The Lawnmower Man

I’m sure that it was used to keep the Garden of Eden looking neat and tidy. I can just imagine Adam pushing this little beauty up and down the patch of green outside his place. We were given a lawnmower last weekend. It’s very, very old but I’m sure it’ll do the trick at our place.

I tipped it up on its side and noticed that the blades had seen better days. I took the old ones off and Pauline got some new ones. I’ll need to put them on in the next couple of days and give the lawn a good going over.

While the mower is an ancient relic, it does have a Briggs & Stratton motor so it should handle the job quite well.

After all these years I finally have a mower. I have finally joined the millions of Aussies who have been able to subdue their surroundings with little more than a tank of two stroke. I can keep my lawn (or at least that what we call it for lack of a better description) under my control. I can now cut it at the height that we want it, not at the length that the local lawn mowing contractor wants it.

Ooh. Now there’s a point. How do we tell our lawn mowing man that he’s no longer required? He’s always done a pretty good job at a very fair rate. I suppose we’ll still need his expertise in tidying up the edges. Anyone need the services of a good lawn mowing man? I know of one who’ll be looking for a new customer very soon.

Posted by Rodney Olsen



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Rodney Olsen

Rodney is a husband, father, cyclist, blogger and podcaster from Perth Western Australia.

He has worked in radio at Perth's media ministry Sonshine for over 25 years and has previously worked at ministries such as Compassion Australia and Bible Society.

The views he expresses here are his own.

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