Weedeating

Weedeaters are not made for girls. No doubt, they are designed by and made for use by males. They are too heavy, too long, too awkward, and they don't work right. Perhaps men have more patience with unreliable equipment than women do.

I've decided to take on the task of weedeating the fenceline. The picture above shows about a quarter of the fenceline that borders the road, which is my targeted area. It has taken days to accomplish this little bit - one side of the fence, even. I still have to weedeat the other side.

And why should it take that long? It shouldn't. Now, I have a little female electric weedeater, designed for the weaker ones among us. It's light, it recharges, the nylon line lets itself out when it needs to, it doesn't die, it starts with a push of the button. The problem is, it's for small jobs and doesn't last long.

The serious weedeating must be done by the male weedeater. To start it requires many yanks of the cord and adjusting the switches just so. It dies every couple of minutes, requiring more yanking and adjusting. If that's not enough to wear a woman's arm out, toting the 50 lb. monster around and trying to aim it at weeds without wrapping it around barbed wire is. In addition to that, the nylon cord is a constant problem - too short, too long, disappearing altogether - and banging it on the ground to get it to let out...don't even get me started.

Anyway, Tom has tinkered and repaired and modified and I'll be back out there again today, running back to him every 10 minutes so he can tinker, repair, and modify some more. Maybe by spring time, I'll have the fenceline cleaned up so it can all grow back again.