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Now weekends often find him pushing a manual mower back and forth across the baby lawn but he doesn't mind.
No doubt, far less than 30 years hence, the iPod will seem as limited and clunky as the manual mower, and perhaps as superfluous.
And it turns out that the manual mower's flaws were also part of the quiet pleasure it provided (when used in small areas): a direct connection is felt between the physical act of pushing and the physical result of cutting.
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There was an old and rusty manual lawn mower in the garage, and I pressed it into service.
Then there is Mr. Jenkins of Montclair, who cuts the grass between his sidewalk and the street with a weed whacker -- last year's Father's Day present -- but uses a manual push mower for his small lot.
I drive a five-year-old compact car, trim my weed-filled lawn with a manual push mower, and watch a small TV that has an antenna.
It is perhaps not too surprising then to find out that manual lawn mowers are making a comeback (pictured are three models by American Lawn Mower Co., P.O. Box 369, Shelbyville, Ind .46176).
I own two manual lawn mowers now.
Segways, which sell for $4,000 to $5,000, look like manual lawn mowers with two wheels.
Botanical gardens are experiencing an identity crisis, with chrysanthemum contests, horticultural lectures and garden-club ladies, once their main constituency, going the way of manual lawn mowers.
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