Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for July 01, 2013

I resemble that remark.

That is a reel-type lawnmower. Proper category for him is old coot. Vermont and New Hampshire don’t require clothing in public, but Maine is going to have a police cruiser pass by occasionally to make certain he is wearing underpants.

Had to resharpen the blades ever 30 minutes or so, depending on the thickness of the grass/weeds. I actually liked using the pushmower at grandma’s house: I was alone with my thoughts for 3/4 of an acre. Got some storyline idealized, even before I changed to being a professional writer. Thank goodness for the 1974 energy crisis – it amde me think.

I’m hoping to get reclassified from “antique” to “classic”.

Fairportfan, you’re funny…

Actually, retro is kind of an up grade….It sorta sounds like young professionals drinking Pabst, listening to vinyl while they play wiffle ball…Kind of a kinder reference….Cool old school, if you will….

The day my dad told me that when he was my age that was the only kind of lawn mower there was, was the first time I felt sorry for him…I could only shake my head….

Hey, at least he’s not wearing sock garters…..

obsolete would be too strong, how about ‘legacy’?

Johnny, I would have liked to have kids for a couple of hours every other day or so…Mow the lawn, shovel snow, clean the gutter…..

I use that type of lawn mower. Great exercise and I AM retro!!!!

Hey, when did that drone snap that pic of me mowing? Thanks, Wiley, you’re always spot on! My 53 year old REEL mower is called a Grass Grizzly. Oh, and only REAL men and women use REEL mowers! Dowse the lights that desecrate nights. Stargeezer Jack @ darkskyinitiative.org

Nah, it’s analog.

I’m so ‘retro’ I remember when gas powered rotary mowers first appeared. A printer friend made up little tags that said “Guaranteed to throw dog shit as high as second story windows”. He then surreptitiously hung them on the handles of mowers on display at the local hardware.Don’t know if it affected sales or not.

So, he is not pouting, it good exercise; no damn leaf blower, probably has a rake in his shed……so tell’em, ‘shudup, non of yer business’…..

Whoa . . . if what you used to consider being a gentleman is now labelled as a sexual predator, you’re doing it wrong.

A Department of Trite Phrases.Probably headed by Wiley.Some one needs to get NSA or the IRS to check that out.Are they listening??When he get re-reclassified as “gangham” then we can be impressed.

How about “legendary”? Even if it’s in his own mind.

Man, that’s so cool ! Now I’m no longer a square, daddyo. Later, Gator.

Back in 1960, my dad offered me a $dollar to mow the yard. I looked at the thick grass. I looked at the reel-mower. I looked at my sock of saved money. I looked at everything again. Then I declined the offer. I almost said ‘yes’.

Considering how much kids today know about our time, perhaps “prehistoric” would be a better term.

I’d say retro man is pro-active

Retro, classic, original, traditional, Established, Experienced ….

The grandkids ask their father that. When I talk they just get a polite grin and shake their heads.

I consider myself to be “An Analog Man in a Digital World.”Which will also be the title of my first album (LP of course), if I can get my reel-to-reel tape recorder working.

to “Has Been”

Earliest power mowers I remember weren’t rotary; they were the familiar reel type, with a big honkin’ Briggs and Stratton mounted over the reel. Nasty, heavy buggers.

blueskies, We had one of those, too! It was awesome. What a crazy contraption that was…….Had to be dangerous…Dogday, I went to Mt. Vernon one time, and there is A LOT of lawn to mow….I was wondering if that was how the did it back in the day. I’d hate to think some poor slave mowed all that with a push mower…

I’ve been reclassified from" antique" to “thrift shop”