Sounds like a excellent excuse to get one of those John Deere Riding lawn mowers to me! No rope to pull just hop on it and ride. Don't even have to shift gears just push the pedal for forward and reverse. If you have any great expanse of yard it is great fun to hot rod around in them making sharp turns like a go cart and putting the pedal to the medal on the straight always. Oh no! I think I just told on myself! LOL Ranchmama Okie zone 7a ******************************* ----- Original Message ----- From: <pennyx1@juno.com> > George, we've lived in this house for 50 years, and last summer was > the very first time we hired a gardener to cut the lawn -- neither > Jimmie nor I could pull the rope starter any more ...<vbg>... and > we've gone downhill from there.