i have been house/animal (1 blue/gold macaw, 2 african greys, 1 golden lab, 1 shepherd, 4 assorted fish) sitting for a couple of friends that flew off to vegas to exchange nuptials. silly people left me with keys to a riding lawn mower. i have not driven one in these 44 years and it showed. i didn't do to bad to get it started (despite the perfunctory and half listened to verbal instructions-and the lack of manual which i'm sure to have ignored anyway), even having to jump start it as the battery was dead (that F250 started her right up-just kidding stevie). the only problem, and this might be considered huge if one is bothered by the price of gas, was that i drove for some minutes before i realized i wasn't actually cutting anything.
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