How much to pay for someone to mow my lawn?
supercarl
Hello,
What is the going rate for someone to mow a lawn?
(Front and back, fairly small as it is a new-ish property, on a
slope).
Cheers
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beccabunga
supercarl;845013 Wrote:
> PS Probably best to say that it is a 4 bed detached house, to give an
> idea of width, however depth of back lawn is only about 10 foot. Front
> lawn is tiny!
And approximate location? London or somewhere less expensive?
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David in Normandy
[rant] Just don't let Whitegates - the property lending people do it!
Before moving to France we rented a property for six months. It had a
tiny lawn about 15 feet by 20 feet. I mowed it before moving out but
Whitegates took �50 out of the deposit to "mow the lawn" two days later.
[/rant]
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long it would take. Failing that phone up someone with ads in the local
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Sacha
<supercar...@gardenbanter.co.uk> said:
Here in S. Devon it's about �13 per hour, using his own equipment and
having to move lawn furniture, too!
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Kate Morgan
>> Hello,
>>
>> What is the going rate for someone to mow a lawn?
>>
>> (Front and back, fairly small as it is a new-ish property, on a
>> slope).
>>
>> Cheers
>
> Here in S. Devon it's about �13 per hour, using his own equipment and
> having to move lawn furniture, too!
> --
> --
> Sacha
> www.hillhousenursery.com
> Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials
> South Devon
�10 per hour in Gloucestershire, whatever happened to Scouts and Bob-a-job ?
kate
moghouse
Oh what nice young men! Will you really mow my lawns for 5p?
Sacha
Elf 'n safety, I think. ;-(
Bob Hobden
"supercarl" wrote
> What is the going rate for someone to mow a lawn?
>
> (Front and back, fairly small as it is a new-ish property, on a
> slope).
>
The one that does a neighbours garden charges �15. per hour, min �45. Do
check if there is a minimum charge.
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Bob Hobden
just W. of London
Gordon H
<supercar...@gardenbanter.co.uk> writes
I'll do it free, subject to travel expenses second home allowance and
utility bills.
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Gordon H
<m...@address.invalid> writes
>On Sat, 16 May 2009 11:20:52 +0100, Gordon H
><Gordo...@g3snx.demon.co.uk.invalid> wrote:
>
>>In message <supercar...@gardenbanter.co.uk>, supercarl
>><supercar...@gardenbanter.co.uk> writes
>>>
>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>What is the going rate for someone to mow a lawn?
>>>
>>>(Front and back, fairly small as it is a new-ish property, on a
>>>slope).
>>>Cheers
>>
>>I'll do it free, subject to travel expenses second home allowance and
>>utility bills.
>
>extremely short working year and immunity from prosecution?
Joking apart, I can remember when I attended an ICL programming course
in Windsor, back in the 70s, we were entitled to 1st Class train travel,
along with the brief cases and umbrellas.
Gordon H
<bo...@invalid.com> writes
>
>"supercarl" wrote
>> What is the going rate for someone to mow a lawn?
>>
>> (Front and back, fairly small as it is a new-ish property, on a
>> slope).
>
>The one that does a neighbours garden charges �15. per hour, min �45. Do
>check if there is a minimum charge.
>
next door gives her S-I-L �20 since I gave up doing it for free.
(I'm 75 fer goodness sake).
The moral is, - get a gardener to do it. :-)
June Hughes
<Gordo...@g3snx.demon.co.uk.invalid> writes
I too attended an ICL programming course in Windsor back in the early
'70's. Plan. 1900 series machines. Before that, I had attended an IBM
course for Autocoder (1400 Series) - also in Windsor. IIRC, I preferred
Autocoder to Plan but then we moved over to Cobol, which was much easier
but not half as much fun. I don't remember having first class travel on
any of the courses but do remember staying in an hotel in Old Windsor.
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TheOldFellow
Bob was fired. In 1971 I think, and they hired Ten-Pee instead. Then
we had inflation.
In the mean time all the Boy Scouts (who understood lawnmowers at the
time, but now probably don't as you can't play video games on them)
decided to become Hoodies instead, and the Scouts was taken over by
Girls (who didn't understand lawnmowers at the time, but probably do
now in this enlightened era of equality).
I think they scrapped Bob-a-job week too.
R.
Mike
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R.
............................................
Bob a job was scrapped ages ago because of abuse. Not sexual abuse but abuse
of the title 'Bob a Job', Scouts and Cubs were doing quite arduous jobs,
like mowing lawns and taking the morning to do it, and being given 'A bob'.
Mike
Gordon H
<juneh...@theacct.demon.co.uk> writes
>In message <jzwNLBVx...@g3snx.demon.co.uk>, Gordon H
><Gordo...@g3snx.demon.co.uk.invalid> writes
>>
>>in Windsor, back in the 70s, we were entitled to 1st Class train
>>travel, along with the brief cases and umbrellas.
>
>I too attended an ICL programming course in Windsor back in the early
>'70's. Plan. 1900 series machines. Before that, I had attended an
>IBM course for Autocoder (1400 Series) - also in Windsor. IIRC, I
>preferred Autocoder to Plan but then we moved over to Cobol, which was
>much easier but not half as much fun. I don't remember having first
>class travel on any of the courses but do remember staying in an hotel
>in Old Windsor.
The first class travel didn't last long once they realised how many
grades qualified for it! :-)
I had been put in the position of writing a Cobol program without having
any training, so I had to work from the green book (can't remember the
authors now), and crib from the print-out of a comprehensive program
someone had written.
I requested a Cobol course, but when I attended, it turned out to be a
conversion course for Plan programmers, of which I hadn't a clue!
Eventually I was moved into test programming for the Intel mini which
did the environment checks before booting up the S3L and DM1 machines.
nm...@cam.ac.uk
'Mike' <'All.finished'@woolies.com> wrote:
>
>Bob a job was scrapped ages ago because of abuse. Not sexual abuse but abuse
>of the title 'Bob a Job', Scouts and Cubs were doing quite arduous jobs,
>like mowing lawns and taking the morning to do it, and being given 'A bob'.
That's a little economical with the truth. Yes, there was such abuse,
and it was getting out of hand, but the opponents of the scheme blocked
any serious consideration of methods to control the abuse. Whether any
would have worked, I don't know, but they weren't even tried.
Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
Jonathan Campbell
[...]
> I had been put in the position of writing a Cobol program without having
> any training, so I had to work from the green book (can't remember the
> authors now), and crib from the print-out of a comprehensive program
> someone had written.
My first job after joining a consultancy in the early 1980s was to write
a Programmers' Manual for a new Cobol compiler for Z-80 based computer.
This in spite of the fact that I had not ever programmed a line of
COBOL. Nor had we a copy of the compiler and/or any computer that would
execute it.
And you all wondered why computer manuals were so useless ...
Now, I wish somebody would write a manual on how to grow carrots --- or
even to get more than 1% of the seeds to germinate :(
Best regards,
Jon C.
[...]
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Sacha
<jg.camp...@gmail.com> said:
See if there's any help here - there's a FAQ on carrot fly. ;-)
http://www.u-r-g.co.uk/urgfaqs.htm
moghouse
>>
> >> £10 per hour in Gloucestershire, whatever happened to Scouts and Bob-a-job ?
>
> >Oh what nice young men! Will you really mow my lawns for 5p?
>
Well lads you get on with the mowing, I'm just going to pop into the
potting shed with Akela to negotiate the going rate for a spot of
weeding. She says take your time and do a good job for the nice man!
Chris J Dixon
>My first job after joining a consultancy in the early 1980s was to write
>a Programmers' Manual for a new Cobol compiler for Z-80 based computer.
>
>This in spite of the fact that I had not ever programmed a line of
>COBOL. Nor had we a copy of the compiler and/or any computer that would
>execute it.
>
>And you all wondered why computer manuals were so useless ...
>
>Now, I wish somebody would write a manual on how to grow carrots --- or
>even to get more than 1% of the seeds to germinate :(
>
Just make sure you haven't missed the full stop ;-)
I managed a bit of self-taught COBOL on a DG mainframe, but it
was hard going.
Chris
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hugh
<Gordo...@g3snx.demon.co.uk.invalid> writes
>In message <supercar...@gardenbanter.co.uk>, supercarl
><supercar...@gardenbanter.co.uk> writes
>>
>>Hello,
>>
>>What is the going rate for someone to mow a lawn?
>>
>>(Front and back, fairly small as it is a new-ish property, on a
>>slope).
>>Cheers
>
>I'll do it free, subject to travel expenses second home allowance and
>utility bills.
--
hugh
It may be more complicated but is it better?
hugh
<m...@address.invalid> writes
>On Sat, 16 May 2009 11:20:52 +0100, Gordon H
><Gordo...@g3snx.demon.co.uk.invalid> wrote:
>
>><supercar...@gardenbanter.co.uk> writes
>>>
>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>What is the going rate for someone to mow a lawn?
>>>
>>>(Front and back, fairly small as it is a new-ish property, on a
>>>slope).
>>>Cheers
>>
>>I'll do it free, subject to travel expenses second home allowance and
>>utility bills.
>
>extremely short working year and immunity from prosecution?
hugh
<Gordo...@g3snx.demon.co.uk.invalid> writes
1967 and we only got 2nd class. But then I was in manufacturing. You
were obviously sales.
Bob Hobden
"Jonathan Campbell" wrote ...
> Now, I wish somebody would write a manual on how to grow carrots --- or
> even to get more than 1% of the seeds to germinate :(
>
that fresh unpolished seed when you will find almost 100% germination even
if you keep it somewhere cool for a few years.
I am convinced it's the polishing of the seed that causes a problem, if you
have never seen fresh carrot seed it's got burrs on it and sticks on
clothing.
June Hughes
<m...@address.invalid> writes
>in 1969.
I did that in 1969 on a course for Autocoder (IBM 1400 series computer).
Perhaps we were on the same course. I think I stayed at the Clarendon
Hotel, which I am told is now a bed and breakfast hotel. I may be
wrong. I can remember a girl who had been to Essex University and lived
in a flat in Chelsea because I went for a meal at her place. I can also
remember a girl from Hungary but that is all. However, it is a long
time ago.
--
June Hughes
Gordon H
<hugh@[127.0.0.1]> writes
>In message <jzwNLBVx...@g3snx.demon.co.uk>, Gordon H
><Gordo...@g3snx.demon.co.uk.invalid> writes
>>
>>in Windsor, back in the 70s, we were entitled to 1st Class train
>>travel, along with the brief cases and umbrellas.
>Bloody hell. I went to Ealing on a System 4/70 engineering course in
>1967 and we only got 2nd class. But then I was in manufacturing. You
>were obviously sales.
Obviously not! I was at W Gorton most of the time, PCDO, then test
S/W, then support at Ashton where the mainframes were built and tested.
nm...@cam.ac.uk
Martin <m...@address.invalid> wrote:
>On Sat, 16 May 2009 14:38:00 +0100, hugh <hugh@[127.0.0.1]> wrote:
>><Gordo...@g3snx.demon.co.uk.invalid> writes
>>>
>>>in Windsor, back in the 70s, we were entitled to 1st Class train
>>>travel, along with the brief cases and umbrellas.
>>Bloody hell. I went to Ealing on a System 4/70 engineering course in
>>1967 and we only got 2nd class. But then I was in manufacturing. You
>>were obviously sales.
>
>cricket ground in 1969.
You youngsters and your feather-bedding! I was given a list of the
instructions, a 3" roll of paper tape and told to work out what the
program was supposed to do and fix it to do it. Seriously.
It's quite mind-boggling, looking back on it :-)
Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
Mike
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and how much does it cost for the computer to mow the lawn then?
Getting it back on thread of course
Mike
June Hughes
<m...@address.invalid> writes
>On Sat, 16 May 2009 16:53:42 +0100, June Hughes
><juneh...@theacct.demon.co.uk>
>wrote:
>
>>I think I stayed at the Clarendon
>>Hotel, which I am told is now a bed and breakfast hotel. I may be
>
>
>>
>>wrong. I can remember a girl who had been to Essex University and lived
>>in a flat in Chelsea because I went for a meal at her place. I can also
>>remember a girl from Hungary but that is all. However, it is a long
>>time ago.
>
>gave the courses.
>
>The course was memorable for IBM losing all our punched cards.
I don't recall that happening. I can remember someone saying something
about being able to see into the cricket ground from the windows but
that is all.
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June Hughes
June Hughes
<m...@address.invalid> writes
>On Sat, 16 May 2009 17:38:55 +0100, June Hughes
>
>>which I am told is now a bed and breakfast hotel. I may be
>>>
>>>Near Russell Square??
>>>
>>>>
>>>>wrong. I can remember a girl who had been to Essex University and lived
>>>>in a flat in Chelsea because I went for a meal at her place. I can also
>>>>remember a girl from Hungary but that is all. However, it is a long
>>>>time ago.
>>>
>>>I stayed in a hotel just around the corner a few minutes walk from where they
>>>gave the courses.
>>>
>>>The course was memorable for IBM losing all our punched cards.
>>
>>I don't recall that happening. I can remember someone saying something
>>about being able to see into the cricket ground from the windows but
>>that is all.
>
>use as test data. Whoever received them binned them instead of returning them.
>The instructors giving the courses had been given the same courses the week
>before us. I wasn't very impressed with the instructors' knowledge.
I haven't done programming for many years but enjoyed the course at IBM.
I also enjoyed the job (Distington Engineering, Workington - part of the
then Steel Corporation). I remember being very impressed that my boss
did Fortran, which I didn't need because I wasn't the least bit
scientific. However, we did all the programming for the admin side of
the business and that was great fun. (Like playing Christmas carols on
the computer at Christmas using punched cards - a bit sad but that was
in the days of second generation computers and transistors etc).
--
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alan.holmes
"Kate Morgan" <katem...@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> What is the going rate for someone to mow a lawn?
>>>
>>> (Front and back, fairly small as it is a new-ish property, on a
>>> slope).
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>
>> having to move lawn furniture, too!
>> --
>> Sacha
>> www.hillhousenursery.com
>> Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials
>> South Devon
>
>
>
> ?
Wouldn't elf an safty have stopped that?
>
> kate
A.Lee
> What is the going rate for someone to mow a lawn?
> (Front and back, fairly small as it is a new-ish property, on aslope).
Typically �15.
It isnt worthwhile cutting grass by the hour, it is difficult to make a
living doing it, so the people who do it charge typically, �10-20 per
house.
I do a rented house's garden once a month or so, charge �25 for it, cut
the grass, remove rubbish from garden, put weedkiller around slabs, trim
hedge back if necessary. No weeding, just strimmer around the edges (no
borders, just grass or slabs).
Every time I go, I wonder why I bother, it just isnt worth the effort,
but I know the landlord, and he always pays up quickly. If I had 3 or 4
houses to do in the area, it would be alright, but just the one, not
worth it.
Alan.
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"moghouse" <tony.b...@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
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On May 16, 10:58 am, "Kate Morgan" <katemor...@btinternet.com> wrote:
> >> Hello,
>
> �10 per hour in Gloucestershire, whatever happened to Scouts and Bob-a-job
> ?
Sky news announced that every man stood on his own was a paedophile
Tom
news:0drt05pjeafcohs2g...@4ax.com:
> 3" sheer luxury! Did you have to handcraft your own hole punch and
> paper tape reader?
>
> Long before that course, I was given somebody else's undocumented
> Elliott 803 machine code programme and told to fix it.
Better 5 holes than 8 holes :)
> It's mind boggling to think of how we did so much with such small
> amounts of memory.
And that is a comforting thought as I approach my old age.
Charlie Pridham
supercar...@gardenbanter.co.uk says...
>
> Hello,
>
> What is the going rate for someone to mow a lawn?
>
> (Front and back, fairly small as it is a new-ish property, on a
> slope).
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> supercarl
>
About £12 per hour
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Lapageria rosea
Dave
> Hello,
>
> What is the going rate for someone to mow a lawn?
>
> (Front and back, fairly small as it is a new-ish property, on a
> slope).
>
> Cheers
>
>
>
>
In my village in Essex, there is a lady advertising to do gardening at
somewhere between 6 and 7 �/hour (I can't receall the exact amount).
There is some note about grass cutting using her electric mower. I don't
quite know if she means she will only use her mower, or she has an
electric one. I must admit, it's tempting to get her to do my lawn for
that amount, if she would use my petrol mower.
moghouse
Can I book her now, please? I'm in Essex so she can't be far away! She
can use any mower she likes. I have an endless amount of weeding for
her.
Bigal
"'Mike'[_4_ Wrote:
> ;845147"]--
> ..
> "TheOldFellow" theold...@gmail.com wrote in message
> news:20090516120...@rad1.langside.org.uk...
> On Sat, 16 May 2009 03:02:23 -0700 (PDT)
> moghouse tony.b...@tiscali.co.uk wrote:
> -
> On May 16, 10:58 am, "Kate Morgan" katemor...@btinternet.com wrote:--
> Hello,-
> -
> What is the going rate for someone to mow a lawn?-
> -
> (Front and back, fairly small as it is a new-ish property, on a
> -
> Cheers-
> -
> Here in S. Devon it's about �13 per hour, using his own equipment
> and
> having to move lawn furniture, too!
> --
> --
> Sacha
> www.hillhousenursery.com
> Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials
>
> �10 per hour in Gloucestershire, whatever happened to Scouts and
>
> Oh what nice young men! Will you really mow my lawns for 5p?-
>
> Bob was fired. In 1971 I think, and they hired Ten-Pee instead. Then
> we had inflation.
>
> In the mean time all the Boy Scouts (who understood lawnmowers at the
> time, but now probably don't as you can't play video games on them)
> decided to become Hoodies instead, and the Scouts was taken over by
> Girls (who didn't understand lawnmowers at the time, but probably do
> now in this enlightened era of equality).
>
> I think they scrapped Bob-a-job week too.
>
> R.
>
> .............................................
>
> Bob a job was scrapped ages ago because of abuse. Not sexual abuse but
> abuse
> of the title 'Bob a Job', Scouts and Cubs were doing quite arduous
> jobs,
> like mowing lawns and taking the morning to do it, and being given 'A
> bob'.
>
> Mike
The risk of sexal abuse was just being recognised at the time and door
to door schemes were being dropped. Group schemes were set up instead,
e.g. car cleaning where everyone worked as a group under supeervision.
Bigal
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