Using a leaf blower says so much about a person, eg. anti-social and shameless about having someone in their proximity deal with their problem.
Unfortunately I live next door to a family of feral morons that every so often open their gates to blow all their leaves and garbage onto the road - usually leaving it on the footpath and bike lane.
Are you someone that uses one in the same way or have you dealt with anybody that arrogantly and flagrantly uses one of these bloody things?
What area do you live in Muzeeb it sounds wonderful
Looking for another Dell monitor deal Muzeeb
Would be interesting to see correlation between that and motorcycle or ute sales.
Funny, I was going to mention that from my observation these sociopaths drive a 4WD in the original post! My neighbour happens to have a ute and 4WD.
My neighbour happens to have a ute and 4WD
Oh he's making your list alright.
Or old Commodores and Falcons
I can't afford a ute or 4-wheel drive so I make up for that by taking the muffler off my super-powered leaf blower and then go crazy for an hour or so. Sometimes I put it between my legs like one of those hobby-horsey things, close my eyes, and dream about edging a Fiat or Golf off the round-a-bout.
What?!?!
No…. DON'T ask….. really.
You are edging or the fiat is edging?
And also correlation with incorrect use of household waste/recycling/green bins. Essentially we’re talking about IQ and EQ.
Love the smell of leaves in the morning.
leaves good, dust not so much
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I don't think the "leaf blower" makes a person terrible, in the same way I don't think being your neighbour makes a person terrible.
I would bet the "ferals" next to you were both feral before they owned a leaf blower and before they became your neighbour
My neighbour use a "leaf blower" once a week after lawn mowing, then his lady friend come and go at him for not doing a good job with a few F-bombs. For me it juat a good entertainment 😆
I get a lot of leaves falling on the road in front of my house. I use a battery leaf blower to get them into to rough piles, a broom to get them into tighter piles, and then leaf scoops to put them in green waste.
Same. Some people around here look at me as if I am an moron for cleaning up the road in front of my home all while they simply blow the leaves on the road and forget about it.
I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be outraged about. The use of a leaf blower in general? The blowing of the leaves onto the road? Please respond soon because I've just gotten over the SUVs and Ute rage and I need something else.
I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be outraged about
The same, like why have a poll to vote on but ask two different things!!
I take it as:
Blowing leaves [and dirt] from private to public space (my interpretation of the title)
or
Making undue noise with no care for those impacted (not mentioned, but strongly implied)
In the interests of balance, I take it as both.
P.S. My neighbour has a Stihl and wakes up the entire street on the weekend. Ends conversations over breakfast… that kind of level. My Modus Operandi is to use a rake where it works well, and a relatively 'quieter' electric blower where I can't really rake. And only during non-recreational hours.
I take it as:
It depends on when you first saw this post, as the title used to be, which was when I first saw it.
Leaf blowers are for arseholes
then it changed to
Leaf blowers are for a**holes - Are leaf blower users that blow leaves/garbage on public spaces selfish pricks?
Now it is
Are Leaf Blower Users That Blow Leaves/Garbage on Public Spaces Selfish?
OP … should've done this as a poll.
Have a neighbour - 6 doors down …
He has fake grass out front +++ his main job is lawnmower/handyman.
EVERY week - he uses a leafblower to blow debis off his lawn … but worst part is, rather than blowing it onto the road, he deliberately blows it onto neighbour's driveway directly across from him - all the way almost up to his front door !!!
Guessing there must be some angst between those 2 neighbours?
Cheers for the tip, just modified it!
When my roses drop leaves and petals, I use my leaf blower to move them to a remote corner of my garden so it can go back into the soil.
Brother (bored ex-race engine builder) got bored once and tuned his leaf blower with a bigger piston and cylinder, bigger carby and a tuned 2 stroke expansion pipe he made for it… (fropanity) me that thing would shift leaves like a MF. And LOUD! :D
He also has a "hot saw" suped up chainsaw that I am no way ever going to use because just starting it scared the (fropanity) out of me :D
Reminds me of a mate of my son's who use a leaf blower to travel down the river on an inflatable. Works really well actually.
But… works better than a couch potato with an oar after the first few mins!
"Leaf blowers are for a**holes"
Your using it in the wrong place ……..
HAHAHAHA… holy shit, not snort-laughed that hard in a while :D
"Instructions unclear…"
Just picturing the discussion with the ER doc. “Tell me, again, how you got this injury?”
Just like Johnny Diesel and Jennifer Keyte had to many years ago.
You'll never believe it doc, thousand to one chance
When you narrow the scope to blowing leaves and especially garbage onto a public space, yes.
The person across the road used to use a gardening service for their nature strip that blew the clippings into the storm water drain.
Personally, I find the petrol ones to be annoying. I don't really care too much of it's during the week and at a reasonable time of day. I use an electric one on occasion and I don't think it is too bad in terms of volume.
I used to be self conscious about leaf blowing my lawn clippings and leaves onto the road now I DGAF and push them right into the middle of the road away from my house.
My street always has leaves from the trees on pathways which blow into my property. Im just blowing them back where they came from. If council has a problem, they can come and remove the trees
This is me too- they come from the street and that's where they go back.
For other areas I blow to a corner of my yard then vac up and into the green bin.
hey mate … guess I can blame you - when the storm-water drain on road near my driveway gets blocked.
and I have to spend 20 mins of my time picking up leaves to unblock it … since drain is right at my driveway entrance.
Cheers.
hey mate … guess I can blame you - when the storm-water drain on road near my driveway gets blocked.
No that would be the council for lack of maintenance. Not cleaning the streets or the drains!
Not really if the guy is pushing his entire lawn clipping down it.
@gakko: When was the last time you ever saw a council do 'maintenance' on the storm water system? They don't….
@JimmyF: My council fixed our street's drain when it blocked. Do you blame all your problems on government and take no personal responsibility?
My council fixed our street's drain when it blocked.
So only after you reported the issue to them? That isn't maintenance as such, but responding to an reported issue. Proactive maintenance would be they come along and suck out the drain pits every few years rather than wait till they block up and someone reports it.
@Tee Rex Arms: I'm not attacking you sorry t Rex. I don't have much of a problem with that. Just the attitude of the other dude :)
I do the same, and have been advised by my local council to do so, despite people passing by yelling out from their car saying I'm not supposed to. If the council decided to plant 4 massive deciduous trees and refused to prune them to a minimal size, and refused to allocate a council worker to deal with the leaves every winter, I won't waste my precious time and back to personally put the rubbish in the council bin and will just blow/rake them onto the street. The council's street cleaner truck can deal with their own trees' leaves.
Alpha move to be honest. Own the street brah!
I recently switched from a petrol blower to the ryobi whisper blower and it’s much quieter, particularly for neighbours. In saying that, all my neighbours have a blower as we have elm street trees that make a mess.
All we are doing is blowing the leaves onto the street where they originated from. The mess doesn’t belong to me
elm street trees
Sounds like a nightmare!
lol they are
Where’s Freddy
Not sure if answering title or last question in poll.
Maybe, No.
You sound like a fun guy. What else have you got to moan about?
@1st-Amendment - How ironic..
You also don't know what the word ironic means.
Which one of these definitions do you think doesn't apply?
"A state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often wryly amusing as a result." You're fashioned yourself after a legal instrument enshrining freedom of expression; one might expect you to support freedom of expression; you belittle somebody for expressing themselves freely.
"A literary technique, originally used in Greek tragedy, by which the full significance of a character's words or actions is clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character." There's no point explaining this to you; we can all see it but you can't; therefore, it is true.
Which one of these definitions do you think doesn't apply?
Which one of them do you think does?
A traffic jam when you're already late
A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife
It's meeting the man of my dreams
And then meeting his beautiful wife
And isn't it ironic, don't you think?
A little too ironic
Ironically… The First Amendment of the Australian Constitution, concerning leaf blowers, states:
"The government shall make no law respecting an establishment of leaf-blowing, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of leaf-blowing, or of moving leaves, or the right of the people peaceably to blow leaves, and to petition the Government for a redress of blowing leaves."
In essence, this amendment safeguards the right of individuals to engage in the practice of leaf blowing without government interference. It ensures the freedom to express oneself through the operation of leaf blowers, protecting this activity as a form of garden maintenance and lawn clearing.
Additionally, it prohibits any laws that would establish restrictions on the use of leaf blowers or hinder individuals from peacefully assembling to advocate for their rights in this regard.
The second amendment also states;
"A well-regulated gardening collective, being necessary to the tranquillity of a peaceful neighbourhood, the right of the people to keep and bear leaf blowers, shall not be infringed."
So, yeah :/
Lol.
Why have you named yourself after a constitutional amendment to change the election date for the Australian Senate?
I mean, the change makes sense, but it's a very obscure reference.
Why have you…
Why did you make a rash assumption, then use that false assumption as a basis for an opinion?
That makes no sense at all…
Because it would be just a saddo move if someone on an Australian forum named themselves after a oft-cited piece of foreign legislation which is usually misunderstood even by citizens of that country.
Because it would be just a saddo move if someone…
Sad is being triggered by a nickname. I can imagine how horrific this experience must be for you. Do you have a safe space nearby that you can go cry in?
Our council uses them because the gutters get full of leaves from the street trees. They blow the leaves onto the road where the street sweeper gets them. I consider that OK but I do agree that some people who use them are morons. They should buy a rake.
From what I've observed/experienced - councils keep themselves and their mates employed by solving the problems they create.
Nah, in this case it is legit. In the inner city ya can’t get away with telling people ya can’t park in an area whilst they street sweep. Too many places are on street parking only. The trees drop huge leaves and they pool in the gutters and stop water run off when it rains. They need the blowers to get the leaves out from around the cars. The alternative is cut down the trees and we need the shade in Summer.
The council “keep a friend employed” system is for our footpaths. Relay the bitumen on the footpath then keep digging bits up. Our footpaths look like a same coloured quilt.
@try2bhelpful: Arming their gardeners with rakes probably feels a bit too close to the bone
(Too close to their nightmares about getting lynched by peasants with pitch-forks)
I remove my leafs in my driveway that come from the neighbouring trees.
If I used a broom everyday to do this, I will be outside right now instead of writing my comment. I am happy to be an (profanity).
Yeah but think of the exercise you would get.
……and bike lane.
How is that a problem? Cyclists don't use the bike lanes anyway.
It causes punctures for them I'm sure.
I’m not seeing any negatives.
Also… lol
Grass clippings causing punctures.
Have you tried a leaf blower? I once thought they were for lazy obnoxious people until a neighbor lent me his. I went straight out and bought one, it's a great tool, much better than spending a half hour with a broom. It's also great for cleaning gutters and blowing the dust out of the garage.
Yeah, I use it to vacuum the leaves and put them into the green bin.
That must be so annoying for your neighbours. Why don't you use a rake?
How is that annoying to the neighbours?
Its a lot faster than a broom.
Sometimes I need to clear my driveway in a hurry, so I can drive my 1967 Cadillac Eldorado (with all leather cow interior, whaleskin hubcaps, and baby seal eyes for headlights) down to McDonalds at 115 mile per hour, getting 1 mile per gallon, so I can suck down some Quarter Pounder cheeseburgers (from non-biodegradable styrofoam containers) with Dennis Leary. And I'm proud of it.
But not at McDonald’s when they had a world wide IT meltdown. I reckon it was a bunch of black Ops nutritionists fighting back.
O'Leary? Didn't he just make a career from Bill Hicks' persona?
All that before V8 leafblowers with forced induction!
👏👏👏
Thought they were (profanity) appliances until I move somewhere with a huge ass tree that has just started loosing its leaves
Use it every weekend.
Blow two bins worth of leaves to bottom of driveway, scoop up and put in bins
Ownership of blower doesn’t make one a (profanity), blowing leaves off property into street/common areas maybe does..
Is there a loophole if you know street sweeper is coming?
that many I 100% would go with a compost pile, mulch it up with a mower and mix clippings with it
Actually if they are waxy leaves that are slow to break down, throw it, they break down too slowly. If they are a certain type they can have stuff in them that makes other competing plants not germinate, gumtrees, ferns etc do this
Ferals with a freshly cut lawn is a new one.
Usually the opposite 🤷🏽♂️
The decent thing to do, which doesn't impede on anyone else is to use the blower to put the leaves into a corner, grab them and put them in the green bin. Otherwise just vacuum them and straight into the green bin. Get a bit of exercise while you're at it.
Not disagreeing with you, was just an observation.
But it looks clear from your responses you are easily triggered, i can see why your neighbour might like stirring you up 😂
Count your blessings thats what you deem feral, there are much worse neighbours you could be living next to.
Not at all easily triggered. I want to gauge what other people's opinion is and it seems there are plenty that agree.
@Barry off EastEnders: It’s ok, you are triggered.
Sure there are people that agree, but as it stands, almost twice as many disagree 😂
Not saying it’s not annoying, it is.
But if your biggest gripe with your neighbours is over how they “occasionally” maintain their lawn and what they do with the clippings, you are sitting sweet.
Maybe you should contact ACA about this massive injustice 😂
(Neg away, might as well get your days quota used up on both accounts)
I would need 6 green bins for just one weeks leaves at the moment. The street tree is huge.
I love my 2 stroke Stihl leaf blower. Use it all the time and any time of the day.
My nearest neighbour is 1km away though but my Maremma hates it with a passion.