My Indestructible Electric Lawnmower

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It's a beautiful day, and I was out today mowing grass. I'm a small woman, and I've always had trouble starting a gas powered lawn mower, for me this is the number one advantage of an electric lawnmower. I always said I wanted an electric lawn mower, my husband scoffed at the idea, but when he saw an electric Black and Decker lawn mower at a yard sale about five years ago for $20, he got it for me. After all, he didn't have much to lose; if it worked out, I would be mowing the lawn. I don't actually even have a lawn. I live on 2.5 acres, and I have weeds. Of course I don't mow the whole 2.5 acres, just the areas near the house and where we want to walk. Most people would use a weed-eater for the jobs I do, but I find them heavy and awkward. The lawn mower is easy to push, I just get a really long extension cord. And let me tell you, I have not taken it easy on this mower at all. Sometimes the stuff I cut borders on brush. The height on it is adjustable, so I raise it up as high as it will go to avoid hitting rocks, then I just go for it. I mow down whatever is in my path, from foxtails to thistles, and it chews through them like a champ. I've even cut small blackberry bushes.