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In reply to the discussion: New emergency bid to appeal, block huge Nevada lithium mine [View all]Effete Snob
(8,387 posts)But a significant portion of the population does not own a home, and instead rents one. Likewise, a significant portion of people who do own homes, own condos, townhouses or other properties that do not come with a private garage in which they can install electrical appliances, and they certainly cannot install them in the parking lot or street outside of their home.
So, no, I have not had to touch a piece of "lawn equipment" in over 20 years, among other things, having long ago sold a home with a large yard for, among other reasons, the very reason that I was done spending my weekends being a grass farmer. That was an occupation I do not miss. I am financially well off, but I don't have an interest in doing yardwork, so along with my neighbors and co-owners we pay people whose job that is. We have people from exotic lands abroad come to take care of our grass and trees. I totally get that a lot of people enjoy a second job as a grass farmer, and they aren't interested in using their weekends to spend time with children or spouses, but I find my own occupation and my family to be a lot more interesting than figuring out how to do battle with a dandelion.
I have no idea how the device you linked is at all useful to me. Am I supposed to run a cable outside, across the sidewalk, and into the parking lot of the complex?
I gather that in your future, everyone will have a garage - and on top of that, they will park their car in it. Is that correct?
But, no, running an electric cable across the lawn and sidewalk to the parking area would not only be a trip hazard, but I am certain that my neighbors, who are much snobbier than I, would get the vapors. Along with not having second jobs as grass farmers, we are also not part time auto mechanics or car washers along the private street to which the townhouses front.