thunder wrote:

On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 16:54:13 +0000, Doug Kanter wrote:

I can sort of put up with the mowers,

With the mowers, it isn't the sound I find objectionable, it's the
marathon. Around here, Sunday is the day for mowing. The problem is that
they don't all mow at the same time, it's an all day affair.

but it's the leaf blowers that get
to me. In my previous residence, my neighbor had a driveway one car wide
and 30 feet long. He'd get out the blower and spend an hour chasing down
17 blades of grass. Meanwhile, when my son was 6 yrs old, he could broom
off our driveway in under 5 minutes, and it was 2 cars wide, 50 feet long.

Maybe this is why we're a nation of fatsos. Too lazy to lift a broom.

I'm sure you have seen this guy. A can of beer in one hand, a hose in the
other, hosing of that driveway. At least it's quieter.


Down near the front of our little country road, we have a farmer who has
what I can only describe as a muffler-less diesel tractor (or maybe just
a defective muffler) with which he tows a very substantial mower. The
noise is breathtaking.

Guy grows two acres of tobacco in the spring and summer, then hangs it
in a traditional dingy red barn. I had thought the raising of tobacco
had been restricted in Maryland, but there must be loopholes. In any
event, the plant itself looks quite nice when it is fully grown, and has
some interesting flowers. After the tobacco is cleared, he grows
turnips, kale and several other very traditional southern leaf crops for
his table.

He's got a pretty little farm, and the hope is it stays in his family as
a farm, and isn't turned over to a "developer."



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