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Posted on 8/1/25 at 12:46 pm to STEVED00
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PSA: Have your able bodied at home son cut your grass!
Uh, yeah, no shite.
Cutting the grass, raking the leaves, shoveling the snow (no snowblowers in our family). My brother and I were expected to do it all.
Posted on 8/1/25 at 12:47 pm to lowhound
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No, but he's also not begging me to buy him junk when we're in the grocery store checkout line when he can buy it himself now. He's also understanding the value of the dollar he earned as he doesn't waste it as much when it's his money that he worked hard for instead of him spending my money.
I was just being a smartass, I think that it's great that you're teaching him how to work, make a buck, learn about handling money, and the irreplaceable bonding, keep up the good work dad!
Posted on 8/1/25 at 12:47 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
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Anyone have a good maid service in New Orleans?
Posted on 8/1/25 at 12:48 pm to slacker130
Both my son and daughter cut the grass when they were teenagers, it was part of their chores. Just a push mower so easier than a rider. Also when they do a shi**y job have them do it all again. I guarantee it will be the last time they do a crap job.
I generally did weed eating etc
I generally did weed eating etc
Posted on 8/1/25 at 12:51 pm to 777Tiger
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I was push mowing 2.5 acres at 10 years old
Ours wasn't that big but I think I can still feel that indentation in my chest where the handle was joined to the mower shaft on that old reel mower.
Posted on 8/1/25 at 12:53 pm to OntarioTiger
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Both my son and daughter cut the grass when they were teenagers, it was part of their chores. Just a push mower so easier than a rider. Also when they do a shi**y job have them do it all again. I guarantee it will be the last time they do a crap job.
That was my experience as well. I hated it at the time but the lessons it drilled into me have served me well in my adult life.
Hauling and chopping wood out of the forest up north on a drizzly fall day at 9 a.m. was another one that was awful but still valuable in retrospect. Coming in after that long day working and getting pizza and cokes in a warm cottage was the reward
Posted on 8/1/25 at 12:53 pm to F1y0n7h3W4LL
nooooooooo!!! the sight of one of those still gives me nightmares, my grandmother had one of those and guess who got to push it around?
Posted on 8/1/25 at 12:53 pm to STEVED00
My son mowed 3 acres on a hill with a 21 inch push mower. I told him it was too steep for the rider which was a bold face lie lol
The front drive wheels on the push mower would slip badly in the wet grass so we studded them with dry wall screws and it worked great. I made sure to let him know he was a pussy for having a self propelled push mower.
The front drive wheels on the push mower would slip badly in the wet grass so we studded them with dry wall screws and it worked great. I made sure to let him know he was a pussy for having a self propelled push mower.
Posted on 8/1/25 at 12:55 pm to Tr33fiddy
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I made sure to let him know he was a pussy for having a self propelled push mower.
good man!
Posted on 8/1/25 at 12:59 pm to LNCHBOX
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My son will have to fight me for grass cutting duties. That's my clear my mind time He's only 5 so I have a little while to change my mind though.
They start off on weed eater duty. Once they’ve proven they can master than then and only then do they get the keys to the rig.
Posted on 8/1/25 at 1:01 pm to STEVED00
Damn right my son cuts the grass. All he wants to do is waste time. He farts around on the internet learning dumb TicTok shite.
He met some sketchy strangers on the internet and he asked me to a “IRL” meeting with some venture capitalists. They followed his YouTube and were interested in his dumb shite prototype for an intravenous AI guided nanobot swarm. I said, “Son, I don’t give a damn about killing no bad t-cells. I’m going to kill your WiFi connection if you don’t get that lawn mowed!!” Some day he’ll thank me for instilling him with a work ethic.
He met some sketchy strangers on the internet and he asked me to a “IRL” meeting with some venture capitalists. They followed his YouTube and were interested in his dumb shite prototype for an intravenous AI guided nanobot swarm. I said, “Son, I don’t give a damn about killing no bad t-cells. I’m going to kill your WiFi connection if you don’t get that lawn mowed!!” Some day he’ll thank me for instilling him with a work ethic.
Posted on 8/1/25 at 1:02 pm to Ace Midnight
quote:This cannot be understated. I'll pay my son when he is older but for now, its a check I happily write every month
Literally the best money I have ever spent.
Posted on 8/1/25 at 1:10 pm to STEVED00
I used to have a gf with a degree in horticulture who LOVED to cut the grass. She loved it so much she worked as a groundskeeper for the local multi campus community college and cut grass almost daily and trimmed bushes and weeded flower beds. She was in great shape with a fantastic body as a result.
Posted on 8/1/25 at 1:10 pm to STEVED00
I'm not a lawn guy. I just don't see the joy in it, but I take care of my own. The only thing that gives me grief is the trimmer. Being a taller guy means that I am hunched a bit while using it. The lower back does not appreciate this.
I need to invest in a good edger. The trimmer attachment just isn't cutting it.
I need to invest in a good edger. The trimmer attachment just isn't cutting it.
Posted on 8/1/25 at 1:21 pm to STEVED00
Cutting grass was my summer time job back in high school. Me and two buddies got together and knocked it out. This was back in the 80’s before the Mexicans invaded.
Posted on 8/1/25 at 1:22 pm to Locoguan0
I don't love it like some people seem too. Maybe I'd enjoy a riding mower, but I don't think my yard is beg enough.
I'm just too cheap to pay someone to cut it. Maybe after the last kid is off the payroll
I'm just too cheap to pay someone to cut it. Maybe after the last kid is off the payroll
This post was edited on 8/1/25 at 1:31 pm
Posted on 8/1/25 at 1:27 pm to BOSCEAUX
Mine started with the push mower around 9-10. Once i got a zero turn he was forced to master the weedeater (about 12). Now at 15, we share duties and knock out mine and his Grandpas house. Only money he receives is if we do a neighbor's yard and get paid to cut.
Posted on 8/1/25 at 1:44 pm to Locoguan0
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The only thing that gives me grief is the trimmer. Being a taller guy means that I am hunched a bit while using it. The lower back does not appreciate this.
Fellow tall dude here. I've been using an ego electric trimmer for 5 years. It's better on my back and hands. The motor is in the head so there is virtually no vibration which helps my arthritis.
Posted on 8/1/25 at 1:48 pm to STEVED00
I enjoy mowing. Hop on the Badboy and drown out the world for a couple hours.
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