"I think he cranks up the old mower now just because he's in the mood to do something manly."

The utitilies are still deciding how to choose who will receive the new mowers, though they will be seeking a representative cross section of old mowers.

A rusty old mower and a toothless rake and a rickety buckboard stood baking in the sun, and a few stunted hens fluttered away from their approach.

On older mowers, the canister is usually semi-rectangular, and inside is an oil-saturated filter made of plastic foam, intended to be regularly cleaned.

The arguments make sense, but they were not motivating ones, as they came after the old mower was on its way out, the new one on its way in.

Mr. Lopez, a wiry 58-year-old, was gliding through a front yard with a cranky old mower, as though the machine were made of Styrofoam.

Yeah, probably if you want me to get that old mower going I ought to go up to Woods and see if I can get a new drive belt.

It will study the old polluting mowers and then write regulations to clean them up.

Marjorie Chester's remarkable collection of cast iron seats from old mowers, threshers, plows and tractors seems less obsessive than sophisticated and discerning.

I imagine the top speed for that old mower was five miles per hour.