Buy a new lawn mower. My old mower crapped out today. I think it's just a simple carb problem, but I've got too many other things that "need fixin'" to piss around with a lousy lawn mower. I was tempted to just call the guy who cuts my neighbor's lawn and pay him to do it for the rest of the summer. But something about that just doesn't sit right with me... The $20/cut probably has something to do with it, but really I don't think that's all of it. There is something off-putting about paying someone else to do my chores (nothing wrong with talking my mother into doing it though :) ) So, $192 ($180 + tax, it was a floor model) later I have a Toro 20016 Variable Speed 12" High Rear Wheel mower and a nearly scalped lawn. I should have raised the deck a bit, especially considering how lush it was, but I had a grudge against the grass. The mower works reasonably well; it's nice to have a self-propelled mower again. I really wanted a reel mower, but they apparently suck when faced with cutting long grass... that's the only time I cut grass so that option was out. Next time, I'm buying a goat.