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> Ha.. Not quite the same thing but I remember when I was about 12
> taking on cutting the grass at home for an extra 75 cents a week
> on my allowance..  This was on a small hobby farm we had with close
> to an acre of grass around the house to cut with a push mower.

> Push as in a gas engine mower but not a riding tractor/mower.

> I remember cutting my grandfathers small lawn using a true push
> mower that had no engine, the spiral blades spun as you pushed it.

> I didn't want to confuse it with that type..  B)

I always considered "push" to mean the ones with an engine that you had to
stand behind and push, and "reel" to mean the ones with no engine.  I own
both.  I have never owned or used a riding mower.

I bought the reel mower after I got my first house.  It had a fairly small
front yard.  I liked being able to mow the grass without breathing in the
exhaust.  It would work on the backyard, too, but was more difficult to use
there because the terrain was not smooth... I suspect there was not much
dirt on top of rock (a few of which stuck out of the ground).

For that front yard, provided I was able to stay on top of it and not let the
weeds get too tall, it was less work using the reel mower than the
gas-powered one.

Mike

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