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The Neighborhood Lawn Care Kid is dead

by Eric Broder | May. 25, 2007 | 4:00 AM

Whatever happened to that neighborhood kid who’d mow your lawn for $10 a pop? These days, you never see little Jimmy from down the block lugging his Toro from yard to yard, earning a little extra cash for the summer.

Back when I was a boy (when giants roamed the earth), I mowed the neighbors’ lawns and paid them for the privilege! Kids today ... they’re handed everything, never do any chores, are totally zombified from playing video games (grumble, grumble).
 
Actually, it’s probably the lawyers’ fault or the insurance industry. Who isn’t petrified about get

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