's in the wrong union and therefore won't
eat grass that's next to other things?
Reply
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules

Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Weed whacker carburettor Don Phillipson Home Ownership 0 May 25th 07 02:10 PM
Riyobi weed whacker Derek Lawler Home Repair 3 October 4th 06 05:30 PM
Weed-whacker recommendation Dan C Home Repair 11 October 11th 05 04:32 AM
poulan pp165 weed whacker need help suzonka Metalworking 1 July 9th 05 05:53 AM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 10:31 AM.

Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 DIYbanter.
The comments are property of their posters.
 

About Us

"It's about DIY & home improvement"