27 degrees out, warming up with rain coming in later today and tonight.
Off early to get a haircut, can't be messy for Thanksgiving visit with relatives...

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then home to meet helper and trim trees.
Should be interesting since I told him yesterday he wasn't mowing my place next year, just trimming.
I hope he isn't upset but it turned out to be too much money and not enough satisfaction.
I was his biggest account and somehow I never came first...lots of things I wanted to get done this past summer didn't get done.
So we are going back to the arrangement of the year before. I hope it works.
Today I lift him up in the man cage with the FEL and extendable power saw and we beat the woods back.
I ordered a new F2690E Kubota mower, six foot deck, to mow my own place next year, and will sell the JD diesel garden tractor. One of the biggest features of the new mower is that the deck flips up in front to sharpen the blades, no more crawling underneath. I can't do that any more with my fused neck, just hurts too much. And I like really sharp blades so having it so easy to sharpen blades will be a plus for me.
I asked for delivery in January but there's a 500 rebate for this year so maybe last day of the year. My oldest brother has had the same mower for twenty years, pretty indestructible actually. JD makes a nice one but more money. And I saw that Iseki actually makes a nice looking out front mower, but not imported into US. Now Eric could get one... really need a lot of lawn to justify these things, my 8 acres does.