WHEN I WAS A KID

When I was a kid, power lawn mowers were not yet in residential use. Everything was done by manually pushed or pulled reel-type mowers.  I never used a power mower until 1968 (23 years-old).

Briggs & Stratton introduced the aluminum block small gas engine in 1953 which made power mowing feasible. The first ones were put on reel-type mowers.  Gasoline engine driven rotary mowers came into popular use in the early 1960's.

If you've never pushed a reel-type lawn mower, then you probably have never had a soda at the counter in a 5 & 10 cent store.   You don't know what you are missing.

o.o