Please help - Mother of 13yr old boy
kayakingkris
15 years ago
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help ID'ing old Lawn Boy
Comments (17)im looking for an older model 1980s lawnboy it has the battery located on the rear deck, the white primer , a place for the on off switch to be installed if it isnt already there, it has electric start and several breathing holes in the hood, its self propelled by folding the white handle down on top of the chrome handlebars, it can be pull started the gas tank is mounted in the hood, and some dicoloration occurs and will show where the gas tank actually is, , has a fuel cut off switch at the base, i have got to know what model this is, the wheels have the triangle pattern on them they are offset and the grass chute is right there at the front of the mower, i need some pics of different ones so i can identify which one it is someone help me please my email address is bimmerboy2102@aol.com, thank you...See MoreHelp ID year of old Lawn-Boy?
Comments (47)The C-10 number is the engine model. It was the first of the C engines that came in three sizes , 1 15/16", 2 1/8", and 2 1/4" inch bore.yours is the smallest one. Lawn Boy was still using the RPM manufacturing style deck(OMC had bought them out). The ID for the mower should be on the back of the deck. Lawn Boy ,in '55 had introduced the staggered wheel deck style that stayed in the line, on the 18" utility mowers until the late '60's. I'm guessing that your mower is a rope start model, much like some of the models in ths VERY old post. There should be a number plate on the back of the deck. Maybe it's 8F20??....See MoreHigh school boy plots to kill his mother
Comments (19)I guess I too missed how the perceived proliferation of guns, even removed would prevent a knifing. As I said in another thread there's not a "single" solution. I'm curious on this situation as to the life growing up. What, if any, discipline?What was the home life? I have strong beliefs on this and many other things but won't go into it now. Media has its involvement in responsibility of course, albeit unintentional. Certainly many of the school tragedies and foiled plans are based on copycat of Columbine or other. Remember the parachuting hijacker never captured? How many tried to duplicate it shortly afterward? Our much more mobile society where so many people have cars to transport them to and from distances most wouldn't walk makes for a larger target area for crime. Plus the cars can kill people along the way. The "look the other way" attitude of people whether it's shoplifting, gas station drive-off, a suspicious person in the neighborhood or otherwise makes it easier for perps. Face it, burglers don't have to skulk around the back of a house at night anymore. Kick in the front door and walk in like you own the place. Use a baseball bat on anyone who happens to be home. And of course if you DO get caught, what will happen? We'll blame judges and defense attorneys but nobody will lay blame at the feet of the juries who acquit. In the "good old days" we were far more likely to shoot someone entering a home, rustling cattle or raping our children. Today, it's excused as a mental illness. 40+ years ago, before cable TV, the internet, video games and all the other "causes" of crime our community had a teenager stabbed to death. How many deaths we could have prevented if we just got rid of the knives then when we saw the problem. Many drownings and suffocations would be prevented if we got rid of bathtubs, water and pillows. I won't repeat everything from the other thread but suffice to say there's a lot of problems in the world and a lot of causes to the problems but until we start looking in the mirror and around us in our own homes and quit ignoring what stares us in the face, things will continue as they are. Kudos to the one who chose to GET INVOLVED and headed off this near-tragedy, though it's still a tragedy I guess. We all could take a lesson there about getting involved. Open our eyes instead of close them. Though we don't want false alarms to tie up 911 lines for the actual needs, far better to call when you're not sure than to say, gee, maybe I should have.. Which brings up a question... when's the last time you chose to get involved?...See MoreDidn't know stepdaughter existed for 13 yrs
Comments (1)Tame, That's wild! I'm guessing that although your husband refuses to go for 'family counseling' you are probably the one who has the most responsibility for this child as far as parenting goes. You need to give your husband an ultimatum, either he goes to family couseling with you or the child goes back to her mother or into a foster home. You should not have to parent this child without help. If it was me I'd put him AND his daughter out the door! Good Luck!...See Moremom2emall
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