One day, I will open my window and not hear someone running a compressor.
Dare to dream.
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@jwz I'm still trying to work out the purpose of a leaf-blower. You blast me awake at 7am (sometimes earlier), but you never *pick up* the leaves. You just move them to a different location. Why?
And perhaps a gas engine is the wrong tool for a job with no point to it.
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@agreeable_landfall Worse than that, I live in SOMA, the most paved-over neighborhood in San Francisco. We have more pigeons than leaves. A pigeon-blower would be just as effective.
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@[email protected] @[email protected] Hate gas blower so I was very dubious when someone recommended me an electric one. It's great! No louder than a large hair dryer, no messing with explosive petrochemicals, blows all the leaves into a pile that's easy to sweep up. Only thing I'm not clear on is why the leaves are so much harder to sweep up when blown by a gas blower... (and yes, I do live somewhere where there's lots of leaves)
@jwz My dad was born and raised in the city. When we'd travel North, we kids would ask to see where he grew up. He made us lock all the car doors, because we were driving through a slum. And it was. I could be wrong, but I think that's what is now called South of Market. (Yes, I'm old...)
He learned to drive there, and it showed. 😉 No wonder to me that people there were happy to have robo-taxis to use.
@jwz My neighbor's is on the same side as my bedroom windows. They run it almost 24/7 even when it is cool outside. Maddening.
@jwz same but wood chipper
@jwz There are silenced compressors. No silenced lawn mowers and leaf blowers.
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@fenkt This time it seems to be some asshole taking an hour to hose off the garage door on the condo building across the street. Sometimes it is an actual god damned leaf blower. Most of the time it is the loud-as-fuck recent food truck "Batman Gyros" (not even kidding)
