What are you supposed to do for three or four weeks with out your lawnmower?
I've often heard that same response and can only think to myself "don't you have any friends, are you a hermit, are you so bad at building relationships that no one wants to associate with you, don't you have any family members that live in the area, did you get into a fight with all you neighbors, are you completely broke that you can't pay a lawn service once or twice, are you too proud to ask for help etc., etc., etc,??????????
Sheesh people, if one of my friend's mowers broke down I would offer to go over and cut his grass myself and not charge him. We all need favors sometimes and you never know when it will be your turn. I have such a difficult time believing that loss of use of your lawnmower would put a person in such a tail spin that it causes this kind of emotional trauma. Suppose your car breaks down and the shop has to order parts which adds another four days without your car. What do you do??? Call a friend to borrow a spare car, maybe rent a car for a short time? This isn't rocket science folks. Seriously, you can't answer the question "What are you supposed to do for three or four weeks with out your lawnmower?" You can't ask to borrow a lawnmower from a friend, relative or neighbor???
Possum, please know and understand that my above statements are in no way, shape or form directed at you. Like I said, I'm utterly amazed at how rational, intelligent human beings that come up with solutions for just about every other problem that life throws at them EXCEPT for the problem of what am I supposed to do for three or four weeks with out my lawnmower?
End rant.