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UnoDallas
08-11-2010, 11:45 PM
with the temp at 90 humidity at 80

bout 110 real feel

I will tell you my pants must have weighted 20 lbs - with all the sweat

it just to humid up here - midwest

I miss the mountains
Hoofbite
08-12-2010, 12:05 AM
Just moved out of the Midwest and I cannot believe how great the weather feels. I don't miss the humidity at all.
SaltwaterServr
08-12-2010, 12:08 AM
rJf7tYsYGeU

First thing I thought of after reading the title. Had no idea it would really be about lawn care.
UnoDallas
08-12-2010, 12:30 AM
First thing I thought of after reading the title. Had no idea it would really be about lawn care.


cool tho
UnoDallas
08-12-2010, 12:33 AM
Just moved out of the Midwest and I cannot believe how great the weather feels. I don't miss the humidity at all.

man I am ready to get out of here - had floods all summer - now a week of that 70 per cent humidity

I ready for Denver Co - or Santa Fe weather
Joe Rod
08-12-2010, 07:26 AM
This is certainly the time of year that I don't miss my big old Texas sized property. mowing and weed-eating that thing in the heat was a real bear.
jimmy40
08-12-2010, 08:38 AM
maybe you ladies should hire someone to mow your yard.
Faerluna
08-12-2010, 08:43 AM
maybe you ladies should hire someone to mow your yard.

I do, thanks. :D
WoodysGirl
08-12-2010, 09:15 AM
I do, thanks. :D
Ditto that...

and the service puts 5 guys on my yard. They're done in 15 mins. lol
Chief
08-12-2010, 10:20 AM
This is why I don't have a lawn.

I would prefer to live on a boat .... maybe someday.
bbgun
08-12-2010, 10:47 AM
Ditto that...

and the service puts 5 guys on my yard. They're done in 15 mins. lol

Not to brag, but I have much more stamina.
WoodysGirl
08-12-2010, 11:01 AM
Not to brag, but I have much more stamina.
They don't need Jimmy Johnson pills...
Sam I Am
08-12-2010, 11:05 AM
My wife mows the lawn! :laugh2:

I usually mowed it on the weekends. One day she put a boat load of fertilizer on the grass and it started growing really fast. She ask me to cut it one Tuesday and I informed her that I only mow the lawn on the weekends.

I came home from work on Wednesday and it was mowed. From that point forward she always mows it. I ask her about it and she said she enjoys it. Who am I to argue that with her! :laugh2:
Duane
08-12-2010, 11:09 AM
I mow the front yard on Saturday mornings before it gets too hot. The back is all swimming pool, palm trees and shrubs so there's nothing to mow back there. So I'm generally done start to finish in 20mins.
Bob Sacamano
08-12-2010, 11:11 AM
Ditto that...

and the service puts 5 guys on my yard. They're done in 15 mins. lol

Damn, do you live on the 18th fairway or something?
WoodysGirl
08-12-2010, 11:29 AM
Damn, do you live on the 18th fairway or something?
:laugh2: Not quite. These guys have a number of yards to cut so they gotta get in and get out quickly.

The owner has drives one lawn mower on the front yard.
One guy is edging it at the same time
Another guy cuts the back yard
Another guy trims the edges around the house and my patio
And another guy cleans it up

All for $25/cut.
bbgun
08-12-2010, 11:31 AM
:laugh2: Not quite. These guys have a number of yards to cut so they gotta get in and get out quickly.

The owner has drives one lawn mower on the front yard.
One guy is edging it at the same time
Another guy cuts the back yard
Another guy trims the edges around the house and my patio
And another guy cleans it up

All for $25/cut.

Be honest: do any of these guys speak English?
Bob Sacamano
08-12-2010, 11:32 AM
:laugh2: Not quite. These guys have a number of yards to cut so they gotta get in and get out quickly.

The owner has drives one lawn mower on the front yard.
One guy is edging it at the same time
Another guy cuts the back yard
Another guy trims the edges around the house and my patio
And another guy cleans it up

All for $25/cut.

So you pay 125 altogether? Not bad.
Sam I Am
08-12-2010, 11:34 AM
:laugh2: Not quite. These guys have a number of yards to cut so they gotta get in and get out quickly.

The owner has drives one lawn mower on the front yard.
One guy is edging it at the same time
Another guy cuts the back yard
Another guy trims the edges around the house and my patio
And another guy cleans it up

All for $25/cut.

Wow, thats a great deal.
WoodysGirl
08-12-2010, 11:44 AM
Be honest: do any of these guys speak English?I only talk to the owner who negotiates the price.

That's all I worry about.

So you pay 125 altogether? Not bad.
I pay $25 total each visit. Extra $15 when they trim my hedges.
Wow, thats a great deal.
I'd say 80-90% of my neighbors all use a lawn service. We don't all use the same one, tho.

I always found it funny when I got a new neighbor and they'd cut their own grass a couple times. Few weeks later, they're using a service. Cutting grass in this Texas heat is for the birds.
Bob Sacamano
08-12-2010, 11:54 AM
I only talk to the owner who negotiates the price.

That's all I worry about.


I pay $25 total each visit. Extra $15 when they trim my hedges.

I'd say 80-90% of my neighbors all use a lawn service. We don't all use the same one, tho.

I always found it funny when I got a new neighbor and they'd cut their own grass a couple times. Few weeks later, they're using a service. Cutting grass in this Texas heat is for the birds.

Dang, so I bet these guys are mowing a lot of lawns then. 5 bucks a house? Damn, that's skimpy.
big dog cowboy
08-12-2010, 12:31 PM
Not to brag, but I have much more stamina.

They don't need Jimmy Johnson pills...
:laugh2:
Faerluna
08-12-2010, 12:37 PM
Ditto that...

and the service puts 5 guys on my yard. They're done in 15 mins. lol

There's a guy in the neighborhood guy that does mine. I pay him $10-20 depending on if there are lots of tree branches/leaves/misc crap that falls out of the trees. He rakes it up all nice nice, mows the lawn, weed eats and brushes out the cob webs under the deck and porch.

I'll miss him when we move, especially when we have to mow the first time. The new lot is - definitely time for a little riding mower. :D
Bob Sacamano
08-12-2010, 12:48 PM
There's a guy in the neighborhood guy that does mine. I pay him $10-20 depending on if there are lots of tree branches/leaves/misc crap that falls out of the trees. He rakes it up all nice nice, mows the lawn, weed eats and brushes out the cob webs under the deck and porch.

I'll miss him when we move, especially when we have to mow the first time. The new lot is - definitely time for a little riding mower. :D

It's not crazy hot in VA. So what's your excuse, missy?
Faerluna
08-12-2010, 12:58 PM
It's not crazy hot in VA. So what's your excuse, missy?


Child, please. With the humidity, it's been 100+ daily. Last week we had one day where it was 96 degrees and felt like 114 degrees per the National Weather Service.

It's like trying to breathe through a soaking wet towel.
bbgun
08-12-2010, 01:11 PM
:laugh2:

I wish she'd stop using sexual euphemisms.

"they gotta get in and get out quickly"

"they trim my hedges"
Bob Sacamano
08-12-2010, 01:27 PM
I wish she'd stop using sexual euphemisms.

"they gotta get in and get out quickly"

"they trim my hedges"

:laugh2:
WoodysGirl
08-12-2010, 03:47 PM
I must've talked them up because they showed up today. Only had four guys instead of five today. Took them an extra 5 mins to finish.
CanadianCowboysFan
08-12-2010, 03:53 PM
with the temp at 90 humidity at 80

bout 110 real feel

I will tell you my pants must have weighted 20 lbs - with all the sweat

it just to humid up here - midwest

I miss the mountains

At first I thought you mean you shaved other parts and gave yourself a manzillian.
zrinkill
08-12-2010, 04:14 PM
At first I thought you mean you shaved other parts and gave yourself a manzillian.

Of course you thought that.
CanadianCowboysFan
08-12-2010, 07:29 PM
Of course you thought that.

do you mow your lawn?
ChldsPlay
08-12-2010, 10:55 PM
I'd mow my lawn but my sister-in-law "borrowed" it back in May and I haven't seen it since. My poot little dog is afraid to go in the yard now because it's twice as high as he is.
SaltwaterServr
08-13-2010, 01:08 AM
do you mow your lawn?

Lookout Zrinkill. The guy with a "mountie" in his avatar is feeling lonely.
CanadianCowboysFan
08-13-2010, 01:22 AM
Lookout Zrinkill. The guy with a "mountie" in his avatar is feeling lonely.

so says the one with hillbilly jim and fat albert in his
TheEnigma
08-13-2010, 01:25 AM
Dang, so I bet these guys are mowing a lot of lawns then. 5 bucks a house? Damn, that's skimpy.

True, but 5 bucks in 15 mins, not as bad as it sounds. Not saying they'll be doing 4 lawns every hour though.
Faerluna
08-13-2010, 06:02 AM
so says the one with hillbilly jim and fat albert in his

Don't be calling Phil Harris names. It's in poor taste to speak ill of the dead. Try to have a little ****ing respect, could you?
Seven
08-15-2010, 12:43 AM
I'd mow my lawn but my sister-in-law "borrowed" it back in May and I haven't seen it since. My poot little dog is afraid to go in the yard now because it's twice as high as he is.


You sister in-law borrowed your lawn? You might be on to something here. :cool:
Rampage
08-15-2010, 12:48 AM
funny thread
ChldsPlay
08-15-2010, 09:53 AM
You sister in-law borrowed your lawn? You might be on to something here. :cool:

Well, she "borrows" everything else, so why not? :laugh2:
locked&loaded
08-15-2010, 11:16 AM
The day I pay someone to mow my lawn is the day I will be sad to be a man.
Seven
08-15-2010, 05:43 PM
The day I pay someone to mow my lawn is the day I will be sad to be a man.

Amen, brother.




I actually enjoy yard work. Call me crazy but I do.
kmp77
08-15-2010, 05:57 PM
Amen, brother.




I actually enjoy yard work. Call me crazy but I do.

In 100 degree weather? No thank you, I'll put on some big girl panties and grab a wine cooler as I call the yard man.

Now in 70-80 degree weather its a whole other story.
StevenOtero
08-15-2010, 05:58 PM
Don't be calling Phil Harris names. It's in poor taste to speak ill of the dead. Try to have a little ****ing respect, could you?Oh brother :rolleyes:
Yeagermeister
08-15-2010, 06:05 PM
The guy that had been doing mine went back to doing his real estate job full time this year. :(

I've gotten my front yard done and half of the back. It's been South Texas hot here. Hopefully it cools off soon.
Bob Sacamano
08-15-2010, 06:13 PM
The guy that had been doing mine went back to doing his real estate job full time this year. :(

I've gotten my front yard done and half of the back. It's been South Texas hot here. Hopefully it cools off soon.

haha woman!
Yeagermeister
08-15-2010, 06:36 PM
haha woman!

:rolleyes:
CanadianCowboysFan
08-16-2010, 12:07 AM
The day I pay someone to mow my lawn is the day I will be sad to be a man.

perhaps but another way to look at it would be that you are such a man, you earn enough to pay someone else to do those things for you

my goal in life was always to earn enough to get people to paint my house, fix my drywall, fix my car, clean my house etc
CanadianCowboysFan
08-16-2010, 12:10 AM
Don't be calling Phil Harris names. It's in poor taste to speak ill of the dead. Try to have a little ****ing respect, could you?

that wasn't very lady like.

dead or not, look like that, you are a redneck
Hoofbite
08-16-2010, 12:10 AM
perhaps but another way to look at it would be that you are such a man, you earn enough to pay someone else to do those things for you

my goal in life was always to earn enough to get people to paint my house, fix my drywall, fix my car, clean my house etc

Or you could wipe your own *** and clean up your own mess.

jk, that other stuff you listed I actually enjoy. Not the car stuff because I don't know **** about it.