son_of_slim_jim
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Havn't posted in a while just been reading but here is something that i know about:
Messing up
When I was 10 or so, i decided i wanted to mow lawns during the summer to make some cash. I thought this was a great idea because i had seen kids around the neighborhood doing it and i figured they made some good money(at the time any money was good money to me).
So I ventured two doors down and asked the lady if she wanted me to cut her lawn for the summer. She agreed and we decided that next week I would start mowing.
Next week arrives and I get the mower out and get ready to mow thinking that this was going to be easy and it would take 15 minutes. But it was only about 15 seconds into the job when i was heard *CRASH*. My dad (Slim Jim) comes running down to me and asks me what I did. I had no clue.
We moved the mower and saw there was a nice pipe sticking out of the ground and i had hit it :eusa_clap:. My dad was happy :cuss: when we saw I bent the crank shaft. My first job was over real quick, and i fell $300 into debt with my dad.
From that point on I always walk the yard I'm going to mow. It was a lesson I'm glad i learned when my dad was still paying for them.
Messing up
When I was 10 or so, i decided i wanted to mow lawns during the summer to make some cash. I thought this was a great idea because i had seen kids around the neighborhood doing it and i figured they made some good money(at the time any money was good money to me).
So I ventured two doors down and asked the lady if she wanted me to cut her lawn for the summer. She agreed and we decided that next week I would start mowing.
Next week arrives and I get the mower out and get ready to mow thinking that this was going to be easy and it would take 15 minutes. But it was only about 15 seconds into the job when i was heard *CRASH*. My dad (Slim Jim) comes running down to me and asks me what I did. I had no clue.
We moved the mower and saw there was a nice pipe sticking out of the ground and i had hit it :eusa_clap:. My dad was happy :cuss: when we saw I bent the crank shaft. My first job was over real quick, and i fell $300 into debt with my dad.
From that point on I always walk the yard I'm going to mow. It was a lesson I'm glad i learned when my dad was still paying for them.
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. I did a quick fix with a napkin and some tape. 
