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CU Medallion [60043]
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My leaf blower is a backpack one
Nov 10, 2021, 3:22 PM
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that I got from my dad when he passed away. Its so loud and its so powerful that I did both my neighbors yards last night, but it took me about an hour or so. They are both elderly and I can knock it out in no time, plus I hope I can gain some good karma.
The neighbor behind me that sucks a fat ####### #### left me one of these.... in my mailbox. I know that it was them, so today, I fired it up again just to blow the 4-5 little leaves I missed.
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Just tell them you use it 300x less than they do their car
Nov 10, 2021, 3:23 PM
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and also to S T F U
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CU Medallion [60043]
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It happens EVERY year.
Nov 10, 2021, 3:29 PM
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There is one lady, hard to explain how she lives in relation to me, she wears one of these masks that are pseudo gas masks and hands out fliers about gas leaf blowers.
I remember when Chapel Hill implemented a rule that you couldn't use them until 10am and not on Sundays or something like that for their residents.
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Hall of Famer [21077]
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Some people have nothing better to do than try to make other
Nov 10, 2021, 3:30 PM
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people unhappy. Must be a sad life.
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Oculus Spirit [97716]
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I should introduce you to Ann in our neighborhood
Nov 10, 2021, 3:36 PM
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She blows up the Facebook neighborhood group almost daily, Karening about something. Someone didn't come to a complete stop at the stop sign. Some kid was smoking a cigarette in the bushes. There is a dog that barks loudly at night. Someone's dog crapped in her yard. The new pool furniture is an ugly color. The lights are too bright coming into the neighborhood. Some kid took three pieces of Halloween candy. It goes ON AND ON.
Well, Halloween night someone TP's her yard, and egged her house. She of course ran to Facebook to regale us with her latest Karening. Seems someone got fed up, lol. The responses were GOLD. Happy faces, high five memes, you name it. She hasn't posted since.
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Oculus Spirit [97716]
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I'm all electric, except for lawn mower and weed eater
Nov 10, 2021, 3:30 PM
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If I had a huge yard, or did it for a living I'd do all gas, but electric does most of what I need around the house. Hedge trimmer, leaf blower, CHAINSAW, all electric. Electric chainsaw is magical. 18" and it cuts like champ. Battery lasts almost long enough to cut a truckload of wood. I have two batteries interchangeable, so it's all good.
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Very cool. My weed eater will be electric when it quits, and
Nov 10, 2021, 3:54 PM
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it's as old as can be, but every time I pull the cord it starts again. Dang it. Goes at about 200 decibels.
This will sound all fbcoach, but know what makes a decent chain saw when you dont got one? A Skilsaw. MissTulsa wanted a tree cut down, was a volunteer that got to maybe 9 feet tall and 5 inch diameter at the base, was shading her roses, she said. So I took the Skilsaw out there, cut a slot around it at the base, pushed it over. Skilsawed all the limbs off like they weren't even there. Felt weird, like 'something about this aint right', but worked great.
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Lot o points [180994]
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My hood has leaf blowers blowing for hours every Wednesday
Nov 10, 2021, 3:31 PM
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currently enjoying the sound and smell. Also a nice gas bush trimmer going
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I hope you walked over to his house, knocked on his door,
Nov 10, 2021, 3:32 PM
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and let him know that he was closer to death than he's ever been at any point in his life.
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CU Medallion [60043]
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the husband is super cool and nice
Nov 10, 2021, 3:35 PM
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I think his wife beats him. And I am being serious about that too, not lungey, but serious. I think I have told stories on here of her getting wine drunk and I can hear her yelling at him. Its bad.
But yes, I should have done that to her.
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Oculus Spirit [79429]
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I hate blowing leaves, but if one of my neighbors put that
Nov 10, 2021, 3:33 PM
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#### in my mailbox I'd blow leaves every day while my tractor, truck, wife's car, and weedeater idled in the drive. If I got another one, I might start burning tires.
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Pro Tip: Blow the leaves in his yard.***
Nov 10, 2021, 3:37 PM
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Re: My leaf blower is a backpack one
Nov 10, 2021, 3:43 PM
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I would use it to dry my grass every time it rained if I got one of those.
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Tell her to move to California where they're banning them.***
Nov 10, 2021, 3:49 PM
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I only get angry at a backpack blower when the #######
Nov 10, 2021, 4:02 PM
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down the street decides to be motivated and start blowing leaves at 7 in the morning so he can start cutting his grass at 7:30. Special place in hell for people like that.
But after 8 till around dark? You have your way with them leaves boy. Own that ####.
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My leaf blower
Nov 10, 2021, 4:03 PM
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Is a Russian guy named Oleg.
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And he don't give a shid about climate change. Being russian***
Nov 10, 2021, 4:06 PM
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Re: And he don't give a shid about climate change. Being russian***
Nov 10, 2021, 4:13 PM
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I'm pretty sure he doesn't even know what that is.
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Oculus Spirit [83116]
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I never really understood raking/blowing leaves
Nov 10, 2021, 4:03 PM
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in the North. Ain't no grass growing this time of year anyway. Plus, I think leaves looks better than dead grass.
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Oculus Spirit [78888]
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couple of reasons
Nov 10, 2021, 4:07 PM
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maybe it is a HOA thing
you got to remove them eventually so get them early
not all grass goes brown in the winter
likes to p!ss off neighbors
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Oculus Spirit [81897]
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That seems like a good way to get fined by my HOA,
Nov 10, 2021, 4:23 PM
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kill all the fescue that is under the leaves, breed mosquitoes once it's warm enough, and look like crap!
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CU Medallion [60043]
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what? My grass is green about the whole winter
Nov 10, 2021, 4:53 PM
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plus you want 8” snow piled up on leaves and then have that thaw, no way it’s drying and then another 4” of snow, thaw and not dry. Your yard would be a complete disaster.
I can tell you have never lived up North or if you have, you yard is a sloppy dirt track.
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Lot o points [180994]
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He lives in the upside down North.***
Nov 10, 2021, 6:11 PM
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That down south st Augustine/Bermuda ain’t cutting it up
Nov 10, 2021, 8:24 PM
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North. Tall fescue here in MD, grass will stay green. If the leaves stay on it you’ll get a mold/fungus and kill everything.
If the coverage isn’t too bad I’ll mow the leaves with the grass for some mulch/nutrients. But can’t have whole lawn coverage. I prefer my yard to look like someone cares about living here.
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Oculus Spirit [81061]
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Astroturf
Nov 10, 2021, 10:08 PM
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Its green all year long
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I'm elderly and you ain't blown my leaves. Or anything else.
Nov 10, 2021, 10:48 PM
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