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1. Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@gs.jonkman.ca)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Jun-2018 15:50:08 EDT Bob Jonkman
   Neighbour has hired a garden service, which is mowing the lawn using a Bobcat skidsteer with a lawnmower attachment. How much power does it take to lop the heads off a few blades of grass? #OhTheNoise! #OhTheFumes!
   1. Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@gs.jonkman.ca)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Jun-2018 16:22:52 EDT Bob Jonkman

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      Of course, the Bobcat skidsteer couldn't get anywhere close to the garden shed, the fence posts, the trees and shrubbery. So now LawnMowerMan is back with a ginormous weed whacker (gasoline powered, of course), and making another round of the property to make sure every blade of grass is less than 1.8in high.
      1. Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@gs.jonkman.ca)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Jun-2018 16:26:03 EDT Bob Jonkman

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         I fully expect LawnMowerMan to be back in 20 minutes or so with a leaf blower (gasoline powered, of course) making a third round of the property to make sure that every severed blade of grass is on the road, not on the lawn.
         1. buttle (buttle@red.confederac.io)'s status on Thursday, 21-Jun-2018 02:34:04 EDT buttle

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            @bobjonkman Dominating nature. A good macho thing to do.

   2. Jan Koekepan (jankoekepan@freehold.earth)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Jun-2018 18:28:11 EDT Jan Koekepan

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      @bobjonkman Head over there with a scythe and make a few practical suggestions.

      1. Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@gs.jonkman.ca)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Jun-2018 19:05:42 EDT Bob Jonkman

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         "Head ... scythe ... suggestion..."
         1. Jan Koekepan (jankoekepan@freehold.earth)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Jun-2018 20:14:35 EDT Jan Koekepan

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            @bobjonkman If you're doing it right, you should have a sharpening stone or a diamond file to hone it to razor sharpness. After all, you want it to slice cleanly.