People And The Right To Bear Leaf Blowers {UPDATE}

Star Tribune ^ | 03.15.05 | Doug Grow

[wallcrawlr]

This is an update to a story that continued for some time...

[Corin Stormhands]

I have 16 HUGH oak trees.

FMCDH

[Fierce Allegiance]

When leaf blowers are outlawed, only outlaws will have leaf blowers.

I wonder if I can still run my brush chipper at 7:00 am Saturday morning?

[Gabz]

ROFL!!!!!!!!!!

[oyez]

I'm tired of washing my car because of the neighbors' leaf blowers.

[massgopguy]

Burn leaves!

[Fierce Allegiance]

You can always back up the boat and blow them into your neighbors yard

[Corin Stormhands]

Heh...I like that. But dude that picture is HUGH!

[Khepera]

The greater good? Courtesy maybe but greater good?

[areeves79]

cut down the trees, lol

[Gabz]

That's a novel idea!!!!!!!!

[TXBSAFH]

I have a gas leaf blower, it is the best thing since sliced bread. I guess this joker would not like my gas chain saw, gas hedge trimmer, gas edger, gas mower, gas weedeater, or my gas pressure washer. See a patter here.

[r9etb]

It strikes me that Mr. Rueff is really nudging around the edges of a more serious underlying problem, which is our society's growing lack of manners and consideration for others.

The first problem is Mr. Rueff's -- can't he simply tolerate a bit of noise and dust now and again?

The second, and bigger, problem, is those whose actions do in fact impinge on others: is it too much to expect that folks avoid making excessive noise at inappropriate times?

There's no real reason why this should be a legal matter, except that there are folks whose selfishness prevents them from being good neighbors.

Seems to me a lot of our problems could be solved by a bit of neighborliness....

[Gabz]

You have gas????????

[Paradox]

Lazy a$$ people, USE A RAKE!

[Finger Monkey]

they still foul the air by blowing around particulates

What a weenie. I got your particulates (grab). Dude, I live on the prairie where the wind comes whipping down the plains. I cannot live without my daily dose of particulates.

[housewife101]

I must admit to never seeing the point of a leaf blower. You blow them off, they blow back on. I prefer the rake and BAG method SO THEY DON'T come back!!! However, aren't lawn mowers just as loud as leaf blowers??

[sgtbono2002]

Leaf Blowers . man this guy hasnt got much to cry about does he? I lovev it when people complain about things like this. City folks move in and complain about cow crap or horse dung stinking. Move into a neighborhood where a guy has been raising pigs for 40 years and they dont like the stink. First its leaf blowers ,then lawn mowers, then they wont like a neighbor who farts on his own property. Courtesy is waiting till 9am before you crank the leaf blower up.

[Phantom Lord]

I wonder if I can still run my brush chipper at 7:00 am Saturday morning?

First you gotta fire up the chainsaw at 6 AM to cut down the brush to feed into the chipper.

[Fierce Allegiance]

My bad, sorry for the hugh pic.