The Ride-on, The Push Mower and The Line Trimmer

Once upon a time, Mr. Push Mower was difficult to start. Once this was achieved, after soliciting the help of Mr. Easily Angered Parent, it proved to grow to be a difficult thing to repeatedly drag Mr. Push Mower up an embankment. Then Mr. Push Mower ran out of fuel halfway through the job. Not wanting to disturb Mr. Easily Angered Parent, Blogger Vic decides to do the rest of the mowing with Mr. Ride-On and surf the embankment at the end of the run.

So Mr. Ride-On goes fine. Five hours, yes, five whole hours with a few stops to fuel him up again. And then...

Blogger Vic is tackling the nature strip, which is totally overgrown. Blogger Vic knows there is a drain in there somewhere, but is taking her chances. Yep, Mr. Ride-On found it for her. He was on an angle, she was looking down at the water. His front end was bogged. So, still avoiding Mr. Easily Angered Parent, Blogger Vic wades into the drain to push the thing out without soliciting help. Holy hell this guy was heavy!

Then he throws a front tyre. Mr. Easily Angered Parent really does have to be told this time. Oh crap.

So we give up as a lost cause. Move on to the last conquest for the day, Mr. Line Trimmer. Blogger Vic has never swung the Line Trimmer way before but he seemed a likely fellow... But he's caused a break in the fairy lights (snip, whizz, tell Mrs. Understanding Parent and avoid Mr. Easily Angered Parent) and a flaring of the RSI in Blogger Vic's right wrist. His date was cut short and he was unceremoniously dumped in the garden shed.