that's all there is

Tractor is scheduled for the shop tomorrow. Probably there 2 weeks. Cut grass extra short tonight. Hit a big rock. Bent the __________ out of the deck. This is all that's left!

Well, not really, but that's what I told my wife. Amazingly, she didn't hear the huge clunk and the stop of the tractor, then a LOT of pounding (with the back side of an axe-the biggest thing I own to bend metal) because the blades hit...

so, I left it for the pros tomorrow and fired up the self propelled. After 1/2 hour and not even 1/16 of our yard, I was done. Not because the grass was cut, but so I would still be alive. (note, not dying was an option, NOT moving to a condo or something!)

Some enchanted evening this was.

Now that I got that off my chest, I'll be posting for advice on another thread...

Thanks friends!
Mark

p.s. the photo is the part under the blower chute I ended up twisting off because it was stuck up inside the deck.