Did You Ask Santa For A Weed Wacker? by yogiw

Did You Ask Santa For A Weed Wacker?

Love the front window display at the hardware store on Main Street in Augusta, Kentucky. A life-size vintage Santa helps with the weed wackers. It's fun to see the old with the new.
A nice vintage Santa!
December 10th, 2018  
Lee
"Weed wacker". that's a new one on me. Over here they're called "strimmers" Looks like Santa is still on the pies.
December 10th, 2018  
@gamelee Thanks for teaching me something new today! I looked up “strimmers” and learned some other names too. I like “whipper-snipper best.” 😃 I think that’s what I’ll call this tool from now on!

From Wiki: “A whipper-snipper, also called a "weed-whip", "string trimmer", "weed-whacker", a "weed eater", a "line trimmer" or a "strimmer" (in the UK and Ireland), is a tool which uses a flexible monofilament line instead of a blade for cutting grass and other plants near objects, or on steep or irregular terrain. It consists of a cutting tip at the end of a long shaft with a handle.”
December 10th, 2018  
@gardenfolk He’s a jolly life-sized one too!
December 10th, 2018  
I never knew that item had so many different names. I think line-trimmer is the more 'professional' name.
December 21st, 2018  
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