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I'm not much of a workaholic, I don't really like going outside or getting my hands dirty...

But mowing the lawn is nice. It's like doing a giant coloring page with a big thick marker.

The past couple of years I've lived in a place with no lawn to mow and I miss it.

Niceness of lawn mowing is very climate dependent. Around 70 degrees I don’t mind it. Different story when it’s 98.

Unenjoyable, and my electric motor’s batteries die twice as fast in the heat, so I have to do it two days in a row instead of being able to get it over with. But I don’t hate it quite enough to blow hundreds of dollars on extra batteries or to pay someone else to do it.

I once had an electric lawnmower with a cord on it. Swaps one inconvenience for another. You don't have to recharge it, but you have to keep the cord out of the way.

I've had both. I'd rather have battery operated, especially if you have a big yard. Having an extra backup battery is a good idea as well.

Time to get a Personalized Pico Pal(tm), your own Power Pal in orbit, solar power microwaved to your mower, from now on it's batteries included, thanks to Blazbro!

How about attaching a generator to the corded electric lawnmower. That would solve both the long cable and charging problems.

Beautiful and the generator can sip fuel through a long pipe from a tank inside the house.

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