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Abolish leaf blowers?
Topic Started: Nov 6 2011, 11:26 PM (314 Views)
Thumper
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We have an old fart that has nothing to do but run his noisey obnoxious leaf blower every day. Get rid of the damn things. Use a rake.
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Chris
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Weedeaters!
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tomdrobin
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One reason I like living in the country with more open space. Some people do all their leaf "raking" with the blower. I pick them up with a sweeper, and just use the blower to "sweep" out the garage and keep them off the approach. A pet peeve of mine is burning leaves. Some of the local small towns get some serious air pollution with the burning of leaves.
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ImaHeadaU
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Here in Vancouver leaf blowers are only allowed if the machine is rated at less than 65 db and it is not used within 50 metres of a neighbouring residential boundary. Plus there is a broad area including parts of downtown and neighbouring areas in which they are not allowed at all.Link

Re. the burning of leaves, this hasn't been allowed here since the early eighties. The city collects yard trimmings year round from designated containers. In the fall extra paper bags of leaves will also be picked up.Link
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Some old fart councilman made up that law and it was voted in ten years ago. Never enforced.
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