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The list of projects seems never-ending. It's not breaking news, but I'm so thankful for YouTube. It's hard to imagine how people got along before YouTube.
I did have an incident that reminded me of the Soulfly-FIL yard-mowing incident. My neighbors across the street are a young couple with a newborn baby. Had never met them, only seen them. The other afternoon, I get home, about to cut a little of my own grass. I notice the wife across the street pulling out the push mower. More importantly, with a couple month old baby attached to her with one of those front harnesses (and little baby earmuffs). She starts mowing the little patch of flat yard right around the house. I thought it was odd, but interesting. Now, there's a patch of land between their house and mine that's a big hill, and the grass is about 18 inches tall. Hasn't been mowed in some time. From property records, I thought the city owned/maintained it.
Anyway, the neighbor wife and baby proceed to start cutting that little jungle on a hill. Oh, and it's 90 degrees outside. I really wanted to wait to meet these people when they are both home. Just seems a little more appropriate. And I sure as hell don't want to fool with another man's yard, and before I even meet him. Soulfly taught me that. But this scene left me no choice. I could not stand by and watch this mom and baby cut this grass in this heat without offering to help. I do, and she's very thankful. He gets home when I'm about 2/3rds of the way done with this side yard. He's not overtly angry, but certainly not fired up about the entire scenario and doesn't want me to finish.
It later occurred to me that I almost certainly allowed myself to get thrust right into oldest couple argument of all time. No doubt she'd been fussing at him to cut that jungle for a month or so. One day, she says #### it, I'll show him, me and the baby will get out and do it to make him feel bad. Bonus points if the new neighbor ends coming over to help.
I did have an incident that reminded me of the Soulfly-FIL yard-mowing incident. My neighbors across the street are a young couple with a newborn baby. Had never met them, only seen them. The other afternoon, I get home, about to cut a little of my own grass. I notice the wife across the street pulling out the push mower. More importantly, with a couple month old baby attached to her with one of those front harnesses (and little baby earmuffs). She starts mowing the little patch of flat yard right around the house. I thought it was odd, but interesting. Now, there's a patch of land between their house and mine that's a big hill, and the grass is about 18 inches tall. Hasn't been mowed in some time. From property records, I thought the city owned/maintained it.
Anyway, the neighbor wife and baby proceed to start cutting that little jungle on a hill. Oh, and it's 90 degrees outside. I really wanted to wait to meet these people when they are both home. Just seems a little more appropriate. And I sure as hell don't want to fool with another man's yard, and before I even meet him. Soulfly taught me that. But this scene left me no choice. I could not stand by and watch this mom and baby cut this grass in this heat without offering to help. I do, and she's very thankful. He gets home when I'm about 2/3rds of the way done with this side yard. He's not overtly angry, but certainly not fired up about the entire scenario and doesn't want me to finish.
It later occurred to me that I almost certainly allowed myself to get thrust right into oldest couple argument of all time. No doubt she'd been fussing at him to cut that jungle for a month or so. One day, she says #### it, I'll show him, me and the baby will get out and do it to make him feel bad. Bonus points if the new neighbor ends coming over to help.
