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| My negative rant has actually turned into a positive. I love seeing neighbors helping each other. I'm in the East this year at my Lodge, I'm starting a program where we're going to help some elderly members or younger guys with recent health concerns with their Spring clean up. First step would to identify who needs help, then break up into teams. Light tree trimming, trimming bushes, cutting grass, and edging. Should be fun. Between the Lodge and myself, I have access to five walk behinds, my tractor, and misc line trimmers and blowers. I have a small trailer that I could use to deliver equipment to the sites. I guess that's why I keep my stuff maintained, I need it to work when I need it!!! |
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| Don't ever loan out your dishwasher, either.
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| quote: Originally posted by RichardC:
Don't ever loan out your dishwasher, either.
Yep, she's staying home where she belongs!!!  |
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| quote: Originally posted by 92fstech:
The hood is crappy plastic and mostly gone, the seat has a bunch of cracks, and the tires are 30 years old, dry rotted, and kinda bald. But they hold air, it starts and mows, and does everything I need it to do.
This sounds just like my '99 LX176. 
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| General rule I follow is to not loan tools out unless you can afford to lose them. While my tools don't make me money, they do save me money.
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| quote: Originally posted by RichardC:
Don't ever loan out your dishwasher, either.
I did that once, many years ago. She never came back.
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| | | Posts: 31692 | Location: Central Florida, Orlando area | Registered: January 03, 2010 |
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| quote: Originally posted by drill sgt:
After our major flood event of Aug 2016 one of our next door neighbors were living some where else while clean up and rebuilding process took place.. I was mowing their yard for them... small front and back took maybe 1/2 hr to complete. After several attempts to make me accept payment for the grass cutting.. They finally got me to accept 2 packages of smoked pork and or deer sausages.. And because i continued to mow the grass even after they moved back into the house the continued ever so often to bring 2 or 3 frozen packages of the sausages that she got from her father who was a butcher at a country meat market... For a couple of years they got off cheap and my tummy stayed happy. ........................ drill sgt.
Dont'cha just love free Deer meat ? I've never shot a Deer in my life and I have a freezer full out in the garage . My son and grandson kill a couple every year and I reap the benefits .  |
| | | Posts: 4417 | Location: Down in Louisiana . | Registered: February 27, 2009 |
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| I’ve got a neighbor who scared me from ever borrowing anything. I borrowed his pressure washer years ago. Soap water and sponge washed when I returned it. Few years later we were talking about loaning tools. I asked my neighbor if he was happy when I returned his pressure washer. He shrugged his shoulders and said it was just alright.
I won’t borrow a screwdriver or cup of sugar from him. |
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| quote: Originally posted by drill sgt:
Do not loan out my Gravely ZTR 34inch.. baby residential..bouught2015..August2016 totally flooded water 41 inches.. stayed under water about 5 days. got it dried out... my dealer wanted a minimum of $ 400 to service.. but did it myself..... have 2 next door neighbors ( 1 on each side) that when i do my front lawn I do theirs also.. In fact last friday the mower hit a rock into our front enterance door glass.. Wife is not a happy camper right now .................................................... drill sgt.
I just bought a Gravely ZT HD 60” not loaning that to anyone. I bought a new 2023 as they were 20% off. I have been watching the prices for a year and they are usually $250-$300 off. I was out the door for the price of a Ariens.
" The people shall have a right to bear arms, for the defense of themselves and the State" Art 1 Sec 32 Indiana State Constitution
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| quote: Originally posted by parabellum:
Never give money to a yak.
Ask me how I know.
Bison, surprisingly, are OK. |
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| quote: Originally posted by Graniteer:
Bison, surprisingly, are OK.
Statistically, they are excellent credit risks. |
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| Neither a borrower nor a lender be…
Especially yaks. |
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| quote: Originally posted by Edmond:
General rule I follow is to not loan tools out unless you can afford to lose them.
While my tools don't make me money, they do save me money.
I probably have disappointed neighbors but I don’t believe in loaning out lawn equipment. My hard earned money went into the purchase and I refuse to be told that “sorry I don’t know what happened, but something broke”. |
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