Originally Posted by JGibson (Post 2368768)

Since installing a few cameras nobody blows anything onto my property.

The banning gas isn't about noise it's about profiting from the electric industry on the false pretense that they care about the environment while they fly around on private jets.

Originally Posted by Laker14 (Post 2368849)

It is better to buy one set of noise cancelling headphones, than to curse the leaf blower.

Originally Posted by Bilyclub (Post 2368861)

Since the whole thread has been sliding down... I vote to ban those little cars with the big resonaters on the exhaust pipe.

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 2368865)

It's only loud because people have chosen to buy gas mowers and gas leaf blowers.

I have a really hard time believing no one here, in The Villages, age 60 or older, doesn't remember using an unpowered push-mower on their lawn at some point in their youth. Or a rake, or a push-broom to clean up the driveway and sidewalk.

None of those things involve much noise at all. The process is slowed down, it requires that you work, it builds upper body and core muscles, and it's a cardio workout.

For larger properties, you could even hire a farm that brings goats over to trim the lawn for you. They eat the grass. They also poop it out, which makes the wild berry vines and bushes very happy.

Originally Posted by collie1228 (Post 2368944)

At about 8:00AM this morning I was riding my bike past Dunkin Donuts in Spanish Springs (pedaling, I don't have a throttle), and there was a worker on the square running a very loud gas powered blower. At the time I thought how much that blower ruined the experience of the four old guys outside enjoying a cup of coffee. While I'm not sure about "banning", I do think they could do something about the noise.

Originally Posted by Laker14 (Post 2368849)

It is better to buy one set of noise cancelling headphones, than to curse the leaf blower.

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580 (Post 2369266)

🙉 What?

Originally Posted by Shelbyh (Post 2368834)

Never heard of this. Would not support such. What a stupid concept. The whole process of cutting the lawn is loud. Electric blowers are inefficient and do a terrible job.
More importantly banning gas blowers today, what would be next before you can do nothing but sit in your house and stare out the window.
I don’t think individuals think through these ridiculous ideas and what the real consequences would look like.

Originally Posted by BobnBev (Post 2369304)

Just wait till they ban windows.:22yikes:

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580 (Post 2369237)

They can be loud, as well.

Originally Posted by Topspinmo (Post 2369309)

Any time move lot air it going to be loud:throwtomatoes: and ?

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580 (Post 2369385)

Goats are cute, they will eat anything in your yard, fertiize the yard, and they are very tasty. I don't see a down side.
😃😃😃😋🫠

Originally Posted by golfing eagles (Post 2369409)

Goat farts contribute to global warming 😂😂😂

Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive (Post 2368831)

Never! This is The Villages, as in 150,000 - odd geezers living here, and if there is one immutable truth in this universe it is that geezers NEVER run out of things to complain about.

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580 (Post 2369385)

Goats are cute, they will eat anything in your yard, fertiize the yard, and they are very tasty. I don't see a down side.

😃😃😃😋🫠

Originally Posted by Laker14 (Post 2369292)

my take on the proverb "it's better to light one candle than to curse the darkness". As applied to this thread, rather than get in a snit over a problem that I can't solve, i.e. the sound of leaf blowers (or any of the other ubiquitous landscaping noises), I will just put on my noise cancelling headphones and poof! They magically disappear.