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Wed 22 Aug, 2007 06:11 am
We finally got our much needed rain, so the grass is much greener and thicker than it's been all summer. That's good.
But, knowing my neighborhood, it's going to be a very noisy weekend.
Power mowers, gas-powered weed-whackers and leaf blowers will be fired up before 8am. A couple of my neighbors, I just know are jonesing for that smell of grass and gasoline.
When I was a kid (ugh, there's that phrase) I mowed the lawn with a push mower. Saturday mornings were filled with the sound of click-clack-click of the mower blades, the snipping sounds of hand hedge clippers and the swooshing of brooms to clear of the sidewalks.
You could actually work, and at the same time hear the birds and cicadas!!
It was a much gentler way of waking up on a weekend.
Oh well....
No rain here, but the brown grass is loud and crunchy when you walk on it...
happycat wrote:both physically and emotionally uncomfortable
Thank you for your concern. No worries - I'm very comfortable and happy.
It's way to hot to work in the yard besides, the South will rain again
Re: All this rain means a LOUD Saturday morning
happycat wrote:...
it's going to be a very noisy weekend. Power mowers, gas-powered weed-whackers and leaf blowers will be fired up before 8am...
... Saturday mornings were filled with the sound of click-clack-click of the mower blades, the snipping sounds of hand hedge clippers and the swooshing of brooms to clear of the sidewalks. You could actually work, and at the same time hear the birds and cicadas!!
I wholeheartedly agree with you, happycat! I hate the cacophony of power equipment. (In my old neighbourhood, we had a pact for everyone to do their yardwork at the same time, if they could, and get all the noise over with so that everyone could enjoy the weekend. It worked for a while, but fell by the wayside as a few people sold and new neighbours didn't agree.) I especially loathe the leafblowers -- all that noise and debris flying everywhere, and it takes just as long to do the job as someone with a rake! Plus the raker gets such a good workout, they can save money by not joining a health club.
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