stepee Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 They annoy the fucking shit out of me. It’s way too rare being able to enjoy being outside and not hearing that awful racket especially since the noise travels for a thousand miles and everyone does it during different times of the week/day. And it annoys me how it’s year round and regardless of if there are a lot of leaves on the ground or not. There’s like 5 leafs on the ground and they are just going around blowing them to a different place. It’s completely worthless and beyond the noise pollution they pollute the air as well! I get it’s someone’s job around here doing these apartment buildings and I don’t want anyone to lose their employment but just give the guy a fucking rake and a bucket. I’m glad people are finally wising up to what a net qol loss these things are for cities and hopefully gas powered leaf blowers will be outright banned in most places in short order. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 No. No one uses a leaf blower in my area. I suppose there could be a ban I don't know about. I'm not sure if I have ever actually heard a leaf blower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Leaf blowers are awful. Due to living in north NJ, you get a few months after fall and before spring where you typically don’t hear them though recently I have seen them used on light snowfall. Luckily they started to be ban in my area. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
best3444 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 My complex uses them for cleaning up the grass after a cut. I litteraly don't hear anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokra Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 I'm with you: we should do more to protect the increasingly rare commodities of peace and quiet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted January 15 Author Share Posted January 15 7 minutes ago, best3444 said: My complex uses them for cleaning up the grass after a cut. I litteraly don't hear anything. Then they don’t use gas powered leaf blowers there :P Its not like something you can miss 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggie Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 I use mine all the time. Keeps my garage free of debris. Can’t have leaves piling up at the front and back. It attracts rodents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
best3444 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 6 minutes ago, stepee said: Then they don’t use gas powered leaf blowers there :P Its not like something you can miss Makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 My city went backward from a complete leafblower ban to allowing electric blowers, with a 6 month transition that's essentially a holiday on all leafblowers. Besides the noise they're absurdly terrible for air quality. They kick up toxic crap like tire dust and animal shit into the air that you then get to inhale, and it lingers for hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 And I always lose my mind at how often these idiot gardeners are blasting the things at completely empty sidewalks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkStar189 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Growing up in a somewhat country area of Pennsylvania, a gas powered leaf blower was practically a necessity with all of the trees in the fall. So I don’t have any hate toward a gas blower. The noise doesn’t bother me in my neighborhood either. Maybe in a small town or big city the sound bounces all over the buildings or something? I don’t know, it just never bothered me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkStar189 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 3 minutes ago, Jason said: And I always lose my mind at how often these idiot gardeners are blasting the things at completely empty sidewalks. Ok that I will definitely agree with. There is a mall in my area with a sidewalk way out along the road. When I drive by in the morning in the summer there is barely anything there and the guy has the blower at full throttle just walking along, probably at least a 1/4 mile stretch. Just blasting away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted January 15 Author Share Posted January 15 22 minutes ago, Jason said: And I always lose my mind at how often these idiot gardeners are blasting the things at completely empty sidewalks. This is the shit that gets me. There just aren’t a lot of leaves here so it’s just blowing nothing. It’s making the noise and polluting the air just for the sake of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkStar189 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 53 minutes ago, stepee said: This is the shit that gets me. There just aren’t a lot of leaves here so it’s just blowing nothing. It’s making the noise and polluting the air just for the sake of it. My neighbor pays to have their yard cut every week. They don’t get the grass bagged but they also don’t want clunks of grass. So the landscaper walks around the yard with the backpack blower on and blows the entire yard. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 I’ve never given it a thought. Don’t have one. If people use them in my neighborhood, I probably don’t notice any difference from the sound of mowing or whatever. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Ehhhhh - I'm not in favor of "banning" them, but I'm totally fine with restricting their operation between certain hours so that you're not subjected to one being used at 7am. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Haven't been banned here yet, they are annoying I agree. Spread dirt more than clean it up. They always blow dirt on my car. I did see a maintenance guy using a broom this morning though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 2 hours ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: Ehhhhh - I'm not in favor of "banning" them, but I'm totally fine with restricting their operation between certain hours so that you're not subjected to one being used at 7am. Quote The risks come not only from the noise and the chemical emissions that two-stroke engines produce, but also from the dust they stir up. “That dust can contain pollen, mold, animal feces, heavy metals and chemicals from herbicides and pesticides,” notes Sara Peach of Yale Climate Connections. All this adds up to increased risk of lung cancer, asthma, cardiovascular disease, premature birth and other life-threatening conditions. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/25/opinion/leaf-blowers-california-emissions.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 4 hours ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said: I’ve never given it a thought. Don’t have one. If people use them in my neighborhood, I probably don’t notice any difference from the sound of mowing or whatever. Well you live in a flyover state according to @TUFKAK (Although Alma is there. Who wouldn't want to visit Alma?) and probably don't have los hombres doing the landscaping in your neighborhood so I think you're excluded from this particular conversation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 6 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said: Well you live in a flyover state according to @TUFKAK (Although Alma is there. Who wouldn't want to visit Alma?) and probably don't have los hombres doing the landscaping in your neighborhood so I think you're excluded from this particular conversation. I don’t really understand part of that, but there are definitely brown immigrants doing most of the landscaping and such here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUFKAK Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 24 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said: Well you live in a flyover state according to @TUFKAK (Although Alma is there. Who wouldn't want to visit Alma?) and probably don't have los hombres doing the landscaping in your neighborhood so I think you're excluded from this particular conversation. She knows 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 35 minutes ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said: I don’t really understand part of that I'm saying I hold Alma Arkansas in such high regard that it shouldn't be considered a flyover state. Unless it was something else you didn't understand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 6 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said: I'm saying I hold Alma Arkansas in such high regard that it shouldn't be considered a flyover state. Unless it was something else you didn't understand. I don’t know what the deal is with Alma or what you’d even know it exists. Literally the only thing I know about it is Morgan Nick was kidnapped there and never found. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 I use my leaf blower all the time. Grass clippings. Garage debris. Leaves. I’ll uncaringly annoy everybody for a few minutes if it will spare me 90 min of labor. Shrug.gif 2 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 1 hour ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said: I don’t know what the deal is with Alma or what you’d even know it exists. Literally the only thing I know about it is Morgan Nick was kidnapped there and never found. It's the spinach capital of the world! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 8 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said: It's the spinach capital of the world! That does sound familiar. We went through there a couple years ago driving up to see a friend in Fayetteville. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 as long as it’s during a reasonable time of the day who gives a fuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Pickle Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 I love them so much. Had two! Gave one to a coworker. Every spring and fall I get the thumbs up. However, I use a rake too and only use it maybe 4-5 times a year. Once in the spring as a big clean up and twice nearing the end of fall. Once to clean the pool cover. I love the sound waking me up in the morning. It’s like a call to arms 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 The annoyance to me is the constant change in RPM and whine of the motor. Lawnmowers don’t bother me because it’s constant. Your brain can tune it out. Also I often see leaf blowers used to blow anything but leaves. Had some snow last night and see leaf blowers cleaning side walks. I get my yard sprayed for mosquitoes and it uses a modified leaf blower to spray the chemicals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Things I use my leaf blower for: * Cleaning up the shit ton of maple keys that fall off my trees * Moving leaves to the curb for leaf collection * Cleaning out garage in spring/fall * Used it for putting in the polymeric sand in my patio So maybe 4 times a year? Don't use it often, but it would be hard to get everything done without one. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 I honestly can't remember the last time I heard a leaf blower and got annoyed by it. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 I think they annoying ones are those that are used by the professional landscapers. Using a landscaper was much more common when I was in Michigan than here -- everyone in my neighbourhood used them there, no one does here. (Probably because of the bigger properties, and the fact it was so cheap there, and so expensive here.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggie Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 6 minutes ago, GeneticBlueprint said: I honestly can't remember the last time I heard a leaf blower and got annoyed by it. @stepee doesn’t mind the homeless fentanyl junkies shitting in the middle of the streets but goddamn draws the line with leaf blowers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 14 minutes ago, Biggie said: @stepee doesn’t mind the homeless fentanyl junkies shitting in the middle of the streets but goddamn draws the line with leaf blowers. I've talked to a good handful of them, they are good people. Just need some help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggie Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 3 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said: I've talked to a good handful of them, they are good people. Just need some help. The good people I know would never ever try fentanyl. Just saying… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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