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You guys have probably figured out that I am not always the most together person in the world when it comes to some areas of my life (but then again, that is true of most folks). One area for me is yard maintenance -- especially mowing the law in our fire ant infested part of Texas. And because I strive to get teh job done as quickly as possible, I sometimes do some really stupid things.

Take last summer. Rushing around to beat the rain, I neglected to put the gas cap back on the mower after topping off my fuel supply. No big deal, just pick it up and replace it, right? Wrong -- I put it on top of the engine cover, and as we mowed it fell off. Again, no problem, except for the fact that I discovered my mistake when I was hit in the leg by a mangled plastic object that at one time had been sort of vaguely round with thread on the interior -- my gas cap.

For a while it seemed I might have to replace the entire mower, since I could not find a replacement cap for love or money. Nobody in the area had one -- not Walmart (where I had bought it several months earlier), not the hardware store, and not even the local lawnmower repair shop (well, that isn't quite true -- they wanted $35.00 for a replacement, which included a half-hour labor charge to find the right one). Where else could I find lawnmower parts?

Luckily, I did manage to find the part online through the engine manufacturer -- for $8 plus tax and shipping.

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