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spooky3

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3. Apparently too many people. Our county has a rule

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Thu Sep 26, 2019, 08:08 AM

Sep 2019

Forbidding it before 9 on weekends. But they allow noisy stuff to begin at 7 during the week.

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Who the hell mows their grass at 8:00 am?? [View all] samplegirl Sep 2019 OP

during the week its just fine beachbumbob Sep 2019 #1

Mine gets done at about 7 am on Tuesday morning. TidalWave46 Sep 2019 #2

Apparently too many people. Our county has a rule spooky3 Sep 2019 #3

That's normal in S. Florida CommonSenseMom Sep 2019 #4

central FL too OriginalGeek Sep 2019 #42

No kidding...seemingly every neighbor I've ever had in Miami Awsi Dooger Sep 2019 #60

My HOA rules say melm00se Sep 2019 #5

Mine might not be out there at the crack of dawn Rhiannon12866 Sep 2019 #6

My neighbor used to start his riding mower BarbaRosa Sep 2019 #7

9 am where I am Johnny2X2X Sep 2019 #8

I mean most of the world is at work at 8 AM? jcgoldie Sep 2019 #9

They are retired and can mow anytime!! samplegirl Sep 2019 #46

He probably spent a lifetime Codeine Sep 2019 #78

My normal work hours are from 11:30 AM - 2 AM. Ms. Toad Sep 2019 #59

That's an 8-5 M-F workday bias. Pacifist Patriot Sep 2019 #87

Southern Ohio here. The landscaping people arrive at 7am every Wednesday. Quackers Sep 2019 #10

The trash truck comes about 6:30am Sherman A1 Sep 2019 #11

May as well get used to it. With further "warming," they may well have to get up at sunrise hlthe2b Sep 2019 #12

It's in the 90s everyday where I live. cwydro Sep 2019 #13

I like your response bdamomma Sep 2019 #25

7:00 AM is the start time for any kind of loud machinery in our area. enough Sep 2019 #14

These are businesses and they have X nr of properties DeminPennswoods Sep 2019 #15

In Florida I cut my yard early. BlueJac Sep 2019 #16

Classy! Nt USALiberal Sep 2019 #20

Some cities have noise ordinances against mowers and weed eaters sinkingfeeling Sep 2019 #17

I wish CA would outlaw SoCalNative Sep 2019 #57

And just wait Ohiogal Sep 2019 #18

I've done it, but I don't have any neighbors close enough for the noise to bother. Arkansas Granny Sep 2019 #19

This. durablend Sep 2019 #21

Or, you know, shift workers True Dough Sep 2019 #27

9 or 10 o'clock would of been good!!! samplegirl Sep 2019 #70

Exactly. Codeine Sep 2019 #79

Inconsiderate fuckwads who think the world revolves around them. nt LexVegas Sep 2019 #22

Those would be the people that want the world to stop until they finally get up. former9thward Sep 2019 #24

Jesus, 8am is not early. Codeine Sep 2019 #80

In Texas, 8:00 AM start is city ordinance in many cities. Uben Sep 2019 #23

I do, to beat the heat with my push mower. bluedigger Sep 2019 #26

In the summer I might now that early. avebury Sep 2019 #28

Someone trying to avoid the worst heat, or maybe someone trying to fit a necessary tblue37 Sep 2019 #29

Mow grass? Heck, there will be a foul odor in the land today Backseat Driver Sep 2019 #30

I leave for work at 6:30 AM Beaverhausen Sep 2019 #31

When it is over a 100 degrees here we have done it pretty early. redstatebluegirl Sep 2019 #32

People trying to avoid heatstroke ? eppur_se_muova Sep 2019 #33

Umm people that don't want Falcata Sep 2019 #34

Everybody bmbmd Sep 2019 #35

Here in AZ, the statute is sunrise. Coventina Sep 2019 #36

Exactly. ChazII Sep 2019 #39

Who the hell has lawns to mow? It's an abomination. hunter Sep 2019 #37

+1 Joe941 Sep 2019 #58

My entire neighborhood. On Saturdays and Sundays. GulfCoast66 Sep 2019 #38

Some of my neighbors. highplainsdem Sep 2019 #40

I used to have a neighbor who would get out the leaf blower Lars39 Sep 2019 #41

You havent been to Atlanta... RT Atlanta Sep 2019 #43

In Los Angeles, you have to finish watering your lawn by 9am MurrayDelph Sep 2019 #44

I guess LADWP didn't get the memo SoCalNative Sep 2019 #56

FWIW Roofers start at 7 in the summer dalton99a Sep 2019 #45

I have listened to lawnmowers all day today . leftyladyfrommo Sep 2019 #47

try it when you work 12 hour night shifts Skittles Sep 2019 #49

Can you use a sound machine? leftyladyfrommo Sep 2019 #50

sound machine, earplugs and fan do not drown out a weedeater right outside my window Skittles Sep 2019 #68

as a night shift worker I can tell you Skittles Sep 2019 #48

OK, sorry, I'm an early riser. saidsimplesimon Sep 2019 #51

Lucky me, I live where no one has lawns. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2019 #52

A meth head TEB Sep 2019 #53

3am means you're a tweaker. Codeine Sep 2019 #81

I was joking TEB Sep 2019 #82

LOL, my dad does! And sometimes he'd come over to my house and mow my lawn that early tulipsandroses Sep 2019 #54

I moved to battery powered everything for yard work :) Ahpook Sep 2019 #55

Do those mowers work well with a leaf catcher? House of Roberts Sep 2019 #62

I never used those Ahpook Sep 2019 #64

I've got battery powered equipment too. cwydro Sep 2019 #84

not a republican handmade34 Sep 2019 #61

I mow early in the A.M. Progressive Jones Sep 2019 #67

On the very rare occasion when there is no doc03 Sep 2019 #63

This message was self-deleted by its author elocs Sep 2019 #65

You must not live in Central Florida. GulfCoast66 Sep 2019 #71

This message was self-deleted by its author elocs Sep 2019 #75

Never say never. KentuckyWoman Sep 2019 #66

I have a friend who is blind and after Doreen Sep 2019 #69

You Shouldn't Mow Grass Until The Dew Evaporates Anyway JimGinPA Sep 2019 #72

Every Monday at 8am our community landscapers fire up ecstatic Sep 2019 #73

A college is building a welcome center across from me Generic Other Sep 2019 #74

What on Earth is wrong with that? Codeine Sep 2019 #76

Staying at a house in Geneva, Switzerland, I was going to cut grass on Sunday, empedocles Sep 2019 #77

So far, it looks like pretty much everybody....except you. Captain Stern Sep 2019 #83

7 A M you can mow in my town. But the grass is too wet then. pwb Sep 2019 #85

I've always gone by and expected the "10 AM Rule" underpants Sep 2019 #86

LOL BumRushDaShow Sep 2019 #88

10 am Sundays underpants Sep 2019 #91

..... BumRushDaShow Sep 2019 #94

I'm a little surprised by the responses in this thread. Pacifist Patriot Sep 2019 #89

Mowing is a chore to fit in Marthe48 Sep 2019 #90

I would love to! Roland99 Sep 2019 #92

Battery electric mowers are great now and quiet. Owl Sep 2019 #93

I'd be happy if my neighbor mowed her lawn at all. MineralMan Sep 2019 #95

Sounds like a retired farmer. Sneederbunk Sep 2019 #96