Disaster.

The inevitable happened yesterday after hitting a tree root, the rusty cutting deck on the mower yielded a bit where the RH spindle is fitted thus scalping the grass shown here.
If I lived in the mainland USA then fixing it would be simple and economic but here in Ingham it's a bit like living on the moon.
I'm also concerned about other things failing so I plan on mowing the hard way for a while until I sort things out.