Mowing service peeps are doing their twilight thing across the street. Have heard to LOUD blades contacting something VERY solid. When you mow in the half dark you hit ****. Can't imagine the mowing job is going to look great tomorrow.
One of the more loathesome jobs I had while still living under my parents' roof was picking sticks up out of the yard before mowing. Yard is about half an acre, so not a typical small suburban lawn. It sucked, but I understood why we did it.
Fast forward MANY years to one apartment complex that had a good number of mature trees on the property. I'd hear the lawn service driving their mowers at full speed, and then hit a stick. 1) Glad I'm not outside to possibly get hit by stick shrapnel
2) Have fun replacing those blades you're dulling.