My son who does the yard work around here had eye surgery last week and has to refrain from heavy work for awhile. He's strong as an ox and uses a new Honda mulching push mower.
So I cut the grass yesterday and discovered something amazing about my front yard. It is uphill in every direction. Pick any two points A and B and it is uphill from A to B and uphill from B to A. Mow from anywhere to anywhere and it is uphill. It wore me out.
Is this common or do I have property with unusual properties?
You gotta "Mow with Flow" :copyright:
Yesterday, I went to the local
Tractor Supply to get a new primer bulb for the trimmer.
Spent $9.99 plus tax for a package of 3 of assorted size. Only need 1. No other option.
Felt like a sucka paying that for 3 pieces of plastique worth pocket change.
I have been known to point out that when I was in my first four years of edumacation it was uphill both ways, to and from school. That brings out the standard eye-rolling reaction from my younger listeners. The explanation is that I started out on hilltop A then had to traverse via low point B to get to the top of the hilltop C and the school. The return trip was from hilltop C via low point B to get to hilltop A and home. Thus, it was true that I had to go uphill both ways.
MathTeacher, post: 424867, member: 7674 wrote: Is this common or do I have property with unusual properties?
It gets more common as one ages. But maybe you live in an M.C. Escher type neighborhood.
Maybe you should move to one of those "gravity hills" that are advertised to cause cars to roll "uphill"?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_hill
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_gravity_hills
Gravity Hill, NJ
Holy Cow, post: 424871, member: 50 wrote: hilltop C via low point B to get to hilltop A
Of course, in Kansas a hill is any piece of land you can't see over to more distant land, when standing up.
Norman, OK to Dallas, TX on I-35 is definitely uphill both ways.
[USER=87]@Bill93[/USER]
It is true. Anything higher than one's head is considered a hill in these parts. On the other hand, people such as Mrs. Cow's aunts and uncles who grew up in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado view much of what is labeled as mountains east of the Mississippi as being nothing but hills.
I would stop mowing when my riding mower was replaced with a push mower.
Holy Cow, post: 425022, member: 50 wrote: [USER=87]@Bill93[/USER]
It is true. Anything higher than one's head is considered a hill in these parts. On the other hand, people such as Mrs. Cow's aunts and uncles who grew up in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado view much of what is labeled as mountains east of the Mississippi as being nothing but hills.
According to Momma Cash us boys were very close to falling victims to the demons that preyed on young children in the "city" as they sought manhood. Although we lived on a dirt road suburban acreage (more sub than urban) it was pretty much "big city" to her compared to the very simple agrarian upbringing she experienced.
In an effort to cleanse us of any future sins we were regularly shipped to her bother's cotton farm in Hidalgo County, Texas in the summer. This was so we would could be shown the joys and virtues of hard work surrounded by stifling heat and desolation. I don't believe it worked. I found out years later my Uncle asked her to stop sending us because we were corrupting our cousins. Momma just prayed harder for us.
HC's remarks about the topographic relief (or lack of) in his dear home State of Kansas reminded me of what "flat" looked like in the Rio Grande Valley; simply called "The Valley" to those forlorn folks with no gas money to exit the area. It was flat. Godforsaken flat. My uncle had numerous little tin sheds that dotted his farm shading old Chrysler and Dodge engines that helped the water reach his cotton fields. It was so flat that God himself couldn't get water to run anywhere; it required gasoline.
This is one of the more inspiring panoramas one might see down there. Please note an actual tree in the distance, complete with shade. Breathtaking...
Could be an oscillation of the geoid's undulation. Check your dynamic heights.
MathTeacher, post: 424867, member: 7674 wrote: So I cut the grass yesterday and discovered something amazing about my front yard. It is uphill in every direction. Pick any two points A and B and it is uphill from A to B and uphill from B to A. Mow from anywhere to anywhere and it is uphill. It wore me out.
Is this common or do I have property with unusual properties?
Of course, it's the same as when you had to walk 16 miles to school barefoot in the snow. It was uphill both ways.;)
(If you are lucky enough to have 4 feets like HC it was probably easier)
Your lawn may be situated in a Vortex...
If one's lawn was on the south pole would every direction be up?
I would want to see THAT lawn.
Mark Mayer, post: 425213, member: 424 wrote: If one's lawn was on the south pole would every direction be up?
It's very confusing for pilots.
