Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 2368720)

On purpose? The people who service houses in my neighborhood don't do that. They blow the debris onto the yard of the people they're servicing. They did ours when we first moved in, just because we sold our tractor-mower before moving down and it took a couple of months for us to decide on a new mower.

Same people who do our next door neighbors and the people across the street. They keep the debris to the properties they work on.

Originally Posted by tophcfa (Post 2368724)

It’s a beautiful time of the year and has just started up here. Fall things I noticed just today. The days are rapidly getting shorter, never got out of the 60’s today and will be in 40’s tonight, only a couple of our many resident summer hummingbirds have not yet migrated south for the season, the leaves are starting to turn color, people are out at the orchards picking fresh Macintosh apples, mums and pumpkins are for sale everywhere, the annual county fairs are opening up, the Patriots played their season opener, archery hunters are scouting the woods for prime locations for their tree stands, the chain saws and wood splitters are very active preparing for the wood burning heating season, and the ganja buds are getting heavy. But my absolute favorite thing about fall is that it means we are getting closer to another long winter in the Villages.

Originally Posted by Pairadocs (Post 2368700)

This might get as many comments as gas vrs. electric golf carts....LOL ! Heard on radio newscast yesterday that the list of communities and entire states banning gas leaf/grass/debris blowers is growing rapidly. The stated reasons for banning gas is the decibel level, so some states and some communities are (for the time being) going to allow electric blowers. News also reported a growing number of states and individual communities have banned ALL blowers, stating that simply dissipating dirty, dust, and debris into the air serves no purpose, and the practice of one neighbor or one lawn service simply blowing the debris onto the property of another neighbor not only serves no purpose, but as been the foundation of many serious incidents. Reminds me of one morning I was standing on my driveway, holding my cup of coffee looking for the paper which should have been delivered by that time. The neighbor's lawn service was just finishing by using a gas blower to clear all the debris. The woman using it turned it directly to me as I stood on my drive, absolutely covered me in dirt and clippings and filling my coffee cup with dirt. I poured out my coffee and waited for her to finish. As she was loading the blower onto the trailer, I walked up to her and said very calmly: " I don't mean to be rude, but would you tell me why you would blow all of your trash onto me, and my drive and yard, instead of the people whose yard you are working in ? I said this in a very conversational, NOT confrontational, tone. She looked at me and YELLED: MY BOSS OWNS THIS COMPANY AND HE SAID WE CAN'T BLOW NUTTIN' ON OUR CUSTOMER'S PROPERTY BECAUSE THEY ARE PAYING US !". At that point I realized she, and possibly the other male, were mentally challenged, so I nodded very slightly and went in to get a clean cup of coffee. As an aside, these were the very same two individuals I had given fresh, cold, homemade lemonade to in large disposable cups just weeks ago because they looked so hot ! Just wondering, might be very pleasant if the villages did away with blowers all together like some of these places have ! ?

Originally Posted by CarlR33 (Post 2368735)

I would have to look it up but yes this has been some discussion in California for a while now with communities tired of the noise from lawn care (companies) and looking to ban gas not electric (or wanting total electric by year xyz). I borrowed my neighbors electric push mower the other day and I am buying one based one the lower noise level and lack of maintenance

Originally Posted by Pairadocs (Post 2368700)

This might get as many comments as gas vrs. electric golf carts....LOL ! Heard on radio newscast yesterday that the list of communities and entire states banning gas leaf/grass/debris blowers is growing rapidly. The stated reasons for banning gas is the decibel level, so some states and some communities are (for the time being) going to allow electric blowers. News also reported a growing number of states and individual communities have banned ALL blowers, stating that simply dissipating dirty, dust, and debris into the air serves no purpose, and the practice of one neighbor or one lawn service simply blowing the debris onto the property of another neighbor not only serves no purpose, but as been the foundation of many serious incidents. Reminds me of one morning I was standing on my driveway, holding my cup of coffee looking for the paper which should have been delivered by that time. The neighbor's lawn service was just finishing by using a gas blower to clear all the debris. The woman using it turned it directly to me as I stood on my drive, absolutely covered me in dirt and clippings and filling my coffee cup with dirt. I poured out my coffee and waited for her to finish. As she was loading the blower onto the trailer, I walked up to her and said very calmly: " I don't mean to be rude, but would you tell me why you would blow all of your trash onto me, and my drive and yard, instead of the people whose yard you are working in ? I said this in a very conversational, NOT confrontational, tone. She looked at me and YELLED: MY BOSS OWNS THIS COMPANY AND HE SAID WE CAN'T BLOW NUTTIN' ON OUR CUSTOMER'S PROPERTY BECAUSE THEY ARE PAYING US !". At that point I realized she, and possibly the other male, were mentally challenged, so I nodded very slightly and went in to get a clean cup of coffee. As an aside, these were the very same two individuals I had given fresh, cold, homemade lemonade to in large disposable cups just weeks ago because they looked so hot ! Just wondering, might be very pleasant if the villages did away with blowers all together like some of these places have ! ?

Originally Posted by golfing eagles (Post 2368783)

What's discussed in California should stay in California :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 2368707)

There's nothing on a driveway that a push broom can't sweep off, no idea why anyone would need a blower at all around here.

Originally Posted by wisbad1 (Post 2368721)