Had a call this morning
"Hi I need someone to fix my mower - it needs a service and wont shut off"
Me "Sure, bring it around whenever you want. What brand is it?"
"It's green"
"It says Victa"
Me "And what does it say on the top of the motor" (I think probably maladjusted throttle cable)
"sprint 375 - the bloody thing wouldn't stop when I went to finish mowing, I had to tip the fuel out to get it to stop"
Me "hang on, did you say you tipped the fuel out while the motor was going?"
"Yeah, took the cap thing off, tipped it on it's side and emptied the fuel into a ice cream container"
Me "You took the fuel cap off a hot running engine and thought it was alright to try to tip fuel into a container?"
"Well some got in the container, it went everywhere. When can I drop it off?"
Me "Anytime, but buy a lotto ticket for yourself on the way as you are very lucky"
He had no understanding of the risk - I will explain to him how to shut it off in an emergency by the plug wire before he ends up like that buddhist monk
