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A couple of prejudices of mine

I don’t like:

1. Neighbors with neat lawns. Why does that bother me? It bothers me because they are out there constantly working in them with their power mowers, blowers, etc. The buzzing is constant. I’d much rather have slackers with sloppy yards!

2. The so called “good people”. To me, your “good, God-fearing red-blooded patriotic American” is something like the woman described in this blog post:

I am so mad right now I don’t know what to do. For those unfamiliar with me, I live in a small, conservative, republican town in Georgia. I just had a HUGE argument with my next door neighbor. After seeing my new shiny Obama sticker on my van, she launched into an attack on me that was unprovoked and very unsettling. She asked me why he couldn’t say the pledge of allegiance to which I replied, that is not true. I then explained the details of various lies and smears. She continued to bring up every smear out there from the pledge to the swearing in on the Koran. I told her she needed to check her facts as these had all been disproved. She then asked, “So if he is a Muslim, and did swear on a Koran, then would you still support him?” I explained that I would support him because a person’s religion is not an important factor to me. Which is when she said, “I hope if he gets elected, that he is shot and killed within 24 hours!”

This woman fits my “conservative American” caricature. But it could be that I grew up around such people (not my family though my family had its own prejudices ).

July 25, 2008 - Posted by blueollie | obama, politics, politics/social, republicans | | 4 Comments

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  1. I keep a very tidy yard, 4000 sq ft of garden. No power tools touch it. Reel mower for the grass, garden scissors for the edging, pruners on the bushes. I like quiet yards too. You can be tidy and quiet.

    Weed wackers are horrible for yards. They will increase your weeds and undesirable plants. Blowers… are just lazy!!! Besides a good raking with a real rake is good for the lawn. Helps break up the mulch layer, making the grass breath better.

    Comment by Mahkno | July 25, 2008 | Reply

  2. I am impressed. As far as the reel mower goes, I suppose it helps to buy a good one; the one I tried several years ago was junk. :)

    Comment by blueollie | July 25, 2008 | Reply

  3. I live on almost an acre, all of it a hill. And though I wish I were that athletic, I don’t have the physical wherewithal to cut it with a reel mower. I have an old riding tractor type mower, handed down to me from my dad (who has 3 acres and bought a new Deere about the same time we moved into our house). I have a little push mower for the small bits and those close to beds or the house, etc.
    They’re both gas. Sorry. I tend to only mow once a week (if that, usually it’s every two). And I also have a blower. Sorry again, though I use it as a leaf vacuum mostly and use the shredded leaves as much for my messy beds.
    I definitely prefer messy beds where flowers and shrubs are jostling for space. They also require less mulch.
    I have a friend, though, who changed out all her grass to clover – that I would love to do – as it looks pretty lawn like and I can mow it once a month, if necessary. Nor would I mind having a prairie savannah kinda lawn that I never have to mow. But I don’t have the money for either of those.
    Any suggestions?

    Comment by cgiselle12 | July 25, 2008 | Reply

  4. My first point was sort of “tongue in cheek”; it is a bit irritating to want to go on the porch to read only to have the neighbors blasting away with their blowers, mowers, etc.

    Then again, in a few weeks, it will be drunken college students having parties.

    So you always have to make trade-offs: I live where I do so I can walk to work (a huge blessing) and so I can bike or walk to shop, go running or walking in nearby parks, walk to yoga classes, etc.

    :)

    Comment by blueollie | July 25, 2008 | Reply


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