I've got an electric handicap scooter that runs on 2 gel-cell batteries I must recharge every night. These days, it's the only way I get around our area---although I often wonder why I want to do that at all. (Music-wise, this sin't exactly the armpit of the world, but you can sure smell that from here ;-) But I digress...

My scooter thingie seems to have given up the proverbial ghost. A good Samaritan fellow is troubleshooting it with a tech guy from 100 miles away, but it comes down to this: I don't trust the damn thing now! It just ain't reliable.

The bottom line is that I'm thinking of looking for a riding mower of some kind---but one that has no blade on it!!--------I only want to use it for reliable transport---often on the sidewalk---like with my electric scooter thing! And the blade might kill dogs or cats or small children. As I am sure you can see, we don't want to do that, I guess!?

Do these (safe/bladeless) mowers exist? And can I go into stores with them like I can with the electric scooter????? I'd definitely need to do that to get the newspapers and the salacious literature and the milk I went out for safely home.

This is a serious querie!! The nice weather is coming---and I want to be ready!

Art Thieme