Ladies & Gentlemen of Ellen, You may share this with our friends at  Posten, 
anyone.
 
Those of us who have homes or aspire to having a home, look forward to  
owning a lawn mower for yard maintenance. Generally, if you have up to one acre  of 
property, you are ok with a Push mower. Over the years, manufacturers of  
mowers have improved on their products. One significant improvement is the  
drivetrain. This was done to acknowledge inclines in your lawn and to appreciate  
that not all homeowners are equally physically capable. Plus, some wives/women  
of our households desire to mow the lawn every once in a while. Suntou, I'm 
not  advising you delegate regular mowing of your lawn to the women of the 
house. I  just thought I'd make that clear from the git go. I do not encourage 
husband and  male delinquency or female abuse under the guise of 50/50.
 
Now then, there are other mowers such as riding mowers and tractors. These  
also come with bells and whistles such as cup-holders, DVDs like the cranes 
that  were once purchased for the Gambia Ports Authority, (you're killin me), and 
 lumbar seats. Those are not my concern here. I will only focus on push and  
self-propelled mowers. Now go away.
 
So if you have a relatively flat to minimally undulating lawn, a Push mower  
will do you just fine. If however you have hilly terrain or you are not in  
great physical shape, a self-propelled push mower is your ticket. The difference 
 between the two is about $80-$120 and the fact that a self propelled mower 
is  one equipped with a transmission and drive-belt. Otherwise they are totally 
the  exact same. I will start with what is common to both mowers despite 
different  manufacturers:
 
A) Some of the mowers come with both an oil and fuel reservoir. Others come  
only with a fuel reservoir but it a fuel/oil mixture you would use. Please 
look  at the instruction for proper mixture and whatever you do, do not alter the 
 engine specs like I'm wont to do and DO NOT put diesel fuel in gasoline  
engines.
 
B) Make sure you have adequate fuel and or oil in their respective  
reservoirs. Clean debris and soil that is stuck to the bottom of the mower after  each 
use or at the end of the mowing season. Also, if you have spark plugs, make  
sure to replace them every year and lubricate moving parts.
 
C) When your belt is damaged or entangled, Place the mower on a stand about  
waist-high. Remember to tighten the gas and oil caps before lifting the  mower 
to work on the underside. Lift the mower to access the underside. There is  a 
nut holding the blade. Loosen that bolt. Remove the blade. Remmember to  
sharpen the blade at this time if needed. proceed to remove the washers behind  
the blade and remember the order of removal because that is exactly how you will 
 reassemble them. Remove the plastic cover separating the blade from the 
inner  parts. You will now see the pulleys around which your drive belt is wound. 
Lay  the mower back down. loosen the screws holding the plastic housing on the 
 top-front of your mower, remove the plastic cover. You will now see the 
other  pulley of the pair around which the drive-belt is wound. Remove the belt,  
and if damaged, take it to your local hardware store to replace it. If it is  
only entangled, remove it and straighten it. Remount the drive-belt  around 
both pulleys. Replace the top-front cover and secure its bolts. Then  lift the 
mower again and reassemble the parts of the underside. You now have a  brand 
spanking new mower, save for the paint. And remember, I have just saved  you 
anxiety, time, and about $50-$75 of repair cost and the peace of mind is  
priceless. Wont you send a donation of $20-$100 to our Fatou Jaw Manneh Fund at  
_http://www.thegdp.wordpress.com/fatoujawmannehcove/_ 
(http://www.thegdp.wordpress.com/fatoujawmannehcove/) ?
 
Thank you people. There is more value where these came from. One good turn  
deserves another.
 
Your bestest pal, Haruna Darbo.
 
In a message dated 8/30/2008 12:39:15 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,  
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Energy-saving advice:

This tip is not for only those who have  ranches. If you have an apartment  
or 
a home this tip could save you  a lot in your air-conditioning or heating  
bill. If you think this is  a valuable tip, please thank me by pledging or  
donating to our Fatou  Jaw Manneh Fund.

The windows of your home may or may not be properly  weather-stripped. But  
most of us either have curtains or blinds on  our windows. Also, our vents 
may be 
on the ceiling, wall, or floor.  Generally, our HVAC system comes with  
Supply and Return vents. The  Supply vents bring in fresh cool/warm air and 
the  
Return vents draw  in stale air to be refreshed. The supply vents are most  
efficiently  placed near doors and windows for every home.

1. If your Supply vents  are on the ceiling and you have ONLY blinds on  your 
windows, try to  close the blinds downward. This will help direct the  
cool/warm air  toward the room where it is most needed and therefore help  
condition  
your rooms quicker. This means your furnace or heat-pump conditions   your 
home 
in less time. This may not be terribly significant but it will  do  wonders 
for 
your average annual enegy bill if you make it a  habit.

2. If your Supply vents are on the ceiling and you have curtains  or  
curtains 
and blinds on your windows, still close the blinds  downward and do not  
worry 
about your curtains. They're just  fine.

3. If your Supply vents are on the floor and you have Only blinds  on  your 
window, close your blinds upward for more efficient  conditioning of your  
home. 

4. If your Supply vents are on the  floor and you have both blinds and  
curtains on your windows, make  sure your curtains do not cover the vents by  
applying  vent-deflectors ($1.59/deflector), and close your blinds upward.

If  this energy-saving tip is not enough to earn me donations, I'll do you   
one better. I will show you exactly how to fix your  self-propelled  
push-mower. 
But please don't wait for that if you already  think I've  earned your 
donations.

Thank you friends. See you soon. Haruna.  MQJGDT. Darbo. Al  Mu'Umin.   





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