Excitement cutting grass

Mar 10, 2023, 7:51 AM

Yesterday, I fired up the old lawn mower to cut the yard for the first time of the season.

I pumped up the tires, checked all the fluids, and sharpened the blades. All was good.

As I made my way around to the back yard, I heard something hit the blade. Probably a rock, I thought, so I kept going. As I made my turn and came back by for another lap, I saw a fire in the yard. I jumped off the mower and ran to the fire. My first thought was that I hit a rock and maybe it threw a spark and caught some leaves.

As I surveyed the area, I realized that I had run over a 20V Dewalt Li-on battery... a big 5aH one - no less. One of the cells had burst into flames and was glowing orange. I run back to my shop to grab some channellocks so I can pick up the molten material and throw it in a dogfood bowl. As I'm running barefoot through the yard, another cell bursts into flames and jumps a few feet in the air spinning around. In the dog bowl it went. As I searched the yard for the missing lithium ion cells, I collected pieces of yellow and black debris. No more fires for the night, but dayum! That was exciting and unexpected.

The good news is that I found where my missing impact driver was. Bad news is it's in 100 pieces. I must have left it in the yard under a tree while working on a project months ago and grass grew over it.

Have a good Friday, boys!

Here is a representation of the fire:

Here is a representation of me in my freshly mowed lawn:

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I think I told the story on here when my cat climbed to the top of a 400 year old oak tree and wouldn't come down.

Well, as a refresher...

The fire department came out while I was working and couldn't reach it with their ladder truck, so when I got home, I climbed to as high as I could with an extension ladder, then pulled the ladder up in the tree and screwed it to the tree so I could go even higher. Then I took a pool net slathered in canned cat food and managed to swipe the cat out of the tree. You see, the tree is hollow so this damnn cat would pop up and disappear and then pop up on the other end of the tree like whack-a-mole. I grabbed the cat after a solid 2 hours of trying to catch it. I stuffed it in a bookbag and tossed all of my gear to the ground. One piece of this gear was my impact driver. I guess it got overlooked while the kids were playing with the cat and SarahAdidas was giving me my hero's jow blob.

So in a way, it was her fault.

And no, I didn't get a jow blob. I think I got a post on facebook praising my bravery, so I got that going for me.

Excitement cutting grass

This is why I always keep an unexpired fire extinguisher

Please don't resist when the officers come to arrest you.

I’m certain your wife left that in the yard.

She was probably juggling doing some routine exterior

Don't blame her. Her sorry assss husband spends

I remember how it got left out there.

FT Noise

Agreed

And if it doesn't. Well. It's just a cat.

Ever seen a dead cat skeleton in a tree there, Ryan?***

I should have asked my daughter that question.***

YOU DID WHAT?

That’ll learn you to cut grass in bare feet

congrats on making your property an EPA Contamination Zone

This is the typical level of chaos every cat strives for.

you're right. Cats are the best. Way better than dogs.

ryanadidas be like

LOOK AT ME! I CAN LEAVE $200 DOLLARS OUT IN

Re: Excitement cutting grass

or at least another jow blob

Man, look at Mr. Money Bags over here

I wish.

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