by Tdarcos » Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:52 pm
AArdvark wrote: ↑Sat Oct 10, 2020 10:45 am
Dear Ann Landers,
I never noticed this before when I was living in the city but now that I'm in the 'burbs I feel that there is a different set of rules. Every week I mow my lawn, so does my neighbor on the right and my neighbor on the left. But if I'm mowing my lawn they will not mow theirs until I have finished mine. A couple times I have started to mow my lawn when my right side neighbor has already started his. He will stop mowing and do other stuff, like picking up sticks or maybe tending to the mulch in the flowerbeds.
Dear Mower,
You broke one of the unwritten rules of mowsterbation (the technical name for mowing lawns.) The practice is something that is usually done in secret, because other people don't want you to watch them when they mowsterbate. They are also afraid you'll get into a "lawn measuring contest," with them, as a sign of dominance.
AArdvark wrote: ↑Sat Oct 10, 2020 10:45 am
As soon as I finish he will fire up his mower and go back to cutting his lawn.
Okay, he's gotten over his fear of being seen, but he's afraid the two of you will end up engaging in "mutual mowsterbation" and if they're seen doing that, people will think they're homograssual.
AArdvark wrote: ↑Sat Oct 10, 2020 10:45 am
This makes me feel like I have committed some suburban faux pas. I noticed it with the left hand neighbor as well.
They're also afraid if you would mow at the same time as either neighbor, they'd be considered bi-mowtual.
AArdvark wrote: ↑Sat Oct 10, 2020 10:45 am
I mean, I bought the John Deere so I would fit in, (disco lights aside) but since then they have both switched to Kubota zero-turns.
People don't like John Deere. They actively fight "right to repair," trying to do anything they can to make it impossible for people who buy their equipment to either be able to repair it themselves or have whoever they want service it. Their intent, like so many other manufacturers, want to force you to only use their dealers to repair their equipment, at whatever price they want to charge, as if you never own anything, you only get to use it as they see fit. There are farmers, who have half-million dollar harvesters or planting equipment, that when something on it fails, the only thing it will tell them to do to be able to get it to work again is to call a dealer to reset it. This can cost hundreds of dollars, might require a service tech to travel hours to get there, leaving an expensive piece of equipment unusable during the most critical part of their entire operation. Or worse, they have to have it towed to the dealer who might have a two week delay before they can get to it, after they spent hundreds to get it towed. (Note from TDarcos, I am not kidding, John Deere does the same thing to owners of their equipment as Apple does to owners of its computers and iPhones.)
Avoid John Deere equipment like the plague it is. Support Right to Repair.
AArdvark wrote: ↑Sat Oct 10, 2020 10:45 am
Is it wrong for me to start mowing if my next door neighbors have already started? Is this something like letting a bowler on the next lane go before you start your roll? Am I offending them in some unwritten yard-work manner and making myself look like a suburban newbie?
No, it's like asking your neighbor if he wants to engage in wife-swapping when he has never shown an interest. It's frowned upon, but it's not inherently wrong. Just like mowsterbation, lots of people do it, they just pretend nobody does.
[quote=AArdvark post_id=115663 time=1602351900 user_id=20]
Dear Ann Landers,
I never noticed this before when I was living in the city but now that I'm in the 'burbs I feel that there is a different set of rules. Every week I mow my lawn, so does my neighbor on the right and my neighbor on the left. But if I'm mowing my lawn they will not mow theirs until I have finished mine. A couple times I have started to mow my lawn when my right side neighbor has already started his. He will stop mowing and do other stuff, like picking up sticks or maybe tending to the mulch in the flowerbeds.[/quote]
Dear Mower,
You broke one of the unwritten rules of mowsterbation (the technical name for mowing lawns.) The practice is something that is usually done in secret, because other people don't want you to watch them when they mowsterbate. They are also afraid you'll get into a "lawn measuring contest," with them, as a sign of dominance.
[quote=AArdvark post_id=115663 time=1602351900 user_id=20]
As soon as I finish he will fire up his mower and go back to cutting his lawn.[/quote]
Okay, he's gotten over his fear of being seen, but he's afraid the two of you will end up engaging in "mutual mowsterbation" and if they're seen doing that, people will think they're homograssual.
[quote=AArdvark post_id=115663 time=1602351900 user_id=20]
This makes me feel like I have committed some suburban faux pas. I noticed it with the left hand neighbor as well.[/quote]
They're also afraid if you would mow at the same time as either neighbor, they'd be considered bi-mowtual.
[quote=AArdvark post_id=115663 time=1602351900 user_id=20]
I mean, I bought the John Deere so I would fit in, (disco lights aside) but since then they have both switched to Kubota zero-turns.[/quote]
People don't like John Deere. They actively fight "right to repair," trying to do anything they can to make it impossible for people who buy their equipment to either be able to repair it themselves or have whoever they want service it. Their intent, like so many other manufacturers, want to force you to only use their dealers to repair their equipment, at whatever price they want to charge, as if you never own anything, you only get to use it as they see fit. There are farmers, who have half-million dollar harvesters or planting equipment, that when something on it fails, the only thing it will tell them to do to be able to get it to work again is to call a dealer to reset it. This can cost hundreds of dollars, might require a service tech to travel hours to get there, leaving an expensive piece of equipment unusable during the most critical part of their entire operation. Or worse, they have to have it towed to the dealer who might have a two week delay before they can get to it, after they spent hundreds to get it towed. (Note from TDarcos, I am not kidding, John Deere does the same thing to owners of their equipment as Apple does to owners of its computers and iPhones.)
Avoid John Deere equipment like the plague it is. Support Right to Repair.
[quote=AArdvark post_id=115663 time=1602351900 user_id=20]
Is it wrong for me to start mowing if my next door neighbors have already started? Is this something like letting a bowler on the next lane go before you start your roll? Am I offending them in some unwritten yard-work manner and making myself look like a suburban newbie?[/quote]
No, it's like asking your neighbor if he wants to engage in wife-swapping when he has never shown an interest. It's frowned upon, but it's not inherently wrong. Just like mowsterbation, lots of people do it, they just pretend nobody does.