Try a "reel" type mower. I used one for years on a small yard. You need to
sharpen them a time or two a season, but they make a neat cut, and they are
never out of gas, discharged, or hard to start.

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GRRR....I would like to have mowed the grass today (our "yard" is so small
that I could probably do it with scissors) but I can't because I can't
pull
the cord hard enough to start the *(^% thing. Why are they so difficult
to
start? A friend is giving me her Mother's old push mower which should
alleviate the problem!