Bob Minchin wrote:

Frederick Williams wrote:
I will be grateful if anyone can recommend a lawnmower for a small
garden.

Cylinder mowers _must_ have a thermal cut-out (or whatever it might be
called). What considerations are relevant if choosing between rotary
and hover mowers?

[Why are they called "rotary" mowers? Something rotates in all of them,
doesn't it?]

If replying please keep in mind that you are addressing a person with
limited knowledge and brain-power.

what size is the lawn

Tiny: twenty four square metres.

what sort of finish do you want - stripes or not

Finish? I just want it short!

Will you be cutting regularly

If my wife has her way I will.

Is your grass often wet when you want/need to cut it.

It seems so ('need' that is, it's never a case of 'want', see previous
line).

Electric or petrol

The former probably.

How fit are you (to push or need a mower with driven wheels)

Engine- rather than human-driven is essential.

Give us some clues and we can help.

Is that what is known as a hostage to fortune?

It may be relevant that it is uneven.

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Which of the seven heavens / Was responsible her smile /
Wouldn't be sure but attested / That, whoever it was, a god /
Worth kneeling-to for a while / Had tabernacled and rested.