In and amidst all the extra-ordinary new things that are going on in the world right now, today I did something I've never done before: lawnmower maintenance. Till I left for college my dad always did it, and after he died I was always gone till the end of May or beginning of April and my mom would have to find someone to do it. This year, she found me. So, a trip to Sears, buy new spark plugs, new filters, back home, drain the oil, sharpen the blade, put it all back together again, start it up, immediately hit a rock, turn it off, take it apart again, resharpen the blade...
...vow to never run it somewhere near gravel...
Oh, and while I was out there a Starship flew over. I'm not joking. One of the few remaining
Beechcraft Starships is registered in Colorado:
They're about the coolest private plane out there. We only see it every other year or so. You could almost consider it a "new thing" since it's so weird looking. I love living in the landing zone of the airport!
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*sigh* Do not remind me. That is on tomorrow's agenda...
Last winter, I changed the oil, replaced the pins to the auger, and scrubbed any rust off of my very nice inherited snowblower.
That night, the engine exploded, leavine a hole the size of my open hand in the engine.
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