We have an electric mower again. For $50, from a hippy/surfer type who works on motorbikes and a disreputable old banger in the street around the corner, and is about to move. Lighter and a bit smaller than the one I wore out, so I was able to get it out of the boot/trunk after he got it stowed in there. I tested it out, spifflicating a strip of the back lawn where there was a lot of foxtail grass.
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