9 January 2009

How many mowers for one small park?

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I was amazed this morning by the spectacle of a small park in Ainslie getting mowed.

Not that the mowing was taking place. Ainslie is much better serviced than, say, Macquarie.

But that one tiny park was being mowed by five (one, two, three, four, FIVE) ride on mowers.

They had to stay synchronised to avoid running into each other!

Once upon a time a lonely bloke would have gone from park to park, but now it seems the boys can all hang out together.

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We should all get clover it.

He’d have ‘zero’ chance.

JB needs to roundup all you jokers…

Whatsup said :

johnboy has enough power to put us into mod with four stokes. That’s if he thinks this is all getting a bit too mulch.

What? YOU want JB to ‘weed’ out all the bad puns?

johnboy has enough power to put us into mod with four stokes. That’s if he thinks this is all getting a bit too mulch.

Holden Caulfield10:25 am 10 Jan 09

You realise, johnboy could delete all those puns with two strokes.

Are some of us having a Mow-mentary Lapse of Reason ?

Subcontract it all to weight watchers and give those who want to lose weight a normal lawn mower and a time limit in which to mow the park.

I think we need a new offal thread, for serial offenders.

Granny has been M-owned

*mown* Can’t we deal with our own dirty lawn-dry?

Yep. you too.

Now wait just one mow-ment ….

To the miscreants, Offal Thread. Now.

Holden Caulfield11:37 pm 09 Jan 09

AngryHenry said :

It’s the Mowernats!

Show us ya clips!

That’s a cut above the rest.

Yes, AngryHenry, not bad at all.

AngryHenry said :

It’s the Mowernats!
Show us ya clips!

Very funny !

wot said fred4:23 pm 09 Jan 09

that’s the “army of men with lawnmowers, blower things, all manner of machinery to maintain the grass, fountains, gardens and PETUNIAS,” not the trees in the power lines…..

wot said fred4:23 pm 09 Jan 09

maybe we should ask Qbn if we can borrow some of them – my part of belco needs a makeover

Qbn has an army of men with lawnmowers, blower things, all manner of machinery to maintain the grass, fountains, gardens and PETUNIAS, you name it. Lately they’ve been re-paving the footpaths in the main street, and have carefully planted new trees there too. Although what’s going to happen with the trees grow up and hit the overhead shop awnings, I’m not sure.

It’s the Mowernats!

Show us ya clips!

Many hands makes light work.

One would assume that 5 people doing one job would take 5 times less than one peson doing that same job.

So the overheads are the same, just distributed over 5 people instead of just one.

…Two men went to mow, went to mow a meadow…

Several men mow a lawn. More news at six.

Holden Caulfield2:30 pm 09 Jan 09

It’s like that Vanilla Ice song … rollin, in a five joint mow.

I must say that I was impressed by the mower driver (rider?) in the week before Chrismas with his Santa suit on. He got quite a few waves of appreciation. I saw him around the Woden cemetery, and it just sort of looked right.

Around inner Belconnen I see them very quickly cover over graffiti whenever it appears (although there are a few spots where they don’t notice / ignore it. Also grass cutting, tree trimming, and street sweeping is pretty damn good & regular.

They were doing the same in O’connor and Turner before Xmas, admittedly on a much larger grass area.

In fact, the guy mowing alongside the bike path was more observant that most pedestrians! Despite a big diesel engine rumbling away, all the inherent noise of a massive mower, and the fact he was concentrating on not running over stuff or driving into the storm water drain, he STILL managed to notice cyclists coming from all directions, moved off the path and throttled down the engine as you went past. The guy deserves a bonus!

tylersmayhem11:35 am 09 Jan 09

I’d imagine that because these mowers generally operate in fleets when mowing large nature.median strips, it was quicker and easier for them to knock over the park on the way to a bigger job?!

wot said fred11:34 am 09 Jan 09

what local crews? hard pressed to see local crews – Sapphire Coast seems to have the tree pruning market locked dowm, road repair crews seem contracted from out of state, footpaths are a mess of cracked and distorted sections aching for a personal injury claim or covered in botanical or ‘geological’ debris – we used to have district parks and gardens depots but outsourcing seems to have become the governing mantra and standards are crappy.

The local govt’ services crews are awesome in Canberra. It’s like a ground force decending on an area and thoroughly tidying it all up. Once I saw about 6 guys with leaf blower/vacs operating in the same small part of city walk. Compared to other australian cities where you struggle to see one government maintenance guy, the parks look like shit and highly public grafiti stays around for weeks.

It would look quite graceful I think, really!

: )

neanderthalsis11:16 am 09 Jan 09

Put them in HiVis mankini’s, pink earmuffs and nose plugs and have them mow to some easy listening tunes. I think you’re onto something there granny.

Allow me…

They see me rollin’ they hatin’

Synchronised mowing! Now there’s a potential new Olympic sport for you ….

Maybe they have separation issues and don’t like to be apart. ‘Togetherness’ might be a clause in their certified agreement, combating feelings of isolation and abandonment. They might just need a group hug every now and again.

Or they’re light on for work and want to get to Edgar’s by opening.

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