[stateofit]

https://mishtalk.com/economics/jobs-up-303000-full-time-employment-down-6000-in-march/

“The economy continues to add a high percentage of government and social assistance jobs. Part time employment rose by 691,000 as full time employment fell by 6,000.“

I read Mish Talk very carefully, after mowing my own grass.

(Over 40 family years of self mowing, and saving over $1000/yr, roughly put a kid through 2 years of public university. And now they mow their own grass. )

[OldGoatCPO]

Locally, it was cheaper to hire than to buy. I did my lawns until I turned 64, and my riding mower broke. Most people around us contract because this area has a lot of transitory families (military), fire ants, and a short grass growing season, and it was cheaper.

We are looking at getting a used riding mower next month; it is no longer as cheap to contract and harder to get our contractor out to the house just twice a month. I grew up in the north, and we had to mow weekly during the summer. We used push mowers. There are different types of grass here; if you mow weekly in the summer, your lawn will die in July and August. Riding mowers keep the fire ants off my legs.