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[–] [email protected] 74 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Sometimes when I grill. I don't clack the tongs together.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago

You monster! How do you even know if they're tongy enough?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

This one right here, officer. He's a menace.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I can almost forgive some of these others. But I don't understand how a person, much less a dad, could even begin to commit such an attrocity. The second I don't click the tongs, tweezers, hell even tweezers, you will know that I have been compromised.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

You make me sick.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

I clack them to the terminator theme. Even if I didn't want to, I don't think I could avoid it.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

But how do you know they are working if you don't clack them?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

This is genuinely upsetting. How could you

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Is it really grilling if there's no clacking?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

You just lost grilling privileges.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I optimize my pattern for minimal direction changes, which saves me 3-5% on the time it takes to mow

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

This guy Dads.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I optimise mine for max clibbins dispersion.

Or if it's really thick and damp I'll do a patern like 2 rows forward 1 row back so they get finely mulched instead of clumped. Think a narrow clockwise rectangle on the right of a given square of grass that slowly walks to the left so the clipings are pulled away from the uncut grass and then run ove again on the return trip. Also helps in case it's thick enough that the grass isn't fully being cut.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

This is genius. I usually just get my blower out to break up the clumps, but I might give this a go

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'm totally trying this the next time I wait too long between mowings!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But you have to alternate the pattern each time you mow or you'll get wheel ruts.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Only if you have a heavy mower and drive in the exact same spot every time. I can see it with a soft yard and a riding mower, but not so much with a push mower.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I definitely notice it with a push mower, but there's also the issue of the grass blades themselves always being cut in one direction. That'll produce a noticable effect over time if you don't vary mowing vector.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Exactly this. I do the trim of the section I am working, then any areas that cannot be bulk mowed, then smaller and smaller square pattern on the bulk to avoid time consumed on excessive turning/momentum loss. Grass looks fine, not trying to impress anyone, and I get back to my family sooner.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

The other day my daughter told me she was hungry.... All I did was ask what she wanted to eat! I will carry that with me for all my days

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

My robot mower does this. It traverses the lawn like a Roomba. Took me awhile to get used to.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My guy, robot mowers have been around for some time now. The catch is you need to bury a guide wire around the perimeter of the area the mower is meant to cut. Or at least that was the case the last time I looked into getting one.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

There are some which are guided via gps now. However, i won't trust them being so precise. For me/us burying a guide wire was the better solution. Some manufacturers even claim, that you dont have to burry the line cos it will be overgrown by grass after a short amount of time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I love this reaction

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

My Roomba vacuums in a pattern. It finds the edges of the room, finds obstacles, and then goes ||||| across the middle of the room, doing little circles around table legs.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd need 6 of 'em for my lawn, last time I checked. Would bee nice tho

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Must have a big yard! Mine is good for 1/2 acre but it could just run more often so I think you could stretch it a bit

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I use one of them Husqvarna roombas to do my lawn. It cuts any way it wants ☹️

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Same. No shame, as I spend my time working to buy supplies, and then use those supplies to grill

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

I had an electric mower so my pattern was just "don't run over the extension cable."

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Last Time I grilled, I didn't ask who wanted their meat rarer than having a good chef

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How do you do a pattern? Do you have to adjust the height?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The height, the direction, the updog.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Somsphet 1 points 1 year ago

My general mood and demenur thanks for asking

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Updog is the most magical property of grass, its hard to put into words over the internet.

I'd recommend approaching your friends and asking them "what's updog". You should get filled in soon enough.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

The one who vomited, did so such that his steaks would be affected