The owner of the shopping center gave Dad a(n) ___on his rent for cleaning the parking lot(停车场) three nights a week, which meant a little ___that looked like a lawn mower(割草机). Mom and I emptied garbage cans and ___ waste by hand. It took two to three hours to clean ...
I should have known he was bad news when he suggested we take his riding mower out for a joyride around the back pasture (not a euphemism). Our ride ended with the lawnmower stuck in an irrigation ditch and me in his grandpa’s basement trading a peek at my underwear in exchange for ...
Mopeds have two-stroke engines. Outboard boats, chain saws, weed wackers, and many small motorcycles also have two-stroke engines. It’s called two-stroke because the spark plug fires every two strokes of the piston (down & up). Four-stroke engines, like cars & lawnmowers have, fire...
Uncle Christmas by Val PortelliOh I did enjoy this. There is a line that starts the third paragraph “Count your blessings,” it is a line that is very poignant for this story. Time For A Barbecue by Carmen RadtkeOh I did feel for poor James, but I also did smirk as things became ...
After two years of believing his green Fisher Price lawnmower was 'real,' this summer he caught on to the fact that the grass never seems to get shorter when he drives over it. He said he was ready to mow the lawn with the real thing.
it merely stops the growth and then I have to go in and snip off any green starts I see, denying the offending plant needed sunshine and air. (1-gallon white vinegar – best to use 30% stuff you can get at places like Home Depot – + 1 cup salt and a dash of Dawn liquid soap...
So Ott’s was excellent, but when I suggested either two more stops or a stop for lunch you can imagine my surprise when Kimberley said “oh lets just have a snack here and do the stops’ and proceeded to pull the makings of a charcuterie board out of her purse! My level of preparat...
Raggedy ass lawn mower, We could do worse than Bill Peduto, Stink bug invasion, That’s a nice retaining wall, I tore the carpet up in your sister’s room, Somebody get my pistol, We did it at school one time it’s all dicks, Shell and her dick pics, BEV sponsors PCPGH 7 WebCa...
Just before you go, you poke your face towards me (I, hunched and unblinking, am playing a computer game of the most frantic and intricate kind) and say, 'If it starts to rain, get the washing in off the line.' Now, you know what's going to happen, don't you? You've never ...
Lastly, I need to thank you, dear reader, whomever you are. When someone starts a blog they do so hoping and praying someone will eventually read it, but when the hits and comments increase to the level I’ve enjoyed here that anticipation turns into a heartfelt feeling of privilege and...