Electric leaf vacuum

[Xist]

Originally Posted by No one ever

Your posts are awesome!

Thank you very much!

Originally Posted by freebeard

No, your mom's face is sad.

Cheer her up!

Before I bought a hedge trimmer, a second extension cord, and loppers, I did my landscaping with a machete, but I was always nervous of my neighbors.

No leaves were mulched in the filming of this experiment:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yFMF1sSb2E

[MobilOne]

Say, can you loan me $3k until payday?

[Xist]

You bet, Internet stranger! As soon as I get it back from a Nigerian Prince!

A girl I know just bought a new Civic. She lives with her parents, but hey! New car!

Which is better, paying rent, or making car payments?

[Xist]

The MSRP of a 2016 Civic is $19,475. Edmunds says the average car loan is 67 months. The blue book of a 2010 Civic is $9,616. For some reason, KBB suggested $4,000 down and a 1.74% interest rate; the car would cost a total of $21,411, losing $11,795, or $196.58 monthly.

I sure hope she is making student loan payments, but continuing to drive her dad's 2012 Versa and paying off her loans faster would make far more sense to me.

[jamesqf]

Originally Posted by freebeard

Xist rightly points out the folly of trying to save money when investing in a[n][ cheap] electric tool.

But the real folly is in buying an electric tool at whatever price, when the job can be done faster and better with a cheaper hand tool. Which will last far longer, too: I'm still using a rake* that came with the house I bought ~18 years ago.

*And many other yard tools: bought the house from an older woman who was moving in with her kids, so got everything thrown into the deal. Some of the tools might have been in use for half a century.

[freebeard]

Well lucky you.

Look I think I know where you're coming from. I had my grass whip in hand earlier today. But the word 'folly' is a little strong, no? Everyone has to make the make/buy hand/power decisions for themselves. Discussing the futility of cheaping out is valid. Last time I was at the recyclers they had a 50+ year old wood-handled grass whip for $3. I passed because I think the modern ones work better, and I already have two.

But once again, as was pointed out a rake doesn't mulch. I'd want something pedal powered like a stationary bike. It could have a grinding wheel as well.

[Xist]

What part of mulching do you not understand? Also, this is the kind of rake you can get for five dollars:

It says it is a child's plaything. As I mentioned, I bought my blower for $4, so why pay more for a useless yard tool that is in fact not any faster than the electric one?

Yet neither mulch, which was what I wanted, so I bought a mulcher.

Why do you insist on ignoring the theme the rest of us are discussing?

[jamesqf]

Originally Posted by Xist

What part of mulching do you not understand?

The part where you let the grass clippings, chopped-up leaf litter, &c build up in the lawn, then pay someone (or buy/rent another expensive machine) to de-thatch it.

[freebeard]

You do that !?!

The mulch is supposed to used in your composting toilet.

[jamesqf]

Originally Posted by freebeard

You do that !?!

I don't, but the fact that there are companies hereabouts that apparently make a decent living doing dethatching & aerating suggests that a lot of people do.

The mulch is supposed to used in your composting toilet.

Sorry, but no. Grass clippings, leaves, and plant trimmings all go in the compost pile, along with horse manure.