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STEMO:
Decided, since the weather was nice, I would get the lawnmower out and cut the small area of grass at the front. Gets it out of the shed, dusts the cobwebs off it and carts it round to the front. Ran for about a minute and then just gave up...nothing. Right, check the trip switches on the consumer unit..all fine. Check the fuse in the mower...fine. Hang on, the sky router plugged into the other side of the double socket is off too...hmmmm. Takes the socket off the backbox and checks for power, it's there, but nothing getting to the pin. Socket must be fubared (never seen that before), as well as the mower.
Off to B&Q, new mower, new socket. Got home, cut grass, changed socket, all done. Three fickin hours of my day gone, and over £100 lighter, just for a poxy piece of grass that's about 3mx2m.
Bollicks, wish it would rain.  ;D

STEMO:
Also.....when you bought a flymo you used to get an orange spanner to change the blade, and a couple of spacers to lower the cutting height. Not any more.

Terbs:
Got back from the caravan yesterday, and noticed neighbour had cut his side of the front lawn but not mine. When I saw him this morning, I said..'Miserable sod, you could have done mine, too'. He only went and started his petrol mower and came and mowed mine.  ;D ;D ;D ;D
Result !!!!!!

STEMO:

--- Quote from: terbert on 18 April 2018, 15:21:07 ---Got back from the caravan yesterday, and noticed neighbour had cut his side of the front lawn but not mine. When I saw him this morning, I said..'Miserable sod, you could have done mine, too'. He only went and started his petrol mower and came and mowed mine.  ;D ;D ;D ;D
Result !!!!!!

--- End quote ---
I hate greenery with a passion, but SWMBO likes a bit of pottering about out there. Would have been quicker this morning flagging it, that would have been a nice surprise for her.  ;D

Terbs:
Two of my friends have had their back lawns dug out and replaced with this false lawn stuff....do they still call it Astro Turf ???
Too much water lays here for me to do that :(

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