The World’s Fastest Lawnmower
(New Springfield, Ohio 5.25.2008)
This is Mike and his Dixie Chopper, the self-claimed world’s fastest lawnmower. I met him in New Springfield, Ohio which is about 8 miles from where my parents live, and just down the road from North Lima where I took the picture of Purple Phrogg Records later in the day (posed on 5.26).
I asked Mike if he raced his lawnmower, and he said proudly it was only for cutting grass which could be done at speeds up to 15 m.p.h. He was not stoked on gas being $4 per gallon.
Whenever I go back home and meet people like MIke it makes me want to move back to small-town Ohio. I could pick a hobby or two and worry about hardly anything at all.
June 3, 2008 at 2:52 pm
I like all these posts but I really like these ones about your old hometown; it sounds a lot like where I grew up in southeastern Ohio. I never liked being a teen there and not being able to get away with anything because everyone knew who my parents were, but it’s kinda nice to go back to now.
June 6, 2008 at 11:09 pm
That’s exactly how I feel. I really need to spend more time there, like an entire summer, just shooting photos. The area is crazy, definitely book material.