I ordered a bunch of model train stuff for my kid. There's 4 boxes on a shelf in the basement but he has to earn them.
Told him he could have a box if he mowed today. I ran the edges and the ditches and then he took over. He did half and halfassed that half I had to go back over all of it. Told him he doesn't get train stuff for not doing his job. He said it's too hard. I said no payment for a job not done.
While I was re-mowing the lawn the engine suddenly died. It fired right back up when I pressed the brake down but died with my foot off the brake. I'd already bypassed the seat safety switch just a few days after I bought it, but I tested that and it was still right. I removed the brake switch and jumpered the connection to tell the mower the brake is on. Fired up and finished mowing. So the seat switch, reverse switch, and now brake switch are all bypassed.
Threw the generator in my trailer and took it out back. Had to use my big drill to put a bunch of holes in several stumps I need gone. Poured potassium nitrate into the holes and then soaked with water. Never tried it before but it's supposed to accelerate decay and make it easier to burn out after a few months. We'll see. I've tried the rental stump grinders and they're too underpowered and slow and I'm not paying the stump guy $500 to do it.
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