I neglected to note last month's purchase of a Scotts Classic Reel Mower. Last year, I gave away our old gas-powered, exhaust-fume-gushing, noisy lawn mower and we hired a lawn crew that made even more noise and smelled worse than the mower. So, this year we're saving money and a little bit of the environment by using our "pancake-powered" lawn machine. My wife managed to incense a Republican co-worker when she told him that we're burning less gas every weekend. Even the miser I work with couldn't see the reason for switching over. He scoffed that saving $2.50 in fuel costs each month wouldn't make a difference. This is a guy who hates to pay for ANYTHING. And before you think that it's hard to push: my 10-yr old son pushes this 35-lb tool around our quarter-acre lot without complaint! So there!