Like many kids, I hated mowing the lawn. Also like many kids, I was the go-to guy for lots of family landscaping. The worst lawn to mow of all my relatives was my grandmother’s: It was big, it was weedy and rocky, and she still had a push-mower. But the strangest part of mowing her lawn was the neighbor down the street. This guy mowed like it was going out of style — three times a week at least. But the strangest part wasn’t how often he mowed — it was that he didn’t have any grass. His yard was bald as a pitcher’s mound.
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Why Risk Analysis Is Like Mowing the Lawn
Posted by: Ed Moyle January 19, 2009 06:00 AMLike many kids, I hated mowing the lawn. Also like many kids, I was the go-to guy for lots of family landscaping. The worst lawn to mow of all my relatives was my grandmother’s: It was big, it was weedy and rocky, and she still had a push-mower. But the strangest part of mowing her lawn was the neighbor down the street. This guy mowed like it was going out of style — three times a week at least. But the strangest part wasn’t how often he mowed — it was that he didn’t have any grass. His yard was bald as a pitcher’s mound.