I cut grass, mow lawns, manicure shrubs, trim bushes, and plant trees. Right handed and always trimming from the right side, I've never been a switch hitter when using my hedge trimmer, if you know what I mean. Always working from the same side of the hedge, even though the grass may seem greener from the other side, I'm never been comfortable trimming from the other side of the hedge. Then, one day, because of the wife of one of my regular customers, Lola, it occurred to me that all this time I've been trimming from the wrong side of the hedge.

All of this time I've been using my...