This is not really TS related, except the fact that I will save enough coin doing this myself to afford a date with one. I've got some really big trees at my place, and every fall, there are a lot of leaves to rake up. In 2008 I got hurt and couldn't do this, so I called a local lawn mowing company and he gave me a bid of $180 to clean up the front and back. It was awesome, I came home from work, and it was like a giant vacuum from space and shown up. Called him up earlier this week, and the bid came in at almost $400 for the same thing. I called him on it, and he said that everything has gone up since 2008, gas, labor, etc. I can appreciate this, but twice as much? I was just trying to get him to knock a few bucks off of the bid, but he got pissed, and basically hung up the phone.

That's cool, no worries. But I remember two years ago, and as I recall, gas was a lot more expensive back then, and there were a lot more jobs available, and better paying ones, then lawn care. Oh well, I know what I will be doing this weekend, raking leaves. That's cool too because I'd rather spend that money on a date anyway.