Hmmm...well, someone who shall remain forever nameless was cutting the grass last summer (it wasn't me, but I'm related to her by marriage) when she hit a piece of rebar! Blammo! and the mower (which is about 18 months old NOW) was no longer cutting grass parallel to the ground. Well, we finish up as best we could and take it to Sears for repair.

Two weeks later it comes back. No charge, done under warranty. In the meantime I've taken the rebar out of the ground.

So someone my wife is related to by marriage is cutting the grass and BLAMMO! The mower hits ANOTHER piece of rebar! Fortunately, this time it happened at the END of the cutting. Off the mower goes again to Sears. This time they charge US $75 because there are broken parts.

But in the meantime I'm prowling around the ground, looking for rebar pegs. And I find a LOT of them! It appears that a previous owner pegged a long-gone fence down with 1/2 inch rebar pegs. I pulled a good dozen or more out, and they varied from about 10 to about 24 inches long. They are currently rusting in a landfill.

But the lady of the house is again cutting grass with the newly repaired mower. SHE hits -- no, not rebar. She hits one of the in-ground sprinkler heads! It doesn't damage the mower, but it does neatly destroy the sprinkler head and water shoots up about six feet into the air. She's soaked, and hearing the cussing I see what's going on and run to cut off the water.

Cutting the grass last summer was an adventure. I can't wait for this year.....