Mower trouble

Our old Black & Decker electric mower died on Sunday. I'd first noticed an odd smell, but I didn't immediately associate it with the mower. Then the mower stopped working. Dead.

I realized something had burned out in the electric motor. Not being a mechanical guy, I didn't think I could ever fix it. So I hopped in my car, rushed over to Home Depot, and picked up one of these.

When I got home, I plug the new mower in and nothing happened. WTF! Maybe it wasn't the mower after all! Maybe it was the plug, or the outlet. I took the extension cord over to another outlet and tried starting the old mower. It started... but it was bad. Something was definitely wrong. Then I plugged in the new mower and it purred like an electric grass eating kitten.

When we check the fuse box, we saw that the fuse was blown. We reset it and all was good.

Now I'm going to sell the old mower on Craigslist as is. Maybe someone will want it for parts.

Ugh... I can't decide which bike to buy.

At Penn Cycle we're look at the '08 Trek 7300 Hybrid bike.

At Erics Bike Shop, we were looking at either the '08 Globe base model or sport model.

The sales guy also suggested waiting a week or two for when they get in the new Cannondale Quicks. The Quick 5 looks pretty good.

Sadly, so much of the technical details don't mean a lot to me. It's really come down to comfort and price.

I didn try a couple of the comfort bikes. They are VERY comfortable, but I don't think I'd want to pedal all around the lakes on one.