"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote

"Mark Lloyd" wrote

I've never used a leaf blower, and the only time I've raked leaves
since I moved here (7 years ago) was last December when the pear tree
dropped its leaves after I had the holiday decorations out (and so
couldn't use the mower).

BTW, I know a neighbor who does use a (gas) leaf blower, and has a
4-year-old daughter who gets scared when she hears that really loud
thing.

The guy across the street from me - his leaf blower lost its muffler a
couple of years ago. Imagine two sounds mixed in equal proportions: shop
vac and dentist's drill. Now, imagine them sent through the sound system
at a major baseball stadium, and you're standing 10 feet from the PA
speaker. He thinks it's funny. And, he'll spend hours chasing one leaf
around the yard.

Those damned leaf blowers. I can see why some towns ban them.
People who use them seem completely oblivious that the noise is
disrupting the entire neighborhood because they just drone on and on,
blowing some imaginary blade of grass around. Get a broom!

Last fall the neighbor's annoying lawn guys did the leaf cleanup.
Four young, presumably healthy guys with gas blowers. One
third acre, 100 X 150 feet, half covered with house, pool, patio.
Hours they kept at it, the din was unreal. I left the house twice
to get away from it, couldn't believe they were still at it when I got
back. I could have raked that property clean with a rake by myself
in four hours, for pete's sake.

I think some people just think blowers are cool. The future
deaf people of America.

nancy