On May 13, 10:33 pm, spamtrap1888 <
spamtrap1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 13, 3:42 pm, max <
betat...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > For the last two mondays, some professionally equipped fellow has been
> > kind enough to mow my grasses. Thing is, i haven't asked anyone to do
> > that.
>
> > I'm going with wrong address. Gonna have to put a sign out next monday.
>
> > For the racially inclined, it's not a Mexican service as one might
> > expect, it's an elderly white guy who carries his mower around in his
> > trunk. (Intel provided by neighbors who think it's funny as hell.)
>
> > Nobody here loves me that much do they??? (barb does not).
>
> > Professionally equipped, in this case means lawnmower and weedwhacker.
>
> Could be a racket. I had to hear this story at a friend's house:
>
> Friend's nephew ties the knot, and the happy couple buy a fixer-upper
> in a neighborhood of tiny lots and postage stamp front lawns. Mom and
> dad help out both financially and with sweat equity -- they're there
> every weekend for months cleaning, painting, replacing cabinets and
> fixtures, etc.
>
> They discover that some elderly ex-mafioso has the neighborhood lawn
> mowing concession. Uninvited, he cut our friends' front lawn, (five
> minutes of work, no edging or trimming), and asked for $35 (to cover
> two mowings). Our friend's sister-in-law told him to beat it. Yard
> work at $210 an hour did not seem like a good deal to her.
Could also be some burglary gang scoping for empty houses. Watch out
for the Service Master franchise from W. Chicago, they like trying to