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Scuzi said:
In America, a man's lawn is his statement to the world. His castle. Kind of like the English and their home - only better and genuine. A man with a good lawn is a man worth knowing. A man to be respected.
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So a man is to be respected because he has a good lawn? And a good lawn is 'better and more genuine' than a good home? what is this i dont even...

In my experience a man is to be respected when he's proved himself worthy of respect. The state of his lawn is irrelevant.
 
Evangelion said:
So a man is to be respected because he has a good lawn?
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Yes.

Evangelion said:
And a good lawn is 'better and more genuine' than a good home?
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Yes.

Evangelion said:
In my experience a man is to be respected when he's proved himself worthy of respect. The state of his lawn is irrelevant.
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Keeping a good lawn is the ultimate in proving one's worth.

If you're English you will just never understand. You'd probably rather own a grim two up two down terraced hovel in Oldham and pretend it's a castle. At least you can have sex on a lawn.
 
kwerk said:
This is an approx typical renovation for me. Kill all the old grass, possibly fallow it for a while, then reseed from scratch.

$30 on glyphosate (generic roundup)
$400 on seed
$140 fertilizer
$100 soil ammendments
$100 on top dressing for trouble spots
$150 for seed blankets for rain washout spots
slice seeder rental for the day $80
Extra water bill $500
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i can imagine profesional tennis courts and bowling greens spending nowhere near this
 
Evangelion said:
So a man is to be respected because he has a good lawn? And a good lawn is 'better and more genuine' than a good home? what is this i dont even...

In my experience a man is to be respected when he's proved himself worthy of respect. The state of his lawn is irrelevant.
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You fail hard at sarcasm detection.
 
D.P. said:
You can buy a nice home, but maintaining a nice lawn takes a lot of commitment.
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You can buy a good lawn too, just call a local sod farm. Then pay someone to install an automatic sprinkler system and pay someone else to mow it and fertilize it.

The whole point is doing it yourself for fun. It's a hobby. It's like woodworking or anything else.
 
I also spend about $200 on "organic biosolids"... HUMAN POO.

http://www.milorganite.com/en/Header-Items/About-Us/What-is-It.aspx

How Do We Make It?

Wastewater enters the Jones Island water reclamation facility, where all solid materials such as sand, boards, shop rags, etc. are removed. Microbes are added to the leftover water during the activation process, which serves the same purpose as adding yeast to bread. Oxygen is pumped in to create an ideal environment and the microbes digest the nutrients in the water.

When all the nutrients have been consumed, the microbes die. Agents are then added to begin clumping the microbes together. This process of settling and coagulating takes place in quiet sedimentation tanks.

After settling, the clumped microbes are removed and sent to the Dewatering and Drying building where moisture is removed using belt presses. This produces a semi-solid form similar to wet cardboard that is subsequently dried in twelve rotary driers at temperatures ranging from 900⁰ - 1200⁰F. Any surviving pathogens are killed from the extreme hot temperatures.
 
Scuzi said:
Yes.

Yes.

Keeping a good lawn is the ultimate in proving one's worth.

If you're English you will just never understand. You'd probably rather own a grim two up two down terraced hovel in Oldham and pretend it's a castle. At least you can have sex on a lawn.
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The thought of a pair of overweight yanks having sex on a lawn just makes my stomach turn.
Mississippi mud pie anyone?
 
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