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To: greenspirit who wrote (174381)7/22/2006 11:09:06 AM
From: carranza2  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 794220
 
Folks are going to soon learn that lawn mowers, riding or otherwise, are environmentally dubious. Heck, lawns are environmentally dubious. When this happens and you see a return to goats and "natural" landscaping, the lawn mower industry is going to take it on the chin.

Buy goat LEAPS. vbg



To: greenspirit who wrote (174381)7/22/2006 12:29:54 PM
From: DavesM  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 794220
 
I hope you are wrong. I may be one of the few, but lately it has become very important to me, where the products I purchase come from. Lately I only purchase things made in the United States or countries allied with the United States in Iraq. So no shirts made in Canada, no shoes made in China, no khakis made in Vietnam, no knives made in Germany, no cars made in France :o)...

On the bright side, now when I dress for work (if I so desired), everything from my shoes and socks to my shirt (and even wallet) could have been manufactured in America.

And yes, I have a Snapper mower.



To: greenspirit who wrote (174381)7/22/2006 5:11:30 PM
From: Ish  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 794220
 
<<I have to say I don't agree with the CEO, but it's his business and he has a lot of guts to take that stance.>>

Years ago I was in the men's clothing business, companies like Levi and Arrow limited the number of accounts they'd open in a town to keep retailer loyalty. Arrow shirts had 3 accounts in town and opened a new account with a retailer who promised to buy big numbers. They lost the three old accounts and the new account went broke.