A lot has happened already this week. The local radio station I have to listen to (cause it is the only one I can get with my ear muffs radio), has a new sponsor. It is Arm & Hammer cat litter. Seems like they played the commercial every 2 songs all morning every day this week. I can plug my ipod into my muffs, but I can't get enough volume out of the ipod to hear it over the mower. So I am stuck with this station and its sponsor.
Went 7 full days and 2 part days with out a mower breakdown. Just after 8 this AM, the 'beast' stopped dead and would not start. This has happened before, but everything I tried that worked before didn't work this time. So I called for help. If my mower never broke down, I don't think I would use my cell phone but a couple times a month. Anyway, Lynn, out trusty mechanic arrived. Did what I did and it still would not start. We went to the shop for a couple wrenches and a volt meter, etc. Still could not figger out the problem--well technically we knew the problem, the @@##%#$@#$% thing would not start. Lynn was looking at the computer to see if any codes were flashing--no codes. He told me to try to start it and hold the key down. After about a half minute of holding the key down, the thing started. It didn't turn over a couple times before starting, it just started up. I thought Lynn was wriggling wires in the computer box. He says not, he was just staring at it. Lynn jumped about 3 ft. when the thing started & I jumped a foot or 2 cause Lynn jumped. We still have no idea why the thing stopped and why it decided to start. I mowed the rest of the day without problems. So I guess it was a happy ending. but then there is tomorrow. . . .
You may or may not know or even care, but there is a notation on my permanent record. Yes, we all really do have permanent records. I was a teacher, I know about these things. Well I happen to know that one of the things on my permanent record concerns me and dancin. Never been fond of dancin, but did do some square dancin in my younger days back before the turn of the century. Anyway, it says that I really shouldn't be doin any dancin in public or otherwise. Not quite sure what 'otherwise' means. Once in a great while something comes over me while mowin. Haven't figgered out what causes it, but I start jammin and dancin around while mowin. Nothing extreme like this guy in Romania. I have a switch in my seat that shuts the mower down if I get up, I can't anyway cause I would probably knock my self out on the canopy. The music on the video is very similar to the music they play on the only station I can get. So far none of the club members have reported me, so maybe I haven't been spotted.
Yesterday they were talking about cow burps & farts on that station. Seems that some dairy farmers in Vermont have changed the feed they give their cows. They say that the emissions are more environmentally friendly and the cows burp and fart less often. What kind of people go around counting how many times cows burp and fart ????? What kind of people analyze cow burps and farts ????? Why does anyone care ????? Must be a stimulus money project. I really need to be able to listen to a different radio station.
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