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Howdy!,

I think that a "Baby Bottle Brush" is the ultimate Back Scratcher I have
tried using.

Just thought I'd tell about my discovery to those who read this echo.

The "Bottle Brush" I have, has a long handle of twisted wires.

I can use it all over my back.

As Jerry Clower tells about the feller up in the tree top with a Lynx
who hsd tp hollor out to his friends on the ground:

"Just shoot up here amongst us, One of us just has to have some relief".

The Bottle Brush is a lot better than the plastic Back Scratcher that has
the shape of a very small hand on the end of it that I won while trying
to win one of the better prizes at a Game of Chance in the Arcade at a Amusement Park years ago.

The long tiny handle broke when I used it many years ago and the pieces were thrown in the trash.

I threw those pieces away long before any "Recycling Program" was thought of
to recycle plastic to keep it out of the trash or getting in the waterways.

I will keep using that Bottle Brush (or a replacement for it) as a Back Scratcher, until I learn of some other way to scratch what itches on my back that works better.

It works for Me!, but I'm open to learn of any other instrument that anyone uses or knows about that does the job as well or better.
Estecially if the cost for that other thing is very cheap.

I don't know what a Bottle Brush replacement sells for today but if I need
to buy another one the Scotchman part of me won't keep me from buying one
if I need another one.

73 de Ed W9ODR . .

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Re: Ultimate Back Scratcher?
By: Ed Vance to All on Sun Sep 27 2020 07:55 pm

Note to Moderator - I wrote this in the Survivor Echo and later thought that my idea could be of help to readers in other echos.
Thank You for allowing My OFF TOPIC Post.

I think that a "Baby Bottle Brush" is the ultimate Back Scratcher I have tried using.

Just thought I'd tell about my discovery to those who read this echo.

i'm using a lawn mower blade that i bought from walmart that didnt fit my mower.
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no, it doesnt do that unfortunately. too bad i cant return it ;[
i have a sunjoe electric and it's discontinued. cant even get blades for it now
only had it 1 year

That is no good. :(


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Re: Ultimate Back Scratcher?
By: Dumas Walker to MRO on Tue Sep 29 2020 04:49 pm

no, it doesnt do that unfortunately. too bad i cant return it ;[
i have a sunjoe electric and it's discontinued. cant even get blades
for it

now

only had it 1 year

That is no good. :(

i think it's because a lot of electric mowers are cheap and they need to retire them and get people to buy new ones to make money.
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i think it's because a lot of electric mowers are cheap and they need to retire
them and get people to buy new ones to make money.

I was thinking planned obsolesence also but thought maybe I was being too cynical. :)


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Re: Ultimate Back Scratcher?
By: Dumas Walker to MRO on Wed Sep 30 2020 01:16 pm

i think it's because a lot of electric mowers are cheap and they need
to

retire

them and get people to buy new ones to make money.

I was thinking planned obsolesence also but thought maybe I was being too cynical. :)

well, electric mowers probably last a long time so gotta do something to get people to keep buying them
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Re: Ultimate Back Scratcher?
By: MRO to Dumas Walker on Tue Sep 29 2020 08:38 pm

Re: Ultimate Back Scratcher?
By: Dumas Walker to MRO on Tue Sep 29 2020 04:49 pm

no, it doesnt do that unfortunately. too bad i cant return it ;[
i have a sunjoe electric and it's discontinued. cant even get blades
for it

now

only had it 1 year

That is no good. :(

i think it's because a lot of electric mowers are cheap and they need to ret

If there was a "professional grade" electric mower designed to run for hundreds, if not thousands of hours, it would not be cost effective for a residental consumer to buy. Imagine paying $700 for a push mower instead of $60-$100

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Re: Ultimate Back Scratcher?
By: Moondog to MRO on Wed Sep 30 2020 09:34 pm

If there was a "professional grade" electric mower designed to run for hundreds, if not thousands of hours, it would not be cost effective for a residental consumer to buy. Imagine paying $700 for a push mower instead of $60-$100

I've seen electric lawnmowers (with a rechargeable battery) costing around $500 or so. If it lasts a long time, I could potentially see justifying that cost. Especially since an electric lawnmower doesn't need gas or oil changes, and has fewer parts, which means (hopefully) fewer things that can go wrong.

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Re: Ultimate Back Scratcher?
By: MRO to Dumas Walker on Wed Sep 30 2020 08:14 pm

Re: Ultimate Back Scratcher?
By: Dumas Walker to MRO on Wed Sep 30 2020 01:16 pm

i think it's because a lot of electric mowers are cheap and they need
to

retire

them and get people to buy new ones to make money.

I was thinking planned obsolesence also but thought maybe I was being t cynical. :)

well, electric mowers probably last a long time so gotta do something to get

Electric mowers are in the sam boat as electric trimmers. While electric motors can produce alot of torque, the motors used in electric trimmer cannot run blades and thicker strand that gas trimmers can run. Then again, there's
a difference in cost between a gas and electric trimmer.

If an electric mower could cut through the same density of grass a gas engine mower could handle. The battery would need to be huge. If it were powered
by a electric outlet, the cord length would be drastically reduced due to the amperage being run.



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Re: Ultimate Back Scratcher?
By: Moondog to MRO on Wed Sep 30 2020 09:34 pm

Re: Ultimate Back Scratcher?
By: MRO to Dumas Walker on Tue Sep 29 2020 08:38 pm

Re: Ultimate Back Scratcher?
By: Dumas Walker to MRO on Tue Sep 29 2020 04:49 pm

no, it doesnt do that unfortunately. too bad i cant return it ;[
i have a sunjoe electric and it's discontinued. cant even get blades
for it

now

only had it 1 year

That is no good. :(

i think it's because a lot of electric mowers are cheap and they need to

If there was a "professional grade" electric mower designed to run for hundreds, if not thousands of hours, it would not be cost effective for a residental consumer to buy. Imagine paying $700 for a push mower instead of $60-$100

Around here you can pay 400 bucks for an ecological, hay powered mower, which will make a nice "neigh" sound from time to time while running.

(By the way, I am out of home for the time being and I miss my horses so much)

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Re: Ultimate Back Scratcher?
By: Nightfox to Moondog on Thu Oct 01 2020 08:35 am

I've seen electric lawnmowers (with a rechargeable battery) costing around $500 or so. If it lasts a long time, I could potentially see justifying that cost. Especially since an electric lawnmower doesn't need gas or oil changes, and has fewer parts, which means (hopefully) fewer things that can go wrong.

well there's one thing doing the work and that's the motor. and that can blow out. i think the batteries go to shit just like any other battery does.

that's why i got corded. corded is a pita but the mower was cheap and it's super light.
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Re: Ultimate Back Scratcher?
By: Moondog to MRO on Thu Oct 01 2020 11:26 am

If an electric mower could cut through the same density of grass a gas engine mower could handle. The battery would need to be huge. If it were powered by a electric outlet, the cord length would be drastically reduced due to the amperage being run.

well my electric mower cuts grass as good or better than a gas one.

i have a special extension cord to handle the juice and i think it's 100ft or more maybe. it's a long one.
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Re: Ultimate Back Scratcher?
By: MRO to Moondog on Thu Oct 01 2020 06:01 pm

well my electric mower cuts grass as good or better than a gas one.

i have a special extension cord to handle the juice and i think it's 100ft o more maybe. it's a long one. ---

Just out of curiousity. Why do you use an electric mower? When I first got married and was broke my father inlaw gave me his electric mower to use until I got my own gas mower. My father made me start cutting the lawn when I turned 12 with a gas mower. I hated using the electric mower. Dragging that cord around was a pain and I was always afraid I was going to run into it with the mower. Anyway what would be the reason someone would pay money for an electric mower? Price? I can't think of one. Please enlighten me.

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Re: Ultimate Back Scratcher?
By: HusTler to MRO on Fri Oct 02 2020 08:27 am

Just out of curiousity. Why do you use an electric mower? When I first got married and was broke my father inlaw gave me his electric mower to use until I got my own gas mower. My father made me start cutting the lawn when I turned 12 with a gas mower. I hated using the electric mower. Dragging that cord around was a pain and I was always afraid I was going to run into it with the mower. Anyway what would be the reason someone would pay money for an electric mower? Price? I can't think of one. Please enlighten me.

|02 HusTler

To save the enviroment maybe? I have no clue.

GK

Re: Ultimate Back Scratcher?
By: HusTler to MRO on Fri Oct 02 2020 08:27 am

Re: Ultimate Back Scratcher?
By: MRO to Moondog on Thu Oct 01 2020 06:01 pm

well my electric mower cuts grass as good or better than a gas one.

i have a special extension cord to handle the juice and i think it's
100ft o more maybe. it's a long one. ---

Just out of curiousity. Why do you use an electric mower? When I first got married and was broke my father inlaw gave me his electric mower to use until I got my own gas mower. My father made me start cutting the lawn when I turned 12 with a gas mower. I hated using the electric mower. Dragging that cord around was a pain and I was always afraid I was going to run into it with the mower. Anyway what would be the reason someone would pay money for an electric mower? Price? I can't think of one. Please enlighten me.

|02 HusTler

it was 70 bucks on sale on amazon and where i moved to i had a small square yard. i liked the power and how quiet it was and i didnt have to get gas for it and end up with my hands stinking like gas.

you just need to work out a method to doing it. i do it a certain way and then flip the cord and it never gets in my way. where i'm at i do a front and a back and it works out. i cut the grass of this huge house that a church owns in exchange for parking in their big lot so i bought a gas mower for them. having gas mower is exchanging portability for the added weight and the annoyance of adding gas and buying more gas.

my electric mower is a pain to get going because i have to get the cord out, unravel it [i use an electronics "speaker wire" wrap style so it never gets tangled. then i have to wrap it up again.
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Re: Ultimate Back Scratcher?
By: Gate Keeper to HusTler on Fri Oct 02 2020 11:06 am

always afraid I was going to run into it with the mower. Anyway what
would be the reason someone would pay money for an electric mower?
Price? I can't think of one. Please enlighten me.

|02 HusTler

To save the enviroment maybe? I have no clue.

electricity isnt free and solar sucks for most people. electricity is made
by fossil fuels usually.




so that would be a no.
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10-02-20 08:27 HusTler wrote to MRO about Ultimate Back Scratcher?
Howdy! HusTler and All,

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Re: Ultimate Back Scratcher?
By: MRO to Moondog on Thu Oct 01 2020 06:01 pm

well my electric mower cuts grass as good or better than a gas one.

i have a special extension cord to handle the juice and i think it's 100ft o more maybe. it's a long one. ---

Just out of curiousity. Why do you use an electric mower? When I first got married and was broke my father inlaw gave me his electric mower to use until I got my own gas mower. My father made me start cutting the
lawn when I turned 12 with a gas mower. I hated using the electric
mower. Dragging that cord around was a pain and I was always afraid I
was going to run into it with the mower. Anyway what would be the
reason someone would pay money for an electric mower? Price? I can't
think of one. Please enlighten me.

I bought my first A.C. Powered Electric Lawn Mower thinking the cost to run
it would be less than buying Gasoline for the Gas Lawn Mower I was using.
I got a Three Wire, 50 Foot Extension Cord made with 14 Guage Wire for it.

While I was cutting the front yard one day I ran across the 50 Foot Line Cord and had to get some Pan-Amp Terminals and the Crimper to fix it.
I wrapped my repairs up with Electrical Tape and can still use that Line Cord.

Some time later the A.C. Motor failed and I bought another Electric Lawn Mower just like the one with the failed motor.
Some time later the Deck of the second mower got Rusty so I replaced the Motor on the first one with the Motor from the second one and can still cut Grass with it.

Sometimes I would cut the back yard with the Gas Mower while My Wife cut
the Front yard with the Electric Mower.

Last Year We had the Gas Mower repaired, but it stopped working earlier this year so We are using the Electric Mower until We decide to buy a Gas Mower or get our Gas Mower fixed again.

73 de Ed W9ODR . .


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Re: Ultimate Back Scratcher?
By: HusTler to MRO on Fri Oct 02 2020 08:27 am

Re: Ultimate Back Scratcher?
By: MRO to Moondog on Thu Oct 01 2020 06:01 pm

well my electric mower cuts grass as good or better than a gas one.

i have a special extension cord to handle the juice and i think it's 100f more maybe. it's a long one. ---

Just out of curiousity. Why do you use an electric mower? When I first got I hated using the electric mower. Dragging that cord around was a pain and I nlighten me.

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My mother would prune the hedge with an electric trimmer, and she would
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Re: Ultimate Back Scratcher?
By: MRO to HusTler on Fri Oct 02 2020 08:47 pm

Just out of curiousity. Why do you use an electric mower? When I first got

it was 70 bucks on sale on amazon and where i moved to i had a small square

you just need to work out a method to doing it. i do it a certain way and then
flip the cord and it never gets in my way. where i'm at i do a front and a back

Yea. That's why I had an electric mower. It got me by until I got the bucks for my lawnboy self propelled mower. I'm still using it 30 years later. Pricey yea but it will last a lifetime.

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Re: Ultimate Back Scratcher?
By: MRO to Gate Keeper on Fri Oct 02 2020 08:50 pm

Re: Ultimate Back Scratcher?
By: Gate Keeper to HusTler on Fri Oct 02 2020 11:06 am

always afraid I was going to run into it with the mower. Anyway what
would be the reason someone would pay money for an electric mower?
Price? I can't think of one. Please enlighten me.

|02 HusTler

To save the enviroment maybe? I have no clue.

electricity isnt free and solar sucks for most people. electricity is made by fossil fuels usually.

so that would be a no.

I consider electric devices light duty and perfect for renters who do not
have storage space for gas cans and small lawns. Electric trimmers that use
a filament can be had for a fraction of a gas trimmers cost. They'll handle m ost detail work, but don't expect to put a rotary blade on one and trim bush stumps.

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