[johnco]

when I was a kid my father thought it was a bright idea to buy an electric lawnmower. he insisted... forced... me to cut grass early morning when dew was still on the grass. this resulted in a couple weeks of electroshock therapy for me as wet hands and shoes always found any cut or bad insulation in the old cord I had to use and a few new cuts from blade hits didn't help. after a couple weeks of this I coiled the cord into a nice little pile and "accidently" ran the mower over it. cord was cut into too many pieces to repair and electric lawnmower was retired..the fried motor from the garden hose rinsing might have had something to do with it also. hated that damn lawnmower