Recent content by Perry

Lady called in to the mower shop, asking for a replacement dip stick for her ride-on. She was asked how she'd lost the original. She replied that it wasn't lost, at all. It's just seems to have become too short to reach the oil.

Why are you not considering a robotic mower?

Just a red plastic thingie that is - supposedly, so I hear tell - to help (when filling) figure out when the fuel tank is nearly full. Doh! Since when would vision-impaired folk be filling a fuel tank from a jerry can? But there is no fuel filter under the cap! Is this normal? It's not to me...

GCV160 filler orifice thingame

The birds involved are certainly foraging for grubs or whatever.

A motion activated whatever would indeed be suitable. Like a battery-powered jack-in-the-box.

Definitely a bird. I've observed some / one from a distance. An ideal would be some sort of weather-proof, battery operated gadget that could be hung from the trees, close by. As for a yappy dog, the drawbacks well outweigh the potential (only) benefit.

Possibly long odds because birds of a New Zealand feather won't flock together with yours. The property has pet ducks, so any sort of avian poison is not an option. Some (so far unidentified) bird is shredding the lawn. (Pix below) In some places, I've netted the worst areas, but I can't net...

Last Easter, we had a significant storm, here. A huge and weighty branch (really the size of a tree trunk!) broke off a poplar and fell on the garden shed / hothouse. On 12 Dec, two carpenters turned up, at the behest of the insurance company, to reinstate the damage. They completed the task by...