It has been a long, hot summer with sweltering temperatures and oppressive humidity, making me especially happy when I look back on the second best investment I ever made – my riding lawn mower. Before you ponder too much on the best investment I ever made, let me spoiler alert that and tell you it was Lasik surgery on my eyes many years ago, taking me from 20/2400 to right at 20/20 in the matter of a minute on the doctor’s table. Granted, it was only good for about 10 years and I’m now slipping to 20/70 but it was well worth the $2,000 I paid for a decade of very clear vision.