Over.. Andover
Posted: 05 Nov 2007, 15:25
I'm having one of those days that should really be reserved for Tuesday (known the world over as the worst day of the week) :roll: I'd been after a hedge trimmer for ages and finally got my hands on one last Thursday. Having done all the bits and pieces I have to do on a Monday.. the time was 2PM so I thought I'd take the hedge trimmer out of the box for the very first time and attack a straggly bit of hedge I have at the end of our footpath. There's not much to it.. maybe 4ft high, 3ft deep and about 6 to 8ft wide before it disappears into nothingness. All it really needed was a bit of a haircut so off I went.. extension leads plugged in.. brand spanking new trimmer in my gloved hands. The world was good 
Two mins.. 3 at the most and that little hedge is now smart as a guardsman if not quite as tall. While I'm here, thought I.. I'll have a go at tidying up the pyracantha(sp). Two minutes later, I'm standing there with gouts of smoke coming out of the trimmer as it died before my very eyes. First thought going through my head.. wish I'd bought the Flymo one now
While disappearing in said smoke, reflecting on my lot.. I heard a noise.. an unfamiliar noise in the sky above and glanced up to see what I first thought was a 748 but finally settled on an Andover as it disappeared serenely behind the trees.. RR Darts whining sweetly with the rapidly lowering sun reflecting off it's nacelles 
The smoke finally cleared leaving me standing there with £30 of rubbish in my hands and I stood for a while listening to the Darts disappear into the distance.
The moral of the story.. well, if you're thinking of buying a LandXcape hedge trimmer from Argos (cat no. 720/0425) at £29.99.. then don't bother.. unless of course you want it to trim your Bonsai tree. Used once a year for no more than a minute at a time.. you'll probably get 5 years use out of it.. maybe 8 at a push
Had it NOT broken down.. I may have missed the Andover so it was probably worth it ;-)
ATB
DaveB :tab:
Two mins.. 3 at the most and that little hedge is now smart as a guardsman if not quite as tall. While I'm here, thought I.. I'll have a go at tidying up the pyracantha(sp). Two minutes later, I'm standing there with gouts of smoke coming out of the trimmer as it died before my very eyes. First thought going through my head.. wish I'd bought the Flymo one now
While disappearing in said smoke, reflecting on my lot.. I heard a noise.. an unfamiliar noise in the sky above and glanced up to see what I first thought was a 748 but finally settled on an Andover as it disappeared serenely behind the trees.. RR Darts whining sweetly with the rapidly lowering sun reflecting off it's nacelles The smoke finally cleared leaving me standing there with £30 of rubbish in my hands and I stood for a while listening to the Darts disappear into the distance.The moral of the story.. well, if you're thinking of buying a LandXcape hedge trimmer from Argos (cat no. 720/0425) at £29.99.. then don't bother.. unless of course you want it to trim your Bonsai tree. Used once a year for no more than a minute at a time.. you'll probably get 5 years use out of it.. maybe 8 at a push
Had it NOT broken down.. I may have missed the Andover so it was probably worth it ;-)
ATB
DaveB :tab:
