Nick Maclaren wrote:
In article . com,
"Deep Thought" writes:

When I say small, I mean about 10 feet long and 7 feet tall. I
cant
be arsed with shears

No, I am proposing that you use them to trim the hedge :-)

If you actually work out how much time and effort you will spend
(forget the money, and the storage space, where manual tools win),
you will often find that manual tools are often faster and easier.

Also, I got rid of my electric hedge clipper because I was not
strong enough in the arms to use it safely, and it was tiring me
so badly - I keep my shears, because using them safely needs less
effort and they are less tiring.

But it is amazing how few people are rational about such things.

Hell, Nick, you still don't get it, do you? You seem to think
gardening's about growing plants, and fun, and prehistoric shit like
that. I know for a fact that when a bump appeared on your lawn you
_didn't_ hire a rotovator, you _didn't_ buy fifty tons of topsoil,
and you _didn't_ returf the lot. I don't like to accuse a man on
circumstantial evidence, but I bet you even grow flowers from
_seeds_, for heaven's sake! Get it into your head that proper modern
gardening's about spending money, and making lots of noise, or the
Conspicuous Consumption Police will come and cart you away to the
Techno-Bucks Re-education Centre before you infect anybody else with
your destructive notions.

I'm only telling you for your own good.

--
Mike.