Long-running feud over grass clippings preceded attack on Rand Paul

New York Post ^ | December 7, 2017 | | By Yaron Steinbuch

[sparklite2]

The attack that left Republican Sen. Rand Paul with six cracked ribs outside his Kentucky home came after a long-simmering disagreement with a 17-year neighbor over grass clippings, according to a report.

An acquaintance of both men said the fellow doctors stood in their yards about 10 years ago and shouted at each other about grass clippings that Paul’s lawn mower sprayed onto Boucher’s property, the Washington Post reported.

The feds said they are investigating the case, in which Boucher could be charged under federal statutes that include a provision that bars assaults on members of Congress and other high-ranking government officials, the paper reported.

[4Liberty]

+1

[nopardons]

You have sidewalks, in your part of town???????

[Daffynition]

[SamAdams76]

That was my old neighborhood up in Massachusetts.

Here, I have to go about 5 miles to see a sidewalk! Over in Newtown center.

[simon says what]

Senator Paul is a man who thinks very highly of himself and we all saw the bile he reserved for Trump during the primary when Trump bested him. He can’t be an easy guy for any man not in thrall to him to get along with.

Uhhhhhh.... me thinks you don't like him. Senator Paul is principled. He is a man of integrity. Whatever the ultimate reason for his being attacked, it was not because he thinks very highly of himself.

[nopardons]

Oooooooooooooooooooooooooh...that's what I had assumed, until I saw your post.

True...otherwise there are NO sidewalks anywhere else, here, that I know of.

[Western Phil]

Alternate use for leaf blowers”: Make snow rollers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_roller

It requires a deft touch on the throttle and careful angle control, but a sort of homemade snow roller is possible if the snow conditions are favorable.

[Paladin2]

Oak leaves are good sustainable mulch. They do tend to hang on all winter though.

Lawns outside of England are problematic.

The Prairie rulz in America...

[cherry]

so its not that the neighbor is a soft minded leftist idiot who hates pubs and the people that vote for pubs...right...

[Moonman62]

We HATE leaf blowers.

...

I think of them as Satan’s gift to mankind.

[Pontiac]

The Prairie rulz in America

If you don't mind the occasional tornado.

[CJ Wolf]

a former neighbor of mine from along time ago screamed at me when my dog pissed on the street curb that lined his lawn. I said “really?” more screaming about his grass, “ok sure, sorry, won’t let him do it again.” and kept walking. would have hated living next door to him, thankfully he was about 6 houses down.

[sparklite2]

The last paragraph of the excerpt shows promise, though. There’s no way this was a misdemeanor.

[Paladin2]

Blizzards too.

Live the Boy Scout Motto; Be Prepared.

[Paladin2]

Who is against free fertilizer?

[Pontiac]

Blizzards

We get those too. This is the Ohio snow belt.

Typically one or more per year.

And one every decade or two a really big one.

[Inyo-Mono]

They use them in places where they mulch the lawn waste. They can grind up the bags with the leaves and they compost just fine.

OK, makes sense. Where I live the humidity is normally so low, around 6%, that we can't mulch as the dead grass and leaves dry so quickly.

[Paladin2]

"we can't mulch as the dead grass and leaves dry so quickly. "

Turns out that the Deer like both the grass and the weeds. Natural mulching...

[Califreak]

I wonder how much deep state paid him to do it.

[Bogie]

Rather property conscious for a leftist, me thinks.

A leftist petit?