The New England Lawn Mower

The time came for the lawn to be trimmed. Now, in Florida, the grass is a little weird. When you walk on it, it's kind of spongy. The edges of the lawn next to the sidewalks are, well, sort of like a brown cake with green coconut on top! Scott very quickly learned that our "northern" lawn mower wasn't going to cut it. Literally! It was almost impossible for Scott to push, with all that squishy grass...so he decided that it would be easier to buy some larger back wheels for it. So he went to Home Depot and bought some larger back wheels. He gets back, and says ah, that's better! When Scott had finished with the lawn, he noticed our neighbor mowing his lawn with a ride-on lawn mower. Once inside the house we shared a laugh about our neighbor "mowing his postage-stamp yard with a ride-on mower!"
After a few weeks, he said, I'm going to ask Dave where I can get a ride-on mower....I said, "Have you lost your mind? Just a few weeks ago we were making fun of him!" "But, Scott said, I just sweat bullets pushing our lawn mower. I think at least it would be more comfortable without so much exertion in this heat!" So...Rich told him about the guy across the street. He was selling his ride-on mower because he had just purchased a new one! Scott completed the sale, and brought the mower home. All he had to do was replace the seat, which was duct-taped together...(probably from taking a beating from the ....ah....ample neighbor!) So Scott happily replaced the seat, and tuned it up (he's handy thank God!), and he was good to go!
After the next few weeks, I looked out the window and saw Scott talking to Bob, the guy who mowed the common areas in our subdivision. I thought, huh, why is he talking to him? He looked a little focused, like he was talking about something important! When Scott came back into the house, I said, "so, you looked pretty intense talking to Bob out there!" And he said, what would you think if Bob did our lawn? That way we can go away if we want, without having to worry about the lawn..." "Sure", I said, "why not?" So we have Bob do it to this day! He doesn't charge an arm and a leg, and we noticed that quite a few people in the neighborhood use him!