Originally Posted by
jedde
My parents house, built in '50 had a "milk chute", an amenity for sure!
Using, but never abusing, model airplane glue containing toluene.
Making a few bucks by mowing neighbors lawns with reel-bladed push mowers and later, powered-reel mowers. Thank goodness now for the "lawn services" equipped with their wonderfully ear-piercing wind machines.
btw, "hey you kids, get off my lawn!"
We had one of those "milk boxes" that never seemed to be sufficiently insulated, especially against the cold. As to reel mowers- they were/are the best. A nice clean cut, no shredding (and thus no burning in the sun), and QUIET! If I had a lawn today, that's exactly what I'd use. Enough with the noise pollution- kill your leaf blowers and power mowers!
