I like using leaf blower, don’t like listening to leaf blower.
I just got a 765cfm battery-powered leaf blower and…
…it’s so much fun. Mindlessly entertaining. I don’t even care if I just blow the leaves back and forth, it’s just…weirdly fun.
Also fun to blow random things around the house until someone gets mad.
Either the boss said he had to do it, our his homelife is so bad, that blowing leaves is an improvement.
I saw this exact thing getting off the highway by the first gas station near a pizza place today in Everett.
Honestly, it’s just fun to blow leaves or snow. It’s a mindless puttering activity that lets you improve your home area and be mildly active.
Unfortunately what happens is people’s general tendency to think about themselves and nobody else. So they’re self-satisfied in their reasons for being out there, not thinking about the dude next door that works nights and can’t sleep, and even his construction-grade noise headphones don’t help. Or the dude that just wants to listen to jazz quietly.
The leaf blower people are well-meaning people with mild mental illness who are just selfish enough to realize their home/self care is annoying others. e: A lot of times the guy just needs to get the F away from their spouse. I’ve lived near leaf blower people and they’re invariably older married (sometimes retired) men. Never women.
I feel like a rake would be a better alternative on all accounts
Plus, you can leave it in awkward places as a trap!
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I miss the internet being like this. I like this
Well I ain’t gonna get down on my knees and blow them myself
And that’s why I’m leafing you!
Dammit, this should be the top comment.
No, it should be buried
It’s because he can’t use his chain saw on anything.
Um leafblowers are portable jets and just as fun as an air-compressor.
The leaves must blow.
Kwisatz Daderach
“they must not be scattered, mess is the mind killer”
If a genie told me I could erase all land-mines or two-stroke leaf-blowers, I’d choose landmines, but the silence while I considered would be uncomfortably long.
This comment is magic lol
Ever tried that Leaf Blower Idle game?
I had a neighbor for a while that ran his gas blower for a couple hours EVERY DAY. I think he had some sort of PTSD trauma and it soothed him.
He also dug holes in his backyard to bury leaves. Quite a …… character.
Would that make them compost faster?
I don’t think so. And it was a LOT of leaves. We’re talking big holes. He would dig a hole, put in the leaves, and stand there with a string trimmer, blasting away at them. Then cover them up. It was especially odd because the city collects them for free. All you have to do is blow/rake them into a pile on the street.
Probably not, air is an ingredient in compost. It’s why compost barrels spin.
54 degree fahrenheit is cold? not where im from. Now the under 40 degree rain we just had. that was cold.
When it’s rainy? It’s rather unpleasant. It’s not the worst. That’s 30’s and rainy. (0c)
That shit seeps and nothing wholesome ever seeps.
Give me -40 and snowy any day over freezing and wet.
I agree. I mean usually 30 will be snow but basically onces its below 40 I would prefer below 30 if precipitation is involved. cold rain is the worst. seeps in and you have to let your jacket and such dry and if you have to go out before they dry. ugh.
Things get pretty uncomfortable when you get below -20.
You can dress appropriately for -40-50 and still be reasonably commfie for extended periods.
Particularly if you stay dry.
But it’s impossible to stay dry in persistent drizzle or heavy rain. At best you’re wearing several layers of wool and you’re warm but damp and miserable.
Impermeable shells require venting opening you to the cold wet seepage, and permeable shells will eventually fail if you stay out long enough.
Oh ffs, this entire thread is a pissing match between people dispersed in multiple climates.
I’ve lived in -40°F winters but I’m sat here in SoCal tonight with 50°F nighttime lows freezing my ass off.
How is that possible? It’s called acclimation. Go to a climate opposite of yours sometime for at least two weeks then come back. You’ll probably notice real quick that your home climate is the one that feels weird because you’ve acclimated to your new climate.
Depending on where you are, even 60F can be considered cold.
What is with the leaf blower hate around here? Must be a Yankee thing, never hear them around here.
And if you live in an apartment complex, they have to clear the leaves. They get slippery. You do the math.
If you live in the suburbs, during the fall, you can’t have a peaceful weekend because there will always be at least one person using a leaf blower nearby. And they’re loud and bad for the environment.
I’ve considered getting an electric one to blow all the dust out of my shop/warehouse, but I can’t justify the cost. I need a good shop/push broom and Japan doesn’t seem to like those (at least anywhere that I’ve looked).
