True story. Don't know if the guy was a fisherman or not, but the story fits with Sg's apparent mower allergy.
There used to be a place on Camano Island, not far from Madrona Beach Resort that was an eye-catcher. The place was impeccably kept. The lawn and gardens were incredible to see, and the house was without a blemish. I enjoyed it for a number of years.
Then one day I drove by expecting to see this immaculate representation of "Lawn and Gardens", and I almost drove off the road. The entire yard....entire yard....was graveled over, and in the middle of it all was a concrete block about a foot thick and four feet square. In the middle of the block was perched an old reel-type mower, painted gold, with a sign hanging from it reading......"RETIRED"