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89. If It's Any Comfort...

Thu Sep 18, 2025, 09:24 PM

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...the new generation of battery driven yard blowers are WAY quieter.
That little motor & tiny muffler on the gas operated ones are a recipe to loud.
Everything I have for the yard is electric now. Mower, snow blower, blower, hedge trimmer.
They all runat a third the loudness of the old gas stuff, maybe better than that.
I'd never go back to gas operated.
As to your original question, I'll toss in the plastic milk bottle. Never should have switched from paper cartons.

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