Are you tired of blowing snow instead of mowing grass. I mowed my lawn yesterday. Are any of you-all coming to the SCARS auction on February 17? The weather forecast shows 76 degrees F and sunny for that day.

I watched the gardeners mow mine yesterday...

None of the above.

Had a good time at the Orlando Hamcation swapfest yesterday in sunny 85° weather.

The really good news is that I was a good boy and limited my acquisitions to an Autek QF-1, though there were many tempting boatanchors and other goodies to be had.

The gardeners mow ours every Wed.

Orlando Hamfest both Friday and Saturday. Bought a nice Tek Scope 2236 And a really great foot long hot dog and a beer. Plus yes a few parts. Both days were into the low 80's and sunny.

John k9uwa

Indeed. Isn't your lot 3 acres? Our 8,000 square foot lot is just a bit of good exercise. In our neighborhood, they charge $50 for just a mow and blow on our lot! At least we were smart enough to hire a contractor to repair the drywall and do the painting on the master bathroom renovation we have underway. I painted the downstairs bathroom, and that was drudgery, with all kinds of edges and so forth and no good place to put my legs.

Will you be attending the auction?

Naw, I'm a piker; just 86,000 sq ft, or a hair under two acres, with about 1-1/4 of it lawn. Gardener gets $185/mo (I wish my damn water bill was that cheap).

The only SCARS event I usually go to is the closest one, at Jimmy Fisher's lot in Burbank. They USED to have one in Van Nuys, but that was ages ago.

My water bill was $35 this month.

There will be two at Jimmy's place this year. Southern CA is such a large region that finding events locations spread out within it is difficult.

Terrific. June 16th I think, and what is the other date?

October 13. That parking lot in an industrial zone should not be as hot as it is in June.

Are you going to go to either one? I looked for you at the last two in June, but no Stephen.

You should haul your mug to the auction,it's a good time. You just might get to see my mug
Plus a free lunch with a bidding card purchase.... well I guess the lunch ain't free,5.00 for the bid card Otherwise I'll see you in June. Its a straight shot down the 5 frwy one left on to the 22.

The June event in Burbank conflicts with something else, so we rarely attend. We did do good selling excess radios a few years ago.

Yep, the auction site is easy to reach.

To be honest, I would rather blow the snow down my 200 ft driveway a few times a year than mow the full 3 acres 3-4 times a month.

Although, I look forward to warmer weather, I am not looking forward to mowing grass.

Perhaps I should invest in a yard Roomba?

-Steve

Goats Steve. Light duty fence and turn them loose they will handle the grass.
John k9uwa

Agreed, I have just under 6 acres (over 261,000 sq ft) of property with an actual 1.5 acre lawn (over 65,000 sq ft) and a 2 acre horse pasture (over 87,000 sq ft) to mow! Do they really make a yard Roomba?

BTW, your driveway would take up over 1/3 of the total sq footage on one of those small 120 something foot x 60 something foot (6000 - 8000 sq ft) California standard lots.

BR,

Terry

I used the "Roomba" name as a joke as they remind me of a Roomba.

https://www.husqvarna.com/us/products/r ... wn-mowers/

I've thought it would be nice to get the 1.25 acre model to take care of the back yard. This way all I would have to mow is the front and around the house/barn.
This way it isn't so obvious I have it to a passerby who would like to steal and/or vandalize it.

A goat or two would be fine, but then I will have to take care of them.

-Steve

I'll have to look into those!

BTW, I edited my previous post as most standard lots in California, that I am familiar with, are 60 something foot x 120 something foot (6,000 - 8,000 sq ft)...not 120 something foot x 160 something foot.

You gotta be jivin' me; I haven't seen a 120 foot deep lot since my dad bought a raw one to build our first house, in 1947.

Tract houses out here, built since the early '70's, generally seem to have very shallow back yards.

Yep, 8,000 square feet is a large lot. I understand that small lot subdivisions are also being built in other parts of the USA. Toll Brothers has a new subdivision nearby with big house with partial third stories which almost touch:
https://www.tollbrothers.com/luxury-hom ... a/Parkside