[RP TownTalk] Kids Today?
Jonah Blaustein
jonah at mindspring.com
Wed Apr 26 02:17:31 UTC 2006
Andrew,
I know your 'issue' is to have a kid do your lawn, but if you would
consider an adult, here is a recommendation:
Felipe Martinez
(301)927-4201
He was recommended by Roland, and lives right in town. I hired him once
and I intend to hire him again. He is pleasant, hard working, reliable.
JB
On Tuesday, April 25, 2006, at 07:24 PM, Andrew Farrington wrote:
> When I was a boy, I used to push my parents' lawn mower around College
> Park and knock on the doors of houses with long grass, trying to get
> the
> owners to let me mow their lawns for $10. Times have changed. Last
> year
> I was paying a boy $20 to do it, but I had to all but ambush him
> instead
> of him asking me, and I have yet to see him this spring. Where are the
> kids? Why aren't they pushing around mowers? Do they all have more
> than
> enough money? Is it the video games? I'm mystified.
>
> If anyone knows or knows of a kid that wants to mow my lawn for $20 a
> pop,
> please let me know! Or just send him by with his mower; if I'm not
> home
> [he] can come back and collect the $20, I'm good for it. It's got to
> be a
> kid though, not an under-employed adult with um, issues. I'm done with
> that.
>
> Thanks,
> Andrew Farrington
> 4605 Queensbury Road
>
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