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Skittles

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4. if you don't work the night shift

Reply to ailsagirl (Original post)

Thu Sep 3, 2015, 01:41 AM

Sep 2015

you have no freaking idea

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Does anyone here hate leaf-blowers??? [View all] ailsagirl Sep 2015 OP

Does anybody not? n/t PoliticAverse Sep 2015 #1

The guys that use them don't!! ailsagirl Sep 2015 #2

Yup.Unless you have property the size of the Ponderosa, get out there and Marie Marie Sep 2015 #33

WOW-- just found this out ailsagirl Sep 2015 #34

With a blazing red hot passion Populist_Prole Sep 2015 #3

if you don't work the night shift Skittles Sep 2015 #4

I heard THAT. Callmecrazy Sep 2015 #10

My sympathies are with you ailsagirl Sep 2015 #15

I despise leaf blowers Aerows Sep 2015 #5

Saw and heard an electric one today. Much much quieter. CBGLuthier Sep 2015 #6

Yes, I've heard they're quieter ailsagirl Sep 2015 #7

Yesterday, I was out riding my bike in the 90 degree heat, and cwydro Sep 2015 #8

With the fury of a thousand suns. Lizzie Poppet Sep 2015 #9

Only at FRICKING 7AM IN THE MORNING ON THE WEEKEND LynneSin Sep 2015 #11

Don't forget chain saws. n/t sarge43 Sep 2015 #12

I wish they came with silencers.lol clarice Sep 2015 #13

I think it's even more jarring... ailsagirl Sep 2015 #14

Yes--I've complained about them previously Orrex Sep 2015 #16

Any gardener worth his or her salt comes with a leaf blower attached at the hip NV Whino Sep 2015 #17

A... rake?? ailsagirl Sep 2015 #21

Yikes! NV Whino Sep 2015 #25

Glad you have yours under control... ailsagirl Sep 2015 #26

I spoke to him firmly and gave him the evil eye. NV Whino Sep 2015 #27

Good for you! ailsagirl Sep 2015 #29

oh, please, please, please NJCher Sep 2015 #40

My apologies NV Whino Sep 2015 #41

I tried to go into that business NJCher Sep 2015 #42

Going rate for these leaf-blowing fools around here is $20 to $25/ hr. NV Whino Sep 2015 #44

Kudos for you, NJCher ailsagirl Sep 2015 #46

There is a constant sound of lawn mowers here every day - hedgehog Sep 2015 #18

Deeply and intensely! n/t Ron Obvious Sep 2015 #19

ALL YEAR LONG from neighbor 3 houses down,,,,,,,,gas powered back pack style wearing head phones benld74 Sep 2015 #20

Sure-- THEY wear headphones ailsagirl Sep 2015 #22

the leaves aren't going to blow themselves! Enrique Sep 2015 #23

They would if they could!! ailsagirl Sep 2015 #24

Mostly, I dislike them. GoCubsGo Sep 2015 #28

That makes sense... ailsagirl Sep 2015 #30

The leaves are about the same size as your live oaks. (Typo fixed...) GoCubsGo Sep 2015 #31

I've made the same mistake with that pesky typo any number of times! ailsagirl Sep 2015 #32

Yeah, although some years, they tend to just turn straight to brown. GoCubsGo Sep 2015 #39

No Joe Shlabotnik Sep 2015 #35

I think we need an 11th commandment ailsagirl Sep 2015 #48

Forget water boarding. You want to torture somebody, turn a couple of leaf-blowers on. Gitmo would be kairos12 Sep 2015 #36

Converting fossil fuels into noise pollution and greenhouse gases ? What's not to like ? nt eppur_se_muova Sep 2015 #37

I don't get the point of them alarimer Sep 2015 #38

alarimer, stop being so rational!! ailsagirl Sep 2015 #45

I'm currently building a rop fuel blown and injected big block hemi olddots Sep 2015 #43

me Kali Sep 2015 #47

I think in particular situations they're OK ailsagirl Sep 2015 #49