That’s right; you can’t tow a John Deere lawn tractor, although “Nothing Runs Like a Deere” according to their slogan. This is a quick For Your Information, Public Service Announcement post-let. It is not a full post because I have a full day and so must hurry and forgo what would be my usual account of the John Deere purchase which would follow the pattern of  an Alice’s Restaurant story. So, no pictures, no circles and arrows, no dumping of garbage, no Group W bench.

And no little asides about John Deere green vs. Kermit the Frog green and which is easier.

The basics: I had to get a lawn tractor; I researched it; I wound up at a John Deere dealership  – GreenMark – and became the proud owner of a super shiny green machine. The salesman familiarized me with the position of the levers and the pedals on the mower, including this little L-shaped thing that sticks out the back and should be pulled out if you want to push the machine. Then he mentioned that you should never, ever tow it. If you run out of gas, you push it. And he stressed he had seen many an expensive machine ruined because it had run out of gas and been towed and so he made a point of telling people. Good.

This is now in my mind like a phobia. What if I go crazy and tow it; okay, I should say crazier. I will probably make a sign: DO NOT TOW to ease my mind. And I can’t casually say, Oh, my John Deere mower is great; it toes the line. I probably would never have considered that sentence, but my phobia center is obviously right next to my pun center in my brain. Bad.

Now to the errands of the day.