Oh Lord, do you have Mark Melgosa living in YOUR neighborhood, too??!! I hate that man from May-November...he even blows the leaves on the GRASS; now, that is just pure laziness AND annoying to boot!!

I never understood the point of leaf blowers...it's like taking a broom, and instead of sweeping, you just fling the dirt around.

Exactly, Hayley. I especially can't stand the people that blow their crud to the gutter and just leave it there to 1. be redistributed 2. clog the storm drains.

I'd love to live in a neighborhood that bans them. I wonder if any exist.

We have several offenders on our street. And from the sounds of things today, we have a new offender who is closer to my house. I will never understand the people that use them in 30 mile an hour winds. What do they think they're accomplishing? Why do they think that the outdoors shouldn't have bits of dirt and leaves? Why don't they suck it up and dispose of it instead?

I always think these repetitive leaf blowers have serious underlying psychological issues. And I also think that they need to find some hobbies or other worthwhile interests.

Finally, what were those people blowing around anyway? It's Spring.

our lawn guys were here the other day with their 3 leaf blowers. Which caused Emmy to bark her ass off until they left, which woke Lilly up out of a dead sleep.

We did have a lot of leaves leftover from last fall that they were cleaning up, but yeah, way excessive. and obnoxious.

Thnk Goodness... Courtney... I'm glad to see something negative again.. Humzoo was just way to positive for me today!!!!!!

I have a leave blower.

Its just a small one.

I find it quite useful. I clean out my gutters with it, I dry off my Harley after I wash it with it, and sometimes I dry my dogs off with it after I wash them. Sometimes I use it to blow leafs... But I prefer to use my lawnmower because it chops them into thousands of little tiny leaves that eventually turn into dirt.

But here is the kicker.....

We live in the country at least 500 Yards to the next closest house, so I dont bother anybody!

It was too positive. Whenever you need a little negativity, you let me know.

When can I come see your donkey?

Any time you want. Im working on trying to ride him. The last time I tried I ended up face down in a pile of chestnut hulls. I was picking briars out of my face for a week.... It was awesome!!!!

I would love for those god-forsaken things to be outlawed. What's wrong with a rake?...or leaves?

The Blower is a staple in any lawn maintenance arsenal. I know this all to well, since Robbie worked in landscaping for years.

Any respectful homeowner takes these necessary steps to a well-manicured lawn: 1. Mow, 2. Weed-Eat, 3. Edge, 4. Blow.

You wouldn't want to have to look at all those grass clippings, would you? I mean, come on.

Really now. Let's be serious, people.

Hang in there Courtney. You must be in hell.

Well, it's hard to use a rake on pebbled concrete. And leaving very pointy oak leaves makes walking outside barefoot entirely impossible. I don't need a leaf blower at my new house, but at our old one we did. Of course, if I could have taken out the live oak tree that dropped all those leaves constantly all over our driveway and front deck, I would have in a second. Unfortunately we were renters.

girlcarew, this barefoot thing must be exclusive to your area. We're forced to wear shoes all year. :)

Courtney, you probably were too young to remember the leaf blower we had in our neighborhood when you were young. This man who lived down the street climbed up on a latter to blow the leaves off his tree so that they would come down faster. Then he proceded to blow them down the street for other people to clean up from their yards. No, it was not you father. He didn't own a leaf blower. Thank goodness.

Word above should be ladder. I really have to stop putting that whiskey in my coffee.

Yes here in the Southland We have Pin Oaks that produce about 4 million tiny leaves every year. It is impossible to rake that kind of leaf because any rake that I have ever owned ... well the leaves just slide right through. I need a rake with prongs like a fine toothed comb.

I would still probably use my leafblower.

How about using a push broom? How many people in Springfield would end up stepping on a sweet-gum ball if they went out in their yard barefooted?

Awwww, when I saw NSFW, I was not thinking leaf blowers. BTW, are there any censorship rules on humzoo? Cause I got some great shower shots of Andrew...

Well, I was going to throw in a bunch of extra stuff, but I only get short bursts of energy. That particular one ran out pretty quickly.

Sally, we on encourage shower shots of chicks. No naked dudes or their little dudes allowed on Humzoo.

ew!

Little Dude? I resemble the implication!

Eyepulp, I think you you misspelled a word in your last comment...oh wait, I see what you did there

When Erica read this she said, "My parents don't have a leaf blower."

I totally just saw this comment. I think it may have been their neighbor to the south. I've seen him out recently with one. Although, it really sounded like it may have been my immediate neighbor at the time.