Guy wears helmet when mowing with a 19'' push?????

[pinnacle]

When You think you've seen just about every thing you pull up to do an estimate and the guy that lives next door is mowing with a 19'' and wearing a bike helmet and knee pads :confused:
I had to leave and come back latter because I was rolling around the inside of my UTE and I just couldn't stop. I wish I had a camera with me. You probably had to be there. :D

[FrankenScagMachines]

What?! No pictures?! I keep my digital camera in the truck just for those special moments!

[A1 Lawn@Landscapes]

He could have a disability. A couple companies like that up my way. They need the helmet in case of a seizure to avoid further brain damage.

[thartz]

Inner ear infection that causes his equilibrium to be out of whack?

[pinnacle]

I landed the house next door to this guy and I'm going to be tacking the cammera with me when I mow this place. Just hoping to be there while hes mowing a some stage and i'll post some pics of this moreon.
The guys neighbor said he has mowed that way for years and years and as far as she can tell he's just plan crazy:dizzy:

[dvmcmrhp52]

Maybe he's running one of those electric mowers that he carts around with a bicycle cart???Needs the pads and helmet to get to the next job!
LMAO:D

[rotgg]

i do to is there something wrong with that i can take some pics of myself and post them if u like

[pinnacle]

Please do rotgg

[Rustic Goat]

pinnacle, you've just got to figure a way to start a conversation with this guy and work up to the point of asking about the Evil Knievel look.

[pinnacle]

Yeh, I don't know mate.
"I just noticed you out mowing and I was just wondering why you are wearing a helmet and knee pads" The whole time I would be trying not to start rolling around laughing. The guy would look funny even with out the "Evil Knievel look"
But one day I might do it arfter i've seen it a few more times and the novelty has worn off. I imagin arfter seeing this guy a few more times I'll just think its plan sad.

[Expert Lawns]

Does he ride the short bus

[EJK2352]

Does he ride the SHORT BUS??? I bet he's a window licker on the SHORT BUS !!!!!!

[DLS1]

There are some pretty narrow minded people here. Some people can't think beyond their own problems. The guy probably has some type of disability that requires him to wear a helmet.
Even if he doesn't have a disability so what.

It is pretty bad that some people have such low self-esteem that they make non-joking fun of others for such trivial things.

It is sad since those low self-esteem people were probably being put down growing up by parent(s), kids at school,etc and they are putting others down now.

[crawdad]

Originally posted by Dean's Lawn Service
There are some pretty narrow minded people here. Some people can't think beyond their own problems. The guy probably has some type of disability that requires him to wear a helmet.
Even if he doesn't have a disability so what.

It is pretty bad that some people have such low self-esteem that they make fun of others for such trivial things.

It is sad since those low self-esteem people were probably being put down growing up by parent(s), kids at school,etc and they are putting others down now.

Ya, don't pick on someone for wearing safety equipment. :(

Did you get us a picture yet?? ;)
Crawdad

[twins_lawn_care]

Dean,
I hear you man. Sometimes we don't realize how good we have it, as some people out there have serious handicaps, and they try their hardest to do things we take for granted.
It really hits home if you have kids, and just think if your own child had a disability, and you saw everyone making fun of them, and you feeling helpless, because you know there is nothing you can do to stop them, your kids just have to go through their entire lives dealing with "adults" treating them this way.
Just food for thought, I'm not here to judge.

[lawnworker]

Those helmets reflect the microwaves being beamed down from space for our TV and cell phones. There everywhere frying our brains. I think I might wear mine today.

Seriously, I hope the guys okay. He could have a mental illness, and that is no joke.

[GLAN]

Bet everyone thought that nose rings and those big ear lobe things and other body piercing of the Native Africans was wierd.

Well look at some of the people around you today........

[Expert Lawns]

Dean - I was simply asking his mode of transportation. YOU were implying that he has a mental illness. It's in the eyes of the beholder............

Inquiring as to how someone gets from point A to point B in no way suggests a mental handicap

[redbull]

Originally posted by A1 Lawn@Landscapes
He could have a disability. A couple companies like that up my way. They need the helmet in case of a seizure to avoid further brain damage.

CORRECT!! My brother has a man who works for him that has seizures - just goes to show NEVER JUDGE A BOOK MY IT'S COVER

[A1 Grass]

The guy that lives across the street from me does this sort of "jogging-dancing-hopping" thing when he edges his lawn - I think he thinks it's exercise or something. It's funny as hell!

Aaaawwww. Maybe I shouldn't say anything because he might be having leg seizures!

Have you ever noticed that no matter what you say on this forum there's always someone who can point the political incorrectness???

Pinnacle - you are right - mowing with a helmet is funny! If we find out later that he has a problem, I'll be part of a grand group apology, but until then HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!

[sbvfd592]

Hey All u need to shut your mouths and STOP making fun of MY DAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:angry: :angry:

































;)

[dvmcmrhp52]

Let's see.......A guy is cutting a lawn,using power equipment,wich by the way can take body parts and turn them into hamburg,
and he's wearing a helmet in case he has a seizure.
Hmmmmmm Ya ok.:rolleyes:

[mower_babe]

Originally posted by A1 Grass
Have you ever noticed that no matter what you say on this forum there's always someone who can point the political incorrectness???


I have noticed that. Jeepers, boys lighten up. I dont think anyone here would knowingly, maliciously make fun of someone that was physically or mentally handicapped.

Damn, the politically correct. They only want to be politically correct when it makes them look good:blob1:

[dvmcmrhp52]

Ahhh,and so in lies the correctness.

[mower_babe]

what, am i lying? this thread started out funnier than h3ll and then as per usual, guys start reading more into than is there. It is a funny, senseless thread, leave it as such and enjoy it!

[dvmcmrhp52]

It still is funny,and I was agreeing....The correctness lies in them looking good.....That's what I meant.

[pinnacle]

We don't Know if hes mentaly chanlanged. Do we????

Get a grip guys. I saw somthing funny and it made me laugh.
So I thought I'd share.

What Mower Babe Said!!!!!

[DLS1]

Originally posted by pinnacle
We don't Know if hes mentaly chanlanged. Do we????


There is alot of people mentally challenged in all walks of life including LCO's. Do we know if there are any mentally challenged on Lawnsite?

I hope I don't get the politically correct crowd from Lawnsite coming after me.

:D :D :D

[pinnacle]

Never said evil Knevill is an Lco. Hes a home owner!!
Be even more funny if he was an Lco.
Then that guy would be my competition. :D

[GLAN]

Originally posted by Dean's Lawn Service
There is alot of people mentally challenged in all walks of life including LCO's. Do we know if there are any mentally challenged on Lawnsite?

:D :D :D


There is obvious proof that aliens from space do exist.......:alien:

[dvmcmrhp52]

and trolls............:D

[ULTIMATE LAWN]

Originally posted by pinnacle

Get a grip guys. I saw somthing funny and it made me laugh.
So I thought I'd share.



Bad Idea.

The Ya Ya Sisterhood is an Angry Bunch who lash out at anything that disrupts their delicate sensibilities.

Regardless, if he was mentally challenged he should not have been operating a mower in the first place.

Report him.

[mower_babe]

Originally posted by dvmcmrhp52
It still is funny,and I was agreeing....The correctness lies in them looking good.....That's what I meant.

ok then, sorry that i got all snotty on you. I Misunderstood. Please forgive?:blush:
-------------------------------------------------
Ok, so anyway, WHY would you report him?!?!

If he was prohibited from wearing his mowing helmet, what would we have to talk about, besides liars and crooks?

(did I just say that out-loud?:eek: )

[LAWNGODFATHER]

Originally posted by pinnacle
When You think you've seen just about every thing you pull up to do an estimate and the guy that lives next door is mowing with a 19'' and wearing a bike helmet and knee pads :confused:
I had to leave and come back latter because I was rolling around the inside of my UTE and I just couldn't stop. I wish I had a camera with me. You probably had to be there. :D Was it ULTIMATE LAWN? Hey Casey did you go to Austrailia and didn't tell anyone?

I mow a house where a lady takes in handicap foster kids, I grew up with one that had to wear similar, I always told him, he didn't have to worry about falling down and cracking his head open..... That was over 20 years ago, he's now married and has a normal child. Still lives with the same people though.

[Expert Lawns]

Its funny how when I read a post, I can predict what people will say..........the political points, the moral issues etc. It's just too darn predictable. Someone will always chime in with an off topic comment because they read too far into the post.

[dvmcmrhp52]

Ypur forgiven mowerbabe,.....Can we all just get along now???
:p

[GrassBustersLawn]

There have been days when I wished I was wearing a helmet. You know, when the guy string trimming by you throws a piece of mulch that bounces off your head. OUCH. Plus, you KNOW he did it ON PURPOSE. Do you think they make air-conditioned helmets? I could have used one today. :)

[Rustic Goat]

That's why this is an open public forum all you guys and gals. Everyone writes their opinion/observations, you know, everybody's got one . . . .
So those that would normally not even think of someone with a physical handicap being humorous might type that mental picture out here.
So we don't need to put either side down, but so far, we're free to.

Expert Lawns, I didn't realize you could read the future/minds, why don't you just go ahead and post for everyone and save us the trouble.;)

[GLAN]

Now that I would like to see.............:eek:

[rodfather]

I wish I had a helmet on earlier in the week. Had a walnut fall off a tree and hit me square on the top of my head as I was mowing. Damn that hurt...and scared the hell out of this old geezer as well...lol

[Got Grass?]

I wish I was wearing a helmet a few times.
Those darned low hanging branches got me good a couple times, knocked me right off the mower. Thank got for safety's.
Another time trimming around a house at a extremely fast pace the top of my head found the corner of an open garage window.
I woke up on the ground with no clue wha happened until I saw the open window and blood pouring down my face. The customer totally freaked out when they discovered me at their door with blood pouring down my face. Luckily the bleeding slowed down about 15 mins later & I didn't need to go to the hospital or need stitches, but that sure put a damper on my day...

[A1 Lawn@Landscapes]

I think it was my post that started the backlash against laughing at Mr Helmet. I did not intend to come across like some dirt munching tree hugging liberal. I apoligize. I just wanted to point out why some people wear helmets when they mow. There are two companies out my way that employ diabled individuals. Some wear helmets. They get preference on all the municipal, state, and federal contracts around here. I will admit I have watched one drive a tractor into a rather deep body of water at a Army Corps dam. Why he was allowed on a 52" Kubota tractor is beyond me. Just wanted to clarify.

[rodfather]

What's a helmet and knee pads gonna do anyway?

If you really want to go all out, include safety glasses, ear protection, steel toe shoes/boots, steel cup (to protect the family jewels), face shield, and any body armor you can think off.

[stevieraysod]

And what is it with every kid wearing a crash helmet every where they go these days? I mean everywhere! What happened to getting a knock or two in the head to make you learn from your mistakes? Biking, jogging, walking, sitting, singing, napping, swimming. Everywhere. I just don't get it.

[Soupy]

Dean's Lawn Service,
Quit picking on everyone that doesn't have the smarts to know better. Don't you have any morals man :)

Yea stevieraysod, I don't know how we all survived our childhood :)

[Green in Idaho]

Speaking of knee pads,
I stopped at a neighborhood garage sale this morning (looking for landscape treasures of course) and one of the shoppers was a mature hottie and she had knee pads on that were down around her calves (it's true).- Wearing kind of a work out outfit but not definite. Casual wear that could go in the gym.

Needless to say, I did NOT think it was FUNNY. I was not laughing at her and I did not automatically think she had a disability... "YEA BABY! You wear whatever you want!"

If I had had a helmet on, I might have gone up to her and asked about the knee pads. :D

[dvmcmrhp52]

You may have needed that helmet to ask that question!:eek: :D

[DLS1]

Originally posted by Expert Lawns
Its funny how when I read a post, I can predict what people will say..........

Since Expert Yawns/Mind Reader didn't post what I was going to say I will say it now.

As Soupy said "Quit picking on everyone that doesn't have the smarts to know better" so I must not belabor my point.

So just like Pinnacle who is laughing at a guy wearing a helmet and knee pads we to can laugh at others who do the same thing like bikers,joggers, skaters and football players which me thinks these people must get laughed at alot.

It sure is refreshing to not be politically correct.

:D :D :D

[pinnacle]

So just like Pinnacle who is laughing at a guy wearing a helmet and knee pads we to can laugh at others who do the same thing like bikers,joggers, skaters and football players which me thinks these people must get laughed at alot.

He was mowing a lawn buddy. Not jogging etc

Its somthing you don't see very often, OK

So if you were sitting next to me when I saw the guy you could tell that you would not find it amusing in the slitest?
You wern't even their mate.

You pass judgment on me as being a person that has little respect for others with problems with out even Knowing me.

I though I might share somthing funny but I am just a person that dosn't have the smarts to Know any better. YEH RIGHT

Get off ya high Horse Mate!

Mabey you should find something better to do than try to bad mouth people in a way that I would imagine makes you fell really smart and full of wisdom. YEH RIGHT

[Gr grass n Hi tides]

The helmet thing was funny, gotta admit. Matter of fact I read this thread the other day & today a HVAC guy comes in to do some work and he's got on knee pads & goggles I LMAO thinking of this!!!!!!!!!! Right or wrong, it's a rip!

Kinda like one day I slipped on about my 6th step up (walking down) the outside stairs to my house. It was wet out of course & since I had momentum my arse pretty much thumped on every stair till I hit ground. It was like slow motion in my head...............when - is - my - arse - gonna - stop - hitting - these - blessed - frickin - stairs - I - can't - stop!!!!!!!!!!

I'm sure to the casual observer it would have been hilarious. Even I was rolling after I walked a step or two & realized I was'nt injured.

[SamIV]

Was looking for a new employee last year. I decided to hire, let's call him a mentally challenged person. Every stop we made, I could not keep him from trimming the yard next to the one we were cutting. I even tried setting the orange cones up as boundaries. This didn't help. The last straw was when I was cutting a large back yard, came back to the front, he trimmed the properties on both sides of the one I was cutting. I felt real bad that he was not working out, and told him this, but brought him home when it was time for lunch.

Sam

[pinnacle]

Gr grass n Hi tides, OUCH, sound pretty funny mate. I love a good laugh weather its at someone elses expence or not funny is funny, its human nature.

Sam Wilson, My old-man owns a toy manufacturing company and send alot of the work he needs done to a place we have here called the "House with no steps" and mentaly challenged people do the work for him and get paid.
There good at some things (making toys).
Probably really bad at otthers
But listen I don't even think this guy is mentally challanged.
At no stage I have said this.
I just wanted to post about a guy I seen mowing with a helmet and knee pads.
Not to start a thread on handicaped people.

[Gr grass n Hi tides]

Originally posted by pinnacle
Gr grass n Hi tides, OUCH, sound pretty funny mate. I love a good laugh weather its at someone elses expence or not funny is funny, its human nature.

But listen I don't even think this guy is mentally challanged.
At no stage I have said this.
I just wanted to post about a guy I seen mowing with a helmet and knee pads.
Not to start a thread on handicaped people.

Part one - yep it was more of a red-faced-uh oh did anyone see that stupid move- kind of thing!!!!!!!!! You're right mate a good howl is a good howl & anyone that says they have not partaken is to say they aren't a human. Right or wrong, like we're saying. Welcome to the race!

Part deuce - Gotcha. I know man, you're just having some good fun & some of us out here understand that.........cripes the ones out there biatchin probably don't know how to laugh at themselves.

[Barkleymut]

I wear my helmet on every lawn. Helps when I run into the side of a house at 12 MPH.

Anyone wearing a helmet while mowing probably shouldn't be operating anything with an engine to begin with.

As for the guy saying that if you had a kid with a handicap and they were being laughed at and you couldn't do anything. One really easy solution. Kick the kids rear end. Then all the other kids would not make fun of him to his face because they would all say "there is the kid that acts a little odd, but his daddy really packs a whallop so I aint gonna make fun of him anymore"

Once again, I have solved all the problems. Maybe I could have a show like that Dr. Phil.

[GLAN]

lol

[DLS1]

Hey GLAN I noticed you post alot so I checked your post count and it is 28 per day. You must hold the record.
How many are post that just say 'LOL'?

:D :D

[SamIV]

Pinnacle

Lot's of post's here get misinterpreted. Not enough time to type every thought as to be politically correct. The few posts I do type, not going to type half a book as to explain every view. Thought your post was hysterical, although I do not mean the fellow any harm. I also laugh about sir trim alot that I had for an employee for half a day, and I don't mean to disrespect him. It's the situation that I laugh at now, not him. So people lighten up a bit.

By the way, sir trim alot was not handicapped. Even had a high school degree.

Sam

[A1 Grass]

Hey Pinnacle - Do you ever get the feeling that if you posted "Have a nice Day" that certain people would want to argue with you about that?

It's so predictable... and boring...

[Gr grass n Hi tides]

Originally posted by A1 Grass
Hey Pinnacle - Do you ever get the feeling that if you posted "Have a nice Day" that certain people would want to argue with you about that?

It's so predictable... and boring...

Probably part of the reason there are lurkers out there we never hear from.

I can hear it now....
"What do you mean have a nice day...are you being a wise arse?"

"Why a "nice" day.....that's way too vanilla.....if you're gonna tell a fella to have a time then really make it count or don't waste your breath!"

[lawncare3]

a helmet like ed from crank yankers wears?

[pinnacle]

cripes the ones out there biatchin probably don't know how to laugh at themselves.
Poor buggers :)

Sam wilson- Yeh I know where you were coming from mate.

A1 grass - Thats it mate, people have gotta lighten up a little. Mabey their board:confused:

Lawncare3- Ya no those helmets called Stack-hats (could be Aussie thing) but them helmets that are covered in thick plastic shell. There real big helmets:D

Talking about helmets heres aFunny story for youz........................This women a mate of mine knows is a "J bird" (Someone that preforms all their dutys and prettey much spend all there time in the nude) So this women is doing the ironing one day in the basment (in the nude) and shes almost finnished ironing a load of washing and one of the pipes above starts dripping on her head and she dosn't want to move the ironing setup because she is almost finished so she grabs her sons football helmet and puts it on while she finishs the rest of the ironing. Ends up its meter day for the electricity man so he wanders down to the basment like he dose every other month and is greated by a women in a Football helmet ironing in the nude. And he says "I don't know what team ya playing for lady but I sure hope they win"

I should have a photo of Evil Knevill in a couple of weeks.
;)

[Gr grass n Hi tides]

Originally posted by pinnacle
I should have a photo of Evil Knevill in a couple of weeks.
;)

Can't wait! Make realtime video if it'll feed.........