The hairdryer with 4 wheels, otherwise known as an electric lawn mower.
Today I borrowed an electric lawn mower from work to bring home and cut our little front lawn. I got my big long extension cord and plugged it in to the convenient front verandah powerpoint. I plugged the other end into the mower. Now before starting it up i had to work out how to start it up, there is no choke or cord to pull. THere was however a big ornage button.
I pressed the button and held in a lever and there is was an electric mower. I was pushing it along beeing very careful not to run over the power cord and set the lawn on fire rather than just giving it a nice trim.
The cord way anoying, it’s hard to go up and down the lawn without cheating death several times. Anyway I came to the conclusion that it wouldnt matter if i went over the cord ans the motor was so weak and crap that it wasnt even cutting the grass let alone a rubber cable.
It sounded like a hairdryer, it cut grass just as well as a hairdryer, and its just dumb! I might bring out the electric iron tomorrow just to see if i can flatten the lawn a bit.
Our electric mower has the unfortunate colouring to look like a tonka mower. I do feel like less of a man when I use it. But the cord thing gets easier once your brain catches up. And I love the electric more since we have had a battery powered one- runs out of battery power half way through every time grrrr do they think I love mowing that much!?
There is a push-mower in the garage that belonged to Grandma White Cats which you are welcome to borrow anytime.
why not add water to the iron so that you could steam the lawn whilst you flattened it. You could even get a nice crease in it if you are careful.