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    Raining in Sydney again and tomorrow again.... The grass has been wet for a couple of weeks now sick of stopping the mower and cleaning the botom every 5 min

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    Thank F for the rain, I was mowing dust until yesterday. Will make the next 2 weeks to Xmas very busy as I would expect the grass to be racing ahead now, hot weather and some moisture do wonders. just have to get a yard clean up out of the way today so I can concentrate on the main game from here on.

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    Rain was coming in from the NE yesterday,has now turned around and coming back from the SE and looks to be here for another couple of days
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    Quote Originally Posted by courty View Post
    Rain was coming in from the NE yesterday,has now turned around and coming back from the SE and looks to be here for another couple of days
    Please not Saturday, please not Saturday! Foo Fighters!!!!!!!!!

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    Outdoor concert?

    What do you guys and girls do when the rain is stop start stop start stop start ...... ?

    I dropped the boys off at daycare/kindy this morning and went to my first job and it starts raining heavy. So I went and paid a couple of bills. Still raining so I thought stuff it. Came home home and unhooked the trailer. Come in for a cup of tea and early lunch and now it has stopped raining. Everything is soaked again and it still looks like it could rain any minute!

    Do you keep going and put muddy tracks across everyone's lawns for the rest of the day and end up wet and miserable?

    I think I'm going to go dig out the DrizaBone and just try and do some gardening jobs.

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    The sun has been out most of the day here. I just did a gutter cleaning job & the roof was getting really hot.

    Just waiting now to hear back from an acreage job for this arvo. Sandy country, so hopefully it will be OK.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PaulG View Post
    Outdoor concert?

    What do you guys and girls do when the rain is stop start stop start stop start ...... ?

    I dropped the boys off at daycare/kindy this morning and went to my first job and it starts raining heavy. So I went and paid a couple of bills. Still raining so I thought stuff it. Came home home and unhooked the trailer. Come in for a cup of tea and early lunch and now it has stopped raining. Everything is soaked again and it still looks like it could rain any minute!

    Do you keep going and put muddy tracks across everyone's lawns for the rest of the day and end up wet and miserable?

    I think I'm going to go dig out the DrizaBone and just try and do some gardening jobs.
    Did my accounting this morning because it was raining a bit too heavily for my liking. Rain eased so I went out around 8:30 and did 3 lawns in light/medium rain. Rain picked up on the 3rd job. Was on me way to the 4th when it started pissing down so I pulled the pin. Dropped the trailer off and went to the bank. Weather is ok now and the ground was pretty firm this morning but once my pin is pulled the hole closes up for the day (i.e it don't go back in). I don't play games with the weather! More time with my wife and 2 boys ( 2yo and a 9 month old)

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    Quote Originally Posted by PaulG View Post
    Outdoor concert?

    What do you guys and girls do when the rain is stop start stop start stop start ...... ?

    I dropped the boys off at daycare/kindy this morning and went to my first job and it starts raining heavy. So I went and paid a couple of bills. Still raining so I thought stuff it. Came home home and unhooked the trailer. Come in for a cup of tea and early lunch and now it has stopped raining. Everything is soaked again and it still looks like it could rain any minute!

    Do you keep going and put muddy tracks across everyone's lawns for the rest of the day and end up wet and miserable?

    I think I'm going to go dig out the DrizaBone and just try and do some gardening jobs.
    If its only showers I will forge ahead but during and after sustained rain it's Xbox,internet or whatever else I can occupy myself with. I won't do anything until I see what tomorrow brings.
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    I've never really been in this situation where work is starting to back up; Even with the season we had last Summer!

    Oddly though I just had my first call (completely out of the blue) from a fairly frantic Real Estate wanting a front yard mow and tidy with a rear yard slash and poison so I guess I'll go for a drive and have a look at that. Oils, blades etc were all done the other day so I'm running out of things to do.

    If I had any spare cash to speak of I might go do some shopping at BCF or Ray's Outdoors or Repco or similar. "Tell him he's dreaming!"

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    Quote Originally Posted by PaulG View Post
    I've never really been in this situation where work is starting to back up; Even with the season we had last Summer!
    I know that situation well Paul. I can lose 3 days and still catch up in one morning.

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    Jason Forrest
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    Raining here, must be Friday...

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    Quote Originally Posted by cadase View Post
    Raining here, must be Friday...
    Friday for sure
    Was mowing in 32 degree heat, within 5 minutes had to run for cover from decent sized hail stones.

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    well today didnt rain got 5 lawns done, i did notice the ground around bankstown was very wet... More than i would of thought

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    I have found the ground to be nice and firm in the areas I have been working....parramatta to penrith....Just the grass itself has been a bit wet. My problem is that I have been culling my run in the old area and picking up work where I live now. But people don't tend to pick up the local paper when it's wet so not many calls from my ad. Hence today, and most of the week, was pretty quiet. Already filling up for next week though.

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