Bushwalk Australia

madmacca wrote:

Happy Pirate wrote: (Doesn't stop NPWS in Nth NSW from constantly leaf-blowing their short-walk tracks when I'm trying to listen to Lyrebirds though...GRRR!!)

Oh wow - training lyrebirds to mimic the sound of a leafblower??? There goes peace and quiet in the bush forever.

I once encountered a Lyrebird whose (almost) entire repetitior was artificial! It was near an old saw mill between Bogong and Mt Beauty. Dog barking, circular saw, car starting, shot gun blast, pull start a chain saw; this bird could do it all and more. It just threw in a Kookaburra and Curlew for good measure.

But there's something particularly evil and awful about leafblowers.
I'm going to make a bumper-sticker: JUST SAY NO TO LEAFBLOWERS (not all technology is made better with a motor or battery).
Place your orders

Cheers
Steve

I am raging at a leafblower right this moment.

Its rainy and windy and some fool is using a leafblower.

Clusterpod wrote:I am raging at a leafblower right this moment.

Its rainy and windy and some fool is using a leafblower.

Yeah!
I hear your pain brother!
Nothing Sh!ts me in this world as much as people using noisy consumptive disruptive technology to do a poor job of something more elegantly done with simpler technology.
Oh! Except (of course) for gratuitous exploitation of resources, disregard of the importance of nature, violence against women and minorities, promotion of mob-stupidity above intellect, unnecessary consumption, media/political presentation of an individual's private investment as public good, blind population growth and anthropocentric excuses for human development in natural areas......
.....after THAT nothing sh!ts me like *&*% *#ing leaf blowers!

Steve (Join me in creating the "Say NO! to Leaf Blowers" Society)

Happy Pirate wrote:(Join me in creating the "Say NO! to Leaf Blowers" Society)

I'm in.
There is a lawn mower man that mows the elderly lady across the street's lawns etc. and all he does is blow the clippings and leaves over our side of the street.
It is very tempting to get an even bigger blower and blow them straight back at him........but that wouldn't be "nice" would it.
The lazy b....... err chap ought to sweep them up.

neilmny wrote:

Happy Pirate wrote:(Join me in creating the "Say NO! to Leaf Blowers" Society)

I'm in.
There is a lawn mower man that mows the elderly lady across the street's lawns etc. and all he does is blow the clippings and leaves over our side of the street.
It is very tempting to get an even bigger blower and blow them straight back at him........but that wouldn't be "nice" would it.
The lazy b....... err chap ought to sweep them up.

Sweep them up yourself and present him with the bag next time he arrives. If he won't accept it, dump the contents in/on his car.

Was always tempted to print something like this up and attach it to a broom and leave it on my neighbor's porch:

HEY BLOWER MAN!!!
LISTEN UP!!!!!!

GET THE LATEST TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCE IN LEAF MOVING TECHNOLOGY!!!

STOP WAVING AROUND YOUR FAKE PHALLUS!!

DON'T BE THE BUTT OF LAUGHTER AND SMALL PENIS JOKES!!!

REPLACE YOUR SAD AND INEFFECTIVE PHALLIC SYMBOL WITH NEW (old) TECHNOLOGY!!!
YES!!!
IT'S THE NEW (old)......BROOM!!! (also available in RAKE style)

Tired of excess use of energy in leaf management?
Replace your inefficient technology with the proven NEW (old)......BROOM!!!
Tired of refueling with costly petrochemicals?
Get New (old) BROOM!!!
Tired of pushing leaves around like a gust of wind?
Get New (old) BROOM!!!
Tired of wielding a heavy machine laden with AN EMBARRASSINGLY unneeded motor?
Get New (old) BROOM!!!
Tired of a noisy machine that does a worse job than your Grandfather's handtools?
Get New (old) BROOM!!!
TIRED OF BEING THE BUTT (sic) OF SMALL-PENIS JOKES??
Replace your old 'power-rod' with a new eco-friendly MANLY New (old) BROOM!!!

Perhaps you're just needing a way to declare your presence on a Sunday morning to your sleepy neighbors?
THEN JUST GET A LIFE!!!!