re: What odd paranoid thing do you do?

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My dad trained me as a kid to always check the oil in the lawnmower every time before I start it

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Same. Funny story. My wife's grandmother gave us an old arse Murray lawnmower. It's an early 90's riding mower. We used it for a year with little to no problems and then bought a zero turn. Wife and I were using both to cut the grass so I stopped checking the oil in the Murray.

That fricker ran for 6 more years on the same oil before it threw a rod. It started to give trouble(wouldn't stay charged, had to air the tires every grass cut).