It's the worst. I had a discussion with someone about this earlier today. I feel like 3 days is no big deal, 4 days is the limit for me when it becomes almost agonizing.Dat first day back after vacation doe.
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See...that's why I don't take them...or something...
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My little brother used to do this with chores... drove me nuts. Have yet to have seen it in the workplace though. One thing I've seen so far with intentionally under performing is that we have monthly and quarterly bonuses based off of our sales. The numbers get counted when the part is shipped from our facility. If it's obvious that we've either hit the goal or won't hit it, people will hold onto things just a touch longer at the end of the month to let that stuff carry over to the next bonus window.it still amazes me when people intentionally under perform on a given task to have said task removed from their duties
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I use to cut the grass well in the front yard but horrible in the back so mom would make my older brother do it.
There isn't a chore I hate more than cutting grass
There isn't a chore I hate more than cutting grass
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Conversely, I love mowing the lawn.I use to cut the grass well in the front yard but horrible in the back so mom would make my older brother do it.
There isn't a chore I hate more than cutting grass
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I do, too, but then I cruise around on a riding mower with a cold beer.
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I have a lot of grass to cut but I find mowing the lawn less of a chore than I used to think it was. The AWD push mower has improved that area of work greatly.
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I find it to be relaxing, for the most part. The simple pleasure of seeing nice, clean lines in the lawn is an added bonus.
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Yea, I've grown to appreciate a clean cut yard. I like the smell and how it looks. I also like bagging my grass now, at least in the front of the house. Back of the house I don't care - but I hate clumps in the front yard.
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i have a white clover infestation so my grass cutting is more damage control on the aggresively spreading clover. i sprayed it with an herbicide 10 days ago, it starting to die. says it takes 3 weeks. hopefully it will not be needed as worry about the efficacy of said herbicide in the warmer temps
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I've always liked mowing the lawn, even as a kid...
Collecting firewood for our woodburning stove (hey, we lived in a house that was built around the Civil War...), that was my least favorite chore...
Collecting firewood for our woodburning stove (hey, we lived in a house that was built around the Civil War...), that was my least favorite chore...
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Our home furnace was wood burning. Cutting, splitting, stacking, transferring from the stack to the house during the winter, etc all kind of sucked. The worst was when my older brother tossed in a log that had a vine on it. Was poison ivy. His whole face reacted. Had to spend about a week home from school.
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Jesus...yeah, well, I guess it could have been worse for me...
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Sounds like me, @c2i. I'm terribly allergic to that devil vine.
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kenny the kangaroo dated a girl that lived in rural pa, and her grandparents (as well as basically every other house around) was heated by a wood burner. the gf's family including aunts uncles cousins dogs kids grandkids etc (probably 20 to 30 people in all) would all get together once a year in the fall to split logs for the grandparents. log splitting day may have been the fondest memory from that relationship because that event was almost like a holiday. that whole ridiculous family got along, probably because they were working towards a common, worthwhile goal. it was a lot of manual labor, but the satisfying kind of manual labor. we ate pizza and ate cake afterwards.
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Along the lawn mowing vein, at which point should one think about purchasing a riding mower? Is it a timer saver? A "I cannot walk that long" thing?
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I always liked splitting logs
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If I had an acre to mow, I'd probably own a riding mower if only to save time. I enjoy it, but if I had to spend a significant more time mowing the lawn and taking time away from being able to do other stuff, that would be a problem.Along the lawn mowing vein, at which point should one think about purchasing a riding mower? Is it a timer saver? A "I cannot walk that long" thing?
Then again, a guy down the street from me has about 300 sf of lawn and is out there on an old Craftsman riding mower every Saturday. It's hilarious.
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I have one for my 1/2 acre and it's wonderful. Use to take me 1.5 hours to do everything (weed eater, and leaf blow, too). Now it takes me forty minutes.
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My dad got one of those hydraulic log splitters after I went away to college... I suppose he didn't have a need for one before I left. And he'd pile up the unsplit wood and every Thanksgiving, we'd have a giant wood splitting fest and then go chow down on Thanksgiving dinner. It's fond memories for me as well.kenny the kangaroo dated a girl that lived in rural pa, and her grandparents (as well as basically every other house around) was heated by a wood burner. the gf's family including aunts uncles cousins dogs kids grandkids etc (probably 20 to 30 people in all) would all get together once a year in the fall to split logs for the grandparents. log splitting day may have been the fondest memory from that relationship because that event was almost like a holiday. that whole ridiculous family got along, probably because they were working towards a common, worthwhile goal. it was a lot of manual labor, but the satisfying kind of manual labor. we ate pizza and ate cake afterwards.
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Sandals? Talk about unsafe...
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Yep, really unsafe. I had a friend who had a scholarship offer to play soccer at the College of Charleston. Shortly after graduation, he lost two toes while cutting the lawn in flip flops... No more scholarship.Sandals? Talk about unsafe...
I used to love cutting the lawn, but now I pay a dude. We're gone most weekends, and I have almost an acre that takes me 90 minutes with a push mower. Then another 90 minutes of edging... All in the 90+ heat.
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i think a riding mower is a little different
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I enjoy mowing the grass. The clean lines in the yard afterward is nice. Plus I enjoy making the neighbors yard look like it needs cut even more than it does when its compared to my yard. I also hate bagging, so its mulch all the time for me. I've never even attached the bag that came with the lawnmower haha.
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