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« Reply #510 on: 10:16:37, 27-03-2007 » |
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It is certainly another beautiful day but still very cold oop north. Lovely sunshine but very chill feeling in the air. Going to take His Nibs out for his morning constitutional soon - but busy this week clearing out the spare room because one of my sons has decided to rent out his house and move back with mum, now he's divorced. It'll be great to have him back and I'll be able to get him back on his feet with some TLC after all his recent trauma. All the same....lots to do! Have a good day everyone - it may look as though I'm still around because I'll stay logged in and the computer is on all day for other things but I won't be doing much on the R3 boards this week.  |
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« Reply #511 on: 10:21:47, 27-03-2007 » |
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Apart from the inherent danger in mowing the grass bare-footed, I'm a bit concerned about whatever that is coming out the back of his trousers, A. Can you clarify?  |
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« Reply #512 on: 10:31:59, 27-03-2007 » |
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Yes, mowing barefeet looks like dangerous thinkg to do. I don't see anything dangerous coming from his trausers. I think it is an optical illusion. I bought two strawberry plants and I put them in two big pots. I forgot them outside last night. They look hearthy enough. I have to take them home today. It is still cold outside. I hope my two plants will survive and be like this one:  |
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« Reply #513 on: 12:34:36, 27-03-2007 » |
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I'm a bit concerned about whatever that is coming out the back of his trousers, A. Can you clarify? It's the sun shining, surely, even if somewhat attenuated by the obstacle course of y-front and chino. |
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« Reply #514 on: 12:46:34, 27-03-2007 » |
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The sun has finally emerged.
I occasionally mow barefoot. I do have one of those mowers where you would have to try very hard before you could damage yourself.
My main problem with it (mowing barefoot) is that my feet react to the grass slightly (just below the ankle) but it doesn't seem to be consistent.
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« Reply #515 on: 12:50:15, 27-03-2007 » |
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I'm a bit concerned about whatever that is coming out the back of his trousers, A. Can you clarify? I would have thought it was the brace that holds his artificial leg on ..? It does explain the nonchelance with which he is mowing the lawn barefooted don't you think?  A  |
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« Reply #516 on: 12:54:08, 27-03-2007 » |
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Yes, prostethic leg would solve many a problem for me while create some others. My problem was always grass. The grass here compare to even Canada (Toronto) much more wet and colour things. In this way mowing without socks can help, though grass seems to colour schoes and gets everywhere.
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« Reply #517 on: 13:00:20, 27-03-2007 » |
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The thing I've never understood is why car manufacturers don't cover cars with pulverized grass. The dratted stuff is so hard to get out from under the mower once it has dried, it ought to make the ideal hardwearing surface coating for a car.
And then you could have any colour you wanted. As long as it was green.
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« Reply #518 on: 13:52:28, 27-03-2007 » |
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I love mowing. One of the best things about living in a mild climate such as there is here, in glorious Cornwall, is that the grass grows all year round. I love mowing. Not barefoot though. |
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« Reply #519 on: 17:45:26, 27-03-2007 » |
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I think the great thing about mowing a lawn is that it makes everywhere in the garden, however untidy it may be, look wonderful!!
And it looks like summer too.
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« Reply #520 on: 18:31:14, 27-03-2007 » |
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Brief is the breath
Mown stalks exhale.
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« Reply #521 on: 18:38:51, 27-03-2007 » |
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I like that poem so much I hate to introduce a bathetic note, GG, but I can no longer think of it without entirely forgetting the exhibition of Larkin's papers I saw at the British Library, in which some genius curator had juxtaposed the MS of the poem with items of correspondence from Larkin to a local hardware shop with which he was having a protracted dispute about a faulty lawnmower he'd bought there.
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« Reply #522 on: 20:49:11, 27-03-2007 » |
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Mowing the lawn - my first ever job at the age of 16 where they had well over an acre of lawns (and no sit on mower!). Lovely long summer days in the sun only disturbed by the mower running out of petrol and problems cutting the grass in the orchard. It used to take about 6 hours to cut! |
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« Reply #523 on: 21:45:28, 27-03-2007 » |
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I have a grass trauma. It`s disappeared! Normally at this time of year it`s getting ready to turn into a fully fledged meadow overnight, but now it`s full of bald patches. Well, mud patches actually. It looks terrible  I can`t see how it`s going to recover. Is it too late for grass seed surgery? |
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« Reply #524 on: 21:54:57, 27-03-2007 » |
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I nearly included the other Larkin mowing poem involving the hedgehog but remembered just in time that this was meant to be the Happy Room.....
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