The Neighbor is Mowing!

By DE
@DaddyEvil (143329)
United States
November 3, 2021 10:28am CST
We like the neighbors on one side of us but they do some odd things sometimes... Today the husband is out mowing his yard. That's normally not a big deal but it's 34F (1C) outside right now... Last winter we saw him mowing when there was over an inch (a couple of centimeters) of snow on the ground. Have you ever been so desperate to mow your yard that you've gone out in a snowstorm to mow it?
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472507)
• Switzerland
3 Nov 21
One of our neighbor is like that one. He was outside in the snow to work wearing a t-shirt one year.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472507)
• Switzerland
3 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil We always thought that our neighbor is not totally normal. A few years ago he was fixed on orchids. He built a special greenhouse, every Saturday took out all the plants, watered, hanged to drain and put them inside... it took all the day. Now it's the vegetable garden, he digs, he plants, he fertilizes like a crazy.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (143329)
• United States
3 Nov 21
@LadyDuck It sounds like he goes "all in" on his hobbies. As long as he's happy, that's what matters.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (143329)
• United States
3 Nov 21
Pretty and I are discussing whether something is mentally wrong with him right now... I guess, as long as he's not actually hurting himself or others, there isn't anything we can do. We are worried about him, though.
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99404)
• Atlanta, Georgia
3 Nov 21
Not me, I'm inside wrapped up in a blanket when it's that cold.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (143329)
• United States
3 Nov 21
I got back in bed to myLot. Inside the house it's a nice 72F but just thinking about him out there mowing is making me cold! (Pretty just go up and told me she wished he'd stop. She was asleep. )
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99404)
• Atlanta, Georgia
3 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil I put my coat on when I went for my walk and haven’t taken it off yet.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (143329)
• United States
4 Nov 21
@RubyHawk I don't blame you at all...
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Greg
@xander6464 (44908)
• Wapello, Iowa
4 Nov 21
Your neighbor is a cat? Oh...you said mowing, not meowing. Never mind.
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Greg
@xander6464 (44908)
• Wapello, Iowa
4 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil That is really sad. Do they have kids or are they just torturing animals?
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DE
@DaddyEvil (143329)
• United States
5 Nov 21
@xander6464 We feel sorry for the pets. They let the cat run loose but the dog is chained up in their back yard, most of the time.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (143329)
• United States
5 Nov 21
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James Higgins
@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
3 Nov 21
He must really want to get out of the house!
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DE
@DaddyEvil (143329)
• United States
3 Nov 21
Something is weird about this but normally they are so nice and sane we don't want to ask why he does that. (The neighbors on the other side of us, though, are nuts!)
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James Higgins
@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
3 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil Nice to have sanity on one side at least.
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James Higgins
@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
3 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil Ohhhh, nice!
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Jojo
@Sojourn (13835)
• India
3 Nov 21
These weeds look much similar to sugarcane grasses.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (143329)
• United States
3 Nov 21
They look like sugarcane because they are sugarcane. Growing in my yard. My daughter makes syrup from them in the fall.
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Jojo
@Sojourn (13835)
• India
3 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil I see. Do you have equipment to thresh them.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (143329)
• United States
3 Nov 21
@Sojourn No. That stand is all we have. We do everything with them by hand.
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ihasaquestion
@ihasaquestion (8275)
•
3 Nov 21
I have no yard but I guess people who are a bit well off hire gardeners to do it for them. Unless they don't mind tending ti it themselves.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (143329)
• United States
3 Nov 21
Most people in our city take care of their own yard. But most of us won't mow when its snowing, either.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (143329)
• United States
4 Nov 21
@ihasaquestion Yes, it is and you don't have to worry about your lawn mower rusting if you keep it from getting wet, too.
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ihasaquestion
@ihasaquestion (8275)
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4 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil I see. It's easier to maintain during a good weather.
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vanny
@vandana7 (101558)
• India
9 Nov 21
I have yet to dream of that cold climate. LOL
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vanny
@vandana7 (101558)
• India
9 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil I said in my dreams...sigh...Americans don't know English for sure.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (143329)
• United States
9 Nov 21
@vandana7 Some of us know English... Sometimes I like to poke at you, though. I can show you lots of snowy photos from before we moved into this house. In some, the snow covered my car in the driveway.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (143329)
• United States
9 Nov 21
You saw some of the pictures of snow last year. As long as you stay inside, you'd never know it's winter outside.
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Marlina
@marlina (154129)
• Canada
3 Nov 21
Weird!
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Greg
@xander6464 (44908)
• Wapello, Iowa
3 Nov 21
At least he's not out watching leaves. That would be something to worry about.
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Greg
@xander6464 (44908)
• Wapello, Iowa
4 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil I didn't say that. You're just being sensitive. Go look at some leaves. It'll make you feel better.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (143329)
• United States
4 Nov 21
@xander6464 Seeing green leaves won't make me feel better...
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DE
@DaddyEvil (143329)
• United States
4 Nov 21
Hmm... I see... So I'm "broken", huh?
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Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (13333)
• Ireland
3 Nov 21
@Daddyevil I have a neighbour who mows the lawn late at night. He insists that the grass recovers more quickly if mowed in the dark. I mean like at midnight - moron. As for doing stuff in the snow - I’d never mow the lawn in it, but many a time I’ve gone skinny dipping in the sea with a bunch of other idiots during snow. Sea feels a lot warmer than standing on the beach.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (318846)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
8 Nov 21
Never. However, my parents had neighbors who shoveled their whole yard free of snow in winter. That was odd.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (143329)
• United States
9 Nov 21
Oh, wow! We've always had large yards... I can't imagine shoveling that much snow!
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DE
@DaddyEvil (143329)
• United States
9 Nov 21
@just4him Hmm... I bet that was pretty. Do you know why they shoveled the entire yard?
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (318846)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
9 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil Theirs was large too. At least the front was. It was also an odd yard. Someone before them terraced it. So it looked like it had large steps in the front.
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Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (45943)
• Staten Island, New York
30 Dec 21
I must be out of it right now because I read your title as The Neighbor is Meowing! What was he mowing when there was snow on the ground?
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DE
@DaddyEvil (143329)
• United States
30 Dec 21
@lovebuglena "Detailing" in this case means he vacuumed my car, cleaned the dash and then used a gel on my headlights and taillights to "brighten up" the glass and make the lights shine better. No, he and his wife live next door but she works during the day.
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Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (45943)
• Staten Island, New York
30 Dec 21
@DaddyEvil What does detailing your car mean? I am not familiar with that term.
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Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (45943)
• Staten Island, New York
30 Dec 21
@DaddyEvil Does the neighbor live by himself?
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
4 Nov 21
Wow that is cold to be mowing. But I would rather mow in the cold than the summer heat. No mowing in a snow storm.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (143329)
• United States
4 Nov 21
It reached 47F yesterday. I would have at least waited until it got warmer than 34F before mowing.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (143329)
• United States
5 Nov 21
@CarolDM True enough... Sometimes he goes around the neighborhood cutting other people's grass, too. He's really nice but kind of funny.
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
4 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil Maybe he was on a schedule. Who knows. At least he cuts his grass.
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Scott Andersen
@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
4 Nov 21
we mow in the late fall to pick up leaves so we don't have to rake!
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DE
@DaddyEvil (143329)
• United States
4 Nov 21
He doesn't have trees in his yard except for the one walnut tree in the back yard. We just let the wind carry the leaves from our trees across the culvert at the end of the yard.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (143329)
• United States
4 Nov 21
@DocAndersen I'm almost positive you can't prove that.
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Scott Andersen
@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
4 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil I thought some of the leaves that blew into my yard this year had your address stamped on them
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Bojel
@jobelbojel (36502)
• Philippines
5 Nov 21
That's just weird for the guy to do the mowing in that weather
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Bojel
@jobelbojel (36502)
• Philippines
5 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil maybe he is used to doing that. Lol
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DE
@DaddyEvil (143329)
• United States
5 Nov 21
@jobelbojel Last year he mowed while there was snow covering the ground. We watched him for a bit and then went back inside while laughing.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (143329)
• United States
5 Nov 21
Yes, it is... We don't know why he was doing that.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (112969)
• Marion, Ohio
4 Nov 21
Hubby will try to mow one more time to chop the leaves up after they fall
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DE
@DaddyEvil (143329)
• United States
4 Nov 21
@wolfgirl569 I'm not that nice to our yard. I only care about my plants and the flowerbed.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (143329)
• United States
4 Nov 21
We just let the wind blow them away. And we haven't finished picking up the walnuts from the yard. We could hear the neighbor hitting them as he mowed this morning.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (112969)
• Marion, Ohio
4 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil Many of ours blow away. But it is good for the yard
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DianneN
@DianneN (247183)
• United States
21 Nov 21
Say what? Our grass goes dormant here and doesn’t grow at all during the winter - snow or no snow.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (143329)
• United States
21 Nov 21
Exactly what happens here, too. He was out weedeating a couple of days ago. Pretty told me to ignore him, he's probably just bored.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (143329)
• United States
21 Nov 21
@DianneN You could be right. They're an older couple and are very nice. They do some... odd... things once in a while that make us giggle, though.
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DianneN
@DianneN (247183)
• United States
21 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil Could be, or he could be anal. Hope I’m allowed to say that here
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Manuela Lopes
@nela13 (58819)
• Portugal
4 Nov 21
Eheheheh I think he needed to warm up
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DE
@DaddyEvil (143329)
• United States
4 Nov 21
But what is he warming up?
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DE
@DaddyEvil (143329)
• United States
7 Nov 21
@nela13 Hmm... so you go outside into the cold to warm up? Have you seen your doctor about this delusion?
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Manuela Lopes
@nela13 (58819)
• Portugal
7 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil maybe he was feeling cold
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Nevena Zivkovic
@Nevena83 (65277)
• Serbia
1 Jan 22
Um ... that's very strange.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (143329)
• United States
1 Jan 22
That's what we thought.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (143329)
• United States
1 Jan 22
@Nevena83 My daughter thinks he's bored... I don't think mowing snow would be something I'd think of doing if I was bored, though.
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Nevena Zivkovic
@Nevena83 (65277)
• Serbia
1 Jan 22
@DaddyEvil Who knows what's in his head.
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Neil
@Neil43 (3662)
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2 Apr 22
Are those considered tall grasses like unwanted plants on your front yard?
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DE
@DaddyEvil (143329)
• United States
2 Apr 22
That's a patch of sugarcane in our yard. We planted them. Pretty makes syrup from them.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (143329)
• United States
2 Apr 22
@Neil43 People here who see it always ask why we have corn planted in our yard.
Neil
@Neil43 (3662)
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2 Apr 22
@DaddyEvil Oh. I saw a physical sugar cane plant before. Hahahaha. Why I did not recognise this.
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