No, I'm sure you can't tell by looking. What's wrong is the lawnmower he is using. It isn't the unlucky lawnmower referred to in this blog title. It is actually his old lawnmower. The one about which he said back in June, "I don't think I can mow with it one more time." That was when he decided he needed a new one and bought the unlucky, new, Honda lawnmower. The very first time Taryn used it(and only the second time the mower was used at all) she ran over the water meter cover and the lawnmower stopped. John worked on it and got it all fixed up though it never ran quite the same after that. About 2 weeks ago while John was working on a problem at work nearly nonstop, I decided the lawn needed mowed and I would help him out. I walked out to the lawnmower, pulled the starter cord and it never retracted. I was left holding a bunch of limp cord. Not really the help I had in mind. So Saturday when there was a brief reprieve in the rain, he went out to work on the mower. He quickly assessed the following: 1) The new mower could not be fixed without buying a part, 2)the lawn really needed to be mowed, and 3) he knew he could make the old mower run. And now our yard has been mown, a new part has been ordered, and my husband's tendency to want to keep old, broken things has once again been reinforced. And really, who am I to argue with someone who has a track record like his?
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