Old Faithful, my vintage 2001 Walmart Yard-Man lawnmower died at the end of last season. I think it’s just the pull cord again, but when I looked in Amazon’s deals section earlier this week, I noticed a battery operated lawnmower that was on sale for $269 with one 4.0AH and one 2.0AH battery, and I had some Amazon points, so I thought about it for a while, texted P to see what he thought, and decided to give battery a try. I still might get Old Faithful repaired…I don’t know. Anyway, this is my new steed, and I took it for its maiden voyage over the front and side lawn. I got 45 minutes out of both batteries, which was enough to do what is visible from the street. The rest looks like hell, but it rained today, so I couldn’t have mowed even if I’d been willing to brave the chill and wind (I wasn’t).