>Yes, Jennifer! Thank you for "promoting" push mowers! I started >out using these (as a teenager) and didn't know the difference. >I know the difference now, and as far as I'm concerned, the gas- >powered ones STINK! (literally & figuratively) When jogging, I am >constantly taking alternate routes because someone is mowing - it's >worse than being behind a Mercedes... Frankly, all a push mower >needs is sharpening maybe twice a year - and it is EXCELLENT exercise! >Think about it: it ALWAYS starts!!! > >Jackie My Dad had a push mower for the longest time and made sure I got acquainted with it. And it did a lot better job on the edges of the gardnes too. We had almost an acre of lawns. He said he tried different push mowers but never found one as good as the Great American ballbearing mower, or something like that. I think it was the model that the city parks and cemetry guys used. Anyway it lasted about 15 years on really rough stuff. Maybe they still make it. Could someone find out which models are the best? You know, easy to push for short people, cut nicely, don't go out of whack when you catch a stick in it, etc. Betty
