Lawn Tractors
So yesterday I had my first experience mowing my yard. Not with my new lawn tractor–I’m picking that up tomorrow–but with the former owner’s riding mower, which he kindly lent me. Of course, he didn’t quite show me how to use it, and he left it running. This would have been fine, except when I took the brake off, I discovered he’d also left it in reverse. The mower careened backward into the open garage, taking me with it. My first instinct was to put my feet down to stop it from moving. Try stopping 19 horses with your feet. […]