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From: wjm@whuxj.UUCP (MITCHELL)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Lawnmowers
Message-ID: <233@whuxj.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 10-May-84 17:02:25 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 10 17:02:25 1984
Date-Received: Sat, 12-May-84 09:02:32 EDT
Organization: Bell Labs, Whippany, N.J.
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In my teenage years, one of my chores was to cut the lawn.  I used an electric
lawn mower and find it to be quite a reasonable option, especially if the lawn
isn't too large and you have receptacles on or in the house/garage near where
you're working.  The advantages are 1) safety - Personally I view gasoline
as too dangerous to have on residential premises (execpt in the fuel tank
of automobiles) - Of course, an electric motor, like ANY power mower is a
potentially dangerous machine and must be used with care.
2) clean air - no fumes
3) easier to start - flip the switch and start cutting (after a safety check
of course)
4) less maintenance needed.
I've never run a mower through an extension cord - the high visibility orange
cords help here.
Of course, if you want exercise, there's the traditional manual design.
Bill Mitchell
Bell Communications Research Inc
Whippany, NJ (whuxj!wjm)