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The END is near (California guys)

Nessism said:
Funny you mention this, Garth, because I just bought another new gas mower. That makes two mowers, and two wackers/trimmers. I'm set for life now! It's kind of fun, sort of like having the choice of different motorcycles/cars to use.

California has, and will continue to have, fires from time to time. It's part of the natural renewal cycle of nature. I feel sorry for the (mostly) rich folk, living in the canyons and hills. That's risky. If fires don't get you, the mud slides will (when it rains a lot.) People love to live with nature, but even on a good year, it hardly rains in So. Calif, so there is always going to be fire risk.
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So climate change has nothing to do with it? Ok
 
Don't worry about ol' planet Earth, it has a way of healing itself...
Just ask Tyrannosaurus Rex.
 
Ever notice how the posts that are NOT about motorcycles, usually start becoming a pi$$ing contest rather quickly? :p
 
trevor said:
Yeah with all the California haters in the USA this should be in vortex
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From a song by a pair of famous Californians:

"If you don't mind heat in your river..."

How did Paul and Grace know about warming in 1968?!? Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. :saturn:
 
Baatfam said:
Again....Not the vortex....:(
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Who knew that lawn equipment could be so divisive? :ambivalence:
BTW, this is the second machine I bought. Honda stopped making gas powered lawn mowers, so this is last of the breed. It's got a hydrostatic transmission and blade brake clutch. It's a left over, built in 2023, which had a camshaft problem. Honda pulled a lot of mowers off retailers floors, because the compression release built into the cam was faulty. Honda fixed the units, then returned them to the retailers...where I got this one. It's super smooth running. Starts with a half-hearted pull of the cord. And the drive system is really easy to use. I'm going to go ape $hit on the maintenance, and take care of this thing, to make it last.

Screenshot 2025-01-09 162502 by nessism, on Flickr
 
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Nessism said:
Who knew that lawn equipment could be so divisive? :ambivalence:
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A major bummer from my life...we moved from apartment to private house when I was 11. Backyard, front yard, and that means lawnmower! I could barely wait to get my mitts on the pull string of a 3 hp Briggs & Stratton. The sound, the fumes, the planning for when I cannibalize it for a minibike, or go-kart. And then...Dad buys a Sears electric mower! ("Don't run over the cord, son, or you'll electrocute yourself.")

Almost like when he took me to a racetrack for the first time. Horses! Racing! Betting! Only...

It was Monticello Raceway. Trotters! "They ARE racing, son, they're just not allowed to run as fast as they can"

The best part was when the Cadillac holding the starting gate floored it and pulled ahead of the horses. General Motors V-8 always wins! :black_eyed:
 
Baatfam said:
Again....Not the vortex....:(
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It really should have been in the Vorfex in the first place.... The OP originally opined about getting around a California law that was designed to attack climate change.... Can't see any way the thread goes other than the way it has .....
 
Rob S. said:
A major bummer from my life...we moved from apartment to private house when I was 11. Backyard, front yard, and that means lawnmower! I could barely wait to get my mitts on the pull string of a 3 hp Briggs & Stratton. The sound, the fumes, the planning for when I cannibalize it for a minibike, or go-kart.
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My dad bought some POS Montgomery Wards mower with Briggs engine, that had a crank handle on the top. You had to wind it up, until it stopped, then hit some button, which turned the engine over...in an attempt to start. I say attempt, because that machine was a biotch to start. And yes, I was the designated lawn mower slave in the family.




 
bccap said:
It really should have been in the Vorfex in the first place.... The OP originally opined about getting around a California law that was designed to attack climate change.... Can't see any way the thread goes other than the way it has .....
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This was a perfectly good thread, until you ruined it.

And you are wrong, there is no "getting around California law", I followed it to the letter, and I still am.
 
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Nessism said:
This was a perfectly good thread, until you ruined it.

And you are wrong, there is no "getting around California law", I followed it to the letter, and I still am.
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Tell me rocket scientist .... Now just why do you think the California government passed that law ?
 
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