If they're retired, why do they need a lawn service? They should be out there on their knees with their tweezers and scissors.

I like the way you think HLJ. In fact, when they are done with their lawn they can come over and tweak mine while I'm at work :0)

They are retired mayors, bank presidents, college presidents, etc. Get dirty on their own lawns? :right: I trim the lawn but only when the weird tendrils of whatever-it-is overgrow the driveway by 6-12 inches.
And if I was a damn sheep, I'd graze the lawn instead of trimming it! :D
After 4 years in a condo I rather enjoy working outdoors, so~

Good for you sweetwater - I don't have those types in my neighborhood though. Wish I did.

Think the idea is already taken...but if you get a prototype going, show a pic!

I think that's an important note. Some people actually enjoy doing this yard detailing, being outdoors, being busy, being out of nagging earshot, being not able to do the rest of the honey-do list 'cause I gotta edge the lawn, etc.

My problem is when these people start ragging on others, that actually have better things to do... like a life. ;)

OMG, THOSE GUYS. The environmental enforcement division of the city. I've run into them before and they are assholes. They'll give you a ticket for weeds. They'll give you a ticket for leaving a garage sale sign out overnight. Petty powerless powermongers.

BTW, I say get rid of your lawn and plant vegies!

I fixed their little red wagon once already. Need it done again?

If he was a sheep, he wouldn't need to trim. Or edge.

ETA: Oh, he said that...

If sweetwater was a sheep, sweetwater would be a ewe, not a ram.

I had forgotten about this thread. When I saw the mention of mounting a string trimmer on a mower, I thought, "Hey, that's my idea!":o

Oh. You type like a man.

When I was a kid, these are the precision tools I had to use for yard maintenance (for punishment):

Like ladies who like baking.
Whether they are stay at home mums, or simply like to bake in their time off. Lovely, absolutely fine. It's when they come into the office and mention that so-and-so had a [gasp!] shop-bought cake for their child's birthday! Said in the same hushed tones as if the kid had got an eighth of weed as a present.

No.
Get down off your high horse.
Anyway, I tasted your cupcakes and I know they don't bring all the boys to the yard :right:

It's funny, Sundae, because I think in the typical group of American mothers you would instead get the whispered snarking that so-and-so had [ugh!] baked her own cake--the big showoff.