after waiting till everyone else started to mow their lawns i committed to do mine today. the neighborhood mower man came by yesterday and offered to do mine, i told him i had a mower.

i think i flooded the engine. i don’t know if it’s because the tank was bone dry and unused for a while. it won’t start. i stood in my yard pulling and priming and pulling. went and bought another spark plug. it still won’t start. more pulling and priming. neighbors driving by, yard starting to look crazy.

i called it a day…i now have a gasoline soaked blister where the pullcord handle meets finger.