>>Now I'm looking for a scythe. Simple, classical scythe. I don't want my lawn shaved into a monolithic slab of green; there are also bumps and there's slope. I don't want the space to be shaped to accommodate the tool; I want a tool which fits the space, and scythe is that tool. Except that the common places where I was looking don't carry it. I then tried to google it out - http://www.google.com/search?q=scythe+price and here's what I got on first page:
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>>- Scythe Hard Disk Stabilizer 2 SCY-HDS2, and a bunch of Scythe {something} processor cooling products
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>>So... does anyone know where to find these, and is there a market for them? Does anyone know how to mow with it, or should I just look for a good place in the museum where to be hung as The Last Programmer Who Knew How To Use a Scythe?
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>http://www.scythesupply.com/

Sort of proves my point. What was a common item only a dozen years ago (at least back home it was), where a blade wouldn't cost more than a crate of beer and a snath more than three beers, has now become an expensive club membership, designer stuff.

(at least I've learned a few words, managed to remember at least two of them, and was horrified to learn that I've forgotten half of them in Serbian... heh, city kid, learned these things late in life, didn't take root).