Love REM, had never heard it.

1982! I didn’t catch on til their first album came out the following year. I was 18!

Of course, the people who live in at the earth's poles, have 6 months of darkness.
Naturally they like to keep their soft, spacious lawns cleanly clipped.
Your welcome.

Makes perfect sense - thanks chouchou!

...rather than mow on a hot afternoon. One can say: "You can always tell the places you've mowed"
Not necessarily. When the grass is not high, sometimes it's rather hard to tell exactly where you've mowed. (lanes)
As you know..if you drop something small on the floor, it's easy to find it if you hold a flashlight close
to the floor itself. The dropped object stands out way better.
I do believe I've beat this horse to death!

I prefer to mow in the evening, last hour or so before dark… or sometimes a bit later… because the bees are not active then (lots of clover in my lawn) and moths are flying rather than nestling in the turf. Better for the already oppressed insect populations to mow very late, IMHO.
But yeah, I’m a bit eccentric…

Mine do buzz around morning till the late afternoon. 'bout 1/2 acre
(People across the street put every poison they can get their hands on)
Been here 12 years and I swear, never seen those disgusting birds, bees or wildlife in their yard.
My husband calls it Frankenstein Land.

But I gotta say it's a good mower.

That could be the answer.

but the light actually seems kind of wimpy.

so you can light it up when you take it with you to your next concert. Same way the cool kids hold up their phones with the lights on.

You'll particularly love when this is performed, no doubt:

but I ain't going to THAT concert!

...à la George Jones.

And it's electric, so she won't even know I'm gone.

Rip out every blade of fucking grass outta my yard and replant it with mini clover. I hate lawns and hate mowing them makes my allergies mad.

The whole idea of lawns is kinda weird, when as you say there are better alternatives.

I am surrounded by people who are slaves to their lawns. One neighbor can take up to 5 hours to mow. Others take 1-2 hours. There is a mower going every day. Used to be March to Oct. Now, it's Feb. to Nov. I'd love to live way north.
I have a lawn co. because of allergies. I told them to put me last on their list and last if they are behind. It takes them 15 minutes to mow and weedwhip my yard. I have a variety of wildlife to enjoy and mixed plants. Some bloom. I have what I want and the free time to enjoy it.
Thank you, kindred spirit.

Like you, why would you need a headlight?

And I really like that feature.

Thanks for the en"light"ening thread

Extra points for your user name. Takes me back; my Dad was a city bus driver - a little thinner than Ralph.

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