re: Steeling myself to sweat my sack off cutting grass...

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Would have done it last night, but it was still mid 90s at 7. 

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Boo hoo. I was slinging a chainsaw and loading up all the wood from a tree that fell at noon yesterday so I could relax today.

when did the OT become so full of bitches?

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when did the OT become so full of bitches?

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when the baby boomers got internet

What type of mower?

I'll probably start around 10:30am. It's hot but not a big deal.

For others who ask why not hire someone to do it, I don't any longer because they don't care about your lawn. They scalp areas, take out some landscaping here and there and knock out chunks of your fence as they go as fast as possible to get it finished.

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Do the math on a weekly lawn service after let’s say, 15 or 20 years. You will be shocked at the results of that investment.

Not to mention that there is a certain satisfaction with doing your own lawn like a real man.

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I HATE doing yard work and I can afford to pay someone else to do it for me, so frick all that.

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Looking over a fresh cut and edged lawn is a really underrated satisfying feeling.

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Don’t you just hate the fricks that only mow and don’t edge or weed eat. fricking hate those guys

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Especially after you cool down on the patio with a big glass of beer and the fan blowing in your face.

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Fify

How much is your time worth? If your a plant baw, then cut your own grass and make fun of the dudes that don’t and say they aren’t real men. But if you make enough in ten minutes of work to pay a messican, like to play with your kids or your hot wife’s fake tits when not working, then be a real man and pay for it to be done while you live life like it is supposed to be lived by men who get it done.

Your time off is worth twice your normal hourly rate so if you’re making the bare minimum OT poor rate of $100k then paying someone $25-50 is worth gaining that hour plus back with your OT7+ wife.

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Having said that, plenty of people can make way, WAY more money per hour in their profession than they can save by cutting grass. And plenty of people work so much that they prefer their small amount of down time to be spent on things other than cutting grass.

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Is this example still in the first paragraph of the Cost-Benefit Chapter of Econ 2010? the Physician cutting his own grass example.

My take(as a 39.5 hr/work week guy) is it's something we can do almost as good or better than a pro without much skill or special equipment(most homeowners have a weedeater and mower). That feeling afterwards can't be easily quantified.

Secondly it's a good way to get a good workout/sweat while doing something necessary around the house.
For people like me who have a gym at work but no membership at home, this is a no-brainer.